LG BC250Y, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Before connecting operating or adjusting this product please read this instruction booklet carefully and completely Video Cassette Recorder OWNER S MANUAL MODEL BC493Y BC450Y BD470Y BD270Y BC250Y PAL R ...

Page 2: ...osition your VCR so that no bright light or sunlight falls directly onto it Care should be taken not to expose your VCR to any unnecessary vibration moisture dust or heat During electrical storms it is advisable to unplug both the aerial cable and mains plug to prevent accidental damage to your VCR and TV Do not operate your VCR if it is damaged Your VCR should not be repaired by anyone except qua...

Page 3: ...2 Changing the order of TV Stations 13 Deleting Selecting TV Stations 14 Basic Operations 15 18 Playing a tape 15 16 Setting the Colour System 17 Setting the Clock Manually 18 Advanced Operations 19 29 Instant Timer Recording ITR 19 20 ShowView Programming BC493Y 21 22 Timer Recording using On Screen Display 23 24 Energy Saving 25 On Screen Display 25 Tape Counter Memory Stop 26 Child Lock 26 Wide...

Page 4: ...eset tape counter to zero OK CLOCK TAPE COUNTER Calls the on screen display PAUSE STILL Switches to a still picture REW Rewinds the tape Reverse high speed picture play REC ITR Starts instant recording Numbered buttons To select channels Programme number information on screen TV VCR VCR to monitor view playback or view the VCR s tuner TV to watch TV or view another programme while recording anothe...

Page 5: ...R PROG PROG REC ITR P STILL 1 Power on off 2 Stop Tape Eject 3 Cassette Compartment 4 VCR Display 5 Remote Control Sensor 6 REC ITR Instant Record 7 Rewind 8 PLAY 9 FF 10 Channel Programme Selectors 11 Pause Still 12 OPR see p 16 13 TV VCR 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 1112 1 2 3 4 5 6 789 10 11 1 2 3 6 7 8 9 11 13 MODEL BC493Y MODEL BC450Y BC250Y MODEL BD470Y BD270Y 10 4 5 ...

Page 6: ...imum sound and picture quality from video tape playback All connections must be made with all appliances unplugged from the mains Back view of your VCR Aerial The quality of the sound and picture can be greatly influenced by the positioning quality and state of repair of your external aerial Television Using your VCR very first time Following picture will display on the TV screen when you have jus...

Page 7: ...correctly installed your VCR as described earlier in this book Press POWER to turn on your VCR Turn on your TV Insert a pre recorded video tape into your VCR and press PLAY on the remote control Select a TV channel number on which you wish to watch video s Don t worry if you don t have a video tape to play at this stage If you switch your VCR on and continue stages 3 4 instead of seeing video play...

Page 8: ...in the VCR display BC493Y BC450Y BC250Y All indicators will light in the VCR display BD470Y BD270Y The following picture will be displayed on the TV screen Press PROG or to select another video channel You may select any channel number between 22 and 68 Select a TV channel number on which you wish to watch video s Tune this channel so that a bright blue screen appears Store this channel on your TV...

Page 9: ... O ACMS ACMS Automatic Channel Memory System see p 10 O TIME DATE Date clock setting see p 18 O SYSTEM To set the Colour System see p 17 O ABC OSD To change the language setting for OSD see right O DR To check a problem with your VCR see p 28 O RF AUDIO To select the channel of audio output according to your TV type B G for PAL B G TV D K for PAL D K TV O F OSD ON OFF To switch the display of oper...

Page 10: ... process The TV station table will appear when tuning is complete Press i to save your settings 10 Tuning in TV stations Automatically REC SYS TEM A B C OSD DR PR VCR 1 2 TIME DATE ACMS Pr 12 ACMS Pr 12 OK i OPR AUDIO OSD ON OFF OSD f 16 9 4 3 01 C02 00 PR 01 02 C03 00 PR 02 03 C04 00 PR 03 E S i Pr 12 ACMS 02 C03 00 PR 02 03 C04 00 PR 03 04 C05 00 PR 04 05 C06 00 PR 05 06 C07 00 PR 06 07 C08 00 P...

