OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS VR 339 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.
1. SUMMARY OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS Here is 2 list of all the buttons, controls 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 “Mgl CLEAR ( PRIG START STOP SYSTEM TER o DECODES oo o CASSETTE VS OO 8k TRACKING O o oa.
o — Front of video recorder Store TV channel Programmer 'Preset’ Switch off Pause/Stop [PRESET Record (ERECT A} j . Cassette eject .
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 ioctl 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 C] 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. To connect your video recorder You will find a detailed explanation of this diagram in the following sections.
Connecting to the mains power supply © Insert the female plug of the mains cable into the mains socket (2] at the back of the video recorder. Q) @ Plug the other end of the mains cable into the wall socket. (o> 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.
T SRS FLANNELETTE FERRELL o Y e Cities G2 Connecting to the TV set If your television does not have an AV-Euro {Cart) socket please do not read further here but turn to Chapter 7, ‘Special functions and extras”. In the section ‘Playback via the aerial cable’ you will find further information. © Plug the orange-marked plug of the AV-Euro cable provided into the orange AV-Euro socket [ERT T lat the back of your video recorder. Connect the other end to the TV set.
S — Setting the display language You can choose from ten 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 [ERECT & T and [PLAY® Buttons simultaneously: @ Use the [BONY button to select the required display language, e.g.: "ENGLISH' . © Finally, press the [ STANDBY & “button.
Connecting a decoder Some TV broadcasters transmit encoded television signals which vou can only see with a purchased or rented decoder. You can connect such a decoder (scrambler) to this video recorder. © Connect the decoder to the video recorder with an AV-Euro cable {EXT 2 Socket. You will find a description of how to store TV channels with the decoder in the chapter "Storing TV channels"”.
3. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE In Chapter 2 you connected your video recorder to your TV set. Playing a cassette is now very simple. If 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 wham a video is played. ENGLISH However, this only works if your video recorder is connected to your TV set with an AV-Euro-cable.
S — Fast wind and rewind © Press the [PAUSE/STOP ITM Button. LI L © Press the [ € or {Wind) button. The tape is wound at high speed. bz R © Press the [PAUSE/STOP VLM | button as soon as you have reached the required position on the tape. Picture scanning You can select from various speeds for scanning backwards or forwards. © Press the button. T 7,710 © Now press the [ I€ SPEED lor button Y as often as necessary until you have reached the desired speed.
A A — Still motion @ Press the button on the remote control. © Press the [STEEL ¥ Button. The picture will stand still, Each time you press [STILL ®« ] again the picture will move on one step at a time. Hold down the [STIEGLITZ Button. The picture will be played in super-sow motion. © Press the CELAY® ablution to continue playing back at the normal speed. L LETHE | Special note: * |f the still picture vibrates vertically, keep pressing the CRACKING |button until the vibration disappears.
T 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.
A Searching for a tape position Sometimes you may have recorded two or more TV programmed on ane 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 [ PREVIOUS land [CREST Buttons on your remote control.
4. STORING TV CHANNELS In order to be able to record TV programmed you must N first store all the TV channels ‘BBC) 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 @ Switch on the TV set. Many modern TV sets automatically switch to the video programmer number at step © .
e E— Allocating channel numbers (Programmer Preset) You can allocate any desired programmer number to the TV channels stored by the Automatic Channel Search. For example, so that they are in the same sequence as on the TV set. € 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-Eur cable. Otherwise, select the video programmer number on your TV set.
© The video recorder will now display the next programmer number, ‘P 02, Repeat steps Andean O until you have numbered all the TV channels. 1f you wish to delete a TV channel, for instance, if the picture quality is too poor, press the button instead of LOK. © When you have finished, press the STORE Button on your video recorder. Note: * Unused {free) programmer numbers cannot be selected. # By pressing the [VPS button you can display the name of the TV channel, e.g.
S — Manual channel search In certain cases the Automatic Channel Search may not be able to find all of the TV channels (e.g. coded TV channels). You can then use this manual method to set the channels. € Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number for the video recorder. © Press the [TUNER button on the remote control. Press the [STORE |button on the video recorder for 4517 more than five seconds.
20 @ © Repeat steps €@ to @ until you have stored all of the TV channels, © Switch off the video recorder by pressing the button. Attenuation switch SIG You should normally leave the attenuation switch at the back of the appliance in the (L Position. Only use the CH Position if there is a great deal of interference when receiving TV stations with strong signals.
