. INTRODUCTION CONTENTS May we take this opportunity to congratulate you on the purchase of this new Video Cassette Recorder (VCR). You are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simpleton-use home video recorders on the market, Naturally, you can't wait to get it working,but before you do, spare a few moments 1o read through this operating manual.
SUMMARY OF BUTTONS,CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS Detailed information concerning the various functions is given in the relevant sections. If symbols only appear on the video recorder or differ from the symbols on the remote control they are marked in negative in the text. {e.0.
Rear side of the video recorder: AV-Connector 1 (21-pin} ar Aerial input socket = Aerial output socket Channel control EXTERNAL 1 N Mains socket Mood 1/O MOD selector (modulator | ) Extra functions if TV/VCR selector is In the *TV'position (only for specially equipped TV seismic: 1 Personal preference button e tetra] TV volume up (independent of the position of TV/VCR) TV volume down (independent of the position of TV/VCR) Note : On some TV sets (with TXT) it Is also possible to use the yellow TEXT-butions.
INSTALLATION : HOW DO 1 CONNECT THE VIDEO RECORDER TO THE TV SET ? Your video recorder is a sort of “TV set without a screen”. it must therefore be connected to both the aerial and the TV stein order for you to be able to view recorded cassettes. Connecting to the mains © Insert the female pig of the mains lead into the mains socket “\ at the rear of the video recorder. © The other plug at the other end of the mains lead must be inserted into the wall socket.
© Remove the aerial cable from the aerial socket "1 © Switch off the video recorder by pressing button () and prods the button . A language indication will appear on the display, e.g. ‘ENGLAND. The video recorder is now transmitting an installation test replete, which the TV set should receive, € Tune the TV set to the UHF range (band IV-V) until this test replete appears on the screen . Vilification it around channel! 37.
STORING TV CHANNELS Chapter you connected your TV sett the video recorder, so that you may play a cassette. In order to be able to record a TV programmer, you first have to store every TV channel on the video recorder. iris possible to store channels ! Each TV channel has fo get a number. We advise you io use the same programmer numbers for the TV channels on the video recorder as those on your TV set.
Enter the desired channel! number in 3 digits by pressing distributor the digit buttons 0~ {e.g. ‘027" for ‘channel 27'). The image of the TV channel received will appear on the TV screen. ® If ft isn't the desired TV channel or if the picture quality is poor, enter another channel number. A tip: If the reception of the TV channel is not optimum, then we advise that you operate button I to start the automatic fine tuning. ® As soon as the right TV channel is found, store it by pressing button METIER.
© Press button O] again. The display will show, e.g. © Now set the correct year. O Press button & again. The display will show, e.g. TIME YEAR Now set the correct month. @ Press button © again. The display will show, 2.9, ¢ YEAR ™E 'lf' ] Now set the correct date. @ Press button © acne more to complete setting the clock. The data is now stored in the remote control. The display will show, e.g. : @ if you wish to adapt these time settings 1o the video recorder press button O .
PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE In chapter 2 you will have connected your TV set fo the video accord. Playing a cassette will now be very easy and unproblematic. €) Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number reserved for playing the video. © Insert the cassette into the cassette slot with the title label facing you and the window facing upward, Push the cassette in the center until it is pulled inside automatically. Inserting a cassette will switch on the video recorder automatically.
Please note: Sl pictures can sometimes present vertical vibrations. Press and hold bunion ¥ until the vibration disappears. 1 the optimum position has been passed, press and hold bunion B3 again. This adjustment for still pictures only has to be done once since the video recorder wolf store the adjustment details automatically. important! With hired cassettes of poor quality the still picture may nevertheless be affected by interference.
How can | find a particular position on the tape 2 It's possible that you may have recorded two or more different programmed on the same cassette. 8o as not to have to search for toa long, your video recorder has an automatic search function (GOT. Searching for a tape position (GOT: @ Press button on the remote control. © Press the sight buttons -9 to enter the desired position to which you would like the tape to go.
May | store my ‘favorite TXT page’ 7 For each programmer number you can store ane favorite TXT page, e.gihe news or the daily TV programmer. Every time you switch the TXT on, this page will autocratically appear first. € Switch the TXT on as usual by pressing button & and select the desired TXT page number you want to have as ihe initial page’, ©) Press button SEL. This page number is now stored. 1 you wish 1o cancel the page number, press button X .