Page 11: ... STATION so that you may name your TV station Tuning in TV stations Manually In certain areas of the country broadcast signals may be too weak for your VCR s automatic tuning process to find or assign TV stations correctly You must tune in these weaker broadcast stations manually in order for your VCR to store them PR PR CH STATION 01 04 C 02 MFT CHANNEL CABLE AV OK i PR PR CH STATION 01 i C MFT C...

Page 12: ...ss i again Your new TV station has now been tuned into your VCR If you wish to manually tune other stations repeat stages 1 7 12 Tuning in TV stations Manually POWER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P STILL PR PR CH MFT STATION 01 04 C02 TV2 i OK POWER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 01 C02 00 CNN OK i DELETE MOVE PR CLK CNT OK i P STILL S P PLAY REW FF PR PR CH MFT STATION 01 04 C02 i OK ...

Page 13: ... change the order in which they are stored without having to retune them against The instructions given on this page will show you how you can simply move them into your desired order POWER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P STILL RET AV PR PR CH ARD MFT STATION 01 00 CHANNEL CABLE AV C02 i CLK CNT CLEAR OK i PAUSE 02 C03 00 ZDF 03 04 C05 BR3 PR 05 C06 00 HR3 06 C07 00 N 3 07 C08 00 NDR3 08 C09 00 SWF3 01...

Page 14: ...red TV stations can be selected in either of two ways Press D or E to select different stations that are tuned into your VCR You may also directly select stations using the numbered buttons on the remote control ENR DEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TV VCR SHOWVIEW LP AV 0 CM SKIP CLK CNT CLEAR OK i POWER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P STILL RET AV PR PR CH MFT STATION 01 00 ARD CHANNEL CABLE AV C 02 i CLK CNT CL...

Page 15: ...e paused for up to 5 minutes After 5 minutes your VCR will stop playing the tape to prevent damaging the tape or your VCR Press PLAY to continue playing your tape Picture search During playing back press either FF or REW to this will enable you to rapidly wind the tape 7 times normal playback speed and see where you are on the tape Logic search During fast forwarding or rewinding press and hold FF...

Page 16: ...p material 1 Press 30 seconds 2 Press 60 seconds 3 Press 90 seconds 4 Press 120 seconds 5 Press 150 seconds 6 Press 180 seconds OPR Optimum Picture Response This feature automatically improves playback picture quality by adjusting your VCR to the condition of the tape Press i Press F or G to select OPR Press OK Press D or E repeatedly to select OFF SOFT or SHARP Please note you may only set OPR to...

Page 17: ... triple colour standard you can play back a tape in PAL B G and SECAM D K During playback your VCR detects the colour system automatically If there are colour problem please select the colour system manually REC i A B C OSD DR VCR OPR Pr 12 ACMS PSET R 1 2 TIME DATE SYS TEM SYS TEM AUTO PAL MESECAM AUDIO OFF 4 3 POWER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P STILL RET AV CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P STILL CLK CNT CLEAR...

Page 18: ...ered as 01 2 as 02 etc The day of the week will appear automatically when you enter the date If you make a mistake press F or G and enter the correct details Press i 18 Setting the clock Manually The clock in your VCR controls time day and date settings for your VCR HH MM DD MM YY 00 1 01 00 SAT i 1 2 TIME DATE 8 ENR DEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TV VCR SHOWVIEW LP AV 0 CM SKIP HH MM DD MM YY i 1 2 TIME D...

Page 19: ... directly from the SCART socket press AV as shown by the display AV on the TV screen Instant Timer Recording ITR Your VCR allows you to make recordings using a variety of simple methods Instant Timer Recording ITR start recording immediately for a set period of time or until the video cassette runs out If you do not wish to record on a tape this can happen quite easily by accident remove the prote...

Page 20: ...Press EJECT EJECT will appear on the TV screen for a few seconds If the end of the tape is reached your VCR will stop recording automatically rewind stop eject the tape and place itself into power off 20 Your VCR incorporates Long Play LP which enables you to record up to twice the amount of time on a video cassette For example an E 180 will record up to 180 minutes using Standard Play SP using LP...

