Page 2 - For Customer Use; Know these; safety; symbols; Hurry
Once your MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of own-ing a MAGNAVOX product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosedwith your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Return your Warranty Registration card tod...
Page 3 - Introduction 3
Introduction 3 Features• Automatic Channel Setup• Automatic Head Cleaner• Automatic Tracking Adjustment• Closed Caption• Daylight-Savings Time• English or Spanish displays and menus• High Quality (HQ) System• One-Touch Recording• Remote Control or Front Panel menu access • Rental Playback • Repeat P...
Page 4 - Table of Contents
4 Table of Contents First-time Setup Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Before U...
Page 5 - Before Using the TV/VCR 5; Using the Remote Control; Putting Batteries in the Remote Control; Replace the battery compartment lid.; Battery Safety; Helpful Hint
Before Using the TV/VCR 5 Using the Remote Control ● Point the remote control at the front of the TV/VCR. ● Do not put objects between the remote control and theTV/VCR. TV/VCR Maintenance ● In this TV/VCR, use only tapes with the mark. ● Remove any light adhesive stick-on notes from the videotapebef...
Page 6 - Hooking Up the TV/VCR; Hook up your TV/VCR using one of the connections shown.
6 Hooking Up the TV/VCR ANT. ANT. ANT. ANT. IN OUT Connect an RF coaxial cable(75-ohm, not supplied) to theOUT Jack on the CableBox/Satellite Receiver and to theANT(enna) Jack on the TV/VCR. Connect a Cable TV signal or anantenna to the ANT(enna) Jack. 1 Hook up your TV/VCR using one of the connecti...
Page 7 - Helpful Hints; Crooked Pin; When all connections are complete, plug in the TV/VCR’s power cord.
Hooking Up the TV/VCR (cont’d) 7 STOP/EJECT REW PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR POWER VOLUME CHANNEL VIDEO AUDIO EARPHONE OUT IN VIDEO IN OUT 3CH4CH AUDIO ANT. OUT IN VIDEO IN OUT 3CH 4CH AUDIO ANT. VIDEO AUDIO • Audio and video cables are not supplied. If your VCR, Camcorder, or DVD Player has red and white aud...
Page 8 - Setting TV Channels for the First Time; to select AUTO
8 Setting TV Channels for the First Time The TV/VCR can memorize the channels you receive in yourarea. If you are using a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver, youdo not need to set channels at the TV/VCR. Set the TV/VCRto the output channel of the Cable Box or Satellite Receiver(channel 03 or 04). Then ...
Page 9 - Playing a Videotape 9
Playing a Videotape 9 • If the tape you want to play is already in the TV/VCR, turn onthe TV/VCR power, then pressPLAY/ ▲ . • Playback features and options are on pages 28-31. • When you play an S-VHS format tape, you cannot get the highresolution that would be avail-able on an S-VHS VCR. Noiselines...
Page 10 - or the Number buttons to
10 Recording • You cannot record one channel while watching another. • Recording options are on pages 22-27. • If you pause a recording for more than five minutes, the TV/VCR willresume recording automatically. • You can change the tape speed with the SPEED button while arecording is in progress, bu...
Page 11 - Remote Control 11; Button; Button
TIME SEARCH MUTE RECORD SPEED RESET 0 8 9 7 5 6 4 2 3 1 PAUSE/STILL +100 STOP F.FWD PLAY REW VOL. DISPLAY MENU POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP CH. ALT.CH SLOW F.FWD/ B (fast forward) ButtonWhen tape playback is stopped,press to fast forward the tape athigh speed. During tape playback,press to fast forward the t...
Page 12 - 2 Front Panel; VOLUME
12 Front Panel STOP/EJECT REW PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR POWER VOLUME CHANNEL VIDEO AUDIO EARPHONE Cassette CompartmentInsert a videotape here. POWER ButtonPress to turn the TV/VCR on or off. Turn off the TV/VCR for a timer recording. VOLUME o / p Buttons Press to adjust the sound level. Pressing aVOLUME bu...
Page 13 - Rear Panel 13
Rear Panel 13 ANT. ANT(enna) JackConnect your antenna or Cable TVsignal here. Details are on page six. Antenna HoleConnect the stem of an indoor rodantenna here. Details are on page six. AC Power CordConnect to a standard AC outletto supply power to the TV/VCR.
