Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 3819LC Sylvania
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OWNER’S MANUAL If you need addi tion al assi stan ce for se t-up or op erati ng after re ad ing o wn er’s ma nu al, pl ease call TOLL F REE : 1-800- 968- 3429 . Please rea d before using this equipment 19-INCH COLOR TV/VCR 3819LC INSTRUCCIONES EN ESPAÑOL INCLUIDAS.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 1.Read instructi ons- All the safety and operat ing instr uc- tions should be read before the appliance is operated. 2.Retain In structions -The safety and op erating instructions should be retained for future refe rence.
13. Out door A nten na gro undi ng- I f an out side antenna or cable system is connected to the TV/VCR, be sure the antenna o r cable system i s grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage su rges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Cod e, ANSI/NFPA No.
PRECAUTIONS LOCA TION For saf e operation an d satisfact ory perfor mance of your TV/VCR, keep the following in m ind wh en selecting a place for its installation: ● Shield it from direct sunlight and keep it away from sources of intens e heat. ● Avoid du st y or hum i d places .
T A BL E OF CONTENTS ■ IMPORTANT SAF EGUARDS ....... .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. . 2 ■ PRECAUT IONS ...... .... .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. . 4 LOCA TION ........ .... ...... ...... ...... ...... .... ...... ...... ....
FEA TURES ● Infra red r emote con trol ● Bilingual on screen menu displ ay sele ctable in Engl ish or S pani sh ● Real time counte r– Thi s sh ow s the elap s ed re cor di ng or playback time i n hours, minutes, and seconds.
VIDEO CASSETTE This TV/VCR will operate with any cassette that has the VHS mark. For bes t results, we recommend the use of high-qual ity tapes. Do not use poor quali ty or damaged tapes. PRECAUTI ONS ● Avoid moisture. Moisture condensation may occur on the tape if it is moved from a co ld place to a war m place or visa ver sa.
OPERA TING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS NOTE: ● Some controls are located on both th e TV/VCR and on the rem ote control, some are o nly located on one, some controls op erate certain function s only in one location. See each descri ption fo r details . ● We do not recommend the use of universal remote controls.
7 F.FWD b utton– Press to rapidly adv ance the tape, or to view the picture rapidly in forward during playback mode. (Fo rward Search ) B button – ● When setting program (for example: setting clock or timer program), press to determine your select ion and proceed to the next step yo u want to inp ut.
PREP ARA TION FOR USE ANTENNA/CABLE CONNECTIONS VHF/UHF COMBINED A NTENNA The VHF/UHF Rod Antenna (not su pplied) is detach- able. Insert the stem of the antenna into the hole on the upper -back por t i on of the TV/ VCR . Connect the VHF/UHF Rod Antenna or VH F/UHF Comb inatio n Ante nna t o the AN T .
CABLE WI TH CONVERTER/ DESCRAMBLER B OX OR SATELLITE B OX If your cable ser vice supp lies you w ith a co nverter b ox or if you use a satellite system, you can use the b asic connectio n s ho wn her e . By using this connection y ou can also record sc rambled cha nnel s.
SET UP FOR USE Y o u can program the tuner to s can all the channels you receive in your area. Y ou must use the remote contr o l for th e thi s p r ocedur e. NOTE: Channel memory programming is NOT needed when connected to a cable box or satellite box.
CHANNEL SET UP AGAIN Make s ure ... ● Press the POWER b utton to turn on the TV/VCR . ● You must use the remote control for the following steps. 1 Select "CHANNEL SET UP" Press the MENU b utton. Pre ss the PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ butto n to po int to " CHANNEL SET UP".
CLOCK SET UP (AUTO / MANUAL) Set the clock accurately for prop er auto matic timer recording. If the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS) is available in your area, follow "AUT O CLOCK SETTING". If it is not, fo llow "MANUAL CLOCK SETTING".
MANUAL CLOCK SETTING Make s ure ... ● Use the remote control fo r this procedure. ● TV/VCR power must be turned on. In the example below , the clock is to be set to: DA TE Mar ch 1st, 199 8 SETTING TIME 5:40PM 1 Select "SETTING CLOCK" Press the MENU button.
ON SCREEN DISPLA Y T o check the Counter , Clock and Ch annel number o n the TV s creen, press th e DISPLA Y button on the rem ote control. Each time you press the DISPLA Y button on the remote contro.
