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1. Connecting the video recorder  . . . . . . . . . . . .4

 

Important for the United Kingdom

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Preparing the remote control for operation

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Connecting your video recorder to the TV

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Connecting with a scart cable

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Connecting without a scart cable

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Audio output Connection

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Connecting additional devices

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2. Important notes for operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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Navigation in the screen menu

 

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The symbols on your video recorder display

 

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3. Installing your video recorder  . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Preparation for use

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Decoder allocation

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Manual TV channel search

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Using the satellite receiver

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Follow TV (Automatic TV channels sorting)

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Automatic Tuning

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Sorting TV channels manually

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Setting the clock

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Setting the RF out channel

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4. Playback  

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Playing back cassettes

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Playing back NTSC cassettes

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Displaying current tape position

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Searching for a tape position

 

with picture(scanning)

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Still picture / slow motion

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Searching for tape position without picture
(forward wind and rewind)

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Index search

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Smart picture

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Manual tracking

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Interference 

The Department of Trade and industry operates
a Radio Investigation Service to help TV licence
holders improve reception of BBC and ITC pro-
grammes where these are being spoilt by inter-
ference.

5. Manual recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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General information

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Recording without automatic switch-off

 

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Preventing accidental erasing

 

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Lining up recordings (assemble cut)

 

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Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)

 

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Automatic controlled recording from

a satellite receiver (RECORD LINK)

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'DIRECT RECORD'

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Switching 'DIRECT RECORD' on or off

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Copying a video tape

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6. Programming a recording (TIMER)  . . . . . . . . .17

General information

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Programming a recording

 

(with the VIDEO Plus+

® 

system)

 

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Programming a recording

 

(without the VIDEO Plus+ system)

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Programming a recording with 
'TURBO TIMER'

 

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Problems and solutions for
programmed recordings

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How to check, or delete a programmed
recording (TIMER)

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How to change a programmed 
recording(TIMER)

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7. Other functions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Switching the status display off or on

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Blue Background on or off

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Automatic switch-off

 

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Clock Display

 

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Selecting the sound channel

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8. Before you call an engineer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Table of Contents 

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Summary of Contents for VR750/07

Page 1: ...icture 13 Manual tracking 13 Interference The Department of Trade and industry operates a Radio Investigation Service to help TV licence holders improve reception of BBC and ITC pro grammes where these are being spoilt by inter ference 5 Manual recording 14 General information 14 Recording without automatic switch off 14 Preventing accidental erasing 14 Lining up recordings assemble cut 14 Selecti...

Page 2: ...VR750 07 VR752 07 VCR VR750 07 ...

Page 3: ...r liquids enter the video recorder Do not place vases or the like on the video recorder If liquid is spilt into it immedi ately disconnect the video recorder from the power supply and call After sales Service for advice Do not place any combustible objects on the device candles etc Make sure that children do not place any foreign objects within the openings or ventilation slots These operating ins...

Page 4: ...ing the plug cover make certain that the cord grip is clamped over the sheath of the lead not simply over the two wires Preparing the remote control for operation The remote control and its batteries are packed separately in the original video recorder packag ing You must install the batteries in the remote control before use 1 1 Take the remote control and the enclosed batteries 2 batteries 2 2 O...

Page 5: ...itched to the programme number for the scart socket you will see the following picture Then read the section Preparation for use in the chapter Installing your video recorder My screen is empty Many TVs are switched to the programme number for the scart socket by way of a con trol signal sent through the scart cable If the TV does not automatically switch to the scart socket programme number manua...

Page 6: ...r responding red and white AUDIO OUT PUT L R socket at the back of the video recorder and the other end into the corresponding audio input socket at the audio amplifier Connecting additional devices You can connect additional devices such as decoders satellite receivers camcorders etc to the socket AV2 DECODER 6 EN RF OUT AV 2 DECODER AV 1 TV AERIAL AUDIO OUTPUT L R RF OUT AV 2 DECODER AV 1 TV AER...

Page 7: ...You can switch on the video recorder with the button Automatic switch off If the video recorder is not used for several minutes it switches itself off automatically This function can be deactivated e g if you want to use the video recorder as a TV receiver For more information please read the section Automatic switch off in chapter Other functions Time in the display If you have switched the video...

Page 8: ...1 B STOP C L PLAY B K MENU 0 9 P P STATUS EXIT 0 9 0 9 P 3 Installing your video recorder The video recorder does not find any TV channels during the search Select channel 1 on the TV Can you see the saved TV channel on the TV If not check the cable connection of the aerial aerial socket video recorder TV The video recorder searches the entire frequen cy range in order to find and save the largest...

Page 9: ...search function is activated the TV channels are saved in a specific order This may vary from the order of TV chan nels on the TV This function changes the order of TV channels saved in the video recorder to match that of the TV Make sure that the video recorder and the TV are connected by a scart cable 1 1 Switch on the TV If required select the pro gramme number for the video recorder 2 2 Press ...

