OPERATING MANUAL VR 737 Congratulations! You now own one of the most sophisticated yet simple-to-use video recorders on the market. Naturally, you can’t wait to use your new video recorder, but before you start, it’s worthwhile taking the time to read through this operating manual. Acquainting yourself with the video recorder’s features is the best way to guarantee trouble-free operation.
3.
7. ADDITIONAL RECORDING FUNCTIONS Audio-dubbing Audio-only recording Simulcast recording Synchrony-Edit Externally controlled recording Recording from another video recorder 8. PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS ON YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Tuner mode.
1. BUTTONS, CONTROLS AND SOCKETS Here are all the buttons and sockets which you will find on your video recorder and remote control. Explanations of the individual functions of these buttons and sockets are given in the corresponding chapters.
A Additional TV functions {only for TV sets with remote control code): Loaves Note: * If you press the and buttons simultaneously, you can directly call up the channel number "AV* (EXT 1) {on TV sets thus equipped).
The front of the video recorder Four segment display: Recording function Timer activated Stereo reception Green = video recorder on Red = video recorder off {standby) Single picture/Picture search nonfood Single picture/Picture search button (Jog/Shuttle) Fioore_munser soreness Oox Installation Automatic station search Confirm button Allocating TV stations TODAY-programming Function selection Clear/Delete VCR programmer minus/plus
vow || Video input socket . Audio input socket @ Headphones Volume L AUTO N [PHONES | Headphones socket Synchronization edit socket @n«mes = PHONES SYNC EDIT commensurate_ s outdoorsy) s Peed Si Op PUY SPEED Re Cord STANDBY .
O Safety instructions and safety measures * 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 or safety instruction. * First check if your supply voltage is the same as that written on the type plate on the rear of your video recorder. * 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 the video recorder near appliances which generate strong magnetic fields motors, loudspeakers and transformers). Do not use the video recorder in dusty places or where it may be subject to vibration. During severe thunderstorms {with lightning), we recommend disconnecting the video recorder from the mains and the aerial 1. Ensure that there is a vertical distance of at least 20 cm between the video recorder and your TV set.
2. INSTALLATION: HOW DO I INSTALL THE VIDEO RECORDER ? VCR c0:00 CLOCK VCR 1 15:32 © 10 How do | insert the batteries into the remote control 7 © Remove the cover from the back of the remote control. O Insert the batteries as indicated into the battery compartment and close the cover.
Connecting your video recorder The following sections provide detailed explanations to this overview.
25 RUG 83 13:30 12 Connecting to the mains @ Insert the female plug of the mains cable into the mains socket at the rear of the video recorder. © Insert the plug at the other end of the mains cable into the wall socket. Some general notes for subsequent operation * The video recorder should remain connected to the mains at all times to ensure that programmed intended for recording can be made and that the television works. The power consumption is very low.
ENGLISH A —— Connecting to the TV set If your TV set does not have an AV-Euro connector, the following does not apply to you. Instead, read Chapter 8, *Particular functions and Extras”. You will find more information in the section "Playback via the aerial cable". @ Insert the plug of one of the AV-Euro cables into the orange AV-Euro connector on the back of the video recorder, Connect the other plug to the TV set.
Connecting a decoder Some TV stations transmit encoded signals which you can only see with a purchased or hired decoder. You can connect such a decoder {scrambler) to this video recorder. © Use an AV-Euro cable to connect the decoder to the video recorder (socket [EXTERNAL 2 1), You will find a description of how to store TV channels with the decoder in Chapter 4, *Storing TV Channels”.
Emergency interrupt Your video recorder and its remote control have an emergency interrupt function. You can interrupt any function by pressing button [STANLEY &1, Whenever you have any problems while operating the video recorder, you can simply interrupt any function and start again, You can practice using the video recorder without worrying. No matter which buttons you press, you won't damage the video recorder.
TIE obsess YEAR 1393 font DRATTED: 16 & © Now set the current time with the buttons on the remote control. O Press button [GK.. Enter the current year. @ Press button COX.] again. Now set the current month. © Press button again and set the day's date.
3. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE In Chapter 2 you connected your TV set 1o the video recorder, thus enabling you to play a cassette. If you want to record something immediately, read Chapters 4 and B. @ Switch on the TV set. Many modern TV sets automatically switch over to the programmer number for the video recorder when a cassette is being played. However, this functions only if you have used an Av-Euro cable to connect the video recorder to your TV set.
TRACKING. 138 06 REWIND o 56 PRO W Indwell 18 o How do | correct picture interference 7 Each time a cassette is loaded, the video recorder automatically adjusts to the correct tracking position. For recordings made on another video recorder you may be able to improve the automatic optimum position as follows: © Press button (B on the remote control. @ Press button on the remote control, © Press button 31 as soon as the best playback quality is achieved.
Note: * 1f the picture vibrates, press button on the remote control until the vibration stops. if you pass the optimum setting, you can repeat this step with button on the remote control again. You only have to find the optimum setting once as the video recorder stores the setting automatically, Please note, however, that interference may still occur with hired cassettes of poor quality. This is not caused by your video recorder.
SLOW Stagnation SLOW Reviser SCANNING -9 use SCANNING+9 Li's 20 o Slow motion @ Press the (3 Button. @ Press the button on the remote control. You see a still picture, © Press the [Z4] or [#5] bunion on the remote control or video recorder until you reach the desired search speed. Press the button for : slow motion forwards, super slow motion forwards. Press the button for : reverse slow motion. @ Press the T3] button again to resume normal playback.
The Jog / Shuttle functions On the video recorder you will find a large rotary knob. Still picture/Single frame selection: @ First activate the rotary knob function with button 660N, The green light comes on. The video recorder switches to still picture. O Turn the inner dial to select the preceding or following single frame (JOG function). © Press button [ to resume normal playback. Nate: * [f the picture vibrates, press button on the remote control until the vibration stops.
SLOW Revues SLOW Positioning SCANNING +5 guise SCANNING -5 miss Slow motion: @ First switch on the function with button [ JGE 0N, The green light comes on. The video recorder switches to still picture. O In order to switch to super slow motion, continue to tum the outer ting all the way 1o the left or right until SLOW REV or SLOW MOTION appear in the display. Super slow motion: O First activate the rotary knob function by pressing button [JOG ON 1. The green light comes on.
Tape position. How do | know where | am on the tape ? it is handy to know for how long a cassette has been playing or how much time remains on the tape. When you insert a cassette into the video recorder and select one of the tape transport functions (e.g. 'PLAYBACK'), the tape’s length is automatically measured. The tape’s length {for example, E 180} appears in the video recorder’s display. For cassettes which do not have a standard tape length, you must manually enter the length of the tape and confirm.
ul: 1S LESLEY 002 © You can use the button 1o select from among the following three display possibilities: elapsed playing time . display "v® {USED TIME} remaining playing time : display "L (TIME LEFT) Counter : display of tape position You can read this display while winding and rewinding, while recording, playback and stop. If you want to reset the counter indication of the tape position 1o "0°, press button to select the counter display and then press button [ CLEAR | on the video recorder.
ST — How do | find a particular position on the tape ? Sometimes you may have recorded two or even more TV programmed on one cassette. In this case, it is worthwhile making a note of the tape position at which the recordings start and end. So that you do not have to search for a long time, your video recorder offers you two methods for automatic searching: "GO TO" and "VISIT.
M The VHS Index Search System The video recorder writes VIZ code marks on the tape every time the record button is pressed. Using the button you can search for these VIZ code marks on the tape. You cannot use the VIZ function with recordings made on another video recorder that does not have the VIZ function. Intro-scan: This VIZ function provides you with a survey of all the TV programmed recorded on the tape. @ Press button CINE ], "INDEX -* appears in the display.
T — VIZ search: Select this function if you are looking for a particular VIZ code mark. @ First press button {on the remote control} and then button [Z=] to select the previous code mark, or button o select the following one. 1f you want to search for subsequent code marks, press button =1 or as often as required. O Select the function that is to follow after the code mark is found {e.g. "PLAYBACK"). When the code mark is found, the video recorder then begins with the function you selected.
