INTRODUCTION VR 813 With this new Video Cassette Recorder (VGR) you are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use home video recorders on the market. Naturally, you can't wait to get it working,but before you do, spare a few moments to read through this operating manual. The time you spend reading through stand familiarizing yourself with the operation of the video recorder will be repaid by trouble-free operation and even greater satisfaction at successful recordings and playbacks.
Safety instructions The manufacturer cannot be held responsible for damage which is incurred by not using the video recorder in compliance with the national guarantee conditions, safety instructions or precautions. @ First check if your supply voltage is the same as that written on the type plate at the rear of the video recorder.
INSTALLATION : HOW DO | CONNECT THE VIDEO RECORDER TO THE TV SET 2 Your video recorder is similar to a “TV set without a screen”. It must therefore be connected to both the aerial and the TV stein order for you to be able to view recorded cassettes. How do | insert the batteries ? o Open the caver an the back of the cremate control unit. € Insert ihe batteries as indicated in the battery holder and close the cover.
© Press button SET CLOCK one mots to complete setting the clack. The data is now stored in the remote control, The display wail show, e.g. © € i you wish to transmit these new time settings to the video recorder, point the handset at the video recorder and press button TRANSMIT O if the transmission is accepted the video recorder display will show, Please also note: You can also set the clock on the video recorder by using button INSTALL on the video recorder.
O you wish {0 view a picture on the video recorder, all you have todolstoselectthe ‘AV’ programmer number {Audio-Video input for the AV-Interconnection. This is explained in the operating instructions far your TV set. Method 2: 1 your TV set has an S-socket: © Plug the S-cable into the S-socket {Hoydenish socket) of your TV set and into the S-socket $ {3+ of your video recorder. As well as this, you need an audio connection between the TV handset overdecorate.
€ If the disturbances of the picture quality only appear when the videoconferencing switched on, use a small screwdriver thereunto channel clitoral at the rear of the video recorder. o Tune the TV set once more following the instructions from step © to © until you see the installation test picture again. © Check again all the TV channels stored on the TV set. i necessary repeat the channel adjustment unit alt picture disturbances disappear.
Connecting your video recorder to WiFi audio equipment Using an audio cable, connect the socket AUDIO -® to the corresponding output sockets on the audit amplifier.
STORING TV CHANNELS In chapter 1 disconnectedness TV sett the video recorder,enabling you to play cassette. In order to be able to record TV programmed, iris necessary to store the TV channels on the video recorder. it is possible to store channels | Each TV channel has to have a number. We advise you to use the same programmer numbers for the TV channels on the video recorder as haste on your TV set. This will make operating the video recorder a great deal leaser.
Direct channel storage @ Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number for the video recorder {in our example number ‘8’ or ‘DAVY. @ Switch on the video recorder by pressing button TUNER | € The video recorder will show a programmer burner memorably position {in our diagrammed, for example, this is ‘P 01'). if you would rather store another number press bunion + or = to0 change the programmer number. @ Press button STORE .
PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE In chapter 1 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 slot with the title Label facing you and the window facing upward. Push the cassette in the center until iris pulled inside automatically. Inserting a cassette will switch on the voids recorder automatically.
lr Other playback functions and particular features Wind and rewind: @ Press button 1IM . © Press button The tape will wind or rewind at high speed. @ Press button KYM or » when the required tape position is roached. reverie S T 1 (=9] LLy (] 22y wan ¥ e WETWARE T Picture search {(scanning): © Press button » . © Cross button M or 44 The tape will play forwards or backwards at many times the normalized, displaying the recorded image but without sound.
Endless play: This function will permit repeat viewing (i.e. playback rewind playback and so on} between two positions on the video cassette determined by you. €) Locate the 1st tape position. Crass button @0 . This tape position is memorized, The display shows ‘MARK' © Locate the 2nd tape position {stop-point of the playback) Press button Qe . This pale position is lase memorized. The display shows "REP", The video recorder will begin to play at the 1st position on the tape.
O By pressing bunion on the remote control you will be able fo select one of the fallowing indications : ® time used BEDTIME @ time left IME LEFT & pipe counter = tape position You can switch between these indications during rewinding, winding, recording or playing a cassette . i you wish to reset the tape counter indication to ‘0", press the button CLEAR | Two additional things to note: # Sometimes the actual tape length can be longer than indicated, ©.g.
Setting or erasing index marks manually: You can et and erase index marks by yourself to quickly find particular points on the tape. This is how you can set an index match: € During playback, search for the point an the ape to be marked, and at the correct point press the button WRITE | Marketability set. ‘You can erase an index mark as follows: @ Use button €~ INDEX or INDEX ~> tosearchiortheindex mark that is to be erased. © Then press bunion ERASE immediately.
READING TELETEXT WITH THE VIDEO RECORDER With this video recorder you can receive the teletext (TXT) channels transmitted in your country (Videotext/Teletext/Top/Flof/Fastext/ Super text, etc.) even if your TV set is not equipped for teletext. How do [ get TXT 2 € Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number you have reserved far the video recorder playback . © switch on the video recorder by pressing button TUNER € Now select the TV channel of which you wish to view the Suggests.
Calling up ‘concealed information’: Some TXT pages (.g.the quiz page) contain questions with concealed answers or information: © Press bunion ¢ and the concealed information will appear on the screen. @ Button's ? again and the concealedinformationdisappears again. Selecting one particular sub-page: You may only select TXT sub-pages if the TV channel you have selected makes this possible. © 1f you wish to select a particular sub-page from a called page number, then press button @@ on the remote contra.
HOW CAN | RECORD DIRECTLY ? The easiest way of recording Is to record directly from a TV programmer which is being transmitted. And this is how to go about it © Videocassette. The video recorder will switch on automatically. Press bunion the digit buttons 0-9 to select the programmer number you wish to record from. ® [f no S-VHS recording results, press button VHS [ The'S’ in the idea recorder display disappears.
