OPERATING MANUAL VR 757 Dear customer, with this video recorder (VCR), you own one of the most sophisticated yet simple-to-use video recorders on the market. Naturally, you can’t wait o 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.
ENGLISH The back of the video recorder o HGWY tight SILHOUETTED PETITE U B ©e 48423285320 REITERATE EXTERNAL 1 EXTERNAL 2 AUDIO S — Mains socket Cart socket 1 (Euro-AV) Audio input, right channel Cart socket 2 {Eur-AV) INTENSIFICATION ] Audio input, left channel Aerial input socket [(AG DIG OUT RIGHT] Audio output, right channel (&1 Aerial output socket [AUDIOTAPE THEFT ] Audio output, left channel Channel selector [LH] Attenuation switch
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Additional TV functions {only for TV sets with the same remote control code): TV PRO TV programmed LIVE] TV off [V VOLUME 75 | TV volume Note: » |f you simultaneously press the [TV PROGRAMMER 1 and buttons, you can directly call up the programmer position "EXT", "0 or "AV" {only on correspondingly equipped TV sets). How do I install the batteries in the remote control @ Remove the cover from the back of the remote control. .
CONNECTION DIAGRAM CONNECTIONS TO THE BACK OF THE VIDEO RECORDER SETTEES $3382382380 EXTERNAL EXTERNAL 1 VIDEOCONFERENCING / CD-or WHIFF SYSTEM 711‘ /: out SAT RECEIVER
2. INSTALLATION. HOW DO | INSTALL THE VIDEO RECORDER? [Hire ] Before making any connections, note the connecting diagram on page 6 and the safety instructions on page 40. Connecting to the aerial @ Remove the cable aerial plug from the TV set and insert it into the socket at the rear of the video recorder. © Use the serial cable supplied to connect the [E7] socket on the video recorder with the aerial input socket on your TV set. Both units are now connected to the aerial.
Some notes on operation * The video recorder should permanently be connects to the mains supply to enable programmed recordings and TV operation. The energy consumption is very low. * The video recorder is switched on when inserting a cassette or when pressing the button. The video recorders’s display indicates, for example, "PO1" (programmer number 1) and "NO CASSIA. The pilot lamp in the button on the video recorder fights green.
Basic settings Switch the TV set on and select the programmer position provided for video playback "EXT", 0" or You will find the necessary information in the operating manual of the TV set. @ If a cassette is in the video recorder, press the EJECT A 1 button to eject the video cassette. © On the video recorder, simultaneously press the (EJECT Xl and buttons. The display on the video recorder indicates the language selected for the indications, for example *ENGLISH".
3. STORING TV CHANNELS in order to be able to record TV programmed, you first have to store each TV channel available in your area ARD, RTL, EURO SPORT, etc..) in the video recorder. The video recorder has its own reception unit which can store channels. This makes the recorder independent of the TV set. © Select programmer number ™1* on the TV set. O Press the button on the video recorders’s remote control. The display on the recorder indicates: WEIGHT .
Sorting channels You can change the order of the TV channels at any time. : Switch the TV set on and select the programmer position intended for video playback "EXT", 0" or "DAVY. @ Press the button on the video recorder for at least 3 seconds. The display on the video recorder indicates, for example, "ARD STORE POY’ or a frequency, STORE P01 or a channel number, e.g. "CH STORE POOP.
Manual search In certain cases the "Automatic Channel Search® may not be able to find or properly tune in all of the TV channels. You can then use the "manual post-search” function 1o find these channels. What are frequencies and channels ? The TV stations broadcast their programmed via TV transmitters on different frequencies (MHz indication} and channels (CH indication) or special channels (CA indication).
After having made the East entry, most channel numbers are converted into a station name ZDF). e e Hos B O Store the TV channel with the [OK] button. The video recorders's display indicates the next free programmer position, e.g. 0 Use the or (X1 button to select the programmer position number for this TV channel. O Store the setting with the button. The video recorder’s display indicates the selected programmer position nurturer, e.g., P12 TUNER".
4. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE With this video recorder, you can play any video cassette which has been recorded with the VHS or §-VHS format. It can also play video cassettes which have been recorded with the SCENT standard on other video reorders. @ Switch on the TV set. For TV sets having the Easy Link function the "standby mode” will suffice. © Insert the cassette with the recording on it straight into the cassette compartment. The window must be facing upwards.
S caret ] Correcting picture interference Fast forward wind and rewind Each time you start a new playback, the video recorder automatically adjusts the correct tracking for the cassette. For cassettes recorded on another recorder, it is possible to improve the autocratically made optimum adjustment as follows. @ During playback, press the Hutton on the remote control. The video recorder’s display indicates “TRACKING".
The JOG / SHUTTLE FUNCTIONS There is a large rotary knob both on the video recorder and the remote control. This knob has an inner JOG disk and an outer SHUTTLE ring. With these controls, it is very convenient to perform the following functions. @ Switch on the JOG/SHUTTLE functions with the [ JOGGING button. The green pilot lamp lights up and the video recorder switches automatically to "STILL PICTURE" mode.