5. HOW DO | RECORD DIRECTLY? The easiest way to record is to directly record a TV ) P programmer that is currently being transmitted. 0 6 And this is how to go about it: = @ Insert a cassette. The video recorder will switch on automatically. You can also switch it on with the button, © Use the [Torpor button to select the programmer number from which you wish to record, e.g. 'POT. € When you wish to start recording, press the ["RECORD® button on your video recorder.
you have forgotten to load a cassette, the warning ‘NO CASSETTE’ wiki appear in the display. * If you accidentally load a cassette with erase protection and try to record on it, the warning 'PROTECTED SACS’ will appear in the display. After a few seconds the cassette will be automatically defected. * |f the end of the cassette is reached during recording, the cassette will be automatically ejected. The video recorder will then switch itself off afar a few minutes.
6. HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A RECORDING? 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 automatically switches itself off again.
L What is VPS (Video Programming System)? With VPS, the TV station controls when the video recorder is switched on and off. This means that the video recorder switches on and off at the right time even if a TV programmer you have programmed begins earlier or finishes later than expected. Assuming, that is, that the TV station actually transmits /A VPS. Not all TV stations transmit a VPS signal.
Programming on the remote control { You can enter data for one recording at a time in the ]‘ remote control. i ! DATE PRIG. START STOP The remote control display will indicate all data i simultaneously. To enter the data, use the four buttons [Plunderer the display on the cremate control. Make sure that you have not laded a cassette with erase protection. @ Press the (TIMER BC Button. The last data you entered will appear in the remote il 17 ves g control display.
| | PRIG, START STIR OO0, Programming 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 on the remote control to enter 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. © Press the [_TIMER VCR@ _Th button on the remote control. A free TIMER block will appear in the video recorder display.
S —— Some general programming notes: # Pres the [ STANDBY © button if you want to stop programming instead of transmitting the TIMER data in the remote control to the video recorder. * The TIMER record function will only work when the video recorder is switched off.
= | How do | stop a TIMER recording? You cannot operate the video recorder manually while a programmed recording is being made. 1f you want to stop the programmed recording, press the button. How do [ check or correct a TIMER block? © Press the [_TIMER REVIEW Button on the remote control. © Now press the [_TIMESERVER button as often as necessary until the TIMER block you want to check or correct appears in the video recorder display. The TIMER blocks will appear in chronological order on the display.
7. SPECIAL FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS ON YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Apart from the functions that have already been described, your 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).
Channel name display When you are watching or recording from TV channels that transmit the VPS signal, you can display the name of the TV channel 'BBC} on the TV screen, © Press the button. Note: * You can use this function in the Pause, Stop, Record, Programmer Preset and Tuner modes. View Mode When you connect another appliance to the socket you will be able to use the following additional functions. The appliance can be a second video recorder, a decoder, a satellite receiver or a CD video player.
e o TV monitor function Switch your TV set to the ‘AV’ programmer number (Audio/Video input) by pressing the MONITOR 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 in the display for a few seconds. Press the button again to switch the monitor = function off again.
S A~ 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 wail 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. Plug the AV-Euro cable into the AV-Euro socket on each appliance.
e T Playback via the aerial cable 1f 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 programmer number that you have earmarked for video playback. {You will find instructions for this in the operating manual for your TV set).
34 © © Plug the aerial cable back into the aerial socket (5], You have now tuned your TV set io the video recorder. Information: 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.
Switching the built-in modulator on or off 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 recorder to the TV set using an AV-Euro cable, © Press the EJECT & Stand buttons on the video recorder simultaneously. The switch’s current position will appear in the display as ‘"MODULATOR ON°.
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.
9. TECHNICAL DATA, ACCESSORIES Technical Data « Mains voltage 220 to 240 V » Weight approx. 4.6 kg * Mains frequency Position for use max. 15° inclination on all sides * Power consumption typically 15 W {typically 12 W in standby) « VHS video resolution = 240 lines .
Table of channel frequencies o3 3 ‘5 channel wave frequency channel wave frequency g band {Mhz) band {Mhz} 82 VHF | 48,25 60 UHF 783,25 e3 VHF 55,25 b1 UHF 791,28 a ed VHF | 62,25 ef2 UHF 798,26 g &b VHE {i 176,26 ebb UHF 807,25 Io] ef VHF 1§t 182,25 ebd UHF 815,25 F el VHF I 189,25 eB5 UHF 823,25 e8 VHE It 198,26 o8B UHF 831,25 ed VHF I 203,28 a7 UHF 839,25 eld VHE Il 210,28 eB8 UHF 847,25 et VHF I 217.