Page 10: ...arch you may not agree with the sequence in which the individual TV channels have been allo cated to the programme positions programme numbers of the video recorder You can use this function to individually sort the TV channels already saved 1 1 Switch on the TV If required select the pro gramme number for the video recorder 2 2 Press The main menu will appear 3 3 Select TUNER SET UP with and conf...

Page 11: ...ect the pro gramme number for the video recorder 2 2 Press The main menu will appear 3 3 Select INITIAL SET UP with or and confirm with 4 4 Select RF OUT with or and confirm with 5 5 Press 6 6 Press or to select a free not allocated channel between channel 22 and 69 in your area 7 7 Press 8 8 To end press STATUS EXIT FWD 1 B 0 9 STOP C L PLAY B K FWD 1 B FWD 1 B STOP C L PLAY B K FWD 1 B STOP C L ...

Page 12: ... still picture switch themselves off automatically after a short time in order to protect the cassette and to save energy Do I need to change the playback speed when playing back LP recordings During playback the correct speed will auto matically be selected For more information please read the section Selecting the recording speed SP or LP in the chapter Manual recording DIGITAL STUDIO PICTURE CO...

Page 13: ...ay for 5 seconds and then the remaining tape time will appear 2 2 For the next marking press and then FF will appear on the dis play for 5 seconds and then the remaining tape time will appear 3 3 As soon as the video recorder finds this marking it automatically switches to play back Smart picture You can change the picture setting during play back 1 1 Press This will show the cur rent picture sett...

Page 14: ...insert the new recording 2 2 Look at the last minute of the old recording playback 3 3 Press at the tape position where the new recording is to go and press 4 4 Now start recording as usual by pressing on the remote control 5 5 Stop recording with Selecting the recording speed SP or LP LP allows to double the recording duration on tape for example six hours instead of three hours on an E180 casset...

Page 15: ...record The beginning and end of the recording is controlled via scart socket AV2 DECODER DIRECT RECORD With DIRECT RECORD you can record the right TV channel in seconds even if your video recorder is switched off If the recording is start ed manually the video recorder uses the current TV channel set on the TV You will find more information on how to switch DIRECT RECORD on or off in the next sect...

Page 16: ... you want to record over into the cassette com partment of this video recorder 3 3 Select programme number AV2 or AV3 on this video recorder 4 4 Press on the front panel of this video recorder 5 5 Begin playback of the tape in the playback video recorder 6 6 To stop recording press on this video recorder then stop playback of the tape in the playing video recorder STOP EJECT RECORD STANDBY ON y y ...

Page 17: ...stake you can clear your input with 4 4 Press 5 5 Select ONCE DAILY or WEEKLY record ing with Then press 6 6 The decoded data appears after confirmation You can go back to change the data Select the corresponding input field using Change the data with 0 9 CLEAR FWD 1 B FWD 1 B STOP C L PLAY B K SV V CLEAR SV V 6 Programming a recording TIMER What is PDC PDC Programme Delivery Control is used to co...

Page 18: ...lso programme recordings from exter nal sources via scart socket AV1 TV AV2 DECODER or AV3 FRONT A V CONNEC TORS Select programme number AV1 with 0 0 1 AV2 with 0 0 2 or AV3 with 0 0 3 appears at PROG The programme number of the TV channel has not yet been assigned to the PlusCode programming number Using the number but tons on the remote control select the corresponding programme number name of t...

Page 19: ...play After 2 sec onds default program number will appear in the display Set the desired program num ber using or 4 4 Press The program number you have just set will be displayed 5 5 Insert a cassette with an intact security tab unprotected 6 6 Switch off with The programmed recording will only function when the video recorder is switched off with STANDBY ON y y STANDBY ON y y TURBO TIMER STOP C L ...

Page 20: ...B K MENU SELECT K L CHOOSE B ONCE DAILY WEEKLY TIMER LIST END EXIT ONCE TIMER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SELECT TIMER NUMBER END EXIT Timer block disappeared when I pressed You have checked all the programmed record ings If you want to check them again repeat steps 2 to 5 FWD 1 B Error message flashes in the video recorder display No cassette was inserted Insert a cassette and switch off the video recorder u...

Page 21: ...ing or 5 5 Select OFF no blue background or ON blue background on with 6 6 To end press 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 tele vision receiver 1 1 Switch on the TV If required select the pro gramme number for the video recorder 2 ...

Page 22: ...rent sound setting 2 2 Press repeatedly until the desired set ting appears in the display AUDIO AUDIO STATUS EXIT FWD 1 B STOP C L PLAY B K FWD 1 B STOP C L PLAY B K MENU Reception of stereo broadcasts STEREO LEFT RIGHT NONE Display on the TV screen Mode Stereo L R Monaural L Audio R Audio L Audio L Audio R Audio R Audio L R Audio L R Audio L R L R L R L R AUDIO OUTPUT During reception of bilingua...

Page 23: ...On the TV select the correct programme number for the video recorder The cable connecting the TV and the video recorder has come loose Check the cable Poor picture quality when you play back a cassette Your TV is not properly adjusted The cassette is badly worn or of poor quality Use new cassette Tracking is not properly adjusted Turn to sec tion Manual tracking PROGRAMME STOP EJECT STANDBY ON y y...

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