Sony KV-20VM42 Manual

Basic Operations

Press SELECT.
The message “Please turn TV off to set timer” is displayed for three
seconds. Then the TIMER SET/CHECK menu reappears and the cursor
(z) is displayed at the left margin.

When you want to set other programs, press – √ to move the cursor (z) to
the next line, then repeat steps 2 through 10.

Press MENU to exit the TIMER SET/CHECK menu.

Press POWER to turn off the Video/TV.
The TIMER REC lamp on the front of the Video/TV lights up and the
Video/TV enters recording standby mode.

The Video/TV turns on automatically and starts recording at the preset
start time, and the TIMER REC lamp on the front of the Video/TV lights
up.

Daily/weekly recording

You can preset your Video/TV to record the same program every day of
the week (daily recording) or the same program on the same day every
week (weekly recording). Press – √ in step 3 until the desired setting
appears in the “DATE” position. With each press, the setting changes as
follows:

4 (today) n SUN-SAT n MON–FRI n EVERY SAT n EVERY FRI n
EVERY THU n EVERY WED n EVERY TUE n EVERY MON n
EVERY SUN n 3 (next month) n 2......

To cancel timer recording

1 Press POWER to turn on the Video/TV.
2 Press TIMER ON SCREEN.
3 Using + ◊ or – √, select the timer setting which you want to stop

recording and press RESET.

Using the Video/TV before timer
recording starts

To use the Video/TV before timer recording begins, just press POWER.
The TIMER REC lamp turns off and the Video/TV switches on.

When preset timer recordings
overlap
• If the turn-on time of two

programs are the same, the
program listed first in the menu
has priority.

• If the recording start time of the

second program comes before
recording of the first program is
over, the second program starts
recording only after the first
program has finished.

EJECT

INPUT

SELECT

COUNTER/

REMAIN

COUNTER

RESET

SLEEP

VOL

SELECT

RESET

INDEX

JUMP

ENTER

TAPE SPEED

PAUSE

REC

SLOW

VCR Plus

MUTING

DISPLAY

POWER

STOP

REW

PLAY

TIMER ON SCREEN