Sony RMT-V408A, Service Manual

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Getting Started

Changing the station names

You can change or enter the station names (up to 4 characters).

Before you start

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Turn on the VCR and the TV.

¥

Set the TV to the video channel.

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Refer to  Index to parts and controls  for button locations.

1

Press MENU, then press 

M

/

m

/

<

/

,

 to highlight INSTALLATION

and press OK.

2

Press 

M

/

m

 to highlight MANUAL

SET UP, then press 

,

.

3

Press 

M

/

m

 to highlight the row

which you want to change or enter
the station name, then press 

,

.

To display other pages for
programme positions 6 to 80, press

M

/

m

 repeatedly.

4

Press 

M

/

m

 to highlight NAME,

then press 

,

.

MENU

OK

PLAY

S E T

M E N U

:

:

O K

:

E N D

S E L E C T

A U T O   S E T   U P
M A N U A L   S E T   U P
T V   S Y S T E M

3 2

:

G

:

V C R   O U T P U T   C H

:

E X I T

OK

PLAY

E X I T

M E N U

:

C L E A R

:

D E L E T E

S W A P P I N G

O K

T V   S T A T I O N   T A B L E

:

5

4

3

2

1

0

0

0

0

3

3

2

2

2

0

9

7

I

C

L

A

J

D

M

A

K

E

N

B

—

—

—

—

B / G / D / K

B / G / D / K

B / G / D / K

B / G / D / K

P R

C H

N A M E

S Y S T E M

OK

PLAY

M E N U

:

O K

:

E N D

S E L E C T

P R

:

5

S Y S T E M

: B / G / D / K

M F T

:

—

N A M E

:

— — — —

:

S E T

:

E X I T

M A N U A L   T U N I N G

C H

:

0 3 3

OK

PLAY

M E N U

:

O K

:

E N D

S E L E C T

P R

:

5

S Y S T E M

: B / G / D / K

M F T

:

—

N A M E

:

— — — —

:

S E T

:

E X I T

M A N U A L   T U N I N G

C H

:

0 3 3

Changing/disabling programme positions (continued)

29

Getting Started

Getting Star

ted

5

Enter the station name.

1

Press 

M

/

m

 to select a character.

Each time you press 

M

, the

character changes as shown
below.

A 

t

 B 

t

t

 Z 

t

 0 

t

 1

t

t

 9 

t

 A

2

Press 

,

 to set the next character.

The next space flashes.
To correct a character, press 

<

/

,

 until the character you want

to correct flashes, then reset it.

You can set up to 4 characters for the station name.

6

Press OK to confirm the new name.

7

Press MENU to exit the menu.

M E N U

:

O K

:

E N D

S E L E C T

P R

:

5

S Y S T E M

: B / G / D / K

M F T

:

—

N A M E

:

O

— — —

:

S E T

:

E X I T

M A N U A L   T U N I N G

C H

:

0 3 3

OK

PLAY

OK

PLAY

MENU

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Basic Operations

Basic Operations

OK

PLAY

Playing a tape

Before you start...

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Refer to  Index to parts and controls  for button locations.

1

Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.

2

Insert a tape.

The VCR turns on and starts playing
automatically if you insert a tape with
its safety tab removed.

3

Press 

H

 PLAY.

When the tape reaches the end, it will rewind automatically.

Additional tasks

To

Press

Stop play

x

 STOP

Pause play

X

 PAUSE

Resume play after pause

X

 PAUSE or 

H

 PLAY

Fast-forward the tape

M

 FF during stop

Rewind the tape

m

 REW during stop

Eject the tape

Z

 EJECT

To set the colour system

If the playback picture has no colour, or streaks appear during playback, set
COLOUR SYSTEM in the USER SET menu to conform to the system that
the tape was recored in (see page 58).  (Normally set the option to AUTO.)

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Basic Operations

Basic Operations

Minute Second

Hour

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.

To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY.

Notes

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When you play back a tape recorded in the PAL or MESECAM colour system,
streaks may appear even if the colour system setting is set to AUTO.  If so, set
COLOUR SYSTEM to PAL or MESECAM in the USER SET menu (see
page 58).

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The counter resets to  0:00:00  whenever a tape is reinserted.

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The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording.

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If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL and NTSC systems, the time counter
reading will not be correct.  This discrepancy is due to the difference between the
counting cycles of the two colour systems.

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Depending on your TV, the following may occur while playing an NTSC-recorded
tape:

—

The picture becomes black and white.

—

The picture shakes.

—

No picture appears on the TV screen.

—

Black streaks appear horizontally on the TV screen.

—

The colour density increases or decreases.

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Tapes recorded in the LP mode of other NTSC system VCRs can be played back
on this VCR, but the picture quality cannot be guaranteed.

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While setting the menu on the TV screen, buttons for playback on the remote
commander do not function.