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CONTENTS
SAFETY FIRST 2
Safety Precautions .................................... 2
Some Do’s And Dont’s ............................. 3
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 4
Basic Connections ................................... 4
Tune The TV To Your Video Recorder ...... 5
Connection To A Satellite Receiver .......... 6
Connection To A Stereo System ............... 7
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INITIAL SETTINGS 8
Tuner 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 8 PAGE 9 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 pg. 52). R 1 AUDI SITUATE RECORDER RF Place the recorder on a stable, hor
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5 Tune The TV To Your Video Recorder TV Aerial Cable RF output channel R L AUDIO OUT ANT. IN
adjustment screw AV2 IN 32 40 RF OUT ON – TEST – OFF R.A. EDIT AV1 IN/OUT RF 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
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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 L R AUDIO OUT ANT. IN
AV2 IN 32 40 RF OUT ON – TEST – OFF R.A. EDIT AV1 IN/OUT RF OUT Back of Recorder NOTES: c When connecting your re
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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 7 These instructions enable you to connect your video recorder to your Hi-Fi stereo system (if you have one) and listen to the soundtrack through the stereo. Connection To A Stereo System FM Tuner CD Player Stereo Amplifier I AUX IN or TAPE MONITOR Audio Cable (not provided) Mains outlet Speaker Speaker Television R L AUDIO OUT ANT. IN
AV2 IN 32 40 RF OUT ON – TEST – OFF R.A. EDIT AV1 IN/OUT RF OUT Back of Recorder AUDIO OUT CAUTIONS: MAKE CONNECTIO
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Þ % PUSH JOGÞ% 3 INITIAL SETTINGS 8 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 Turn on the TV and select VIDEO preset (or AV mode). channel setting. TURN ON THE RECORDER 1 Press OPERATE. 1 8 ACCES
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5 % 3 9 If you performed Auto Channel Set (Z pg. 8) without ever having set the clock previously, the recorder’s built-in clock is also set automatically. The Auto and Manual clock setting procedures are necessary when . . . Clock Set – a power outage of more than 3 minutes occurs. – the tuner has been set manually. – the user desires to set the clock slightly ahead of the actual time. Turn on the TV and select VIDEO preset (or AV mode). – the clock was not set even after Auto Tuner Set was perf
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3 INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) 10 RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN Once clock setting is completed, press CLOCK to return to the normal screen. 4 8 ••• ••• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• •• 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 3 procedure to set the minutes, day, month and year. SET JUST CLOCK The default setting is “ON”. Set as desired by pressing PUSH JOG%Þ, then press OK. 4 c If you set to “OFF”, you can disregard t
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FF STOP/EJECT PLAY 3 PLAYBACK 11 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. Turn on the TV and select VIDEO prese
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% Þ % TIME SCAN SHUTTLE FF PLAY 3 PLAYBACK (cont.) 12 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 c During still picture, the sound from the previous 3 seconds (approx.) will be played back repeatedly 8 (provided there was at least 6 seconds of normal playback prior to engag
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3 13 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. 8 ••• ••• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• •• OVERRIDE AUTOMATIC TRACKING Press SP/LP on the remote to engage manual tracking. 1 ADJUST TRACKING MANUALLY Press TV PROG. + or – to adjust tracking. REVIEW 2 2 12 3 RETURN TO AUTOMATIC 45 6 TRACKING 7 8 9 Press SP/LP on the remote to re-engage automatic 0 tracking. 3 T
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Þ % % Þ % Þ FF 3 PLAYBACK (cont.) 14 Index Search Your recorder automatically marks £ 2 index codes at the beginning of each recording. This function gives you quick access to any one of 9 index codes in either direction. 8 NOTE: Before starting, make sure the ••• ••• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• •• recorder is in the Stop mode. ACTIVATE INDEX SEARCH Press PUSH JOG or (ª or £). “ª 1” or “£ 1” is displayed on screen and search begins in 1 the corresponding direction. c To access index codes 2
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FF STOP 3 15 Scene Finder This function helps you check contents of unlabeled recorded tapes at the touch of a single button. Search Search Search FF REW FF REW FF REW 8 5 seconds 10 minutes 5 seconds 10 minutes 5 seconds on counter on counter STOP ••• ••• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• •• NOTE: Scene Finder cannot be used when the recorder is in the Record mode. ACTIVATE SCENE FINDER Press SCENE FINDER. The recorder starts forward search for 5 seconds and then fast-forwards 10 minutes 1 on the count
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PLAYBACK (cont.) 16 NTSC Playback Your video recorder is equipped with NTSC circuitry that can play back NTSC tapes. 8 LOAD A CASSETTE Insert a cassette recorded in NTSC. ••• ••• •• •• • • • • • • • • •• •• 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 co
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3 17 Tape Remaining Time DISPLAY REMAINING TIME Press DISPLAY until the time remaining on the tape 8 appears. 1 ••• ••• •• •• c By pressing the DISPLAY button, you can change the • • • • • • • • •• •• display to show the counter reading, tape remaining time, or clock time. NOTE: Depending on the type of tape used, there may be times when the tape remaining time reading may not appear right away, or is not correct. "- - : - -" may sometimes appear, or the display may blink on occasion. OPERATE Re
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% 3 PLAYBACK (cont.) 18 Your recorder is equipped with the TimeScan function. TimeScan allows noise free pictures to be displayed on your TV screen in the forward and reverse search modes. Audio will be played back at normal speed during any of the TimeScan modes (Z pg. 19). TimeScan TimeScan allows you to view a program in search mode while listening to the audio. TIME SCAN SHUTTLE INDICATOR NOTES: c The TIME SCAN AUDIO switch must be set to "ON", or the sound will not be heard in TimeScan mode
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19 TimeScan Reverse Forward Names of special-effects playback Search Play Slow-Motion *Still Slow-Motion Play Search Speed SP -9x -7x -5x -3x -1x -1/6x -1/18x 0 1/18x 1/6x 1x 2x 3x 5x 7x 9x Speed LP -7x -3x -1/6x -1/18x 0 1/18x 1/6x 1x 2x 5x 9x Recorder's Time Orange Green Red Green Orange Scan shuttle indicator Audio is not Audio is Audio is not Audio is output. Audio is output. output. output. output. Audio output * Still mode cannot be engaged using the remote control's PUSH JOG button. I
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3 RECORDING 20 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 2 3 5 CHOOSE A PROGRAMME Press TV PROG. +/– or the NUMBER keys to select the preset you wish to record. The name of the station 8 2 appears in the recorder’s dis
