Vista VVRL-960, Owner'S Manual

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(UP) (DOWN) (ENTER) (MENU)

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RECORDING

TIMER RECORDING

This VCR can be programmed to record up to 8 programs. For
absence recording, the timer needs to know the starting and
ending times.

PREPARATION

• Make sure a tape is in the VCR and the safety tab is in

place or the tape will  be automatically ejected.

• Turn on the power of both the VCR and the MONITOR.
• If you have a TV instead of MONITOR, turn on the power of

TV and then set the TV’s source selector to VIDEO. 

The TIMER REC SET UP menu will appear.

DAY option

SUN~SAT: Same time once a week.
M-F or S-S: Same time during Monday ~ Friday or 

Saturday ~ Sunday

DLY: Same time(s) every day

Time recording hour (SPD) option

3H 

➔

12H 

➔

24H 

➔

48H 

➔

72H 

➔

96H 

➔ 

120H 

➔

168H 

➔

240H 

➔

480H 

➔

960H

1

Press 

MENU

and the main menu will appear.

2

Press the 

DOWN

or 

UP

button to choose the TIMER REC

SET UP item. 

3

Press 

ENTER

to enter the TIMER REC SET UP menu.

4

Press 

ENTER

to select the SET item then press 

DOWN

or

UP

to choose ON or OFF. Activated 

Timer Recording 

only

when the SET item set to “ON”

.

5

Press 

ENTER

to select next item and then set the next items

(day, start time, end time recording hour) by using 

UP

,

DOWN

and 

ENTER

buttons.

MAIN MENU

TIMER REC MODE MENU

REV.

PLAY

P/STILL

PLAY

REC CHECK

/

POWER

REC

STOP
EJECT

ALARM

KEY

R

E

W

F

F

LOCK

V-POS

H-POS

FIELD      ADVANCE

TIME/CNT

/REM

TIMER

 REC/PLAY      HOURS

ALARM 
INDEX

MENU

COUNTER

ENTER

CLEAR

LOCK

SHARPNESS

ON

OFF

SOFT

HARD

TRACKING

CURSOR

DOWN

UP

MENU

VCR SET UP
REC MODE SET UP

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TIMER REC SET UP
ALARM SET UP
POWER FAIL RECALL

(UP) (DOWN) (ENTER) (MENU)

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(UP) (DOWN) (ENTER) (CLEAR)

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Press 

MENU

when finished. And press 

MENU

repeatedly to

exit menu screen.

If you are finished programming and you want to set the VCR

to record the programs you have entered.  

A) MAKE SURE

YOU HAVE INSERTED A TAPE INTO THE VCR.

B) YOU

MUST PRESS TIMER BUTTON BEFORE IT WILL RECORD

ANY TIMER PROGRAMS (TIMER appears).

The VCR is now

set to record the preset programs.

NOTES: 

• If you want to stop

recording during the

Time recording,

press 

STOP

button

more than 3 seconds.

• If you press 

TIMER

button,  the Time
Lapse’s power is
turned off. After fin-
ishing 

Time record-

ing, 

the Time

Lapse’s power is
turned off again.