User manual SONY SLV-373UC

[. . . ] _________________________ Declaration of Conformity Trade Name: SONY Model No. : SLV-N80/N70 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. Address: 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ. 07656 USA Telephone No. : 201-930-6970 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. SLV-N80 SLV-373UC © 2000 Sony Corporation WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. · Do not install the unit near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts, or in a place subject to direct sunlight, excessive dust, mechanical vibration or shock. · Do not install the unit in an inclined position. [. . . ] When you have set all channels, press OK to confirm your channel settings. To return to the previous page, press <. To go to the next page, press , . SET VCR Plus+ CHANNELS PAGE1 GUIDE TV 2­ 73 5­ 25 17 ­ 5 25 ­ 58 34 ­ 115 39 ­ 68 43 ­ 7 48 ­ 12 52 ­ 55 59 ­ 36 PAGE : QUIT : MENU GUIDE 66 68 71 74 79 82 85 88 91 93 TV ­ 48 ­ 59 ­ 63 ­ 123 ­ 6 ­ 100 ­ 98 ­ 52 ­ 30 ­ 87 60 Setting up the VCR Plus+ system (SLV-373UC only) 7 MENU After all settings are complete, press MENU to exit the menu. Tip · If you want to return to the previous menu, highlight RETURN and press OK. Setting up the VCR Plus+ system (SLV-373UC only) 61 Getting Started Basic Operations Playing a tape Z EJECT CLEAR 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 DISPLAY X PAUSE COMMERCIAL PASS H PLAY M FF x STOP m REW 1 2 Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel. The VCR turns on and starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed. 62 Playing a tape 3 PLAY OK Press H PLAY. When the tape reaches the end, it will rewind automatically. Additional tasks To Stop play Pause play Resume play after pause Fast-forward the tape Rewind the tape Eject the tape Press x STOP X PAUSE X PAUSE or H PLAY M m FF during stop REW during stop Z EJECT Basic Operations To skip playback By pressing a single button, you can skip a portion of playback you don't want to watch (such as a commercial) and restart playback. PASS during playback of the scene you want to skip. The VCR COMMERCIAL PASS again you find the want watch. 2 PressVCR stops searching, rewinds awhenseconds, thenscene younormaltoplayback. The few resumes If you press and hold COMMERCIAL PASS while the VCR is skip searching, the VCR will stop searching, and continue rewinding until you release COMMERCIAL PASS. To use the time counter Press CLEAR at the point on the tape that you want to find later. The counter in the display window resets to "0:00:00. " Search for the point afterwards by referring to the counter. VIDEO APC SP To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY. continued Playing a tape 63 Notes · Tapes recorded in the LP mode on other VCRs can be played back on this VCR but the picture quality cannot be guaranteed. The recording start time and recording stop time can be set at one minute intervals. ?/1 POWER CHANNEL +/­ Before you start. . . · When using a cable box, turn it on. · Insert a tape with its safety tab in place. Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. INPUT SELECT DIAL TIMER x STOP 1 DIAL TIMER Press DIAL TIMER. "DATE" and "TODAY" appear alternately in the display window. If the date and time are not set, "MONTH" will appear. See step 2 in the following section "To set the clock" to set the date and time. VIDEO APC EP VIDEO APC EP 2 DIAL TIMER Turn DIAL TIMER to set the recording date. VIDEO APC EP 68 Recording TV programs using the Dial Timer 3 DIAL TIMER Press DIAL TIMER. "START" and the current time appear alternately in the display window. VIDEO APC EP VIDEO APC EP 4 DIAL TIMER Turn DIAL TIMER to set the recording start time. You can set the recording start time in 15 minute intervals or adjust the time in one minute intervals by pressing the CHANNEL +/­ buttons. VIDEO APC Basic Operations CHANNEL EP 5 DIAL TIMER Press DIAL TIMER. "STOP" and the recording stop time appear alternately in the display window. VIDEO APC EP VIDEO APC EP 6 DIAL TIMER Turn DIAL TIMER to set the recording stop time. You can set the recording stop time in 15 minute intervals or adjust the time in one minute intervals by pressing the CHANNEL +/­ buttons. VIDEO APC CHANNEL EP continued Recording TV programs using the Dial Timer 69 7 DIAL TIMER Press DIAL TIMER. [. . . ] As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Sony Corporation has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency. Specifications 105 Index to parts and controls Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses ( ) for details. Front panel A ?