OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS VR 332 Congratulations! You are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use video recorders (VCR) on the market. But please allow me to introduce myself. | am Philip, and | should like to help you to get to know your new video recorder. Naturally, you can't wait to use it, but before you do, it's worthwhile taking the time to read through these operating instructions. They will show you how to make the best use of your equipment.
1. SUMMARY OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS Below is a list of all the buttons and sockets that you will find on the video recorder and the remote control, You will find detailed descriptions concerning the various functions in the relevant chapters. The remote control HEUTS/TMER HARMED VER m-mu BRIG, STRAY NEED TIMER NEARNESS F8 BANDAGE WPS UHR stint SPILLAGE] sprog.
Safety instructions * The manufacturer cannot be held responsible for any damage which is incurred by not using the video recorder in compliance with the national guarantee conditions and safety regulations. » First check that the supply voltage indicated on the back of your video recorder is the same as your local supply voltage. * Danger high voltage in this appliance! Do not open! The video recorder does not contain any parts that can be repaired by the user.
Do not place your video recorder near appliances which generate strong magnetic fields motors, loud speakers or transformers). Do not use the video recorder in dusty places or where it may be subject to vibration. We recommend disconnecting the appliance from both the mains and the aerial (7 during heavy thunderstorms. Ensure that there is a vertical distance of at least 20 cm (8 ins} between the video recorder and your TV set.
2. INSTALLATION. HOW DO | INSTALL MY VIDEO RECORDER? How do | insert the batteries into the remote control? © Remove the cover from the back of the remote control. © Insert the batteries as indicated into the battery compartment and close the cover. Note: * Do not use rechargeable batteries in this remote control.
Connecting to the mains power supply © Plug the mains cable into the mains straitjacket the back of the video recorder. © Plug the other end of the mains cable into the wall socket. Some general notes for subsequent operation + Keep your video recorder connected to the mains at all times, to ensure that programmed recordings can be made and that the television functions. The power consumption required for this is very low. * You do not need a special switch to switch the video recorder on.
Connecting to the aerial Your video recorder is actually a "TV set without a screen’. Therefore, you must connect it to the aerial as well as to the TV set. Only then can you record TV programmed and play recorded cassettes. € Remove the aerial cable plug from your TV set and insert it into the socket [~ lat the back of the video recorder. © Plug one end of the aerial cable provided into the & Socket on the video recorder and the other end into the aerial input socket on your TV set.
Connecting to the TV set If your television does not have an AV-Euro socket please do not read further here but turn to section ‘Playback via the aerial cable’ in Chapter 7, “Special functions and extras’. @ Plug the orange-marked plug of the AV-Euro cable provided into the orange AV-Euro socket [EXT at the back of your video recorder. Connect the other end to the TV set.
ENCL | GH SHE 1514 HEAR 1952 MONTH 05 TATE 1 FEAT 10 © Setting the display language You can choose from five languages for the display on your video recorder. @ Ensure that there is no cassette in the cassette slot. With your video recorder switched off, press the [CASSETTE land buttons simultaneously. © Use the LAY Jor [AUE At button to select the required display language, e.g.: '/ENGLISH'. © Then press the [HEREINAFTER Ablution.
3. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE In Chapter 2 you connected your video recorder to your TV set. Playing a cassette is now very simple. 1f you want to record something straight away, first read Chapters 4 and 5. © Switch on your TV set. Many modern TV sets automatically switch over to the video recorder programmer number when a video is played. However, this only works if your video recorder is connected to your TV set with an AV-Euro-cable.
Fast wind and rewind © Press the button. © Press the (Rewind) or {Wind) button. The tape will wind or rewind at high speed. © Press the [POSTMENOPAUSAL button as son as you have reached the required position on the tape. Picture search {scanning) You can choose between various speeds for scanning backwards or forwards. @ Press the (WIEDERGAEE® T button. © Now press the [ AUCKLAND | or [FLAVORLESS Hutton as often as necessary until you have reached the desired speed.
