Seg VCR5360GB, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...cting cassettes from being recorded over 21 Playing video cassettes Load the cassette Play Picture scanning Fast forward and Rewind Eject the cassette 22 Still picture and slow motion Commercial skip...

Page 2: ...ondensation can damage your video recorder If the video recorder is cold when you unpack it leave it for several hours to become room temperature Do not use the video recorder immediately after moving...

Page 3: ...supply socket buy an adapter to match the moulded plug to your supply socket Or cut the moulded plug off and fit an appropriate plug in its place The plug you fit or the distribution board feeding you...

Page 4: ...Safety symbols This symbol means this unit is double insulated and does not need an earth connection This symbol means this unit meets European regulations concerning safety and electromagnetic inter...

Page 5: ...the battery cover on the back of the remote control Lift the cover off 2 Put two AAA size or LR3 type batteries into the battery compartment Make sure the and marks on the batteries agree with the an...

Page 6: ...button plays a cassette for 30 seconds Ejects the video cassette Variable speed slow motion playback Used after pressing the play button see page 23 Not used for this model These buttons find the star...

Page 7: ...and so on Tape Control Menu appears only when a tape is in the VCR TIMER PROGRAM PR PRESET VCR SETUP TAPE CONTROL PR SELECT OK CONFIRM MENU END VCR SETUP CLOCK SET RF OUTPUT SET 2ND SCART SET 16 9 SET...

Page 8: ...once on the video recorder the display will get brighter 6 Tune the television in the UHF waveband until a picture like the one below appears and memorise it under the video programme number Please r...

Page 9: ...recorder off by pressing the POWER button again In step three if you are not sure which scart socket to use you will have to read your television instructions or find out which scart socket lets you...

Page 10: ...gital receiver with a video recorder and a hi fi amplifier This is a scart socket Arrowsshowthedirectionthesignal willflowthroughthewiring Televsion aerial Connect the aerial here for a television alo...

Page 11: ...at the back of this booklet tells you how to use a decoder with this video recorder Through the front AV input You can connect a camcorder video game and so on to the front audio and video AV input so...

Page 12: ...does not appear in the display follow After auto set below Change the modulator channel number by pressing the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control You must choose a number from 21 to 69 The ne...

Page 13: ...ed for televisions without a scart socket on page 8 Use the remote control for the following steps 2 Press the OK button Auto set will start and the screen will show its progress 3 The video recorder...

Page 14: ...tandard order BBC1 on programme number one BBC2 on programme number two ITV on programme number 3 Channel 4 or S4C on programme number four Channel 5 on programme number five and so on Check they are...

Page 15: ...he manual set menu 6 Press the PR and PR buttons to move the flashing pointer to the programme number you want to set to a new broadcast channel 7 Press the OK button to see the manual set search menu...

Page 16: ...f programme numbers and channel names How to change channel names is described on page 17 1 Press the MENU button until the main menu appears 2 Press the PR button once This moves the pointer to PR pr...

Page 17: ...see the search menu under Manual set If you want to check the picture again press the button 4 Press the button to see the name change menu under Manual set 5 You can pick a ready made name by pressin...

Page 18: ...cture 7 Press the OK button to display the erase warning shown opposite 8 If you want to erase the programme press the OK button If you don t want to erase the programme press the menu button 9 Press...

Page 19: ...a tuner Select the video channel on your television so that you can see the pictures from the video recorder If you connected the television and video recorder together with a scart cable you will pro...

Page 20: ...e time and date press the OK button You will see the main menu again 8 Press the MENU button to finish You do not normally need to set the time and date because the video recorder gets this informatio...

Page 21: ...on Protecting cassettes from being recorded over All video cassettes have a safety tab to prevent them from being accidentally recorded over When you remove the tab you cannot record onto the cassette...

Page 22: ...n forwards There are two scanning speeds The video recorder changes from one to the other when you keep pressing the rewind or fast forward button To stop picture scanning press the stop button on the...

Page 23: ...ng 30 NTSC playback NTSC is American standard video Great Britain uses a different video standard called PAL This video recorder can play video cassettes that have been recorded with NTSC video throug...

Page 24: ...the programme as a normal recording 5 Press the OK button to memorise your chosen setting or press the MENU button to finish without saving the setting VCR SETUP CLOCK SET RF OUTPUT SET 2ND SCART SET...

Page 25: ...tte is playing the video recorder automatically adjusts the video heads until they accurately track the original recording This gives you the best picture If you still get picture interference when yo...

Page 26: ...t the upper EURO AV2 scart channel has been selected AV F shows that the audio and video input sockets on the front of the video recorder have been selected Please see Recording from other equipment o...

Page 27: ...unter to zero 00 00 00 or automatically rewind the tape to the zero position please see Tape control menu on page 28 The counter is automatically set to zero when you put a cassette into the video rec...

Page 28: ...if you decide not to change the cassette type press the MENU button instead of OK How to see the remaining time is described in On screen information display on page 26 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 above to...

Page 29: ...on or the programme number buttons 0 to 9 to select the channel you want to record for example PR01 BBC1 3 Press the RECORD OTR button on the video recorder or the record red dot button on the remote...

Page 30: ...AV channel by using the information display button please see On screen information display on page 26 Change back to programme numbers by pressing the AV button until a PR number appears briefly in...

Page 31: ...other equipment on page 30 This is the source 3 Play the cassette on which you are assembling the recordings in this video recorder to search for the position where you want the next recording to star...

Page 32: ...30 minutes you want to record You can record for up to 10 hours if there is enough tape on the cassette The video recorder display confirms the recording time For example R1 30 in the video recorder...

Page 33: ...switch PDC off See VIDEOplus below and Setting the timer on page 35 You can get advice on PDC from teletext Programmed recording with VIDEOPlus All the information your video recorder needs to make a...

Page 34: ...VCR OFF TMR Programmed recording with VIDEOPlus continued 6 Press the OK button to confirm your choice in step 5 and display the timer programme information If you do not press another button within...

Page 35: ...l you want to record If you want to record from other equipment that is connected with a scart cable press the PR button on the remote control to make AV appear on the PR line 7 Press the OK button an...

Page 36: ...3 Follow steps 7 8 and 9 above to select and change rather than fill entries in the timer programme 4 Finish with steps 10 and 11 How to erase a timer programme 1 Switch your television on and select...

Page 37: ...e set all eight timer blocks Important All timer programmes have already been programmed will appear on the television screen for a few seconds After you have set a recording and switched the video to...

Page 38: ...causes The video channel on your television isn t set properly You haven t switched your television to the video channel The connecting cable between your television and video recorder has come loose...

Page 39: ...EURO AV2 DECODER socket Please read the decoder instructions Appendix 1 Another way of changing the modulator channel This method steps through the control menus but you will only see the menus if yo...

Page 40: ...05 SKY1 PR12 PR06 SKYN PR13 PR07 SKYM PR14 CANAL ON Tips for using a decoder When you have connected your television and video recorder by scart and set the second scart socket for a decoder you can s...

Page 41: ...z Dynamic range 80dB Signal to Noise Ratio 60dB General Temperature range 5 C to 35 C Humidity range Relative humidity less than 80 This technical information may change Serial number record Write the...

Page 42: ...recommend that you keep the receipt or the invoice in a safe place This also applies to the original packaging to enable safe transportation to a service centre The guarantee period will not be extend...

Page 43: ...n the remote control to change RF 52 to 21 Repeat step 2A If there is still distortion you should see page 12 AUTO SET OK CONFIRM MENU END Stage 3 Auto Set When you have got a clear picture A Point th...

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