Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MC132EMG/17 Magnavox
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MC132EMG/17 COLOR TV WITH BUIL T -IN VCR O WNER ’ S M ANU AL T HANK Y OU FOR CHOOSING M AG N AVOX . N EED HELP FAST ? R EAD Y OUR Q UICK -U SE G UIDE AND / OR O WNER ’ S M ANUAL FIRST FOR QUICK TIPS THA T MAKE USING Y OUR M AGNA VO X PRODUCT MORE ENJO Y ABLE .
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Intr oduction 3 • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic T racking Adjustment • Closed Caption • Da ylight-Sa vings Time • English, Spanish, or Fr ench displa ys and .
4 T able of Contents First-time Setup Intr oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 T able of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Before Using the TV/VCR 5 Using the Remote Contr ol ● Point the r emote control at the fr ont of the TV/VCR. ● Do not put objects between the r emote contr ol and the TV/VCR.
6 Hooking Up the TV/VCR ANT. ANT. IN OUT ANT. ANT. Connect an RF coaxial cable (75-ohm, not supplied) to the OUT Jack on the Cable Box/Satellite Receiv er and to the ANT(enna) Jack on the TV/VCR. Connect a Cable TV signal or an antenna to the ANT(enna) Jack.
Hooking Up the TV/VCR (cont ’ d) 7 VIDEO AUDIO POWER VOLUME CHANNEL STOP/EJECT REW PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR EARPHONE OUT IN VIDEO IN OUT 3CH 4CH AUDIO ANT. OUT IN VIDEO IN OUT 3CH 4CH AUDIO ANT. VIDEO AUDIO • Before connecting an antenna or Cable TV or Satellite signal to the ANT(enna) Jac k, mak e sure the pin is not bent.
8 Men u Language • If the menu is in Spanish or French but you pref er English, press MENU. Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select IDIOMA [ESP A Ñ OL] or LANGAGE [FRAN Ç AIS], then press F .FWD/ B to select ENGLISH. Press MENU to remo ve the menu.
Playing a Videotape 9 • If the tape you want to play is already in the TV/VCR, turn on the TV/VCR power , then press PLA Y/ ▲ . • Playback features and options are on pages 28-31. • When you play an S-VHS format tape , you cannot get the high resolution that would be avail- able on an S-VHS VCR.
10 Recor ding • Y ou cannot recor d one c hannel while watching another . • Recor ding options are on pages 22-27. • If you pause a r ecording for mor e than five minutes, the TV/VCR will resume recor ding automatically .
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 F .FWD/ B (fast forwar d) Button Press to fast f orward the tape. Details are on page 28. Pr ess to select a menu item or to change a menu setting.
12 F r ont P anel VIDEO AUDIO POWER VOLUME CHANNEL STOP/EJECT REW PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR EARPHONE Cassette Compartment Insert a videotape here. Remote Sensor Receives a signal fr om your remote so y ou can operate the TV/VCR from a distance. CHANNEL ▲ / ▼ Buttons Press to select a TV channel.
Rear P anel 13 ANT . ANT(enna) Jack Connect your antenna or Cable TV signal here. Details are on page six. Antenna Hole Connect the stem of an indoor rod antenna her e . Details are on page six. A C P ow er Cord Connect to a standard AC outlet to supply pow er to the TV/VCR.
14 Setting TV Channels • The TV/VCR distinguishes between standard TV channels and Cable TV c hannels . • If you activate A UT O CH PRO- GRAMMING when no antenna or Cable TV signal is connected to the TV/VCR ’ s ANT(enna) jack, NO TV SIGN ALS will appear on the display after completion of channel scanning.
Adding/Deleting Channels 15 The channels you no longer r eceive or seldom watch can be deleted from the memory . Or , you can add ne w channels into the memor y without ha ving to reset all the channels. 1 Press MENU . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select CHANNEL SET UP .
16 Setting the Clock 1 Press MENU . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select SETTING CLOCK, then press F .FWD/ B . 2 With A UT O CLOCK selected, press F .FWD/ B or REW/ s repeatedl y until ON appears beside AUT O CLOCK. • If the TV/VCR is connected to a Cable Box, select the local PBS station on the Cable Box.
Setting the Clock (cont ’ d) 17 • If the TV/VCR sets the time incor- rectly , it may have tak en the time from a PBS station in a diff erent time zone.
18 Setting the Clock (cont ’ d) • If the po wer fails, reset the cloc k. • If you set the clock using MANU- AL CLOCK SET , then later want to use A UT O CLOCK, you m ust dis- connect the TV/VCR from power for about two minutes after you set A UT O CLOCK to ON.
Setting the Clock (cont ’ d) 19 5 While the YEAR space is flashing, pr ess PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ until your desir ed y ear appears. (Example: 2004) The da y of the week (T uesda y - TUE, etc.) will change appr opriately for the year y ou select. Then, pr ess F .
20 Daylight-Savings Time When Da ylight-Sa vings Time (D .S.T .) is ON, the TV/VCR clock will automatically mov e forward one hour on the first Sunda y in April and mov e back one hour on the last Sunda y in October . T o turn Daylight-Sa vings Time ON or OFF , follow the steps below .
Picture Contr ol, Status Displays 21 Picture Contr ol Follow these steps to adjust the TV/VCR ’ s brightness, color , tint, sharpness, and contrast. 1 Press MENU .
4 The curr ent date will be flashing in the D A TE space . F or a one-time recor ding, pr ess PLA Y/ ▲ to select the date you want to r ecord. Or , to recor d a TV program at the same time on the same channel ev er y da y , press ST OP/ ▼ until EVR Y D A Y appears.
