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Using Timers
LOCKS, BLACKED-OUT PROGRAMS, AND EVENT TIMERS
You must enter the receiver password before you can create an automatic
event timer for a locked program, and you must order a pay-per-view
program before you can create a timer for it. You can create a manual event
timer for a locked program without entering the password. However, if you
do this, or if the program is blacked out in your area, when the event timer
operates the receiver may display only an error or password entry menu. If
you have set a VCR Event Timer, the VCR records only that menu.
POWER OFF AND EVENT TIMERS
If the receiver is OFF at the time an Auto/Ext or VCR Event Timer is
scheduled to operate, the receiver turns ON. Once the event has ended, the
receiver turns OFF, unless you pressed any remote control or receiver front
panel buttons during the time that the timer was active.
If the receiver is OFF at the time a Reminder Event Timer is scheduled to
operate, the timer turns the receiver ON and tunes it to the channel you last
watched. The receiver then displays the reminder menu. You will have a
few seconds to respond. If you do not respond to the reminder menu, the
receiver turns OFF.
SETTING UP THE RECEIVER AND VCR TO USE A VCR EVENT TIMER
The receiver uses an IR signal to control the VCR. This signal is much
stronger than the signal the remote uses, so it can bounce off walls or other
objects on its way to the VCR. This works in most home setups. However,
shelves or smoked glass doors between the receiver and the VCR may block
the signal. Also, if the signal must cross a very large room, or bounce off
curtains, it may not be strong enough to control the VCR. Make sure that
nothing blocks the signal, and that the signal can bounce off relatively
nearby, light-colored, smooth surfaces.
1. Press the MENU
button.
2. Select the
System Setup option.
3. Select the
Installation option.
4. Select the
VCR Setup option.
5. Find the brand name of the VCR in the table on page 69.
Tip: For
information on
programming the
remote, please
turn to the section
titled Control Other
Devices with the
Remote that
begins on page 11.
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