Sony SLV-D380P User Manual
: Hookup for Playback and
VCR Recording
: Hookup for Playback
Before hookup
Check your tuner
This DVD-VCR does not include a tuner.
To record TV programs on the DVD-VCR from a connected device, you
need to connect the DVD-VCR to a tuner that has audio/video output jacks.
You have :
Cable Box With Video/Audio Output
– or –
Satellite Receiver With Video/Audio Output
hint
If you have been using your VCR connected to an antenna, connect this DVD-VCR to
the VCR using an audio/video cord. This way, you can record TV programs.
If you have neither of the above tuners :
You have :
Cable Box/Satellite Receiver Without Video/Audio
Output
Please contact your cable service or satellite service company
to ask cable box or satellite receiver with video/audio output.
Cable With No Cable Box
Please contact your cable service to ask cable box with video/
audio output.
Antenna Only (No Cable TV/No Satellite Receiver)
You need to subscribe to a cable TV or satellite TV service and
to get a cable box or satellite receiver with video/audio output.
hint
For any inquiry, please visit the Sony web site : http://esupport.sony.com/
Select a connection
To enjoy DVD/VCR playback, select connection A. In addition, if you want to record
TV programs from a connected tuner, make additional connections by referring to
connection B.
©2007 Sony Corporation
Printed in China
3-093-966-11(1)
AK68-01306A
X2
(antenna cable: not supplied)
You will need:
X2
(one audio/video cord is supplied)
BA
Connect all power cords last!
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You will need:
X1
(one audio/video cord is supplied)
A
Connect all power cords last!
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Follow the three steps below to connect, setup and make
recordings on your DVD-VCR.
SLV-D380P
SLV-D281P
See below
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AUDIO
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DISPLAY RETURN
MENUTOP MENU
PLAY PAUSE STOP
SHUTTLE
PREV NEXT
SKIP
SURROUND
ANGLE TV/VIDEO
Clock set
The “Clock Set” setup allows you
to make clock settings for the
recorder.
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Press SET UP, then press / to
select OPTION and press
ENTER.
RETURN
La ng ua ge : Eng li sh
Cl oc k S et/ Ad ju st
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OPTION SETUP
SETUPENTER
VIDEO
PROGRAM
DVD
OPTION
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Press / to select “Clock Set/
Adjust,” and press ENTER.
RETURN
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OPTION SETUP
SETUPENTER
VIDEO
PROGRAM
DVD
OPTION
3
Press / to set the time, and
press . Set the date and year in
sequence.
The day of the week is set
automatically.
RETURN
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Da te
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CLOCK SET/ADJUST
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PROGRAM
DVD
OPTION
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Press ENTER to start the clock.
hint
Don’t know which device you are
operating?
If the remote does not seem to function, you
may be operating your TV, not the DVD-VCR.
Set the TV/DVD-VIDEO switch on the remote.
Also, some buttons work only for the DVD
player or the VCR. Be aware of the one you
are controlling: check the “DVD” or “VIDEO”
indicator in the display window and select by
pressing SELECT DVD or SELECT VIDEO.
1
Press SELECT VIDEO to control
the VCR.
2
Insert a tape with its safety tab
in place.
3
Press INPUT SELECT to select a
input source.
4
Select a channel on your cable
box or satellite receiver.
5
Press SP/EP to select the tape
speed, SP (Standard Play) or EP
(Extended Play).
6
Press REC.
Keep the channel you want to
record set on your cable box or
satellite receiver, and leave it
turned on.
To stop recording
Press STOP.
Record a TV program from the
connected device
1
Press SELECT VIDEO to control
the VCR.
2
Insert a tape with its safety tab
in place.
3
Press TIMER.
L1/L2
RETURN
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Set L1 or L2, start and stop
times, date, and tape speed.
Press / to select each item, and
/ to set it.
5
Select a channel on your cable
box or satellite receiver.
6
Press to confirm the setting.
L1/L2
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L1
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CLEAR
7
Press RETURN to exit the
menu.
The indicator appears in the display
window and the VCR stands by for
recording.
Timer recording will operate properly
regardless if the DVD-VCR is turned
on or off.
8
Keep the channel you want to
record set on your cable box or
satellite receiver, and leave it
turned on.
To cancel the setting
Press CLEAR in STEP 4.
hint
Why is the indicator flashing in the
display window?
The indicator flashes when a timer setting is
set with no tape to record on. Insert a tape
with its safety tab in place.
Record a TV program form the
connected device using the timer
Plug the DVD-VCR power cord into
an AC outlet.
Display pictures
on the TV
1
Press / to turn on the DVD-
VCR and turn on your TV.
2
Switch the TV input using the
TV’s remote (usually INPUT or
TV/VIDEO) so that the signal
from the DVD-VCR appears on
the TV screen.
Which do you want to use?
For operating the DVD player
Press SELECT DVD.
“DVD” is lit in the display window.
For operating the VCR
Press SELECT VIDEO.
“VIDEO” is lit in the display window.
Select DVD or VIDEO
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