INTRODUCTION CONTENTS May we take this opportunity to congratulate you on the Chapter INTRODUCTION Page purchase of this new Video Cassette Recorder (VCR}. You are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and 1 CONTROLS, CONNECTIONS 2 simple-to-use home video recorders on the market. Safety instructions Naturally, you can’t wait to get it working, but before you do, 2 INSTALLATION 4 spare a few moments to read through this operating manual.
SUMMARY OF CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS Detailed Information concerning the various functions is given in the relevant sections. [f 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.
= = =P Special TXT button YELLOW Special TXT button BLUE Teletext-sub code Teletext index Hear side of the video recorder: " Aerial input socket W Aerial output socket G Channel control EXTERNAL 1 AV-Euro connector 1 (21-pin scary socket) EXTERNAL 2 AV-Euro connector 2 (21-pin scary socket) ~ Mains socket MOD I)O MOD selector (modulator on = 1}, fitted in some sets only AUDIO R(D) © Audio input Right socket AUDIO L(G}© Audio input Left socket AUDIO R(D} O Audio output Right socket AUDIO R(G) O Audio output
INSTALLATION: HOWDY | CONNECT THE VIDEO RECORDER TO THE TV SET? Your video recorder is a sort of TV set without a screen’. It must therefore be connected to bath the aerial and the TV set in order for you to be able to view recorded cassettes. Connecting to the mains € Insert the female plug of the mains lead into the mains socket at the rear of the video recorder. € The plug at the other end of the mains deaf must be inserted into the wall socket.
fn order to play the cassette (i.e. to produce the image on the serene} a programmer number for the video recorder must be stored In the TV set. This works in the same way as storing a TV channel. Far example BBC 1 can be stored on number *1, BBC 2 on number ‘2", ITV on number '3’ and so on.
Connecting your video recorder to WiFi audio equipment Using an audio cable, connect the socket AUDIO © to the corresponding output sockets on the audio amplifier. Using an audio cable, connect the socket AUDIO O to the corresponding input sockets on the audio amplifier. 2nd AV-Euro connector The 2nd AV-Connector EXTERNAL 2 may be used to connect an additional video recorder, a CD-Video player ete.
® When the automatic channel search finds a TV channel, its picture appears on the TV screen, ‘The video recorder display will show e.g.: CT HOE o Press button again if it isn’t the desired TV channel or if the cloture quality is poor. The video recorder will search for the next TV channel. @ The video recorder will propose a programmer number {a.g. P O1) in which to store the TV channel. [f you wish to store it in another programmer number, press buttons change the programmer numbers.
Availability table for special cable TV # you possess cabin TV equipment with special availability, you must enter the already defined channel numbers for the special channels. Proceed as described In section ‘Direct channel storage’ and enter the chains! numbers of the following table at step @, Further information about the channel numbers is available from your cable TV supplier.
© Press button @ again. The display will show, e.g.: TME Y. TN Now set the correct year. @ Press button @ again. The display will show, e.g.: TME EHRLICH Now set the correct month, © Crass button @ again, The display will show, e.g.: TME ) T DATE T Courtier bear Now set the correct date. @ Press bunion € once more to complete setting the clock. The data Is now stored in the remote control. The display will show, e.q.
PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE in chapter 2 you will have connected your TV set to the video recorder. Playing a cassette will now be very easy and without problems. € switch on the TV set and select the programmer number reserved for playing the video. @ insert the cassette into the cassette soot with the title label facing you and the window facing upward. Push the cassette in the center until i is pulled inside automatically, inserting a cassette will switch on the video recorder automatically.
Please note: till pictures can sometimes show vertical vibrations. Press and hold button B2 until the vibration disappears. if the optimum position has been passed,press and hold button 2 again, This adjustment for still pictures only has to be done once as the video recorder will store the adjustment details automatically. Important! With hired cassettes of poor quality the stile picture may nevertheless be affected by interference. This is not caused by your video recorder.
How do { know where | am on the cassette tape? How can | find 2 particular position on the tape? Iris always handy to know for how long a cassette has been played or how long is still left. The video recorder allows three different ways of finding this out. First of aff, you must select the tape length of the inserted cassette. This is necessary if the correct playing time is to be indicated. o Crass button 00 on the remote control. The remote control display will show a cassette tape length, e.g.: SACS.
intro scan: This function will give you a review of all the programmed. recorded on a tape. € Crass Hutton —b. The tape will play for 10 seconds. Afterwards the tape will wind to the following VIZ mark and play for 10 seconds and soon, LETEEANIRLEVAENEEY assort Herman =3 = When the end of the taps is reached, the tape will rewind to the beginning. You can interrupt the Intro scan function by pressing any tape transport button (e.g. ¥ if you have found the recording you wish to watch.