@ With the red button [=1 ‘field A’ you can select the previous TEXT-page inside the current group. If the first page of the group is already selected, then the last page of the group will be displayed. & With the green button =] ‘field B’ you can select the next information block, displayed in field ‘B’ & Withiheyellowbutton{=1 ‘field C' toucan select the next group Inside the current information block. & With the blue button[=] *field LIY you can select the next TEXT-page inside the current group.
® If you accidentally clad a protected cassette, for example a cassette hired from a video shop, then when you go 1o begin a recording, the display will warn you by indicating the following : After awhile the cassette will be ejected. & [the end of the tape is reached during recording, the cassette will be ejected automatically and the video recorder will switch itself off . ® The previous retarding on a cassette is automatically erased when you make a new recording.
HOW DO 1 PROGRAMMER A TIMED RECORDING ? In the following chapter we will guide you through the different possibilities of programming your video recorder, so that twill switch itself on automatically, record the TV programmer you have chosen and then switch itself off automatically , all of this up fo 1 month in advance, What Information Is needed by the video recorder? For every timed recording you must give the video recorder the following Information: ® iha starting time of the recording ® the ending tim
The TV screen will show a summary of the programmed Sticklebacks. Remember that a TIMER-block contains all the information which is necessary for a idem recording. © Variant 1 The tacit TIMER-line programmed appears in yellow, Variant 2 i ‘PRIG’ flashes in the TIMER indication , you must check the programmer number. By pressing button 0-8 you can correct the number. Confirm the right programmer number by pressing the green button {=1, The whole TIMER-sine appears in yellow. € Now press the green button [ .
O Press button @ again. The video recorder display will show, e.g. TIT o Lo i1t o If the display shows another indication, e.g. ‘DAILY’ or ‘WKLY’ press bunion SEL one or more times uni ll the display shows ‘DATE’, Now enter the date of the recording. Please note: ® list possible to programmer a recording 31 days ( 1 month) in advance. & if, for example, today is the 16th of March and you programmer the date as “14’, the recording will be made on the 14th of April.
An important note: ® Before a timed recording sitarist may switch the video recorder on and use it normally. 1 you are using the video recorder at the moment when the timed recording is dug 1o start, the indication ‘TIMER’ will flash on the display. This means that the video recorder cannot start the timed requiring. In this case insert the cassette on which you wish fo record and switch off the video recorder by pressing button O; the recording will automatically start.
Now enter the ending time of the recording. O Press button @ RC again. The display will show, e.g.: KO 1 -2 awr 20:30] ewp T4 Ojefif1 200 Kyl Now stern the date of the recording. If the display shows another indication, e.g. ‘LADY’ or "WKLY", press button SEL nevermore times until the display shows ‘DATE". © Press bunion @RC . The display will show, e.g.
How can | check or correct TIMER-block details € Press button @ on the video recorder or button @R Con the remote control. € Press buttons the digit buttons 0-9 to select the required TIMER-block to be checked or corrected. © Now press button @ repeatedly. The display shows the starling time, the ending time, the date and the programmer number one after another . You can change the details by pressing bunions +or— or the sigh buttons 0-8 . O Finally, press button @ or @RC once more.
PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS . AND EXTRAS Apart from the functions that have already been described, your video recorder has other special functions and extras designed to make operating the video recorder as convenient as possible. In the following chapter we will tall you more about them. Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set {Tuner-mode) OSD : On Screen Display This function is very practical since it displays a summary of the programmed recordings {i.e. TIMER-blocks) on the TV screen .
USEFUL INFORMATION ON VIDEO CASSETTES VHS cassettes can be used on one side only. Previous recordings on a videocassette are automatically erased when you re-record on the cassette, You may prevent accidental erasing of an important recording by breaking off the erase tab on the rear edge of the cassette with a screwdriver. you decide to record on the tape again, cover the hole from which the tab was removed with adhesive tape. Replace any parky detached adhesive tape.
BEFORE YOU CALL FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Symptom The video recorder does not respond to any button being pressed No playback functions are possible Vidal recorder playback quality is poor Recording is not possible Timed recording does not start Re mate control does not work TECHNICAL DATA * Gonorrheal Mains Wichita 22010240 ¥ Males frequency 45tos2Hz Popover consumption 20 Illogical (13W typing standby) Winding's tme 240 s, typical or 480 Ambulant temperature dung aeration +10°C10495°C Humidify 20% 10 80% D
