background image

Note:

If any of the TIMER blocks are in use, ’

k

’ will light up

on the video recorder display.
* While a programmed recording is being made, you cannot
operate your video recorder manually. If you want to cancel
the programmed recording, press

STANDBY

m

.

* If you reach the end of the cassette during a recording,
the video recorder will automatically eject the cassette.
* If you have put in a cassette that cannot be recorded on,
the cassette will be ejected. ’

PROTECTED CASSETTE

will briefly appear on the TV screen.
* If the video recorder is switched on a few minutes before
a programmed recording is to start, ’

SWITCH TO

STANDBY- TIMER RECORDING

’ will flash on the TV

screen.
* If you forget to put a cassette in the machine, ’

NO

CASSETTE

’ will appear on the TV screen. ’

k

’ will flash In

the video recorder display.
* If ’

ALL TIMERS OCCUPIED

’ appears on the TV screen

when you press

TIMER

, you have used up all the available

TIMER blocks. If you want to clear or check a programmed
recording (TIMER block), select it with

;

P+

or

P-

=

.

* If ’

DATA ERROR

’ briefly appears on the screen, this

means that the TIMER information has not been transferred.
Please check date, start time and end time of the
programmed recording
* Programme numbers ’

E1

’ and ’

E2

’ are for recordings from

other sources (through scart socket

AV1 EXT1

or

AV2 EXT2

).

How to check or change a programmed
recording (TIMER)

1

Switch on the TV set and select the programme number
for the video recorder.

2

Press

TIMER

on the remote control

twice

.

3

Select the programmed recording (TIMER) you want to
check or change with

P-

=

or

;

P+

.

4

Press

TIMER

.

5

Select the entry field with

Q

or

P

.

6

Change any information with

P-

=

or

;

P+

or with the

0-9

number buttons.

7

Confirm with

OK

.

8

Make sure that the cassette you have put in can be
recorded on. Switch off with

STANDBY

m

.

Note:

The programmed recording will only function when

the video recorder is

switched off

with

STANDBY

m

.

How to clear a programmed recording
(TIMER)

1

Switch on the TV set and select the programme number
for the video recorder.

2

Press

TIMER

on the remote control

twice

.

3

Select the programmed recording (TIMER) you want to
clear with

P-

=

or

;

P+

.

4

Press

CLEAR (CL)

.

The programmed recording (TIMER) has now been
deleted.

5

To end, press

MENU

.

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Summary of Contents for VTMX910EUK

Page 1: ...Videorecorder VTMX910EUK Operating instructions ...

Page 2: ...ll picture INDEX E Index search In combination with H I to search for previous or next recording on the cassette G Playback To play a cassette H Rewind During STOP and STANDBY rewind during PLAYBACK reverse scanning I Forward wind During STOP and STANDBY forward wind during PLAYBACK forward scanning h Pause Stop To stop the tape except during TIMER recording P Select To select the next line or pro...

Page 3: ...g PLAYBACK reverse scanning I Forward wind During STOP and STANDBY forward wind during PLAYBACK forward scanning h Pause Stop eject cassette To stop the tape and eject the cassette G Playback To play a cassette J Eject To eject a cassette Back of the set 4 Mains socket To connect the mains cable AV2 EXT2 Scart socket 2 To connect a satellite receiver decoder video recorder etc programme number E2 ...

Page 4: ... collection points C Please make use of the facilities available in your country for disposing of the packaging of the video recorder in a way that helps to protect the environment C This electronic equipment contains many materials that can be recycled Please inquire about the possibilities for recycling your old set VIDEO Plus and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development Corpora...

Page 5: ...ew 13 Tape Finder 13 Automatic search for a tape position index search 13 Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 13 Skipping commercials automatically 14 Picture interference 14 Tracking during playback 14 Tracking during still picture 14 5 MANUAL RECORDING 15 Recording without automatic switch off 15 Recording with automatic switch off OTR one touch recording 15 Protecting your recordings...

Page 6: ...nd of the aerial cable provided into the 3 socket on the video recorder and the other end into the aerial input socket on your TV set 4 Plug one end of a scart cable into the AV1 EXT1 scart socket at the back of the video recorder and the other end into the suitable scart socket on your TV set see instruction manual TV set 5 Switch on the TV set 6 Insert one end of the mains cable into the mains s...