Still motion © Press the TWIEDERGABE® Hutton. © Press the button. The picture will stand still. Each time you press [STANDSTILL ¥ again the picture will move on one step at a time. Hold down the [STANDSTILL ®i€ I button. The picture will be played in super-slow motion. © Press the button to continue playing back at the normal speed. Special note: * I the still picture vibrates vertically, keep pressing the [SPURGE button until the vibration disappears.
Tape position. How do | know where | am on the tape? It is handy to know how long a tape has been playing. First enter the length of the loaded cassette. This must be done if the correct playing time is to be indicated. The tape length will be indicated in minutes, e.g.: 'E180° corresponds to 180 minutes of playing time. You will find the length printed on the left of the narrow front edge. The actual length, however, may be a little longer than indicated.
S Searching for a tape position Sometimes you may have recorded two or more TV programmed on one cassette. So that you do not have to spend time searching, your video recorder offers you an automatic search facility. The video recorder marks the tape with code marks every time you start to record. You can search for these code marks on the tape using the and buttons on your remote control. @ Press the button to select the next code mark or the button for the previous code mark.
e How do | eliminate picture interference? Every time a cassette is loaded the video recorder will automatically set the correct tracking position. For recordings made on another video recorder you may be able to improve on the automatic setting as follows: © Press the [ WIELDER » | button on your remote control. © Press the [SPURGE {button on your remote contra. TR S © Press the [WINTERGREEN Hutton as soon as the playback quality is at its best. This setting will remain until you remove the cassette.
4. STORING TV CHANNELS In order to be able to record TV programmed you must first store all the TV channels in your video recorder. You can store up to 42 different TV channels. Your video recorder has its own receiver. This means that it can be used independently of your TV set. Automatic channel search The video recorder will search for all TV channels simultaneously and store them in its memory in the order in which it finds them. © Switch on the TV set.
Allocating channel numbers {Programmer Preset) You can allocate any programmer number to the TV channels stored by the Automatic Channel Search, for example, so that they are in the same order as on the television, © Switch on your TV set. Many modern TV sets automatically switch to the video programmer number at step © . However, this will only function if your video recorder Is connected to the TV set with an AV-Euro cable. Otherwise select the video programmer number on your TV set.
5. HOW DO | RECORD DIRECTLY? 2 The easiest way to record is to directly record programmer that is currently being transmitted. h And this is how to go about it: @ Insert a cassette. The video recorder will switch on automatically, If it does not, switch it on with the [HOUSETOP ¥TM Hutton, © Using the (BB ¥ or [AUE &l button, select the programmer number from which you wish to record, e.g.: POT. © When you wish to start recording, press the [ ADENAUER I button on your video recorder.
A — *If you forget to load a cassette before recording, the warning 'NO CASSETTE’ will appear on the display. * {f you accidentally load a cassette with erase protection and try to record on it, the warning ‘PROTECTED SACS’ will appear on the display. After a few seconds the cassette will be automatically ejected. . * If the end of the cassette is reached during recording, the cassette will automatically be ejected. The video recorder will then switch itself off.
6. HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A RECORDING? N A in this chapter you will learn how to programmer your video recorder. It switches itself on automatically, records the TV programmer you want and then switches itself off again automatically.
What is VPS (Video Programming System)? VPS enables the video recorder to be switched on and off by means of a signal transmitted by the TV station. This means that if a TV programmer which you have programmed starts earlier or later than intended, the video recorder switches itself on and off at the right time. Not all TV stations transmit a VPS code signal. When a TV station is transmitting a VPS code signal, the letters 'VPS” will appear on the display when the video recorder is in the ‘PAUSE/STOP’ mode.