Setting or erasing VIZ code marks manually: To find certain positions on the tape quickly, you can set and erase code marks by yourself. This only works with cassettes which are not protected against recording. If you want to set a code mark, proceed as follows: o During playback, search for the position on the tape to be marked. © At the right position, press button COPYWRITER. This sets a HINDER Writer code mark. If you want to erase a code mark, proceed as follows: @ Press button STEINBECK.
T Picture sharpness control You can adjust the picture sharpness in playback in seven steps. @ Press button =1 @ Press button =1 or The current setting is shown in the display: from maxim urn sharpness). You can change the current setting by pressing button =or again within five seconds. The number "0° indicates medium setting. SHARPNESS -2 Selecting the audio track ® Use button 1o select the audio track you want to hear.
4. STORING TV CHANNELS AUTO STORE = PR ST--30 o In order to be able to record TV programmed, you first have to store each TV channel {in the video recorder). You can store channels. Your video recorder has its own receiver, Because of this, it can be used independently of the TV set, If you wish to use the advantages of the Show View system with TIMER programming, you must allocate a specific "aerial code’ for TV channels with Show View (ARD, ZDF, ORF, RTL, etc.).
© Now enter the respective ‘aerial code’ for the TV channel (P01} as three digits with the digit buttons [o-91. ST--@ You can erase the ‘aerial code’ with the (CLEAR ] button, ' © Store this adjustment with the [TOE_ button. O The video recorder indicates the next channel number ‘P2 Repeat the steps © 10 @ until you have assigned all TV channels the corresponding ‘aerial code’. After you have assigned to all TV channels the respective ‘aerial code’, the indication 'READY" will briefly appear in the display.
ST ORE ON »puo 206 chine TUNING -y 06 Nameless 32 2 Assigning TV channels During autocratic channel search, you can assign any number you wish to a video recorder channel which has been found. This is useful, for example, it you want to have the same sequence of channels as that on your TV set. O Press button on the video recorder. *STORE ON P 01" appears in the display.
[Tk if you do not want to enter or change a name, go directly to step © Use button L= or to select the desired digit or letter. O With button SELECT, you select the position at which the character is to be placed. (5 characters are possible). ADO MAM Mess @ Bunion can be used for a blank space or for deleting the character in that position. O Store the setting with button COE .
AUTO STORE STORE ON ros 34 @ Manual search In some cases the automatic channel search function cannot find ail the available TV channels, or cannot tune to them optimally. If this is the case, use the following method to tune to the TV channels. O Press button [TONER ] on the remote control. © Keep button on the video recorder pressed for longer than five seconds, "AUTO STORE" appears in the video recorder’s display. © Press and hold down button =1 or until you find the correct TV channel.
A O Press button [OK . "NAME" appears in the video recorder’s display. Now you can give the TV channel a name or change the present name. This TV channel name will appear in the display whenever you choose this TV channel. If you do not wish to give a name, go directly to step ©. @ Use button = Jor 10 select the desired digit or letter. O with button [SLEET ], you select the position at which the character is to be placed. {5 characters are possible).
R 1 STORE Onward 1 STORE Ono 36 © Direct channel selection If you know the TV channel numbers in your region, you can directly enter these channel numbers in the video recorder’s display. @ Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number for the video recorder. @ Switch on the video recorder with button [TOPMOST, © Use button select the TV channel you wish to store the channel number. @ Press button [TUNER ] on the remote control, © Press button ).
Note: *# Attention: The following adjustment is only necessary and useful in special cases, for example in case of stripes in the picture for cable TV systems. The picture and sound quality may become worse, Press button {remote control). *FINE TUNING" appears in the display on the video recorder. Using button "="1 or on the video recorder, you can move and adjust within a range from 4 to -4. CHINE TUNING -4 @ Confirm the assignment with button on the video recorder.
ERR PRO T VS--STORED 38 ® Now enter the respective 'aerial code' for this TV channel as three digits with the digit buttons ® The button can be sad to clear the ‘aerial code’ for the TV channel. @ Store these settings with the button. The indication 'STORED" will briefly appear in the display. ® To conclude these entries, press button [ STARKEY S .