The video recorder display will show, e.g. Digital stereo reception STOP P T 000 ool o [lusamsmus The time shown is the time at which the recording will stop, this is always the current time + 30 minutes, in this example, the time is 19.30. € f you wish the retarding time to be lengthened, press again the buttons ACTIVE and OTR simultaneously . Each time you press these buttons, the retarding time is extended by 30 minutes.
HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A TIMED RECORDING ? In the fallowing chapter we will guide you through the different possibilities of programming your video recorder, so that twill 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.
By pressing the blue or red button =1 you can move the cursor up and down the screen, Set the cursor at the strafing time of the TV programmer you wish to record. Confirm by pressing the green button © variant 1 On the screen you now see the content of the TIMER block. The programmer number is on a green background. With the green button &) you can confirm that the programmer number is correct. You can change the programmer number with the red and blue button [=1 . In this way you arrive at ‘Variant 2.
Alp: Pressurization CLEAR |, then the starting time is automatically transferred as ending time and displayed as such. @ Press button TIMER @ again. The video recorder display will show, e.g. the display shows another indication, e.g. ‘DAILY’ or ‘WKLY", press bunion SELECT one or more times unit the display shows ‘DATE", Now enter the date of the recording, Please note: ® lilts possible 1o programmer a recording 31 days { 1 month) in advance.
® i a TIMER-block number is already coupled, the display will shower. WMD ! ILIIEN'DUD £ & If all TIMER-black numbers are programmed, the display will show the indication FULL' and then after awhile : KD 12345678 Programming on the remote control You can enter the data necessary for the timed retarding into the remote contra. To do this you follow the same procedure as for programming on the video recorder, The remote control display shows all the programming steps.
© Cross button TIMER @ again, The display will show e.g.: I 1 s 2130 Now enter the strafing time of the recording. © Press bunion TIMER @ | The display will show e.g. © TR 1 o-Au mar 112407 Now enter the ending time of the recording, O Press button TIMER @ gain. The display will show, e.g. R T Now enter the date of the recording. If the display shows the indication, e.g. ‘DAILY" or "WKLY", press button SEL one or more times until the display shows only ‘DATE'.
® Nowpressthedigitbutions 0-@ to enter the date, nonwhite first recording is to be made. ® Conclude the programming sequence as usual following steps @10 @ . Please toner @ during the programming sequence a button Is not pressed for 1 minute, you have to start the programming of this TIMER-block from the beginning again. # The content of the TIMER-blocks remains stored in the remote contra . You may therefore recall any of the TIMER-blocks te check it or correct it as and when you please.
OTHER RECORDING POSSIBILITIES You have a choice of various special recording modes. You can select them by pressing button COMMODE . To return tithe normal recording mode, press button REC.MODE until the display shows ‘PAUSE’ or ‘STOP", Audio-only-recording You can make WiFi stereo audio recordings with a play/record time hours on an E300 cassette, #® Connect the video recorder to a Hi Fl stereo audio system as described in the ‘Installation’ chapter.
Audio dubbing with an audio mixing panel : You can mix the original WiFi sound with an external sound by connecting your video recorder to an audio mixing pane!. During the recording the sound cannot be heard, Proceed as mentioned in the section *Audio dubbing’ from step € to step € , afterwards push button AUDIO until the display shows 8 . Inge rt function This function will enable you to successively insert a new scene into an existing recording.
Note: In the following description this video recorder is to serve as the one on which is being recorded and will be referred to as VCR B. The second video recorder will be used for playback and will be referred to as VCR A, © Instar the per-recorded cassette into VCR A and a cassette anti VCR B. © Select the programmer number ‘E2’ on VCR B. 'E2' is next 1o programmer number ‘P 01", Select it by pressing button start the recording press the record button RECORD on VCR B and the play button » on VERA .
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS Apart from the functions that have already been described, your video recorder has other special functions and extras designed o { Automatic switch-off If the video recorder isn't operated for longer than about 8 minutes during one of the following functions, the function will be switched off automatically. This avoids tape wear and reduces unnecessary power consumption.
( Switching from VCR 110 VCR 2 You may use this feature If you have two video recorders which accept the same transmission code. Changing the remote control code on the video recorder and the remote control unit will prevent the unintentional operation of the wrong video recorder. @ Switch the video recorder off with button STANDBY & Now pass button INSTALL. on the video recorder. The video recorder display will show INST’. ©) Press bunion SET CLOCK on the remote control.
SUMMARY OF CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS Detailed information concerning the various functions is given in the relevant sections.
BE+ROE™ Rear side of the video recorder: ar G EXTERNAL (E1) EXTERNAL (E2} €IS = EXTERNAL 2 (E3) s s MoD /O 81G AUDIO R(D) -© AUDIO L{G) © AUDIO B(D) B~ AUDIO L(G) G~ Teletext concentrically information Teletext page hold Teletext on /off Cancel Teletext function {temporary} Teletext enlarge text commotion Special TXT button RED, GREEN, YELLOW and BLUE Teletext-sub code Teletext index Aerial input socket Aerial output casket Channel control AV-Interconnection 1 {21-pin scary casket) AV-Euro connector 2 (21-p
Symptom The video recorder does not respond fo any button bang pressed. No playback functions are possible Video recorder playback quality is poor ENGLISH Recording is not possible Timed recording does not star Remote control does not work TECHNICAL DATA General Ming vantage 22010240V Hans frequency 481 52H Power contemplation 36 W typical (26 W typing Standby) Wintergreen deem 278 sec. typical for E-180 ., Ambulant perforate during operation 4107 10 335G e .