May | store my “favorite TXT page’? For each programmer number you can store one favorite TXT page, 2.g. the news or the dally TV programmer. Every time you switch the TXT on, this page will automatically appear first. @ Switch the TXT on as usual by pressing bunion & and select the desired TXT page number you want to have as the ‘initial page’. €) Press button SEL. This page number is now stored.
FASTEST-Teletext system With this TEXT-system you can view up to 5 items of information on the bottom row of every TXT page. This information indicates the subject matter of the page which [s finely to be selected next. The Information is clearly indicated in the colors red, green, bellow and blue. ® Cross the colored buttons I=] on the remote control corresponding to the color of the information you wish to view.
& I you accidentally load a protected cassette {erase tape removed}, for example a assertive hired from a viced shop, then when you go to begin a recording, the display will warn you by indicating the following: PR T Lt After a while the cassette 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. ® The previous recording on a cassette is automatically erased when you make a new recording.
HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A TIMED RECORDING? in the following chapter we will guide you through the different possibilities of programming your video recorder, so that it will switch itself on automatically, record the TV programmer you have chosen and then switch itself off automatically, all of this up to 1 month In advance.
@ variant 1 The last TIMER-line programmed appears in yellow. Variant 2 If ‘PRIG flashes in the TIMER indication, you must check the programmer number, By pressing bunion 0-8 you oan correct the number. Confirm the right programs number by pressing the green button [=1. The whole TIMER-one appears in yellow. € Now press the green button The programming is completed. If you wish to continue programming other TV programmed, start again from step @ @ Press button B to switch off the TXT decoder.
@ Cross button @. The video recorder display will show, e.g.: ool Now enter the programmer number of the TV channel! from which you wish to record. & i necessary press button KITCHENER one or more times to select a special recording mode. O Cross button @, The video recorder display will show, e.g.; Now you may enter the TEXT-subtitle page number.
® if you have programmed a TIMER-hoick with a wrong TEXT-subtitle page number, the symbol & appears in the upper left hand corner of the recording. Programming on the remote control You can enter the data which is necessary for the timed recording into the remote control, To do this you follow the same. procedure as for programming on the video recorder. ‘The remote control display shows ail the programming steps. To enter the data use the digit buttons 0-9.
# {f an error occurred while dither programming on the remote control or during the transmission, the indication ‘ERROR’ wilt appear on the video recorder display. Should this be the case then go back and check alf the data you have entered and transmit it again. Programming a recording which takes place daily or weekly: You may programmer a recording which will take place dally or weekly at step O, entering the date of the recording.
OTHER RECORDING POSSIBILITIES You have a choice of various special recording modes. You ¢an select them by pressing button To return to the normal recording mode, press button unit} the display shows "‘PAUSE’ or "STOP". Audio-only-recording ‘You can make WiFi stereo audio recordings with a play/record time hours on an E240 cassette, # Connect the video recorder to an WiFi stereo audio system as described in the ‘Installation’ chapter. @ Load a cassette. € Press button OVERSIGHT until the display shows.
Audio dubbing with an audio mixing panel: You can mix the original Hi Ff sound with an external sound by connecting your video recorder to an audio mixing panel. During the recording the sound cannot be heard. Proceed as mentioned in the section ‘Audio dubbing’ from step @ step @, afterwards push bunion until the display shows Insert function This function will enable you to successively insert 2 new scene into an existing recording. The new recording will be inserted without picture disturbances.
SPECIFIC 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. DOSS: On Screen Display This function is very practical because it displays the operating functions of your video recorder on the TV screen. To operate this function, press button (3. The summary is displayed.
USEFUL INFORMATION ON VIDEOCASSETTES VHS cassettes can be used on one side only. Previous recordings on a video cassette are automatically grades when you re-record on the cassette. Erase protection You may prevent accidental erasing of an important recording by breaking off the erase tab on the rear edge of the cassette with & 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.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER) Symptom The video recorder does not respond to any button being pressed. No playback functions are possible Video retarder playback quality is poor Recording is not possible Tired recording does not start Remote control does not work TECHNICAL DATA * ACCESSORIES General Mains voltage 2010 240V Mans frequency 4810 52 Hz Payer consumption 22 W typical {15 W typo standby} Windward time 270 sec.