ENGLISH How do | know where | am currently on the tape? Insert a standard VHS video cassette {e.g. E240) into the cassette compartment of the video recorder. @ Stern the tape measurement function by pressing the [CASSETTE | button on the remote control. The video recorder’s display indicates "WAIT ~: then briefly one of the following messages, 8.g.. "TIME LEFT 3:45° or "TIME USED 015" Then the video recorder switches, for example, to “STOP". In the video recorder's display appears, a.9.
Adjusting the picture sharpness iris possible to adjust the picture sharpness during playback. © During playback, press the = PROGRAMMER button. The video recorder’s display indicates the current setting, "SHARPNESS 0" {(mid position}. @ Within five seconds, press once again on the [ PROGRAMMER | or (=1 button to change the setting in the range from "+3" the maximum sharpness).
5. HOW DOES THE VIDEO RECORDER RECORD ? This video recorder is provided with its own reception unit. This means that it can record TV broadcasts independently of the TV set. The easiest way to make a recording is the recording of a TV broadcast which you have preset on the video recorder. Existing recordings are automatically erased when ranking new recordings on the cassette. Insert a cassette which is not protected against recording into the video recorder. The recorder is automatically switched on.
Notes: + The programmer positions and "E3* are intended for recordings from external videodisc sources via the Cart sockets "EXTERNAL 1/2" or the Cinch sockets AUDITOR Jan [DIVED ], + Can | switch to another TV programmer during recording and record this 7 Interrupt recording with the button.
6. HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A RECORDING? In this chapter you will learn how to programmer the video recorder. It switches itself on automatically, records the TV programmer you want, and then switches itself off again automatically. The video recorder stores all of the information it requires for recording in what is known as a TIMER block, It can store this information up to four weeks in advance. Your video recorder can store these TIMER blocks. Note that the times of the TIMER blocks must not overlap.
S P Programming with "Show View" This method makes programming your video recorder as easy as dialing a telephone number. All you need to do is enter the (thereto nine-digit) Show View code which is printed in your TV guide next to the starting time for the TV programmer. When programming any TV channel the first time, the video recorder first has to ‘learn” on which programmer position the respective channel is stored., Insert a cassette which is not protected against recording into the video recorder.
e © Confirm the TIMER data with the (B8 Button. The video recorder’s display indicates briefly: "READY", If one or more TIMER blocks are occupied, the video recorder’s display indicates TIMER and the "B symbol for each TIMER block. Programming now is completed. The data has been stored in a TIMER block. If the video recorder”s display indicates ERROR, repeat steps @ @. .DAILY ERROR', you have programmed a TV programmer with the first recording on a Saturday or Sunday as "daily". This is not possible.
4 TR ST—— ® Ii you wish to programmer daily or weekly recordings, press the button on the remote control once or twice. The display on the remote control shows in addition either "D (= daily), or “W" {= weekly). Daily recordings can be programmed only for the weekdays Monday through Friday. © Have you entered all data correctly? If yes, point the remote control at the video recorder and press the button on the cremate control. The data is now transmitted to the video recorder.
Switch the VPS/PDC function on and off with the [SELECT] button. Some important notes on PDC/VPS: » Observe the PDC/VPS notes in your TV programmer guide. * |f you enter a start and stop time with the [START# 7~ and buttons that differ from the time code, you must switch off "VPS' or "PDC" with the button on the remote control otherwise no TIMER recording will be possible.
A few general notes on programming * The programmed recording will always be effected with the recording speed (SP or LP}, currently selected on the video recorder. * If the indication "TIMER REC" flashes in the video recorder’s display, you must at once press the [STANDBY & ] button on the remote control.
7. EDITING VIDEO RECORDINGS 1t is not possible to simply cut video tapes with a pair of scissors then splice them. If you wish to join and/or insert new scenes without disturbing transitions and exactly to the picture into existing recordings, it is necessary o use an electronic cutting facility when copying from one video tape to another, This creation of "new" video recordings is called “editing”. For editing, different methods can be used.
Synchronous editing (synchrony-edit) With this function, you can synchronously copy between this video recorder and an appropriately equipped camcorder. With this method, one scene after the other is copied exactly to the picture and without disturbing transitions, the video recorder and the camcorder being controlled by one button.
The way copying is started depends on the used camcorder and the corresponding edit control cable. Connections as shown in figure H or figure B if the video recorder is to control the camcorder. O Press the [RECORD ® ] button on the video recorder. The cassette in the camcorder is briefly rewound then the camcorder switches to " PLAYBACK". As.soon.as the beginning.of the scene is reached, the "RECORDING" function is synchronously started on the video recorder. The sound level is automatically controlled.
