OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS VR 323 INTRODUCTION You arg now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use home video recorders on the market. Naturally, you can't wait to get it working, but before you do, spare a few moments to read through this operating manual. The time you spend reading through it and familiarizing yourself with the operation of the video recorder will be repaid by trouble-free operation and even greater satisfaction at successful recordings and playback.
l Safety instructions I » 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 shock. No user serviceable parts are to be found Inside.
How do | set the clock on the remote contra? Should the clock not be correctly adjusted (e.q. after having changed the batteries), the data will flash on the remote control display. K(button 1D, nd simultaneously} on the remote control. rerecord timer standby Set the precise time by pi button v You can also use the digit button: The clock wail start again after step has been composted. If you don’t want to store the displayed data, press button BY, . on the remote control.
Connecting the serial I o Remove the aerial scabies from your TV stand plug it anti the socket at the back of the video recorder. e Take the serial cable supplied and consent it to the socket ¥ on the video recorder and to the aerial input socket on your TV set. .:;2 O oy Wt Marten /é\hn .J Both sets are now congested to the aerial. Connecting to your TV set ' The connection to the TV set can be made in two different ways. < The kind of connection you choose depends on the TV model you possess.
Method 2: )f your TV set isn't provided with a 21-pin AV-Eyre socket: 0 Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number reserved for the video playback {please also consult the instruction manual of your TV set}. © Remove the aerial cable farm the aerial sock the video recorder, so that only the cable connection between the vied order and TV set remains. Check if the MOD-selector £2.MOD.1.
Selecting the display language, setting the clock and the date sear; n;gfgm —_Dyer ___sped pause/stop play . speed . Q) O @mm> ®» J 1 The installation test picture appears on the TV screen and the video recorder display shows: Select the desired display language with the colored buttons i9%, e.g, "ENGLISH’. Tress the green button ¥ again. The TV screen now shows a survey table for entering the time and date. Now set the correct time. o Press the green butts bear. again.
How to connect a decoder I Some broadcasters transmit scrambled television signals which can be seen only by means of a bought or hired decoder, You can connect such a decoder (desideratum) to this video recorder. TV set to the video recorder {socket } by means of a Boru-AY cable (scary socket). Then connect the decoder with a Eur-AV-cable to the video recorder (socket TER The chapter ‘Storing TV channels’ describes how to store the channels with a decoder.
STORING TV CHANNELS in chapter 1 you connected your TV set to the video recorder so that you can play a cassette. Since your video retarder has its own tuner you can use it independently of our TV set. In order to be able to record TV programmables, you first have to store each TV channel on your video recorder, 1t is possible to store channels! Each TV channel is assigned a number that we call the ‘programmer number’.
Direct channel! storage I 0 Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number for the video recorder. 0 Switch on the video recorder by pressing button 0 Select the programmer number for t wish o store with the rotary switch y table for special cable TV if 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 1 your video recorder is connected to the TV set, Playing a cassette will now be very says. If you wish to record a TV programmer immediately, you must read chapter 4 first, Some information about cassettes: The length of the cassette is printed on the cassette in minutes, e.g. a 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 can be easily adjusted: @ Tress button The video recorder will automatically find the optimum playback quality within a few seconds.
Variable slow motion: a Press butts The recording is shown as a still picture. o From STILL, the slow motion speed can be changed to, 1114, 1710, 1/8 by pressing one, two or three turned to STILL by using During slow motion the sound is muted, © Press butt How do | know where | am on the cassettes tape? l It is handy to know for how long 8 cassette has been played or how much time is still left.
Haw gan find a pas war position on the tap it is possible that you may have recorded two or more different programmables on the same cassette. In this case iris helpful to write down the beginning and end position of each resorting. To find the correct position on the tape quickly, your video recorder has an automatic search function {GOT. Searching for a taps position (GOT: o Press bitten on the remote control. @ Cross the digit buttons | on the remote control to enter the desired tape position.
HOW CAN | 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 flashes (e.g. 'E180') on the display. the inserted cassette has a different length, change the display by using the rotary switch ¥ 0f you don’t want to change anything, proceed with the next step.
