POWER
EJECT
SPEED
VCR/TV
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ENTER
MEMORY
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VOL.
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PAUSE
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STOP
MUTE
MENU
STATUS
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TIME
SEARCH
CLEAR
18 Setting the Clock (cont’d)
4
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If you want the VCR to locate a local PBS station from
which to take the time, press the PLAY/
o
button or the
STOP/
p
button to select SET PBS CH. AUTO. Then
press the F.FWD/
B
button. When the current time appears
on the screen, you’re finished. Press the STATUS/EXIT button.
Or, you may be prompted to turn off the VCR. Turn off the VCR
power, and leave it off for several minutes. When the current time
appears on the VCR display panel, the clock is set. You may turn
on the VCR again.
●
If you want to tell the VCR the PBS station from which to
take the time, press the PLAY/
o
button or the STOP/
p
button to select SET PBS CH. MANUAL. Press the
F.FWD/
B
button, then use the Number buttons to enter
the channel number of the desired PBS station. When the
current time appears on the screen, you’re finished. Press the STA-
TUS/EXIT button.
NOTE: CANNOT FIND PBS CLOCK DATA may flash on the screen.
Press the PLAY/
o
button or the STOP/
p
button to choose SELECT
NEW PBS CH., then press the F.FWD/
B
button. Use the Number but-
tons to enter the channel number of another PBS station.
Or, press the PLAY/
o
button or the STOP/
p
button to select SET PBS
CH. AUTO. Press the F.FWD/
B
button. You will be prompted to turn off
the VCR. Turn off the VCR power, and leave it off for several minutes.
When the current time appears on the VCR display panel, the clock is
set. You may turn on the VCR again.
• If you enter an incorrect PBS channel
number at step 4, press the CLEAR
button to erase the incorrect channel,
then enter the correct channel
number.
• If you have an antenna, you may
select channels 2-69 at step 4. If you
have a cable connection, you may
select channels 1-125.
• The VCR can not set its clock auto-
matically if it doesn’t receive a chan-
nel that carries a time signal. Set the
clock manually.
• If only a few channels in your area
carry time signals, setting the clock
automatically may take several min-
utes. If nothing happens after you
wait several minutes, set the clock
manually.
• You cannot select AUTO CLOCK at
step 3 during tape playback.
Helpful Hints
1
Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button.
2
Press the PLAY/
o
button or the STOP/
p
button to select
SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/
B
button.
3
If OFF appears to the right of AUTO CLOCK, press the
F.FWD/
B
button to select ON. Then, press the MENU but-
ton. Or, if ON appears to the right of AUTO CLOCK, press
the MENU button. Go to step 4.
Automatic Clock Setting
SELECT
op
CHOOSE
B
→
PROGRAM
VCR SET UP
TUNER SET UP
SET CLOCK
TO END PUSH EXIT
1
3
2-4
4
AUTO CLOCK
AUTO CLOCK USES
PBS CHANNEL DATA
→
SET PBS CH. AUTO
SET PBS CH. MANUAL
SELECT
op
CHOOSE
B
TO END PUSH EXIT
5
Follow the steps on page 19 to select your time zone.