Page 14 - 4 Menu Language, Resetting TV Channels; Menu Language; Resetting TV Channels; to
14 Menu Language, Resetting TV Channels • If the menu is in Spanish but you prefer English, press MENU,then press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select IDIOMA ESPAÑOL,then press F.FWD/ B to select ENGLISH. Press MENU toremove the menu. • The TV/VCR cannot control or change the channels of a CableBox or Satel...
Page 15 - Adding/Deleting Channels 15
Adding/Deleting Channels 15 The channels you no longer receive or seldom watch can bedeleted from the memory. (Or, you can add new channelsinto the memory without having to reset all the channels.) 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select CHANNEL SET UP. Press F.FWD/ B . 2 Press PLAY/ ▲ or S...
Page 16 - 6 Setting the Clock; Auto Clock Setting; to select AUTO CLOCK CH
16 Setting the Clock 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select SETTING CLOCK, then pressF.FWD/ B . 2 With AUTO CLOCK selected, pressF.FWD/ B or REW/ s repeatedly until ON appears beside AUTO CLOCK. • If the TV/VCR is connected to a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver,select the PBS channel on the...
Page 17 - Press MENU to remove the menu.
Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 • If the TV/VCR sets the time incor- rectly, it may have taken the timefrom a PBS channel in a differenttime zone. Follow the steps forManual Clock Setting on pages18-19. • If no channel numbers appear during the channel search at step3, there are no stations in yourare...
Page 18 - Manual Clock Setting
18 Setting the Clock (cont’d) Manual Clock Setting 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select SETTING CLOCK. Then, pressF.FWD/ B . 2 Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select MANUAL CLOCK SET. Then, press F.FWD/ B . 3 While the MONTH space is flashing, pressPLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ until your desired month...
Page 20 - 0 Daylight-Savings Time
20 Daylight-Savings Time When Daylight-Savings Time (D.S.T.) is ON, the TV/VCRclock will automatically move forward one hour on the firstSunday in April and move back one hour on the last Sundayin October. To turn Daylight-Savings Time ON or OFF, follow the stepsbelow. 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or...
Page 21 - Status Displays, Picture Control 21; Picture Control; Status Displays; When Closed Captions are ON, press DISPLAY to see
Status Displays, Picture Control 21 Picture Control Follow these steps to adjust the TV/VCR’s brightness, color,tint, sharpness, and contrast. 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select PICTURE CONTROL. Press F.FWD/ B . 2 Within five seconds, press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select BRIGHT, SHARPNES...
Page 22 - to select the date; Instructions continue on the next page.; 2 Timer Recording; to select
4 The current date will be flashing in the DATE space. For aone-time recording, press PLAY/ ▲ to select the date you want to record. To record a TV program at the same time on the samechannel every day, press STOP/ ▼ until EVRY DAY appears. To record a program at the same time, channel, and day ofev...
Page 24 - To cancel a timer recording that is in progress:; Checking Scheduled Timer Recordings
24 Timer Recording (cont’d) Extending a Timer Recording To make a Timer Recording start and end later than originally sched-uled, follow these steps. 1 With the TV/VCR power on, press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select TIMER PROGRAMMING. Press F.FWD/ B . 2 Press RECORD, then press PLAY/ ▲ or S...
Page 25 - Timer Recording Auto Return 25
Timer Recording Auto Return 25 Turning on AUTO RETURN sets the TV/VCR to rewind thetape automatically to the beginning of a timer recording. 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select USER’S SET UP. Then, press F.FWD/ B . 2 Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select AUTO RETURN. Press F.FWD/ B or REW/...
Page 27 - One-Touch Recording 27
One-Touch Recording 27 A One-Touch Recording (OTR) is an immediate timedrecording from 30 minutes to eight hours long. ● This function cannot be done from the remote control. ● Recording starts immediately when you press REC/OTR. Before you begin, make sure ... ● The TV/VCR power is on and has a vid...
Page 28 - 8 Playback Options; or; Viewing a Still Picture; Viewing a Slow Motion Picture
28 Playback Options • Still and Slow modes will switch to Stop mode after five minutes toprotect the TV/VCR and the tapefrom damage. • SP/LP/SLP means this feature will work with tape segments recordedin Standard Play, Long Play, orSuper Long Play. LP/SLP meansthis feature will work with seg-ments r...
Page 29 - Repeat Play 29
Repeat Play 29 • Once you set Repeat Play, it stays in effect even after youturn off the TV/VCR. You mustset it to OFF to disable it again. • If RENTAL is ON, the RENTAL PLAY B message has priority when you start playback.(REPEAT PLAY B will not appear when you start play-back.) Details are on page ...
