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VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
CONTENTS
SAFETY FIRST 2
Safety Precautions .................................... 2
Some Do’s And Dont’s ............................. 3
INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 4
HR-A230EK
Basic Connections ................................... 4
Tune The TV To Your Video Recorder ...... 5
Connection To A Satellite Receiver .......... 6
INITIAL SETTINGS 7
Tuner Set .................................................. 7
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Clock Set ..................
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SAFETY FIRST 2 Safety Precautions The rating plate and the safety caution are on the rear of the unit. WARNING: DANGEROUS VOLTAGE INSIDE WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. IMPORTANT IMPORTANT Connection to the mains supply in the United Kingdom. n Please read the various precautions on p. 2 – 3 of this DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If instruction manual before installing or operating the the plug fitted is not suitable for
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3 4-STEP QUICK SET UP 1 2 3 4 TUNE THE BASIC TV TO YOUR TUNER SET CLOCK SET VIDEO CONNECTION RECORDER PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 PAGE 8 Some Do's And Don'ts On The Safe Use Of Equipment This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. DO read the operating instructions before you attempt to use the equipment. DO ensure that all electrical con
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INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 4 Basic Connections Back of TV RF Cable (provided) 21-pin SCART Cable Aerial terminal 21-pin SCART connector Mains Power It's essential that your video recorder be properly connected. Cord Follow these steps carefully. THESE STEPS MUST BE COM- PLETED BEFORE ANY VIDEO OPERATION CAN BE PER- FORMED. CHECK CONTENTS Make sure the package contains all of the accessories listed in “Specifications” (Z back cover). 1 SITUATE RECORDER Place the recorder on a stable, horizontal
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5 Tune The TV To Your Video Recorder TV Aerial Cable RF output channel adjustment screw ANT. IN AV2 IN 32 40 RF OUT
ON–TEST–OFF RF OUT AV1 IN/OUT Back of Recorder RF OUT switch The video recorder sends picture and sound signals via the RF connecting cable to your TV on UHF channel 36. SET TV PRESET Set your TV to the video preset (UHF channel 36). Two TURN ON THE RECORDER white bars appear on screen vertically. 3 Press OPERATE. c Tune the TV until the bars are as clear as they can be. c Your
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INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER (cont'd) 6 The AV2 IN socket on the rear panel of your recorder allows simple connection to a satellite receiver. Connection To A Satellite Receiver Aerial Aerial terminal Outdoor Unit Back of TV Satellite Cable TV Aerial cable Satellite Receiver 21-pin SCART Unit connectors ANT. IN DECODER VCR TV RF OUT EXT.2 EXT.1 Mains outlet ANT. IN AV2 IN 32 40 RF OUT
ON–TEST–OFF RF OUT AV1 IN/OUT Back of Recorder NOTES: c When connecting your recorder to a TV equipped with 2
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3 INITIAL SETTINGS 7 Your recorder needs to memorise all necessary stations in preset positions in order to record TV programmes. ATS+ (Auto Tuning System) automatically assigns all receivable stations in your Tuner Set area to call them up with the TV PROG. buttons without going through any vacant channels. The following procedure describes how to select automatic 1 channel setting. TURN ON THE RECORDER Press OPERATE. 1 q 6 ACCESS CH. SET DISPLAY Press and hold CH SET for more than 2 seconds. “
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% 3 INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) 8 If you performed Auto Channel Set (Z pg. 7), the recorder’s built-in clock is also set automatically. The Auto and Manual clock setting procedures are necessary when . . . – a power outage of more than 3 minutes occurs. Clock Set – the tuner has been set manually. – the user desires to set the clock slightly ahead of the actual time. – the clock was not set even after Auto Tuner Set was performed. 1 Whether you perform Auto or Manual clock setting, you can use the
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3 9 RETURN TO NORMAL DISPLAY Once clock setting is completed, press CLOCK to return to the normal display. 4 q 6 Manual Clock Set SET DATE AND TIME Press PUSH JOG%Þ to set the hour, then press OK. The “minutes” display begins blinking. Repeat the proce- 3 dure to set the minutes, day, month and year. Hour Minutes 2 12 3 45 6 6 7 8 9 Day Month Year 0 D M After inputting the year, press OK and the Just Clock display appears. SET JUST CLOCK The default setting is “ON”. Set as desired by p
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PLAY PLAY 3 PLAYBACK 10 The easiest, most basic operation possible with your video recorder is tape playback. Already-recorded signals on a video tape are read by your video recorder and displayed on your TV just like a TV programme. Basic LOAD A CASSETTE Playback Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is 1 point toward the recorder. Don’t apply too much pressure when inserting. 2 3 c The recorder power comes on automatically
