Contents
Video Cassette Recorder
Compatible colour systems
Precautions
Safety
Installing
Table of contents
Unpacking
Remote sensor
Setting up the remote commander
Using the remote commander
Inserting the batteries
Prog +
TV control buttons
Fastext buttons
TV/VIDEO
Tip
Controlling other TVs with the remote commander
Manufacturer Code number
Code numbers of controllable TVs
Connection to your TV with a Scart EURO-AV connector
Connecting the VCR
LINE-1 TV LIGNE-1 TV
If the connected TV complies with SMARTLINK, NexTView Link
About the Smartlink features
CinemaLink*2, Q-Link*3or T-V
Connection to your TV with an aerial cable only
To mains Aerial cable supplied Signal flow
Connection to your TV and Set-Top Box STB
If your STB has a Scart EURO-AV connector
If you don’t use a STB, skip to
Additional connections
If your STB does not have a Scart EURO-AV connector
To a stereo system
Turn on your TV and press ?/1 on/standby to turn on the VCR
Tuning your TV to the VCR
Pull down the drop down panel
Selected for ex. programme position
To check if the TV tuning is correct
To obtain a clear picture from the VCR
Press RF Channel again
Window. The RF channel is then switched off
Press Auto SET UP
Setting up the VCR with the Auto Set Up function
Hold down Auto SET UP on the VCR for more than 3 seconds
To cancel the Auto Set Up function
Setting the clock manually
Setting the clock
Before you start…
Clock
ADJUST, then press OK
Press , to highlight the month and set
Month pressing M/m
Tip
Changing the station for the Auto Clock Set function
Auto Adjust is highlighted
Press OK
Tips
Press M/m to highlight ON, then press
Press m to highlight Clock
PROGRAM, then press OK
Press M/m to highlight LANGUAGE, then press OK
Selecting a language
Press M/m to highlight TUNER, then press OK
Presetting channels
Press M/m to highlight Channel
Position
If the picture is not clear
Disabling unwanted programme positions
Position
Highlight Lists and press OK
Setting/changing the station names
Press M/m to highlight Channel LIST, then press OK
To correct a character, press is highlighted, then reset it
Changing programme positions
Changing/disabling programme positions
Selected channel is inserted at
Position, then press
To display other pages for programme
Positions 6 to 60, press M/ m repeatedly
Highlight LISTS, and press OK
Press M/m to highlight the row which you want to disable
For more than 3 seconds
Setting your personal code
Hold down first X pause, hold on ?/1
On/standby simultaneously on the VCR
Confirmation screen appears
Press M/m//, to enter your personal code
Press ?/ 1 on/standby to turn off the VCR
Press OK to exit the menu
Checking your personal code
Playing a tape
To use the time counter
When your TV is Set Ntsc PB to
Additional tasks
To play an NTSC-recorded tape
Tip
Prog + REC Stop
Recording TV programmes
Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel
To record from a decoder or other source, turn it on
To stop recording
Time counter
To check the remaining time
To watch another TV programme while recording
To protect a recording
Recording what you are watching on the TV TV Direct Rec
Number
Recording TV programmes using the Video Plus + system
Buttons
TV screen
Press Timer When you set Timer Options to
Video Plus +
Video Plus +, menu appears on
Press To highlight the item you
Press M/m to reset it
Want to change
Daily/weekly recording
To use the VCR after setting the timer
Press ?/1 to turn off the VCR
To stop the VCR while recording, press x Stop
Variable
Setting the timer manually
Or LINE-3 in connectors, or the LINE-2 INjacks, press Input
Timer menu appears on the TV screen
Select to display L1, L2, or L3 in the PROG. position
To stop recording
Slow REW Playback options Operation
Playing/searching at various speeds
Press H playback
To resume normal playback
Playback options Operation
To extend the duration
Setting the recording duration time
To cancel the duration
Automatically after a specified duration
Synchronized Recording
How to connect for Synchronized Recording
Press Synchro REC. The Synchro REC indicator turns off
To cancel the Synchronized Recording function
Press x Stop while recording
Checking/changing/cancelling timer settings
Programme
When the timer settings overlap
Nicam system
Recording stereo and bilingual programmes
Selecting the sound during playback
Stereo sound
How sound is recorded on a video tape
Stereo Bilingual Usually mixed Left/right channels
Normal audio track monaural
To stop searching
Searching using the index function
About the Optimum Picture Control OPC function
Adjusting the picture
Adjusting the tracking
About the Reality Regenerator RR function
To deactivate the OPC function
OPC recording
Video Options menu
Initial settings are indicated in bold print
Changing menu options
PressOK. MENU, then select Options and press
Tape Options menu
Audio Options menu
Other Options
Other Options menu
How to connect to record on your VCR
Connecting to a VCR or stereo system
VMC-820 audio/video cable not supplied
How to connect to a stereo system
To stop editing
When recording on your VCR
Basic Editing
Before you start editing
Selecting and playing a programme
Recording using the SmartFile function
Checking the contents of a tape
About the SmartFile function
Running a demonstration
Labelling a recorded programme and tape
Protecting a recorded programme
Erasing the data of an unwanted programme
Attaching the SmartFile label to the cassette
Recording using the SmartFile function
Recording a programme on the SmartFile tape
Recording time Tape speed Station name
Checking the information of a recorded programme
Date Day of the week
Recording start time
Press M repeatedly to select Blank Time
Recording after locating the Blank Time space
Start END Select Search OK Exit Menu NOW Searching
Selecting and playing a programme
Checking the contents of a tape
SmartFile function
Labelling a recorded programme and tape
Setting the TV guide page number
Tape title Category
Have to set the appropriate TV guide
Automatically when the VCR detects them
TV guide page numbers appear
P301 If the VCR does not detect them P---, you
Labelling a recorded programme and tape
Smartfile Edit
Labelling a recorded programme manually
Clear
To erase the programme label
To label a regularly scheduled timer-recorded programme
To erase the selected category
Labelling a tape
To erase the tape title
Press Smartfile Generator
To stop registration to the SmartFile label
Registration date Programme located in a recorded tape
To check the information of a registered programme
Recording time Tips
Protecting a recorded programme
To unlock the protected programme
Press Smartfile SmartFile search list disappears
Erasing the data of an unwanted programme
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Problem summary
Troubleshooting
Initial Terminal Contamination
SmartFile S13
Playback S10
Normal recording S11
S12
Synchronized Recording S17
Timer recording S15
Remote Commander S20
S16
S21
Cleaning S22
Power S24
Power S25
Set-Top Box control S32
Inputs and outputs
Specifications
Supplied accessories
System
Front panel
Index to parts and controls
Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses for details
Display window
Antenne Sortie connector 9 Ntsc PB Play Back switch
Antenne Entree connector 9
Rear panel
104
Remote commander
TV/VIDEO remote control switch ?/1 on/standby button 6
106
Menu chart
107
108
109
Index
Connecting