After a few seconds the cassettes will be ejected. "If the end of the tape is reached during recording, the cassette will be ejected automatically and the video 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 this 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 ai! of this up to 1 month in advance.
if you want to make a recording TODAY, programming is quite easy. You can enter the data for the recording either on your video recorder or an the remote control. Please note that only one TODAY programmed recording can be made per day. Al you have to do is enter the programmer number of the TV channel and the starting time. The loaded cassette is recorded until the end of the tape. If you activate the CPS-function, the video recorder is automatically switched off at the end of the selected recording.
I Programming by TX¥ VPT ' Programming is made much easier by using the colored TXT buttons and the guide displayed on the TV screen. You will find a general description of the TXT decoder function in chapter 'Particular functions and extras’. 0 Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number reserved for the video recorder.
Please note: In step 0 you have the possibility of manually entering additional functions in the TIMER-programming. Get into the TIMER-block by pressing the green butt From then on, every time you press the green bunion & the flashing indicator will jump one field further. Use the yellow 0 select the functions and the digit buttons o change the data.
Programming on the remote control I You ¢an enter the data necessary for one timed recording into the remote control. The remits control display shows all the prig steps. To enter the data use the digit buttons ton ar With the last button pass you will transmit the programmed data t¢ the video recorder. All data is stored in the next free TIMER-block. Please be sure that you loaded an unprotected cassette, & o Press butt; The remote control display shows, e.g..
Programming a TV programmer that is repeated daily or weekly: You can programmer the recording of a TV programmer that is transmitted daily or weekly at the same time, e.9. ail episodes of a series in the late afternoon programmer, without having to repeat the programming for each transmission. When entering the recording date, a daily or weekly repetition can be specified. Programmer the TIMER-block ag usual. When entering the, date of the recording in step o .
i Programming on the video records ' You can enter the data for a timed recording directly into the video retarder, it is possible to use either the buttons on the video recorder or the buttons an the remote control. Please make sure that a cassette has been loaded. if the TV set is switched on while programming on the video recorder, a survey of all TIMER-blocks is displayed so that all programming steps can be followed on the serene.
Now you can enter a TEXT-subtitle page. With the digit buttons :0-9 select a 3-digit page number of the TXT subtitle page. Press button ;. SELECT 2 if you wish to programmer this TIMER-buck without TXT subtitles. o Press butt: 3 again to conclude the programming. Programming a TV programmer that is repeated daily or weekly: You can programmer the recording of a TV programmer that Is transmitted daily or weekly at the same time, e.g.
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 this chapter we will tell you more about them.
How do | retrieve my ‘favorite TXT pages”? © prods button { . The first of the stored ‘favorite TXT pages’ is displayed, Q By pressing the blue or red button i ® you can select the other favorite TXT pages’, © dress butt o return to the TXT mode. Can | transmit the TXT time to the video recorder 7 The video recorder uses the TXT time to set its internal time, The time is taken from the TV channel you stored with programmer number '1°, Therefore, you must store with pro.
{ Your video recorder as extended TV sat {tuner mode) I You can lase use your video recorder for the reception of TV channels {tuner). This is handy if your TV set has no remote control or if it has fewer programmer number locations than the number of TV channels actually received. To select tuner mode proceed as follows: a Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number reserved for the video recorder. © Tress button TUNER on the video recorder.
! Another feature of the remote contort I TV and VCR control in one: if your TV set is equipped for receiving the transmission code of this remote control, you san also activate some TV functions: ~ TV programmer number =TV volume +/ switch off TV Switching from VCR 1 to VCR 2 I You can use this function if you have two video recorders which accept the same transmission code.
SURVEY 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.
Rear side of the video recorder: Aerial input socket Aerial output socket Mains socket AV. Euraconnector 1 (21-pin} AV-Connector 2 (21-pin} MOD selector {modulator on Attenuation switch Additional TV-functions {only with TV sets with the same transmission code): TV-channel TV-volume Switch off TV Tips If TV programmer button: are pressed simultaneously, the programmer number ‘AV’ (EXT 1) can be called directly {with specially equipped TV sets).
30 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER) Symptom The video recorder does not respond to any button being pressed Remote control does not work No playback functions are possible Video retarder playback quality is poor Recording is not possible Timed recording does not start TECHNICAL DATA * ACCESSORIES sins voltage 220% 240V Mains frequency 4812624z Power consumption 20 VW typical (13 W saying standby) Windiness time 240 5ec.