Programming a TIMER on the remote control You can enter and store data for one recording in the remote control. DATUM PRIG. START NEED The remote control display will indicate all data simultaneously. To set the data, use the four groups of buttons [Underneaths the display on the remote control. Make sure that you have not loaded a cassette with erase protection. © Press the button. 1 VBS &5 = The last data you entered will appear in the remote cone L{ Ufl IEEE trod display.
e Programming a TIMER on the video recorder You can enter and store data for six recordings in your video recorder. The video recorder display will indicate all data simultaneously. Use the four groups of buttons on the remote control to set the data. The data will be stored in the next free TIMER block in the video recorder. Make sure you have not loaded a cassette with erase protection. Reuther A ENGLISH DATUM PRIG. STRAY NEED A free TIMER block will appear on the video recorder display.
26 @ Some general notes: * The TIMER record function will only work when the video recorder is switched off . If the video recorder is switched on before a programmed recording is due to take place, the warning "TIMER RECORD” will appear on the display. * Press the button if you want to stop programming instead of transmitting the TIMER data in the remote control to the video recorder.
How do I check or correct a TIMER block? @ Press the [TIMER "KNOTHOLE |button on the remote control. © Now press the [ TIMER _CONTROLLER I button as often as necessary until the TIMER block you want to check or correct appears on the video recorder display. The TIMER blocks will appear in chronological order on the display. © Now press the [[FROG. F7—1, [START [EN BE to change the recording date, programmer number, start time or stop time. You can switch the VPS on or off, O Finally, press the COK I button.
7. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS ON YOUR VIDEO RECORDER §rr o Apart from the functions that have already been de= T serried, you video recorder has other special functions and extras designed to make the use of your video recorder as convenient as possible. In this chapter you will find out more about them. Tuner mode Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set You can also use your video recorder as a TV receiver (tuner).
TV monitor function You can switch your TV set to the AV programmer number (Audio/Video input) by pressing the button. This enables you to see the picture from the video recorder on the TV screen. Your video recorder must be switched on. ‘VCR MONITOR' will appear on the display for a few seconds. Press the button again to switch the monitor function off again.
Recording from another video recorder With this video recorder you can make recordings from an external source, such as copying from another video recorder or a camcorder. To do this you will need an AV-Euro cable (Cart cable). € Connect your video recorder to the appliance from which you want to record, e.g.: another video recorder. To do this, plug the AV-Euro cable into the AV-Euro socket on each appliance.
Playback via the aerial cable If your TV set does not have an AV-Euro socket, the aerial cable which is already connected will act as the connection between your TV set and the video recorder. @ Switch your TV set on and select the programmable that you have earmarked for video playback. {You will find instructions for this in the operating manual for your TV set.
82 [ © Plug the aerial cable back into the aerial socket [F1. You have now tuned your TV set to the video recorder. Note: * Your video recorder occupies UHF channel 36. However, this channel might already be occupied by another TV station in your reception area, In this case you will find that the picture quality on your TV set will be poor when receiving one or more TV channels.
A —— Switching off the built-in modulator In the last section we talked about interference that could scour on the television. If you cannot eliminate picture or sound interference using the above method you can switch off the built-in modulator. You can only do this if you have connected the video rag order to the TV set using an AV-Euro cable. @ Press the [SETTER A and [MENOPAUSE 1M Thutmose TOR TN tons on the video recorder simultaneously.
8. BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER Problem The video recorder does not respond to any button being pressed Remote control does not work No playback on video recorder Poor playback from video recorder Video recorder will not record Programmed recording does not work Picture or sound interference on TV reception Possible cause * No power supply # Programmed recording is currently being made * Technical disturbance: disconnect from the mains for 30 seconds, then re-connect.
PUTSCH el R VR 332 9. TECHNICAL DATA, ACCESSORIES Technical Data » Mains voltage 220 to 240 V * Mains frequency Power consumption typically 15 W {typically 12 W in standby) * Wind/rewind time typically 95 sec. for E-180 « Ambient temperature during operation +10 Cto+35 C * Relative humidity Dimensions 380 x 338 x 86 mm (approx. 15 x 13.3 x 3.4 ins} {incl. feet} * Weight approx. 4.6 kg (approx. 14.3 Ib) * Position for use Max.