TV OPERA TION WA T C H I N G A T V P R O G R A M 1 T urn on t he TV /VCR Press the POWER b utton to turn on the TV/VCR. 2 Select th e ch an ne l nu mber Press the CHANNEL ▲ or ▼ button to select your desire d chann el numb er or p ress the nu mber b utto ns on the remote control.
CLOSED CAPTION SYSTEM Y o u can view specially labeled (cc) TV programs, movies, news , pre-recor ded tapes with either a dialogue caption or text display . CAPTION mode: By choosing the caption mode, you can watch dramas, movi es and news while captioning the dialogu es and the con tents of news.
PLA YBACK NORMAL PLA YBACK Make s ure ... ● TV/VCR power must be turned on. 1 Inser t a pr e rec or d ed tap e If the eras e-protection ta b has been r emoved, th e TV/VCR will start playback automatically . 2 T o begin play ba ck Press the PLA Y button.
SPECIAL PLA YBACK Make s ure ... ● Use the remote control fo r this procedure. ● TV/VCR power must be turned on. ● Insert a prerecorded tape. ● Before playb ack, follow st eps below. RENT AL PLA YBACK This function enables you to im prove the picture quality when playing back wor n cassettes such as ren ted tapes.
SEARCH Make s ure ... ● Use the remote control fo r this procedure. ● TV/VCR power must be turned on. ● Insert a tap e. ZERO RETURN This function can search easily a beginning point that you want t o rev iew by rewin ding or fas t for ward ing. NOTE: Zero Return WI LL NOT w ork on a blank tape or a blank po rti o n of a tape.
RECORDING Make s ure ... ● TV/VCR power must be turned on. ● Insert a cassette tape with its erase p reventio n tab in place. ( If neces sary, rewind or f ast forwar d the tape to the point a t whic h yo u want t o begin re cord ing.) NOTE: This unit will ONL Y record and view the same chan nel.
OTR (One T ouch Recording) This function ena bles you to set a rec ording length simply by pressing the REC/OTR button on the TV/VCR. Make s ure ... ● TV/VCR power must be turned on. ● Insert a cassette tape with its erase prevention tab in place.
TIMER AUT OMA TIC TIMER RECORDING Y o u may set the T V/VCR to start an d end a recording while you are away . Y ou can set 8 p rograms to record on specific day s, daily or weekly within a 1 year period.
5 Set be ginn ing hour Pre ss the PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ button until the d esired hour appears. (E xample: " 7, PM" for 7 :30 PM ) Then , pres s th e F .FWD/ B button. 6 Set be ginn ing minu te Pre ss the PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ butt on until the desired minute appe ars.
TO CHECK TH E BEGIN/END TIM E 1) Press the POWER bu tton so that the R EC indicator goes o ff. 2) Press the MENU button. 3) Confirm "TIMER PROGRAMMING" is pointed. 4) Press the F.FWD/ B button. The det ails of pr ogram s appear on the TV s creen.
3 Set wake up ti me Pre ss the PLA Y/ ▲ or ST OP/ ▼ button until to p oint to "TIME". Press the F .FWD/ B or REW/ s button until your des ired wa ke up time ap pears. Each additional push will increase (or decrease) th e time by 10 minutes.
TROUB LESHOOT ING GUI D E If you have followed the in structions contained in this manual and have diff iculty in operating y our TV/VCR, locate the PROBLEM in th e left column below . Check the correspon ding CORRECTIVE ACTION colum n to reme d y the pr oblem.
SPEC IFICA T IONS GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS CR T : 19 inch in-line gun, 90° deflection tube T elevision system : NTSC-M Closed caption s ystem :§15.1 19/FCC V ideo Head s : Rotary t wo-head T ape width : 1/2 inch T ape speed SP : 33.40 mm/s ec. LP : 16.
RESGUARDOS IMPORTANTES 1. Lea las instrucciones - Todas las instrucciones de opera- ción y seg uridad deben ser leídas antes de poner el aparato en funcionami ento. 2. Conserve las instrucciones - Es importante que guarde las instrucciones de operación y seguridad para su futura referencia.
12. P rotecci ón con el cordón de energía - Los cord ones de alimentación d eben exten derse de manera que no sea po- sibl e pis arlos o ser pe rfo rad os por o bjeto s ce rcan os o apoyado s en ellos, poniendo especial cuidado en los cor- dones del lad o del enchufe, receptáculos conven ientes y el lugar por dond e sale del aparato.