Page 7: ...amme number that you have chosen for video playback see instruction manual TV set 6 Tune in the TV set until this picture appears Note The video recorder will now transmit on channel 35 or 583MHz CONGRATULATIONS YOU NOW OWN A NEW VIDEO RECORDER CONTINUEpOK Note If the picture quality of TV channels on your TV is poor please read the section Reducing picture disturbance optimizing the modulator in ...

Page 8: ...r to your video recorder With the following function the connected decoder will automatically be activated for the TV programme you want to watch 1 Switch on the TV set If required select the programme number for the video recorder 2 On the video recorder use P or P or number buttons 0 9 on the remote control to select the programme number you want to allocate the decoder to 3 Press MENU on the re...

Page 9: ...nel YES To enter a special channel 7 Enter the channel of the desired TV channel in line CHANNEL NUMBER with the number buttons 0 9 Note If you don t know the channel number of the desired TV channel hold P in line CHANNEL NUMBER to start the automatic search Repeat automatic search you until have found the desired TV channel A changing channel number will appear on the TV screen 8 If you want to ...

Page 10: ...nels on the TV set and the video recorder When the video recorder finds the same TV channel as the TV set then it stores it at P01 Note When NOTV no signal from TV set appears in the display the TV channels can not be allocated automatically In this case read paragraph Manual TV channel allocation 7 Wait until e g TV02 appears 8 Select the next programme number e g 2 on the TV set 9 Confirm with O...

Page 11: ...you want to delete a TV channel press CLEAR CL 6 Confirm with SELECT The following message will briefly appear on the TV screen e g BBC1 ALLOCATED ON P01 Note When you have assigned a programme number to the last TV channel you will automatically return to the main menu when you confirm with SELECT To end press MENU 7 Repeat steps 5to 6until you have given a programme number to all TV channels 8 T...

Page 12: ... timer and date information for three hours Saving energy To save energy you can switch off the clock display on the video recorder Programmed TIMER recordings will take place even if the clock display has been switched off 1 Switch on the TV set If required select the programme number for the video recorder 2 Press MENU on the remote control The main menu will appear 3 Select the line SPECIAL SET...

Page 13: ...programmed a recording or when a programmed recording is being made D When you are programming daily recordings W When you are programming weekly recordings When you have put a cassette in the video recorder DATE When the date of the programmed recording is shown START When the start time of the programmed recording is shown PROG When the programme number of the programmed recording is shown END W...

Page 14: ...rm with OK To close the main menu with MENU CLOCK YEAR è 2000 p MONTH 01 DATE 01 TIME 20 00 ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK Chapter INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Setting the date and the time AUTO INSTALL SEARCHING 00 TV CHANNELS FOUND ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ__________________ PLEASE WAIT Chapter INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Automatic TV channel search MANUAL SEARCH PROGRAMME NUMBER è P01 p...

Page 15: ...Tape position indication When playing a tape by pressing the OK button you can show the present tape position on the TV screen You have a choise of selecting LINEAR or T LEFT LINEAR will show the tape position in hours minutes and seconds T LEFT will show the actual amount of playing recording time left on the tape in hours and minutes Note When you play an NTSC cassette the video recorder will on...

Page 16: ...stop a certain place on the tape press h Easy View With this function you can switch to picture search during wind and rewind 1 If you hold H rewind or I wind during wind or rewind you will switch to picture search 2 When you release the button the video recorder will automatically switch back to rewind or wind Tape Finder Automatic search for a tape position index search At the start of each reco...

Page 17: ...ayback 1 While a cassette is playing hold P until TRAC TRACking appears in the display 2 Hold P or P until the playback quality is at its best 3 Wait a few seconds until TRAC disappears from the display These picture settings will not change until you eject the cassette Tracking during still picture If the still picture vibrates vertically you can improve the still picture as follows 1 During stil...

Page 18: ...me or REC n on the video recorder This will for instance appear in the display BBC1 Note With OK you can show the tape position in the display 4 Stop recording with the h button Recording with automatic switch off OTR one touch recording 1 Put a cassette in the machine 2 Use P or P to select the programme number you want to record 3 Press REC OTR n and REC OTR A on the remote control at the same t...

