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Set t he clock accurately forproper automatic timer r ecording.
[f the Public: Broadcasting
Station (PBS) is available
in your area, follow "AUTO
CLOCK
SETTING".
If it is not, follow "MANUAL
CLOCK
SETI'ING".
AUTO
CLOCK
SETTING
You can have the TV/VCR
set the clock automatically
by using the Public Broadcasting
Station (PBS) channel
in your area. Once you have set the clock by using the
following
procedure,
the TV/VCR
will automatically
monitor
the correct time and date being broadcast by' the
PBS station in your area, using a new service called
Extended
Data Service (XDS).
Make sure ...
• Use the remote
control
for this procedure.
• TV/VCR
power must be turned on.
• Confirm
that the antenna
connections
are correct.
• The cable converter
box must be turned on if your
TV/VCR
is connected
directly
to it. (See NOTES:)
• The channel
you want to record
is properly
set in
advance.
(See page 13)
NOTES:
• Auto clock setting only needs to be set once. You but
can be done again if the clock's
time has become
incorrect
for some reason.
• If the TV/VCR
is connected
directly
to a cable
converter
box, the local PBS station must be selected
on the cable box itself, and the TV/VCR
must be set
to the output channel of the cable converter
box
(usually channel 3 or 4), to be able to set up or correct
the clock automatically.
The TV/VCR
cannot control the channels
of the
cable converter
box.
1 Select "SETTING CLOCK"
Press the MENU
button.
Press the PLAY/,A
or STOP/IF
button
to point
to "SETTING
CLOCK".
Then, press the F.FWD/I_
button.
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Set "AUTO CLOCK"
to [ON]
Press the F.FWD/i_
or REW/'ql
(
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button repeatedly
until [ON]
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CLCK_K CH
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Enter the channel number for the PBS station
Press the PLAY/A or STOP/IF
button
to point
to "AUTO
CLOCK CH".
Then press the F,FWD/I_
or
REW/'91 button until the channel
number for your lo:al PBS
station appears.
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CLOCK
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CLOCK
SET
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If you do not know the PBS chann,:_l number, leave it set
u) IAUTO].
The TV/VCR
will search automatically
all
available channels
for the local PBS gtation, and will
select thai channel.
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Press the MENU button to return to TV ]node.
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Press the POWER
button to turn off the TV/VCR
for
searching
the local PBS station. The power
must
remain
off during
this search.
lf you enter the eltamtel
number manually,
• it may take for about a few minute.,, for this search to
be completed.
If you choose
[AUTO],
• the TV/VCR
must search
through
all the available
channels.
It must scan each channel
for a c_ouple of
seconds
to determine
if that channel
is transmitting
the XDS signal. This search could take up to 10
minutes if the local PBS station is on a high numbered
channel in your area or on ypur cable system,
• if the time that is automatically
set by this selected
PBS station is incorrect,
it rrm-ynot be your local PBS
station, but one from a different
time zone. Or there
is a case that no channel
is broadcasting
the XDS
signal in your area, as shown by no time being set
even after 10 m inutes search. In these cases, you must
manually
enmr the correct local PBS station, or set
the clock manually
and turn off the Auto Clock
Setting feature.
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