Button presses are in Bold.
Menu items are in Italics.
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Before you start
- Ensure the clock is set
correctly including the date and year, otherwise
your TR4 may appear to be working incorrectly.
- Insert a video cassette into the TR4 on which you
would like to record.
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Getting to the right menu
- Press Menu on your remote control to access
the Main menu.
- Use the Up & Down buttons to move
the yellow highlight over Timer
programming.
- Press the Right arrow button to enter the
Timer programming option.
If your clock has not been set then you will be
automatically taken to the clock set menu. The clock
must be set for timer recordings to work.
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Selecting a free slot
- Using the select an available slot in which to put
your timer recording details. (Yellow highlight). If
there are no free slots available (max 6) then 1
previous timer recording will have to be overwritten to
accommodate the new details.
- Press the Right arrow key on your remote to
start entering the details. A magenta sub-highlight
should now be visible. That is our working area.
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Entering the Details - Pr No.
- The Pr No. is the channel you wish to
record. Use the Up & Down arrow keys
to choose the Pr No. you would like.
- Press the Right arrow to move on to the
date.
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Entering the Details - Date
- Similarly, using the Up & Down
arrow keys, select the date on which the recording is
to take place.
- To change the date to a date in the future (up to 1
month) press the Up arrow until the date is
reached.
- To change the setting to record everyday or once a
week on a particular day at a chosen time then press
the Down key and select your day. (Sun,
Mon etc. is for once a week recording and if you
keep pressing Down then Day is for
recording everyday at the chosen time.)
- Press Right to move the highlight to the
Start time column.
Todays date is automatically put in this slot the first
time you use it. Change this if required.
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Entering the Details - Start
time
- The current time (or previously used start time) is
currently already set in this column. Use the Up
& Down arrow keys change the starting time
of the recording using the 24 hour clock. (i.e.
1am=0100, 1pm=1300.)
- Remember that if you are recording early tomorrow
morning, say 1am, then this will be entered as 0100 but
the date has to be set for tomorrow aswell.
- Press Right to confirm the hours and
enter the minutes column. Use the Up
& Down arrow keys to change the minutes to
the desired value.
- Press Right to move to the End
time.
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Entering the Details - Finish
time
- The TR4 automatically puts in a time 2 Hrs in
advance (or previously entered time) of the
Start time.
- Enter the Ending time using the Up,
Down & Right arrow keys in a similar
fashion to setting the Start time.
(hours first, then minutes, 24 Hr clock - Please not
that this is the finish time and not the
programme length.)
- Press the Right arrow to enter the recording
speed column.
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Entering the Details - SP/LP
- Using the Up & Down arrow keys
select your choice of recording speed.
(SP=Standard Play, LP=Long Play)
- Please bear in mind the recording time available on
the inserted cassette. (This can be doubled using
LP instead of SP. There is a slight
quality drop when using LP because only half the
tape is being used to record the image &
sound.)
- Once all the details are in you can press the
AV button to store the programme details or
Left to amend details.
- Press the Menu button twice to leave the
Timer Programming menu and return to normal
viewing. If the timed programme has been entered
correctly the T/Rec. light will be on the front panel.
Please see the notes below.
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Once stored, the yellow row highlight will
move down to the next available free slot ready for you to
start inputting details. Repeat steps 3 to 8
to input more Timer recordings.
If your cassette is thrown out at this stage then
please insert a cassette that is available for recording,
ensuring the record protector tab is in place.
You will notice after leaving the Timer menu that
you cannot eject your cassette. (If you have
successfully stored a Timed recording.) This is to
make sure that the TR4 has a cassette to record on to when
the time comes for your recording to start. The last thing
your TR4 wants is for you to miss your recording because it
has nothing to record onto. Using FF or REW is still
permitted though.
It is up to you though to make sure that there is enough
free tape left in the cassette to accommodate your
recordings.
To cancel a timed recording, or stop one if has already
started, then enter the Timer programme menu
(Step 2) and move the highlight to the timer setting you
want to remove. If the programme has already started then
this row will be in magenta. Press the Clear button
on your remote to clear the programme.
Press the Menu button twice to return to normal
viewing.
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