CONTENTS Sanction 1 INTRODUCTION Features 2 SUMMARY OF BUTTONS, CONTROLS AND SOCKETS Safety instructions INSTALLATION Connecting the aerial Selecting the Display language Tuning your TV set to the video recorder REMOTE CONTROL SETTING THE CLOCK ON THE VIDEO RECORDER STORING TV STATIONS DIRECT RECORDING Loading a cassette PLAYING A CASSETTE TIMED RECORDING Ons Touch Recording (OTR) EXTRAS OTHER RECORDING POSSIBILITIES Recording from another video recorder (copying) WATCHING TV VIA THE VIDEO RECORDER {Tuner m
SUMMARY OF BUTTONS, CONTROLS AND SOCKETS Getting familiar with your video recorder The symbols below are listed in the same sequence as they appear on the video recorder. Detailed Information concerning their functions are explained in the relevant sections. If symbols only appear on the remote control or differ from the symbols on the video recorder, they are placed between brackets in the text.
Safety instructions and precautions The manufacturer cannot be held liable for damages which are Incurred by not using the video recorder in compliance with the guarantee conditions, safely instructions or precautions. # First check If your supply voltage is the same as that given on the type plate at the rear.
@ “Tune the picture until you see the following black and white pattern: This should be around UHF channel 37. 1f your TV has auto search tuning: Store this chandelier on the chosen pres election number {(see the TV Operating Instructions}. @ 1f the reception of any TV station is of a lesser picture quality {disturbed or weakened snowy picture), turn with a small screwdriver ¢ on the rear of the video recorder until the reception is good.
SETTING THE CLOCK ON THE VIDEO RECORDER & Open the cover of the video recorder. @ Press SET CLOCK. The time is shown in 24-hour form {for example, nine minutes past five in the afternoon is shown as The Display shows for example: Press the digit buttons (0-8) on the remote contra to set the correct time. Pressing once changes the time slowly; keeping pressed changes the time rapidly. @ Press BET CLOCK again. The Display shows: ® Press the digit buttons (0-8} on the remote control to set the correct year.
Select the desired channel number using the digit buttons (0-9} on the remote control. ® Press TUNING STORE again to store the TV channel under the pres election number. The Display shows for example: | 1 Iz 18:30 Repeat steps &) to (@ for all preferred channels, Channel search and storage (@ switch on the TV. @ On the TV select the pres election {programmer) number for the video recorder. switch on the video recorder. (@ Press TUNING SEARCH. The video recorder searches for a TV station.
Inserting a cassette will switch on the video recorder automatically. Do not pull aut the cassette, acne automatic loading has started. @ i necessary, press B or 4{to {re}wind the tape. if you want to see the used time or time left during (rewinding, recording or playback: ® Cross COUNTER MODE one or more times. Depending on the cassette used, the actual recording time can be about 5 minutes longer {for example 3:05 instead of 3:00 hours with a E180 tape).
@ Press A 1o eject the cassette. Note: When the gape reaches the end it is automatically rewound to the start. Correcting picture or sound disturbances: & Presses The video recorder will find the best playback quality within a few seconds. The sound is muted. Tie Display shows for example: T Iy The Display also shows a bar, A short bar indicates a poor signal; a long bar Indicates a good signal. With very per recordings the video recorder may keep on searching.
Note: The video recorder will automatically switch o play after 8 minutes of still picture to avoid tape wear. If you notice a vertical vibration in steel pictures: Cross ¥ until the vibration disappears, if the optimal position has been exceeds, press ¥ again. This adjustment for still pictures only has to be done once. Slow motion: & Press (v} on the remote control. Thea recorded programmer is shown in slow motion. The sound is muted. # Press P to return to normal playback.
Notes: — Enter the time in 24-hour form. For example, enter one minute past eight in the evening as *20:01" and not as '8:01. . Pressing once changes the time slowly; keeping pressed changes the time rapidly. Crass X to set the start time to ‘20:00". @ Press @ {VCR) again. The Display shows for example: pariah T i1 Note: If you press X first, the start time you have just set will be shown again and can quickly be changed into the stop time.
~— When the tape reaches the end during a timed recording, the cassette will be ejected automatically and the video retarder switches itself to standby. if you want fo re-use the previously stored data of a block, YOu only have to re-program the date pressing ~ At the start of the recording a VIZ marker will be written on the taps {for more information see VHS Index Search System In the section ‘Playing a cassette’).
® Use (0-9) to enter the programmer number of the TV station to record from. @ Press (LOD) once more to complete the timer programming. Note: ‘ If an invalid programmer amber has been entered, e.g. 65, the Display shows ‘01’ and the correct programmer number has to be entered again, When the programming has been completed correctly, the Display shows for example: N SRS sor T, @ Press (TRANSMIT) to send the recording details to the video recorder. During the transmission the symbol of) lights up.
OTHER RECORDING POSSIBILITIES Recording from another video recorder {copying) Copying via the 21-pin connectors &0: @ Connect the relevant 21-pin connector on your recording video recorder and the playback video recorder using a special cable., Your dealer can advise you which cable to use.
CASSETTES VHS cassettes can be used on ene side only, Do not: — dismantle the cassette — touch the tape — drop or shake the cassette. Storing cassettes: Always rewind the tape to the beginning before storage, Store the cassettes: vertically gt roam temperature. Keep the cassettes away from: dust extreme humidity bright sunlight loudspeakers electric motors transformers magnets.
Free service for 12 months: The dealer from whom the video recorder was purchased will arrange for any defect in manufacture of material to be rectified without charge for a period of 12 months from the date of initial consumer sale provided: ¢ reasonable evidence is supplied that the video recorder was purchased within 12 months prior to the date of claim; @ the defect Is not due to use of the video recorder on an incorrect voltage or contrary te the Company’s Operating Instructions or to accidental damage
TECHNICAL DATA* General Mains voltage Mains frequency Po war consumption: Wind/rewind time Ambient temperature during operation Humidity Dimensions Weight Position for use Number of per-selections Number of programmable blocks Number of days in advance 240V 4810 typical (10 W typ. in standby) 330 sec. typical for E-180 +10°Cto +35°C 420 x 99 x 870 mm {incl. feet) 7.1 kg approx. max. 15° inclination on afl sides 48 + ext.
