ENG-3
Contents
Foreword
Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
VCR Overviews
Front View of the VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear View of the VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Infrared Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Display Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Inserting Batteries in the Remote Control . . . . 8
Connecting Your Video Cassette Recorder
Connecting Your VCR to the TV
using the Coaxial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Connecting Your VCR to the TV
using the RCA Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting Other Equipment to Your VCR . . 9
Plug & Auto Set Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tuning Your Television for the VCR . . . . . . . . 10
Setting Up Your Video Cassette Recorder
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Displaying/Hiding On-Screen Information . . . . 11
Choosing Your Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting the VCR Output Channel . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting the RF OUT Sound Mode . . . . . . . . 12
Presetting the Stations Automatically . . . . . . . 13
Presetting the Stations Manually . . . . . . . . . . 14
Clearing a Preset Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing the Preset Station Table . . . . . . . . . 15
Recording Television Broadcasts
Selecting the Cassette Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting the Recording Speed . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NICAM (SV-4000 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Recording a Programme Immediately . . . . . . 17
Protecting a Recorded Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recording a Programme with Automatic Stop . . . 17
Using the Timer Programming Feature . . . . . 18
Checking a Preset Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cancelling a Preset Recording . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Playing Back
Playing a Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjusting Picture Alignment Manually . . . . . . 19
Intelligent Picture Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting the Colour Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting the Audio Output Mode
(SV-4000 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting the Audio Mute Mode
(SV-940/SV-840 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing a Cassette in Slow Motion
(SV-4000/SV-940 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Searching for a Sequence
Playing a Sequence Frame by Frame . . . . . . 21
Picture Search, Fast Forward/Rewind . . . . . . 22
Playing a Sequence at Variable Speeds . . . . 22
Searching for a Specific Sequence . . . . . . . . 22
Auto Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Interval Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Easy operation
Using the Tape Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Advanced Recording Features
Connecting an RCA Audio/Video Input Cable . . . 24
Using the Assemble Edit Function . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recording from Another VCR or Camcorder . . . 26
Easy operation
Audio Dubbing a Pre-recorded Cassette
(SV4000/SV-940 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using the TV Buttons on the Remote Control . . 27
Auto Power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Solving Problems
Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
TV Frequency Table (System B/G-D/K) . . . . . 30
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