Timer Recor ding (cont ’ d) 23 5 Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ until the beginning hour and AM or PM appear beneath BEGIN. Press F .FWD/ B . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ until the beginning minute appears. Press F .FWD/ B . • T ape speed details ar e on page 10.
24 Timer Recor ding (cont ’ d) Extending a Timer Recording T o make a Timer Recording start and end later than originally scheduled, follow these steps. 1 With the TV/VCR power on, pr ess MENU . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select TIMER PR OGRAMMING.
Timer Recor ding Auto Return 25 T urning on A UT O RETURN sets the TV/VCR to rewind the tape automatically to the beginning of the last timer r ecording. 1 Press MENU . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select USER ’ S SET UP . Then, press F .FWD/ B .
26 Rerecor ding (T ape Duplication) • Unauthorized r ecording of copy- righted television pro grams, video tapes , or other materials may infringe on the rights of copyr ight owners and violate copyright laws . • Diff erent brands of equipment may operate diff erently .
One-T ouch Recor ding 27 A One-T ouch Recording (O TR) is an immediate timed recor ding from 30 min utes to eight hours long. ● This function cannot be done from the r emote control. ● Recording starts immediately when y ou press REC/O TR. Befor e you begin, mak e sure .
28 Playback Options • Still mode will automatically switch to Stop mode after five minutes to protect the TV/VCR and the tape from damag e . • SP/LP/SLP means this feature will work with tape segments recor d- ed in Standard Play , Long Play, or Super Long Play .
Repeat Play 29 • Once you set Repeat Play , it stays in effect e ven after you turn off the TV/VCR. Y ou must set it to OFF to disable it again. • If RENT AL is ON, the RENT AL PLA Y B message has priority when you star t playbac k. (REPEA T PLA Y B will not appear when you star t playbac k.
30 Rental Playback This function impro ves pictur e quality of worn videota pes. 1 Press MENU . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select USER ’ S SET UP . Then, press F .FWD/ B . 2 Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select RENT AL. Press F .FWD/ B or REW/ s until ON appears.
Time Sear ch Time Search lets y ou rewind or fast forwar d a tape to a posi- tion by entering the amount of pla yback time you want to skip . 1 When a tape is in the TV/VCR, pr ess TIME SEARCH. (Y ou also can access TIME SEARCH in the main menu. Select TIME SEARCH, then press F .
32 Setting V -Chip V -CHIP enables par ents to prev ent their children fr om watching inappr opriate material on TV . V -CHIP r eads the ratings for programming (except f or news and sports programs, .
Setting V -Chip (cont ’ d) 33 If you BLOCK TV -Y7, TV -PG, TV -14, or TV -MA, then press F .FWD/ B , subratings will appear . Each subrating ma y be set to BLOCK or VIEW . T o set the subratings individually: ● When you select TV -Y7: Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select FV (Fantasy Violence), then press F .
34 Setting V -Chip (cont ’ d) MP AA Rating Settings 1 Press MENU . Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select V -CHIP SET UP . Then, press F .FWD/ B . 2 Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select MP AA RA TING. Then, press F .FWD/ B . 3 Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select a rating.
Closed Caption 35 Follow the steps belo w to select closed captions for TV pr o- gramming. Not all TV programs and commer cials ha ve closed captions or all types of closed captions (second language, half-screen text, etc.). If closed captioning is not br oadcast, you cannot r eceive it.
2 Press F .FWD/ B or REW/ s until ON appears. 3 Press PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ to select TV/T APE. Press F .FWD/ B or REW/ s to select TV or T APE. If you select TV , the current TV channel will be on when the TV/VCR turns on. Select T APE to star t tape pla yback when the TV/VCR turns on.
Sleep Timer 37 Use the Sleep Timer to program the TV/VCR to shut itself off in a certain amount of time . 1 Press SLEEP/W AKE UP until SLEEP TIMER appears. 2 Press PLA Y/ ▲ , ST OP/ ▼ , F .FWD/ B or REW/ s to choose an amount of time. Y ou ma y choose 30 minutes, one hour , an hour and a half, or two hours.
38 Automatic Oper ation Featur es Automatic Pla yback When you put a ta pe in the TV/VCR, the power will come on automatically . If the tape ’ s recor d tab is missing, pla yback will begin. If a timer recor ding is set, the pow er will not come on automatically when y ou inser t a tape with the recor d tab intact.
A UDIO In Jack: white jack on the fr ont of the TV/VCR that r eceives audio from other equipment. Automatic Channel Setup: process in which the TV/VCR memorizes all a vailable channels. Then, when y ou push the CH(annel) ▲ / ▼ button, you onl y scan through channels y ou receive.
40 Helpful Hints Location For safe operation and satisfactory performance of y our TV/VCR, remember the follo wing: • Shield it from dir ect sunlight and keep it a wa y fr om sources of intense heat. • Av oid dusty or humid places. • Av oid places with insufficient ventilation.
Helpful Hints (cont ’ d) 41 The remote contr ol is not available and y ou need to access the menu. • Press CHANNEL ▲ or ▼ on the front of the TV/VCR to go to channel zer o or A UX. Press CHANNEL ▲ once to access the TV/VCR menu. Use the PLA Y , REW , F .
General CR T : 13-inch in line gun T elevision system: NTSC Closed caption system: Section 15.119, FCC (Federal Comm unications Commission) Standard Video Heads: T wo heads T ape width: 1/2 inch (12.65 mm) T ape speed SP: 33.35 mm/sec. LP: 16.67 mm/sec.
Limited W arr anty 43 WHO IS CO VERED? Y ou must ha ve proof of pur chase to receive warranty ser vice. A sales receipt or other document showing that you pur chased the product is considered pr oof of purchase. WHA T IS CO VERED? W arranty cov erage begins the da y you buy y our product.
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