Page 21: ...Code of the TV programme that you wish to record If you make a mistake press F then enter the revised number ShowView Programming BC493Y ShowView greatly simplifies entering the date channel start and end times of a Timer Recording by simply entering a ShowView Code ShowView Codes are published in most TV guide magazines they can vary one to nine numbers in length 7 8 9 TV VCR C LOCK LP AV 0 CM SK...

Page 22: ... the EURO SCART socket on the back of VCR press AV to select for correct display AV If you want to make another ShowView recording repeat stages 2 7 Press i twice If PLEASE CHECK is displayed you have entered incorrect information and will need to re enter the data Press POWER to switch your VCR power off mode TIMER will appear in the video recorder s display while your VCR waits to make the recor...

Page 23: ...PR NO 1 as 01 You may also select programme numbers by pressing or Once selected press G If you wish to record from the EURO SCART sock et on the back of VCR press AV Timer recording using On Screen Display You may set up to seven timer record events within one month of the current date PLEASE NOTE before setting the timer make sure that you have set the VCR clock correctly and you know which chan...

Page 24: ... s display while your VCR waits to make the recording BD470Y BD270Y 24 If at a later date you wish to delete or change any of the settings in timer event memory you may do so without having to enter all the timer event information again Simply dis play the timer event screen Press D or E to select the event that you wish to delete or change Press F to delete the event Press OK to change then press...

Page 25: ...t on the TV screen Press OK CLK CNT again to remove all displays from the TV screen Energy Saving On Screen Display Your VCR has an Energy Save feature which if set will place your VCR into an economic power save where the clock display will disappear If you have programmed a recording this feature will not work You may easily display the current time or tape counter and amount of tape left day mo...

Page 26: ... in your video recorder s display for a few seconds BD470Y BD270Y If any buttons on the front of your VCR are pressed SAFE will flicker in your video recorder s display for a few seconds BC493Y BC450Y BC250Y Press C LOCK again to switch off the child lock SAFE will disappear on the TV screen POWER indicator will flicker in your video recorder s display for a few seconds BD470Y BD270Y OFF will flic...

Page 27: ... must connect your VCR to the TV using a SCART cable Wide Screen Compatibility 16 9 Your VCR can record and play back wide screen aspect ratio programmes 16 9 To record a wide screen format programme successfully the correct type of wide screen signal must be broadcast by the TV station POWER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P STILL RET AV REC AUDIO Pr 12 ACMS 1 2 TIME DATE SYS TEM OSD ON OFF OSD f 16 9 4...

Page 28: ...er recording NEXT TIMER PROGRAMME OPR 01 10 00 11 00 Shows the current status of timer recording Press i 28 Automatic Memory Power Shut Off Video Doctor Self Diagnosis Automatic Memory Power Shut Off This feature of your VCR enables you to switch off your VCR automatically after tape rewind has been completed Video Doctor Self Diagnosis This feature informs you that there is a problem with your VC...

Page 29: ...ng section is replayed twice automatically Pressing ez REPEAT again during repeat play return to normal play ez easy power off Sequence of Stop Rewind Eject Power Off is operated automatically by pressing ez POWER OFF ez easy repeat By pressing holding ez REPEAT during playing back the holding section is replayed twice automatically STOP REWIND EJECT POWER OFF TV VCR C LOCK LP AV 0 CM SKIP SHOWVIE...

Page 30: ...x 16 Watts Energy saving mode 3 Watts Video Head System Double azimuth 4 heads helical scanning BC493Y BC450Y BD470Y Rotary 2 heads helical scanning BC270Y BC250Y Tape speed 23 39 mm sec SP mode 11 69 mm sec LP mode Tape format Tape width 12 7 mm 0 5 inch Maximum recording 4 hours SP mode E 240 tape time 8 hours LP mode E 240 tape Rewind time Approx 180 sec E 180 tape BD470Y BD270Y Approx 65 10 se...

Page 31: ...to insert the cassette the right way round Is the mains plug plugged in and switched on Is the VCR switched on Check the batteries in remote control Is the video cassette damaged have you tried using another one Adjust the horizontal control on your TV Check aerial is it plugged into VCR Check aerial is the lead broken or damaged Check for local interference Make sure that you are using a video TV...

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