Reference Information
2-10 Toshiba
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RECORDING
Program 1
(Start time)
Overlapped portion
(not recorded)
Program 2
(Start time)
Confirming the timer programs
Press
PROG.
during timer recording mode.
The screen for confirming will appear.
Press.
PROG.
again to exit from confirmation
page.
Changing/cancelling the timer
programs
1) If the
TIMER
indicator is lit, press both
TIMER
to turn it off, and then turn the VCR on by
pressing VCR
POWER
.
2) With steps 2 to 9, change the items.
To cancel a program, select the program you
want to cancel in step 4, and press
CANCEL.
The line is then cleared.
3) Press both
TIMER
to return to the timer
standby mode.
Error indication
The “--E--” ( Error ) indicator appears in the VCR
display if you press both
TIMER
when:
–– a cassette is not loaded.
–– the loaded cassette has no safety tab.
–– timer recording is in progress .
In these cases, a recording can not be made.
To Cancel the Timer Recording
By pressing the
POWER
button on the front
panel of the VCR, it will cancel the timer
recording and go to standby.
P
M
P
M
If the power failure occurs during
the timer program recording
• When a power failure has occurred, “--:--”
appears in the VCR display. Since the
programmed contents have been cleared,
reset the clock and timer programming.
• When power has failed for a short time, the
color of the current time display blinks.
The programmed contents are not affected.
Reset the clock.
Overlaps of the programs
If two timer programs overlap, the recording
start time of program 1 has priority over the
recording off time of program 2.
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5
Move to the next using
FF
, and set
the recording date using
PLAY
or
STOP.
The date changes as follows:
[WKLYSU]
…
[WKLYSA]: You can record TV programs on the same
channel on the day and time every week.
[MO~FR]: You can record TV programs on the same channel on the
day and time Monday through Friday.
6
Move to the next using
FF
, and set
the hour and minutes of the
recording start time.
7
Move to the next, and set the
recording off time.
8
Move to the next, and select the
tape speed (SP) using
PLAY
or
STOP
.
For the tape speed “AUTO (Auto Speed
Select)”, see below.
To set another program, press
FF
, and
select the next line pressing
STOP.
Repeat steps 4 to 8.
9
Press
PROG.
.
Now programming is completed.
10
Press both
TIMER
simultaneously.
The power turns off and the VCR enters
the timer standby mode.
Auto Speed Select
If you are not sure the tape is long enough for
timer program recording in the SP tape speed,
set the recording tape speed to “AUTO”.
Recording starts in the SP tape speed and the
VCR automatically selects the tape speed to
record the program to the end. If the tape length
is not long enough, the tape speed automatically
changes from SP to SLP.
Notes
• Make sure that the tape length is selected correctly
according to the tape used on the SET UP screen
(page 22).
• When the SLP tape speed is selected and the tape
length is not sufficient to record the program to the
end, the program cannot be recorded to the end.
• The picture will be distorted when playing the part
where the recording tape speed is switched from
SP to SLP with the Auto Speed Select feature.
Hi-Fi
STEREO
SAP
L
TIMER
Timer Program Recording (continued)
→ 8/25 → 9/25 →
…
→ 7/25 →
WKLY
SU →
…
MO~FR ←
WKLY
SA ←
REC
TIMER
P
M