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Insignia NS-R27TR 27" Round Tube TV/DVD/VCR Combo

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Recording a program

To record a program:

Insert a videotape with the erase-prevention
tab in place. For more information, see
“Preventing a videotape from being erased”
on page

Press the

button to select

the channel you want to record.

Press the

SPEED

button to select the tape

speed you want. For more information, see
“Selecting a tape speed for recording” on
page 18.

Press the

REC/OTR

button to start the

recording.

If you do not want to record parts of the
program, such as advertisements, press the

PAUSE

•

SLOW

button. When you want to

start recording again, press the button again.

To stop recording, press the

STOP

button.

Specifying the amount of recording time

You can specify the amount of time your want to
record, then start the recording by pressing the

REC/OTR

button on the front of your TV combo.

This is called an OTR (one-touch recording).
Your TV combo starts recording, then stops
when it has recording the amount of time you
specified.

To specify the amount of recording time:

Select the channel you want to record.

Press the

SPEED

button to select the tape

speed you want. For more information, see
“Selecting a tape speed for recording” on
page 18.

Press the

REC/OTR

button on the front of

your TV combo one or more times until the
amount of time you want to record appears
on the screen. Each time you press the
button, the time increase by 30 minutes. You
can specify as much as 8 hours. Recording
starts immediately.

To cancel the recording, press the

STOP

button on the remote control or

STOP/EJECT

button on the front of your

TV combo.

Setting up a recording schedule

You can set up a recording schedule so your
TV combo automatically records a program on a
specific date and at a specific time. You can
schedule as many as nine programs within a
one year time frame.

To set up a recording schedule:

Press the

SETUP

button.

Press the

button to select

TIMER

PROGRAMMING

, then press the

ENTER

button.

Press the

button to select the

program position you want, then press the
button.

With the first field flashing, press the

button to select

(for digital) or

–

(for

analog), then press the button. The last
channel you were watching appears in the

field automatically.

Note

•

You cannot record from a DVD that is playing
in your TV combo.

•

You can only watch the TV program that you
are recording.

Note

If your TV combo is connected to a cable
converter box or satellite receiver, your TV combo
channel must be set to 3 or 4. Select the channel
you want to record from the cable converter box or
satellite receiver.

Note

If the videotape is paused for more than five
minutes, your TV combo starts recording again to
prevent damage to the videotape.

Note

You cannot start an OTR from the remote control.
You must press the

REC/OTR

button on the front

of your TV combo.

Note

•

If you press the

REC/OTR

button when “OTR

(8:00)” is displayed, your TV combo returns to
normal recording mode.

•

If your press the

POWER

button during an

OTR recording, your TV combo continues to
record.

•

In SLP mode, the maximum recording time is
eight hours for a T-160 videotape and six hours
for a T-120 videotape.

•

If the videotape runs out before the OTR time is
reached, your TV combo stops recording,
ejects the tape, and turns off.

•

To view the remaining time for an OTR, press
the

DISPLAY

button. The remaining time

appears on the display, then disappears after a
few seconds.

Note

If you have not set the clock, “MANUAL CLOCK
SET” appears on the screen. You need to set the
clock before you continue. For more information,
see “Setting the clock” on page 12.

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