Sony SLV-400 Operating Instructions - Page 3

Table of Contents WARNING/Owner's Record/Table of Contents Preliminaries Warning 2 Owner's Record 2 Precautions 4 Introduction 5 Using This Manual 5 Overview 5 Preparation Hookups and Getting Started 6 Audio/Video (A/V) Hookup 7 Antenna Hookup 8 Simple Cable Hookup 10 Alternate Cable Hookup 12 Advanced Cable Hookup 14 Preparing the Remote Commander 17 Inserting Batteries 17 Setting the Time and Date 18 Example of Time and Date Setting 18 Presetting the Active Channels 20 Presetting All Receivable Channels Automatically 20 Presetting Desired Channels or Disabling Unwanted Channels 21 Fine-tuning 22 Cable TV Channel Assignment 23 Basic Operations Playback 24 Inserting a Video Cassette 24 Playback 25 The On-Screen Display 26 Indexing Tape Contents 26 Playing Back Externally-Recorded Tapes 27 Recording TV Programs 28 Recording TV Programs 28 Pausing 29 Recording with the TV Off 30 Watching One TV Program While Recording Another 30 Timer Recording 31 Setting the Timer 31 Overlapping Timer Recordings 34 Checking the Timer Settings 35 Changing or Cancelling the Timer Settings 36 Using the VCR Before Timer Recording Starts 37 Advanced Operations Variable Speed Playback 38 Variable Speed Playback 38 Still Picture 38 Picture Search 38 Locked Picture Search 39 Skip Playback 39 Slow Motion Playback 39 Frame-by-Frame Picture 39 Picture Adjustment During Variable Speed Playback 39 Quick-Timer Recording 40 Quick-Timer Recording 40 Buttons Operable During Quick-Timer Recording 41 Editing 42 Editing from Another VCR 42 Editing onto Another VCR 43 Additional Information General Setup Information 44 Setting the RF Unit 44 Attaching the F-type connector 45 Attaching the External Antenna Connector 46 Attaching the EAC-66 UV Band Separator/Mixer 46 Identifying the Parts and Controls 47 Front Panel 47 Rear Panel 48 Display Window Indicators 49 Remote Commander 50 Troubleshooting 51 On-Screen Help Messages 53 Specifications 54 Index 55 3 Preliminaries