/1 POWER switch (74) B Remote sensor (5) C Tape compartment D Z EJECT button (63) Em REW (rewind) button (63) (79) J X PAUSE button (63) (100) K DIAL TIMER control (68) L CHANNEL/TRACKING +/­ buttons (66) (95) M INPUT SELECT button (67) N REALITY REGENERATOR button (95) O EASY SET UP button (12) (15) (18) (21) (24) (27) P LINE-2 IN VIDEO/AUDIO L/R jacks (99) F H PLAY button (63) (79) GM (79) FF (fast-forward) button (63) H z REC (record) button (66) (81) (100) I x STOP button (63) (100) 106 Index to parts and controls Display window STEREO VIDEO APC SAP LP SP EP RR A Timer indicator (70) (74) (77) B SAP (Second Audio Program) indicator (84) C STEREO indicator (84) D Tape speed indicator (66) E VIDEO indicator (67) (101) F APC (Adaptive Picture Control) indicator (96) G RR (Reality Regenerator) indicator (95) H Tracking indicator (95) I Child Lock indicator (71) (75) J Time counter/clock/line/channel indicator (63) (66) (100) K Remaining tape length indicator (66) L Tape/recording indicator (66) Additional Information continued Index to parts and controls 107 Rear panel SLV-N80 SLV-373UC A AC power cord (8) B S-LINK (CONTROL S IN) jack (10) (99) (SLV-N80 only) C CABLE BOX CONTROL (CONTROL S OUT) jack (11) (14) (SLV-N80 only) D LINE-1 IN AUDIO R/L/VIDEO jacks (14) (99) E RF (Radio Frequency) UNIT switch (101) F VHF/UHF IN connector (11) (14) (17) (20) (23) (26) G VHF/UHF OUT connector (11) (14) (17) (20) (23) (26) H LINE OUT AUDIO R/L/VIDEO jacks (9) 108 Index to parts and controls Remote commander A [TV] / [VIDEO] switch (5) B Z EJECT button (63) C INPUT SELECT button (67) (100) D TV/VIDEO button (6) (67) E TAPE GUIDE button (86) (SLV-N80 only) F SP (Standard Play)/EP (Extended Play) button (66) G DISPLAY button (66) (90) H RECEIVER VOL (volume) +/­ buttons (5) I z REC (record) button (66) (81) J MUTING button (5) K ×2 button (79) L y SLOW button (79) M MENU button (30) (76) (82) N X PAUSE/M button (30) (63) x STOP/m button (30) (63) m REW (rewind)/ < button (63) (79) M FF (fast-forward)/ , button (63) (79) H PLAY/OK button (30) (63) 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 Additional Information continued Index to parts and controls 109 O ?/1 (power) switch (6) (74) P COUNTER/REMAIN button (66) Q AUDIO MONITOR button (84) R VCR Plus+ button (73) S CLEAR button (63) (74) (83) T Number buttons (74) 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 U ENTER button (74) (92) (93) V CH (channel) +/­ buttons (6) (66) W VOL (volume) +/­ buttons (6) X . / > INDEX SEARCH buttons (89) Y COMMERCIAL PASS button (63) 110 Index to parts and controls Index A Adjusting picture 49, 95 tracking 95 Advanced option 97 AFT (Auto Fine Tuning) 49 Antenna hookup 20 APC (Adaptive Picture Control) 96 Audio track 85 Audio/video (A/V) hookup 9 Auto Clock Set 31 Auto Tape Speed 97 H Hi-fi audio track 85 S Safety tab 67 SAP (Second Audio Program) 84 Searching at various speeds 79 for a selected point 90 using the index function 89 S-LinkTM 10 Smart channel mapping 52 SP mode 66 Station ID 92 Stereo 84 I Index search 89 L Language selecting 30 Locking the VCR 71 LP mode 67 M Monaural 84 Monitorring audio during playback 84 C Cable box control cable box code number chart 40 setting 38 Cable hookup 8 Cable Mouse 11, 14 Channel line-up chart 51, 58 Child Lock 71 Cleaning the video heads 103 Clock setting 31 Connecting cable TV 11 external antenna connector 102 UHF/VHF band mixer 102 Counter 63 T Tape Guide 86 Timer setting 76 canceling 82 changing 82 checking 82 daily/weekly recording 78 using VCR Plus+ or VCR Plus+ GOLD 73 Tracking adjustment. see Adjusting Tuner presetting 44 N Normal audio track 85 P Picture adjustment. see Adjusting Playback 62 at various speeds 79 frame by frame 79 selecting the sound 84 skip 63 slow motion 79 Presetting channels 44 V VCR Plus+ channel set up 58 recording 73 VCR Plus+ GOLD channel set up 51 recording 73 D Demonstration Mode 72 Dial Timer 68 Digital satellite receiver 14 Disabling channels 47 Dubbing. 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