Cable TV with special channel numbers If you possess cable TV equipment with special channel numbers, you must enter the channel numbers already defined for the special channels. Proceed as described in the section "Direct channel selection”. In step ©, enter the channel numbers {e.g. channel "080" for special channel "$17) according to the following table. Further information about the special channel numbers of your TV channels is available from your cable TV company.
5. HOW CAN | RECORD DIRECTLY ? 1 ARD Recluse 40 & The easiest way of recording is to directly record a TV programmer that is currently being broadcast. And this is how it is done: © Insert a cassette. The video recorder switches on automatically. Otherwise, you can also switch it on with the button [STOPPER, © Using button (= or {video recorder) or the digit buttons {remote control) select the number of the TV channel from which you wish to record.
Note: * If you do not want to record to the end of the cassette, press button again {remote control). The display shows the end time of the recording (also krill as the OTR time). Each time you press button you can add another 30 minutes. If the time remaining on the cassette is not enough for the entered recording time, the video recorder’s display shows "NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON THE CASSETTE", If you have pressed button too many times, you can return 1o normal recording by pressing button {remote control).
42 Long play function ‘You can reduce the recording speed by half, This makes it possible to record, for example, 8 hours instead of 4 hours with a "E240° cassette. @ Before recording, select the recording speed "LONG PLAY" with the button SELF Jon the cremate control. © During playback, the video recorder automatically selects the right speed {'STANDARD PLAY" or "LONGWAYS. Notes: * During picture scanning, still picture, slow motion and super slow motion the picture is not in color.
Erase protection So that you don't accidentally delete an important recording, you can remove the special tab {(erase protection) on the front narrow side of the cassette with a screwdriver, Later, if you no longer want the erase protection, you can seal the gap once more with adhesive tape. Auto-assembling You can use the auto-assembling function to link up individual recordings without any disturbing picture transitions {(flickering).
6. HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A RECORDING? In this chapter you will learn how to programmer the video recorder.
e TODAY programming on the video recorder It is very easy to programmer a recording for TODAY. You only need to enter the programmer number and the start time. Please note that only one TODAY programming is possible per day. ' The recording will be made until the end of the loaded cassette. Note: * The tape speed (standard play or long play) can be selected before programming with button on the remote control. * Make sure a cassette without recording protection is inserted.
T T © To finish programming, press button [ STANDEE S 1. TODAY appears in the video recorder’s display. This concludes the programming procedure. Please also note the "General notes on programming” on page 53. How do | cancel a programmed TODAY recording 7 1 you want to cancel a programmed TODAY recording, press button and then button on the video recorder. “TODAY FREE® appears in the video recorder’s display.
T Programming with the Show View number This method for TIMER programming is as simple as using a telephone. You will find the Show View number (2 to 9 digits) for the desired TV programmer in an appropriate TV programmer guide. Enter this number with the remote control into the video recorder’s display. O Switch the video recorder off with the button, @ Check the time and the date on the video recorder’s display. O Press the button on the remote control.
WSS DAT-0% P-02 20us REPRESSIVE SLY-0% P-02 2o VS STARE WILY-05 P-02 sous FROG 1 ARD 0o:0! e = CODE ERROR 48 © Have you entered the data correctly? 1f yes, press the button on the remote control. One of the opposite indications will appear in the retarder's display. @ 1f you wish to alter or clear programming, press the button. Horizontal dashes will appear again in the display of the video recorder. Repeat the steps TIMER programming. @ Confirm the TIMER data by pressing the button.
the indication 'SV UNKNOWN? appears for approx. five seconds in the video recorder’s display, the recorder could not find the 'aerial code’ for the selected TV channel {programmer, The indication 'P E2' {programmer position for socket EXTERNAL 2} appears in the video recorder’s display. SRt The picture/sound signal of this external programmer source OAT-0% P-E 2045 a satellite receiver} will be recorded if you confirm the data with the button. . If you do not wish that, press the button twice.
VeR DATE PRIG VCR DAFT PRIG VCR 1 15 a2 DATE PROFFER VCR 20:15 19:00 START END 50 a Programming on the remote control You can enter and store data for one recording in the remote control. The remote control display shows you all the programming steps. Use the digit buttons or button [Z=1 or o enter the data. With the last press of the button, you transmit the programmed data to the video recorder. The data are stored in the next free TIMER block of the video recorder.