Connections as shown in figure Bl or figure B if the camcorder is to control the video recorder. O Start copying with the EDIT or QUICK REVIEW button, for example, on the camcorder. The cassette in the camcorder is bristly e wound then the camcorder switches to "PLAYBACK". As soon as the beginning of the scene is 100 teed, the "RECORDING" function is synchronously started on the video recorder The sound level is automate call controlled.
e Audio dubbing With this function, you can add a sound track of your choice to an already “edited film". The mono sound track on the video tape can be replaced with another sound track. The existing mono sound track will be completely erased. The stereo sound track and the video recording remain unchanged. Connect the sound source with an audio connecting cable to the sockets "E3", {at the front of the video recorder). Insert the cassette (containing the "edited film"1) into the video recorder.
Insert functions With the insert functions, it is possible to conveniently insert other picture and/or sound recordings into existing recordings. You have the choice between three functions: « "INSERT VIDEO" The picture and the whiff sound {helical track) are newly recorded, the mono sound {Longitudinal track) is maintained. « 'INSERT DUBBING" The picture, the whiff sound (helical track), and the omen sound {longitudinal track} are newly recorded. » "INSERT COPY" The picture is newly * recorded.
8. ADDITIONAL RECORDING POSSIBILITIES Recording from another video/audio source, e.g., a video recorder Note: * |f your video recorder does not have a SCARY socket (Eur-AV) and you wish to watch the picture during copying, you must tune the TV to the video recorder. You will find a description of this process in the section "Playback via aerial cable” on the pages 35 and 36. For recordings from other external video/audio sources, e.9., 2 second video recorder, a satellite receiver, a CD player, etc.
T S—T— Recording audio only Simulcast recording You can use your video recorder as a whiff tape recorder. This means that only the stereo or dual sound is recorded from an external sound source whiff equipment, second video recorder, etc.). Connect your whiff (stereo) unit with an audio connecting lead to the sockets (at the back of the video recorder). Insert a cassette without erase protection into the video recorder. Switch on the external sound source.
9. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS Playback via the aerial cable If your TV set does not have a SCARY socket {Euro-AV), you must use the already connected aerial cable for playback from the video recorder. @ Switch on the TV set and select the programmer position intended for video playback. This is explained in the operating manual of the TV set. O if a cassette is inserted in the video recorder, press the button on the video recorder o eject the cassette. © Press the and buttons on the video recorder simultaneously.
€ If the picture quality is worse only when the video recorder is on, use an appropriate screw driver to turn the channel control at the rear of the video recorder less than one quarter of a revolution to the left or right. O Tune the TV set again to the video recorder (steps @ to @) until the test picture reappears. © Check once again all TV programmed on the TV set.
T ENGLISH Tuner mode. Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set You can also use your video recorder as a TV receiver {tuner). This is handy if your TV set does not have a remote control or if it has fewer programmer positions than the number of channels it could actually receive. Proceed as follows: Switch-on-the TV set-and-select the programmer position intended for video playback "EXT", "0 or "DAVY, @ Press the button on the remote control. The video recorder’s display indicates, e.g.
The TV monitor function Switching between VCR 1 and VCR 2 if you wish to monitor a "running" recording, you can make visible the picture from the video recorder on the picture screen {monitor) of your TV set. @ Switch on the video recorder with the button. O Use the futon 1o switch the TV set to the programmer position intended for video playback "EXT", 0" or The video recorder’s display indicates briefly "VCR MONITOR®". © Further pressure on the same button switches the monitor function off again.
ENGLISH Remote control of TV sets Automatic switch-off if you have a TV set which accepts the code of this remote control, you can set the volume level, select the programmer position number, and switch off the TV set with the TV button block of this nonvoter control. TV VOLUME =] TV volume ANIME =721 TV programmer TV off [TV PRO GR Philips TV sets accept the *C 1" remote control code. A nurturer of Blanket, Grounding, and Siemens TV sets accept the "C 2* remote control code.
10. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety instructions General notes This video recorder is intended for the reception, recording and playback of picture and sound signals. Every other use is explicitly excluded. Danger high voltage i this appliance! Do not open The video recorder does not certain any parts that can be repaired by the user. As long as the video recorder is connected to the mains, there are parts of it still in operation. To switch off the video recorder completely you must disconnect it fro the mains.
11. BEFORE YOU CALL A TECHNICIAN Problem The video recorder does not respond when a button is pressed The remote control does not work No playback from the video recorder Poor playback from the video recorder Recording not possible Programmed recording does not work Picture/sound disturbances during TV reception Possible cause * No power supply. * Programmed recording is in progress. » Technical disturbance: disconnect from the mains for 30 seconds, then reconnect. If this has no effect, you can: 1.
12. TECHNICAL DATA, ACCESSORIES Technical data * Mains voltage 220 240 V~ . Weight approx. 5.4 kg * Mains frequency 50 Hz Position for use max. 157 ilt in al directions * Prows consumption 18 W typical Video resolution VHS 2 240 lines (< 6 W typical in standby} * Wind/rewind time, 95 s typical for E-180 * FM audio (SP) 20Hz kHz (£ 3dB) « Ambient temperature during operation ¢ Power failure protection: transmitter 1 year typical +10°C 10 +358 °C Clock/Timer 1 year typical.