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% Þ % Þ % Þ PLAY PLAY 3 11 Take advantage of special functions possible with the recorder’s controls or the remote control. Playback Still Picture/Frame-By-Frame Playback Features PAUSE DURING PLAYBACK Press PAUSE. If there is vertical jitter, use the TV PROG. buttons to correct the picture. 1 ACTIVATE FRAME-BY-FRAME PLAYBACK REW Press PAUSE again. q 6 OR 2 Press PUSH JOG or . To resume normal playback, press PLAY. Slow Motion ACTIVATE SLOW-MOTION PLAYBACK During still picture, press and h
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3 PLAYBACK (cont.) 12 Manual Tracking Your video recorder is equipped with automatic tracking control. During playback, you can override this and adjust the tracking manually by pressing the TV PROG. buttons. q 6 OVERRIDE AUTOMATIC TRACKING Press SP/LP ( ) on the remote to engage manual tracking. 1 ADJUST TRACKING MANUALLY REVIEW Press TV PROG. + or – to adjust tracking. 2 12 3 2 45 6 RETURN TO AUTOMATIC 7 8 9 TRACKING 0 Press SP/LP ( ) on the remote to re-engage auto- matic tracking. TV PROG. 3
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Þ % % Þ % Þ PLAY 3 13 Index Search Your recorder automatically marks index codes at the beginning of each recording. This function gives you quick access to any one of 9 index codes in either direction. NOTE: Before starting, make sure the recorder is in the Stop mode. REW q 6 ACTIVATE INDEX SEARCH Press PUSH JOG or (ª or £). “–1” or “+1” is displayed on the display panel and search begins in the 1 corresponding direction. c To access index codes 2 through 9, press PUSH JOG or repea
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REW 3 PLAYBACK (cont.) 14 NTSC Playback Your video recorder is equipped with NTSC circuitry that can play back NTSC tapes. LOAD A CASSETTE Insert a cassette recorded in NTSC. q 6 1 START PLAYBACK Press PLAY. “NT” appears on the display panel. c Some TVs shrink the picture vertically and place 2 black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. This is not a malfunction on the part of either the video recorder or the TV. c The picture may roll up and down. This can be OPERATE corrected using the V-
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RECORD 3 RECORDING 15 TV signals being received by the recorder’s built-in tuner can be recorded onto a video tape. You can “capture” a TV programme using your video recorder. Basic LOAD A CASSETTE Recording Insert a cassette with the record safety tab intact. c The counter is reset to 0:00:00 and the recorder 1 power comes on automatically. 5 4 CHOOSE A PROGRAMME Press TV PROG. +/– or the NUMBER keys to select the preset you wish to record. The name of the station 2 appears in the recorder’s di
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3 RECORDING (cont.) 16 Record One Programme While Watching Another Recording SELECT PRESET TO WATCH Features Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to set the preset controls on the TV for the station you 1 wish to view. c The programme selected with the TV’s preset controls appears on the TV screen while the one selected with the TV PROG. button is recorded on the tape. q 6 Elapsed Recording Time Indication You can check the exact time of a recording. SET COUNTER DISPLAY Press DIS
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3 TIMER RECORDING 17 With Video Plus+, timer programming is greatly simplified because each TV programme has a corresponding code number which your recorder is able to recognize. Information NOTE: “Guide Channel” refers to the assigned TV station numbers, according to broadcast area, for Video Plus+ timer recording. On Video IMPORTANT Plus+ Perform the following procedure after the channel setting steps on pages 7 and 26 – 29, and after the Clock Set procedure on page 8. After setting the Guide
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% % TIMER RECORDING(cont.) 18 THE SATELLITE RECEIVER IS SHOWN CONNECTED TO THE “AV2 IN” (SCART) CONNECTOR AND THE CABLE SYSTEM ENTER PLUSCODE NUMBER CONNECTED VIA THE AERIAL SOCKET AND TUNED TO, Press OK, and "– –" appears. Then, using the NUMBER FOR EXAMPLE, PRESET POSITION 5 ON YOUR TV. keys, input the PlusCode (found in most TV listings) of a 4 program scheduled to be broadcast on each station on the list from step 1, starting at the top. If you enter the Satellite Antenna Cable wrong number,
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3 19 Before performing the following steps, insert a cassette with the safety tab in place. The recorder power will come on automati- cally. Video Plus+ ACCESS TIMER PROGRAM- MING DISPLAY Timer Press PROG. 1 Recording Before performing Video Plus+ Timer Recording, be sure to ENTER PLUSCODE NUMBER read "Information on Video Plus+" on page 17. Press the NUMBER keys to enter the PlusCode number of a programme you wish to record. 2 c If you make a mistake, press CANCEL and then input the correct num
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: PDC 3 TIMER RECORDING(cont.) 20 SET TAPE SPEED 6 Press SP/LP ( ) to set the tape speed. 4 RETURN TO NORMAL DISPLAY Press OK. q 6 c Repeat steps 1 – 5 for each additional programme. 5 ENGAGE RECORDER’S 4 TIMER MODE Press TIMER. 6 NOTE: 2 For safety, your recorder disables all other functions while in the 12 3 Timer mode. If you want to use the recorder but its Timer mode is engaged, press TIMER and all other functions are operable. 45 6 To re-engage the timer, press TIMER. WEEKLY 7 8 9 To Delay