Page 30 - 0 Rental Playback, Zero Return; Rental Playback; Zero Return
30 Rental Playback, Zero Return Rental Playback This function improves the picture quality of worn videotapes. 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select USER’S SET UP. Then, press F.FWD/ B . 2 Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select RENTAL. Press F.FWD/ B or REW/ s until ON appears. To cancel Rent...
Page 31 - Time Search; until your length of; Time Search, Index Search 31; Index Search
0 8 9 7 5 6 4 2 3 1 +100 STOP F.FWD PLAY REW VOL. DISPLAY MENU POWER SLEEP/WAKE UP CH. ALT.CH Time Search Time Search lets you rewind or fast forward a tape to a posi-tion by entering the amount of time you want to skip. TimeSearch is not available during recording. 1 When a tape is in the TV/VCR, p...
Page 32 - TV Rating Settings; TV Rating Explanations
32 Setting V-Chip V-CHIP enables parents to prevent their children fromwatching inappropriate material on TV.V-CHIP reads the ratings for programming (except for newsand sports programs, unedited movies on premium cablechannels, and Emergency Broadcast System signals), thendenies access to programmi...
Page 34 - MPAA Rating Settings; MPAA Rating Explanations
34 Setting V-Chip (cont’d) MPAA Rating Settings 1 Press MENU. Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select V-CHIP SET UP. Then, press F.FWD/ B . 2 Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select MPAA RATING. Then, press F.FWD/ B . 3 Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select a rating. Press F.FWD/ B to select BLOCK or VIEW. When ...
Page 35 - Closed Caption 35
Closed Caption 35 Follow the steps below to select closed captions for TV pro-gramming. Not all TV programs and commercials have closedcaptions or all types of closed captions (second language,half-screen text, etc.). If closed captioning is not broadcast,you cannot receive it. This does not indicat...
Page 36 - to select TV or; 6 Wake Up Timer; to select your
2 Press F.FWD/ B or REW/ s until ON appears. 3 Press PLAY/ ▲ or STOP/ ▼ to select TV/TAPE. Press F.FWD/ B or REW/ s to select TV or TAPE. If you select TV, the current TV channel willbe on when the TV/VCR turns on. Select TAPE tostart tape playback when the TV/VCR turns on. 36 Wake Up Timer The Wake...
Page 37 - Sleep Timer 37
Sleep Timer 37 Use the Sleep Timer to program the TV/VCR to shut itselfoff in a certain amount of time. 1 Press SLEEP/WAKE UP until SLEEP TIMERappears. 2 Press PLAY/ ▲ , STOP/ ▼ , F.FWD/ B or REW/ s until your desired sleep time appears.You may choose 30 minutes, one hour, an hour and ahalf, or two ...
Page 38 - 8 Automatic Operation Features; Automatic Playback
38 Automatic Operation Features Automatic Playback When you put a tape in the TV/VCR, the power will comeon automatically. If the tape’s record tab is missing, playbackwill begin. If a timer recording is set, the power will notcome on automatically when you insert a tape with therecord tab intact. I...
Page 39 - Color: adjusting pales or brightens the picture color.
AUDIO In Jack: jack on the front of the TV/VCR that receives audio fromother equipment. Automatic Channel Setup: process in which the TV/VCR memorizes allavailable channels. Then, when you push the CH(annel) ▲ / ▼ button, you only scan through channels you receive. Auxiliary (AUX): The channel to wh...
Page 40 - 0 Helpful Hints; Electrical Shock and Fire Hazards; TV/VCR will not perform a timer recording.; The picture or color is faulty.
40 Helpful Hints LocationFor safe operation and satisfactory performance of your TV/VCR, remember the following: • Shield it from direct sunlight and keep it away from sources of intense heat. • Avoid dusty or humid places.• Avoid places with insufficient ventilation. Do not block the vents on the T...
Page 42 - General; Tuner Broadcast Channels; 2 Specifications
General CRT: 19-inch in line gunTelevision system: NTSCClosed caption system: Section 15.119, FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Standard Video Heads: Two headsTape width: 1/2 inch (12.65 mm)Tape speed SP: 33.35 mm/sec.LP: 16.67 mm/sec.SLP: 11.12 mm/sec. Operating Temperature: 41˚F (5˚C) to 104...
Page 43 - Limited Warranty 43
Limited Warranty 43 WHO IS COVERED?You must have proof of purchase to receive warrantyservice. A sales receipt or other document showingthat you purchased the product is considered proofof purchase. WHAT IS COVERED?Warranty coverage begins the day you buy yourproduct. For 90 days thereafter, all par...