INDICE ■ RES G UA RD OS IM PORTA NTE S ..... ...... .... .. .... 30 ■ PRECAUCI ONES ..... ...... .... ...... ...... .... ...... .... ..... 33 UBICACIÓN ..... ...... .... ...... ...... ...... .... ...... ...... .... . 33 EVITE LOS PE LIGROS DE DESCARGAS ELÉC TRI C A S E INC ENDI OS .
PRECAUCIONES UBICACIÓN Para que su televis or/videograbadora real ice una operación segura y su rendimient o sea satis factorio, t enga en cuent a los puntos siguientes cuando elij a un lugar para su instalac ión: ● Proteja l a unidad de la luz solar direc ta y aléjela de fuentes de calor intenso.
PREVENCIÓN DE BORRADO Rompiendo la le ngüeta del borde trasero del videocas ete, uste d podrá impedir el borrado accide nta l de una grabación. Si decide volver a grabar e n esa cint a, tape el a gujero con ci nta adhe- siva.
NOT A: Antes de enchufar la antena de vari lla en el termina l de antena, com pru ebe que la cla vija no est é doblada. Si lo est á, enderécela , y luego cone cte la clav ija en el ter m ina l de ant ena . Consul te la figu ra 4 d e la pági na 10.
REPETICIÓN DE LA PREP ARACI ÓN DE CANALES Cerciórese... ● Pulse el botón POWER pa ra encender el televis or/videograbadora . ● Para ej ecutar esto pasos t endrá que ut ilizar el mando a distanci a. 1) Pulse el botón MENU. Pulse el botón PLA Y/ ▲ o STOP/ ▼ para indicar "AJ USTE DE CA- NAL".
Cerciórese... ● Utilice el mando a distancia para re alizar este procedim iento. ● La aliment ación del tel evisor/videograba dora deberá estar conec tada. En el ejemplo de abajo, el reloj va a aj ustarse así: FECHA: 1 de marzo de 1998 HORA: 5:40 PM 1) Pulse el botón MENU.
IMAGEN". Luego, pul se el botón F.FWD/ B . 2 ) P ulse el botón PLAY/ ▲ o STOP/ ▼ hasta que se vi sualice el cont rol deseado. 3) Pulse F.FWD/ B o RE W/ s para ajust ar el ni vel deseado. ● Si se produce un fallo de cualquier clase en el suministro de energía, la unidad mantendrá la memoria de e sta función.
● Utilice el mando a distancia para re alizar este procedim iento. ● La aliment ación del tel evisor/videograba dora deberá estar conec tada. ● Inserte una ci nta pregrabada.
SÓLO podrá ve r el mismo programa que se esté grabando. 1) Pulse l os botones numerados del mando a distanc ia o el botón CHANNEL ▲ o ▼ . Recuerde: Si el te levisor/videogra badora está conec.
● Cuando termine de grabarse el primer progra ma, los demás pro- gramas se grabar án en or den. 1) Pulse el botón MENU. Confirme que s e indique "COMO PROGRAMAR" pulsando el botón PLAY/ ▲ . Y pulse el botón F.FWD/ B . ● Si no ha ajustado el rel oj aparecerá "AJUSTE MANUAL RELOJ".
4) Pulse el botón PLAY. P ARA CANCELAR EL MODO DE RET ORNO AUTO- MÁ TICO Repi ta lo s paso s (1) y (2), y sele ccione [OFF] utili zando el botón F. F W D / B o REW/ s . Si se produce un fallo de cualquier clase en el suministr o de ener- gía, la unidad mantendrá la memoria de e sta función.
de 30 minutos hasta un máximo de 120 minutos. Pulse el botón ME NU para salir del ajuste del t emporizador para dormir. PARA CANCELAR EL TEMPORIZADOR PARA DORMIR Pulse el botón W AKE UP/SLEEP del mando a di stancia ha sta que aparezca "TEMPOROIZADOR DE DORMIR".
PROBLEMA DE SUBTITULO CERRADO POSIBLE SOLUCION Mi TV/VCR e stá mostrando subt ítulos con errore s gramatic ales. Cuando usted está viendo un programa en vivo se producen errore s gramatical es en los subtítul os cerrados que pue den pasar sin ser corregidos por la empre sa productora.
LIMITED WARRANTY FUNAI CORP. will repair this SYLVANIA product, free of charge in the USA in the event of defect in materials or workmanship as follows: DURATION: PARTS: FUNAI CORP. wi ll provide parts to replace defective parts wit hout charge for one (1) year fr om the date of original retail purchase.
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