Page 19: ...red select the programme number for the video recorder 2 Press MENU on the remote control The main menu appears 3 Select the line SPECIAL SETTINGS with P or P and confirm with OK SPECIAL SETTINGS OSD è ON p CLOCK DISPLAY OFF COUNTER T LEFT SAT RECORDING OFF REPEAT PLAY OFF DIRECT RECORD OFF ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 Select the line SAT RECORDING with P or P 5 Select ON ...

Page 20: ...ake up to one minute If NOTV appears on the video recorder display this means the video recorder cannot find this programme number In this case read the section Recording without automatic switch off 3 If you want to stop recording press h Switching Direct Record on or off 1 Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the video recorder 2 Press MENU on the remote control The main menu...

Page 21: ... 234 89 or 5 234 89 Enter 523489 for the PlusCode programming number Note If you make a mistake you can clear your instructions with CLEAR CL VIDEO PLUS PLUSCODE NUMBER REP 53124 ONCE ________________________________ REP pSELECT STOREpOK TIMER LISTpTIMER 4 Use SELECT to select daily or weekly programming ONCE Recording once MO FR Recordings every day from Monday to Friday WEEK Recordings every wee...

Page 22: ...MER blocks If you want to clear or check a TIMER block select it with P or P Programme numbers E1 and E2 are for recordings from other sources through scart socket AV1 EXT1 or AV2 EXT2 Programming a recording without VIDEO Plus 1 Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the video recorder 2 Press TIMER on the remote control twice The free TIMER block will be highlighted 3 Press TIM...

Page 23: ...f DATA ERROR briefly appears on the screen this means that the TIMER information has not been transferred Please check date start time and end time of the programmed recording Programme numbers E1 and E2 are for recordings from other sources through scart socket AV1 EXT1 or AV2 EXT2 How to check or change a programmed recording TIMER 1 Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the v...

Page 24: ...k is on 1 With the video recorder switched on press the STANDBY m and the SELECT button on the remote control at the same time u will appear on the video recorder display Keep the remote control in a safe place 2 If you want to switch off the child lock press the STANDBY m and the SELECT button again at the same time with the video recorder switched on u will disappear from the video recorder disp...

Page 25: ...ill be switched off 5 Confirm with OK This will appear on the screen STORED 6 Press MENU 7 Put a cassette in the machine 8 Press G to start continuous playback Automatic switch off If you haven t used the video recorder for a few minutes in certain modes e g STOP it will switch to standby automatically You can cancel this function to use the video recorder as a television receiver 1 Switch on the ...

Page 26: ...el search starts When the video recorder finds a free channel the frequency of this channel will be shown in the display 5 Tune in the TV set to the new modulator frequency shown in the video recorder display 6 Confirm with OK OK will briefly appear in the video recorder display Optimizing the modulator is now complete Switching off the modulator If you cannot clear picture or sound interference y...

Page 27: ...me number for the video recorder The cable connecting the TV set and the video recorder has come loose check the cable Poor picture quality when you play a cassette Your TV set is not properly adjusted The cassette badly worn or of poor quality use new cassette Tracking is not properly adjusted turn to chapter PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS and read the section Tracking during playback The video recorder will...

Page 28: ...ystem used by your television depends on which country you are in TXT Also known as Teletext Fasttext Videotext FLOF etc OTR One touch recording to start recording by pushing just one button This function enables you to select the switch off time in intervals of 30 minutes Modulator An electronic component in a video recorder which allows audio and video signals to be transmitted via the aerial ca...

Page 29: ...t serial number is not removed or altered This guarantee does not apply to products acquired second hand or for commercial or communal use This guarantee does not extend to user control adjustments battery replacement and aerial adjustment Any parts replaced under guarantee shall become the property of HITACHI HOME ELECTRONICS EUROPE LTD Please note that evidence of the date of purchase will be re...

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Page 31: ...ideo recorder 2 Insert one end of the aerial RF cable provided into the 3 socket on the video recorder and the other end into the aerial input socket on your TV set 3 If your television does not have a scart AV Euro socket shown below or if you do not want to use a scart cable for the connection to your television please proceed with the next chapter Tuning your TV to your video recorder 4 Insert ...

Page 32: ...nce please read Reducing picture disturbance optimizing the modulator in the chapter ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS in the operating manual Initial Installation The video recorder will search for all TV channels It stores TV channels found in the following sequence BBC 1 BBC 2 ITV CH 4 CH 5 SKY others 1 If the aerial antenna has been connected press the OK button on the remote control 2 AUTOINSTALL starts T...

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