OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS VR 2115 INTRODUCTION You are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use home video recorders on the market.
Safety instructions l + The manufacturer cannot be held responsible for damage which is incurred by not using the video recorder in compliance with the national guarantee conditions, safety instructions or precautions. » First check if your supply voltage is the same as that written on the type plate at the rear of the video recorder. + Caution! Do not open the casing: risk of electric shoe. No user serviceable parts arg to be found inside.
+ No additional contra button is required to activate the video recorder. It will switch itself on when a cassette is loaded or whi %\g transport buttons are pressed {e.g. LI PAUSE] ski each sere lon U o2e Q06 * If the video recorder has been s ‘stand by'} by pressing the butts it only show the time e.g.: witched to !, the display oo Connecting the serial I 0 Remove the aerial cable farm your TV set and plug it into the socket :at the back of the video recorder.
9 Use a small screwdriver to turn, less than g half turn, the channel control, at the rear of the video recorder, unfit the picture disturbances disappear. o Tune the TV set to the 30 to 40 UHF range (band 1-V} until the test picture appears on the screen. You will find it around channel 37. 0 if the picture disturbances doe not disappear, use a small screwdriver to set the MOD-selector to position « Now it is impossible to see a recording by means of the aerial cable.
Emergency switch-off I This video recorder and the remote central have an ‘emerita off ' When you press this button 3, gll video recorder functions are interrupted, Only the ‘child rock’ function is excluded, {f you get into operating difficulties, you may use this button to cane! any function and start again from the beginning. Try out alf functions and features without worrying, it does net matter which button you press: you cannot damage your video recorder.
STORING TV CHANNELS n chapter 1 you connected your TV set to the video retarder, 8o that you may play a cassette. Since your video recorder has its own tuner you ¢an use it independent of your TV set. In order to be able to record TV programmed, you first have to store each TV channel on your video recorder. it is possible to store channels Each TV channel has to have a number. We shall call this the ‘programmer number’.
act channel storage ' o Switch on the TV set and defect the programmer number far the video recorder. e Switch on the video retarder by pressing button o Select the programmer n e TV channel you wish to store with button . i Availability table for special cable TV I f you possess cabin TV equipment with special cable programmed, you must enter already fixed channel numbers for these special cable channels. Proceed as described in section ‘Direct channel storage'.
PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE After reading chapter t your video recorder is connected to the TV set. Playing a cassette will now be very easy. if you wish to record a TV programmer immediately, you must read chapter 4 first. Some information on cassettes: The length of the cassette is printed on the cassettes in minutes, 8.g. cassette with 'E 180" has a playing time of 180 minutes.
How do | correct picture disturbances {trafficking? if the playback picture quality of hired cassettes is poor, the video head tracking position may be beastly adjusted: O Press button FPL The video recorder will automatically find the optimum playback quality within a few seconds.
e Press the button on the remote control again. 0 By pressing button able to select one of the following three indications : time left time used ape counter . display shows : display shows . tape counter P> play speed suspension repeat still frack. O Y You ean read the tape position indication during rewinding, WMD, stop, recording or playing a cassette. if yo to reset the tape counter to °0°, press the button L Please note: The time indication will only be correct with European PAUSE CAM-VHS cassettes.
0 By pressing button PA . you may cancel endless playback or a wrong tape position. Picture sharpness control I During playback the picture sharpness can be adjusted to song's liking, @ Press button 0 With button 4 or tout can change picture sharpness in 7 steps. The display shows the numbers optimum sharpness). Number 4 is the average sharpness value.
HOW CAN 1 RECORD DIRECTLY? The easiest way of recording is to record a TV programmer during its transmission. And this is how to go about it @ Load a cassette, The video recorder will switch on automatically. The cassette length is shown flashing (e.g. ‘E180°) on the display. Goth, change the display by using the button i . You don't want to change anything, proceed with the next step.
After a short time the cassette will be ejected. #i¥ the end of the tape is reached during recording, the cassette will be ejected automatically and the idea recorder will switch itself off. #Previous recordings will be erased automatically if you start a new recording on the cassette.
HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A TIMED RECORDING? In the following chapter we will guide you through the different possibilities of programming your video recorder. it will switch itself on automatically, record the TV programmer you have chosen and then switch itself off automatically . and all of this up to 1 month in advance.
@ Press button T3 the video recorder. To confirm the entry, for a few seconds the display shows: 00 weakling, wed Programming on the video recorder ’ You may enter the data for a timed recording directly into the video recorder. It is possible to use either the buttons on the video recorder or the buttons on the remote control. Please take care to [oad a cassette. Next, you must enter step by step all of the data necessary for the timed recording.
gram me the date as "14’, the recording will be made on the 4th of April. For a TV programmer starting at midnight, i.e. at 00:00, enter the date of the following day as the recording date. 9 Press button The video recorder display shows: SN T S Sort BTN Now enter the programmer number of the TV channel from which you wish to record. O Press button S The video recorder display shows SONNET S S anons Now enter the starting time of the recording.
*if all the TIMER-block numbers are programmed, the display shows: il passing butter € Press button VER @ repeatedly. The display will show the recording date, the channel number, the starting time and the ending time ona after ani You may sang tries with button digit buttons o To complete press butts you made corrections, the entries are now up to date. How may [ erase & TIMER-block? ' o Crass button 9 Select the TIMER-block you wish to erase with button fans dm © Press button erased.
PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS Apart from the functions that have already been described, your idea retarder has other special functions and extras designed to make operating the video recorder as convenient as possible. in the following chapter we will tell you more about them. Your video retarder as extended TV set {tuner mods} You may also use your video recorder for the reception of TV channels (tuner).
How do | control the video retarder functions? @ set the selector 80 recorder). o position 'VCR' (= vivid Alm the remote control at the video recorder and press the required button. How do | control the TV functions? 0 Set the select o position TV, o Aim the remote control at the TV set and press the required function button. Automatic Switch-Off I if the video recorder is not operated for longer than about 8 minutes during one of the following functions, the function will be switched off.
SUMMARY OF CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS Detailed information concerning the various functions is given in the corresponding chapters. The remote control supplied with your video recorder can, in some cases, have more buttons than described below. In this case these buttons do not have any function.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER) Symptom The video recorder does not respond {0 any button being pressed Remote control does not work No playback functions are possible Video recorder playback quality is poor Recording is not possible Timed recording does not start Possible cause * No power supply * The child lock is activated *Timed recording is taking place * Technical disturbance: remove the mains plug for 30 connection up again.