O Press button [TIMER RE@ 1. The word "END" and the symbol 00} appear in the display. Now enter the end time of the recording as four digits. © Transmit the data 1o the video recorder. To do this, point the remote control at the video recorder and press button MERCANTILE . The programmed data is now sent to the video recorder. If the video recorder has correctly received the data, the following, as an example, appears in the video recorder’s display: TIMER WM and "READY". Programming is now complete.
VCR 1 5. d DATE PRIG VCR DATE PRIG OILY ERROR 52 @ Programming a regular daily or weekly TV programmer ‘You don't have to repeat the programming procedures each time a TV programmer from a series is broadcast. When you enter the recording date, you can programmer a daily or weekly repeat at the same time. Programmer the TIMER block as usual. Press button when you are entering the recording date in step €.
General notes on programming: * The TIMER switches on the video recorder autocratically only if the video recorder is switched off at the start time of the programmed recording. * If you do not press a button for one minute during a programming procedure, the remote control automatically interrupts the process. You then have to start the programming procedure from the beginning.
How do I stop a TIMER recording ? CLEARED 54 You cannot manually operate the video recorder while a programmed recording is running. If you want to stop a running recording, press the button [Bystander & . How can | check or correct a TIMER block ? O Press the button on the remote control. O Use the button or (=1 o select the TIMER block you want to check of correct. © Now press the button several times.
i 7. ADDITIONAL RECORDING FEATURES ENGLISH Audio dubbing This function enables you to replace (dub) the sound track of a previously made recording with another sound recording. Only the normal {linear) sound track is changed. The stereo sound track and the video image remain unchanged. @ Press button (B to locate the position at which the audio dubbing is to start. Press button TOPMOST ).
56 @ Note: *If you connect an audio mixer to the video recorder, you can mix the original whiff sound with the sound from externally connected sources, Remove the original whiff sound lead from the cinch sockets (back of the video recorder} and connect it to the audio mixer. Connect the audio mixer to the cinch sockets {front of the video recorder).
Recording audio only This video recorder allows you to make “audio only" recordings. To do this, connect the video recorder to an audio system {sockets on the back of the video recorder). O Insert a cassette. @ Press button several times on the remote control, until "AUDIO ONLY? appears in the video recorder’s display. © Use the button or 7= on the remote control to adjust the sound until the indicator "0 dB" comes on during the loudest passages. @ Press button [(RECORI® .
0i S SIMULCAST oo ANNUAL 58 D Simulcast recording The stereo sound of some TV programmed is broadcast simultaneously on FM radio. In order to get the best stereo sound quality you can record the picture from the TV channel and simultaneously record the stereo sound from the radio. To do this, connect the radio to the sockets {back of the video recorder). © Tune your radio and the video recorder to the desired programmer.
Synchronous editing (Synchrony-Edit) You can edit synchronously with a connection cable between an appropriately equipped camcorder and the video recorder. A specific connection cable is required which depends on the type of camcorder (see illustration). Both units are started at the right time by means of a synchronized pulse and a settable switch-on {per-roll} time. Tow different operating versions are possible. Switch off both units before you connect them.
o Depending on the cable set up you have chosen, there are two ways 1o stet editing. o) 1 Version 1 © Start the editing process with button [RECORD @] on the video recorder. The camcorder briefly rewinds, then switches to "PLAYBACK'. When the selected scene {position) on the tape is reached, the "RECORD" function is automatically started on the video recorder. steps @ through &.
T —— Externally controlled recording Do you have another device, such as a satellite receiver, equipped with an integrated clock which can be used for controlling other devices? If so, you can control a recording from such an external device via the socket [EXTERNAL 2 ). @ With the video recorder switched off (button [STANDBY press button for five secants. "RECORD PREP" appears in the video recorder’s display. The video recorder is now ready record.
