INTRODUCTION . CONTENTS ‘Méy wa take this spoilsport this new Video Cassette Recorder (VORTEX. You are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simpleton-use home video recorders on the marks. Naturally, you can't wait to get it working,but before you do, spare & few moments to read through this operating manual.
“ SUNDAY OF BUTTONS,CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS. | Detailed information concerning the various functions is given in the relevant sections. 1 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.g.
Symbols on the video recorder Symbols on the remote conical Function PREARRANGE Rear side of the video recorder: Picture In Picture (Pip Yon' / Digital effects ‘off’ PIP still picture memory /memorized picture recall PIP picture swap PiF picture shift PIP TV channels summary PIP 3-screen selection PiP stroboscopic effect (picture updating) PiP picture memory AV-Connector 1 {21-pin} Aerial input socket Aerial output socket channel control EXTERNAL 1 N Mains socket MOD /O MO selector (modulator on= | ) Extra
INSTALLATION : HOW DO# CONSIGNMENT THE VIDEO meat | TO THE TV SET ? T Your video recorder is a sort of “TV set without a screen”, 1t must therefore be connected to both the aerial and the TV stein order for you 1o be able to view recorded cassettes. Comectingtothemainsg Insert the female plug of the mains lead into the mains socket N at the rear of the video recorder.
© Switch off the video recorder by pressing button & and press the button . Language indication will appear on the display, e.g. ‘ENGLAND, ‘The video recorder Is now transmitting an installation test picture, which the TV set should receive. ) Tune the TV set to the UHF range (band [V-V) until this test replete appears on the screen. Indissolubility around channel 87. ir larder 1o find out how to select the right channel on the TV set, please consult the operating instructions of your TV set.
chapter you corrected 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. it is possible o store channels Each TV channel has o get a number. We advise you 1o use the same programmer numbers for the TV channels on the video recorder as those on your TV sef. Afterward this will make operating the video recorder a great deal easier.
® tonsillitis the desired TV channel or if the picture quality is poor, enter anther channel! number, A tip: if the reception of the TV channel is not optimum, then we advise that you operate button B to start the automatic fine tuning. # As soon as the right TV channel Is found, store it by pressing button NE STEER.
© Cross button @ again. The display will show, 8.9, : *Z -2 0:30 55 Now set the correct year. O Press button © again. The display will show, 8.g. : Now set the correct month. O Press button @ again. The display will show, e.g. @ TIME 20 i { YEAR Now set the correct date. © Press button © once more to complete sifting the clock. The data Is now stored in the remote control. The display will show, 2.9.
r ; PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE I In chapter 2 you will have connected your TV set to the video recorder, Playing a cassette will now ba very easy and unproblematic. €) Switch on the TV set and defect the programmer number reserved for playing the video. @ Insert the cassette Into the cassette withstood the file 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: Stile pictures can sometimes present vertical vibrations. Press and hold button XX until the vibration disappears. if the optimum position has been passed, press and half button ¥ again. This adjustment for still pictures only has to be done once since the video recorder will store the adjustment details automatically. Important! With hired cassettes of poor quality the still picture may nevertheless be affected by interference, This is not caused by your video recorder.
Two additional things 1o note: & Sometimes the actual tape length can be longer than indicated, 6.0, 186 minutes instead of the indicated 180 minutes (E180). @ The dime indication will only be correct with European PAUBSECAM-VHS cassettes. Cassettes manufactured for use on SCENT VHS machines will show incorrect times. How can | find & particular position on the tape ? ‘The special digital effects can only be enjoyed by using the remote contra unit.
Frame store function Yeu may use this function to freeze the action at any desired entanglement superimpose its a stifle picture in 1/4 of the screen size onto the moving playback picture. The sound reproduction of the moving picture {full screen) will continue normally. Ins addition to playing the idea tapes, this function can also be used for TV broadcasts (tuner mode) as well as for pictures from an external source {Euro-AV socket).
HOW CAN | RECORD DIRECTLY ? The easiest way of recording is to record directly from a TV programmer which Is being broadcast. And this Is how to go about it € Videocassette. The video recorder will switch on automatically. Press buttons the digit buttons 0-9 to select the programmer number you wish 1o record from. 9 Cross button ® when you want the recording to begin. The video recorder display will show e.g. The video recorder will record your chosen TV programmer.
To-assembling . | With the auto-assembling function you may join single recordings without picture disturbances such as ‘thickening. If you wish to set the ate-assembling function into operation, then the idea recorder must be in ‘PAUSE’ position. € Press the button > and immediately afterwards interrupt the playback by pressing button 1. ‘PAUSE will be indicated on the video recorder display. € Now start the recording as usual by pressing bunion @ .
® You can enter the data which is necessary for the timed recording Intel the cremate control and finally transmit it to the video recorder. We will refer to this possibility as *Programming on the remote control ', Programming on the video recorder You can enter the data for a timed recording directly info the video recorder. list possible {o use either the buttons on the idea recorder or the buttons on the remote control.
Programming a recording which takes place daily or weekly: Some TV programmed are broadcast every day or every week at the same time e.g. a serial story in the sarky evening programming. You do not need to programmer it every time, if you wish to record alf episodes. You may programmer a recording which will take place dally or weekly at step € , entering the date of the recording.
© Press button S RC again. The display will show e.g. : o c0:30 Now enter the starting time of the recording. Some important notes on VPS: 1f the display shows the indication this means that the VPS control has been switched on for this block. Note the additional "VPS time’ indicated in your TV magazine for every TV programmer. If in addition to the starting time of a programmer a CPS-time, which differs from the advertised start-teems, is Indicated, e.g. '20.15 (VPS 20.
® When entering the date of the recording press button Sentinel the indication ‘WKLY’ appears on the display: 1 mere :1'5 WKLY & Press now the digit buttons 0-9 o enter the date, on which the first recording is to be made. # Conclude the programming sequence as usual following steps 0. Pleads note: o If during the programming sequence a button Is not pressed for 1 minute, you have o start the programming of this TIMER-block from the beginning again.
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 tell you more about them. Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set (Tuner-mode) You may also use your video recorder for the reception of TV channels {Tuner) .
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, If you decide to record on the tape again, cover the hole from which the tab was removed with adhesive tape. Replace any partly detached adhesive tape.
Symptom The video recorder doss not respond to any button being pressed, No playback functions are possible Video recorder playback quality Is poor Recording Is not possible Timed recording does not start Emote control does not quark Possible cause No power supply. The child lock is activated. Technical disturbance:disconnect from the mains for 30 sec. Timed recording is taking place. No recording on the cassette. The end of gape has been reached.