Frog B2 REL. 00 62 o Recording from another video recorder Note: * if your TV-set does not have an AV-Euro connector and if you want to see the picture while recording, you must provide, if you have not already done so “adjust’ the TV set to the video recorder. Refer to Chapter 8, "Particular functions and Extras’, section *Playback via the aerial cable’.
8. PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS ON YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Tune mode. Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set You can ago use your video recorder as a TV receiver (tuner}. This is handy if your TV set does not have remote control or if it has fewer channel! buttons than the number of channels it could actually receive. Proceed as follows: @ Switch on the TV set. Select the programmer number reserved for video playback. @ Press the menu button on the remote control. .
PRIG 2 VIEW v 130 TV MONITOR WCR MONITOR 64 2 View mode You can make use of extra functions if a second unit is connected 1o socket EXTERNALIZE, This unit could be another video recorder, a decoder, a satellite receiver, or a video CD player. If your second unit transmits a control signal during playback, for example, your video recorder recognizes this and automatically switches over to "View mode”. You can switch the ‘View mode" on and off with button CONTORTION ).
Automatic switch-off If the video recorder is not operated for more than eight minutes during one of the following functions, the function is switched off. This protects your cassette and prevents unnecessary power consumption. If the video recorder is: in EJECT it switches off in STOP it switches off in STILL PICTURE it switches to PLAYBACK in PICTURE SEARCH it switches to PLAYBACK Child lock This function prevents the unauthorized operation of your video recorder. All button functions are blocked.
ENGLISH VCR 1/VCR 2 switch-over This is an important function if you have two video recorders which accept the same remote control code. You can quite easily change the remote control code for this video recorder and this remote control in order to prevent the unintentional operation of the wrong video recorder. @ Switch off the video recorder with button [STANDEE G ], Now press button [INELUCTABLE, “ENGLISH" appears in the video recorder’s display.
Playback via the aerial cable If your TV set does not have an Av-Euro socket, you must use for playback from the video recorder the aerial cable already connected . @ Switch on the TV set and select the TV channel used for video recorder playback {refer to your TV set’s operating instructions). O Remove the aerial cable from the aerial socket of the video recorder so that only the cable connection remains between the TV set and the video recorder.
O Re-insert the aerial cable in the aerial socket EIRE, Your TV set is now set to your video recorder. Note: * Your video recorder occupies UHF channel 36. However, it is possible that in your reception area this channel is already occupied by another TV channel. In this case, the TV reception picture quality of one or perhaps many TV stations is reduced. Should this be the case with your TV set, proceed as follows: © First sack whether all TV stations function unchanged.
Switching off the integrated modulator In the preceding section, we spoke of disturbances in TV reception. If the picture quality cannot be improved by the methods described, you can switch off the integrated modulator. However, this is only possible if the TV set and video recorder are connected by an AV-Euro cable. A cassette must not be in the video recorder. @ Press buttons (&7 and [TRIFECTA ] on the video recorder simultaneously.
70 The new 16:9 wide screen standard This video recorder can be used for wide screen TV sets. Ifa wide screen "16:9" identification is received during a video recording from an external source MAC decoder) via the socket, this identification is recorded also. During playback, this identification is routed from the socket via an AV-Eurodollar to the TV set.The TV set automatically switches to the wide screen format.
| 9. BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER ENGLISH Problem Possible cause The video recorder does not respond * No power supply. when & button is pressed * Programmed recording is in progress. * Technical disturbance: disconnect from the mains for 30 seconds, then reconnect. If this has no effect, you can: 1. Disconnect from the mains. 2. While holding down buttons and EJECT ] reconnect to the mains. All data are reset (deleted). Remote control does not work * Batteries are weak.
10. TECHNICAL DATA, ACCESSORIES ENGLISH Technical data * Mains voltage 18010 240V £ 10% * Weight approx. 5.4 kg ¢ Mains frequency Position for use max.15° in all directions * Power consumption, 20 W typical * Video resolution VHS = 240 lines (14 W typical in stand by} * Windflower time, 95 s typical for E-180 FM audio (SP} 20Hz kHz {< 3dB} = Ambient temperature during operation * Power failure protection: transmitter 1 year +10 °C o +36°C typical. Clock/Timer 1 year typical.
