Watching one programme while recording another
If your recorder is connected to the TV via the AV connection, press TV/VCR. The recorder’s VCR indicator and the TV broadcast being recorded disappear. Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to set the channel controls on the TV for the station you wish to view.
●The programme selected with the TV’s channel controls appears on the screen, while the one selected with the PR+/– is recorded on the tape.
●If a decoder is connected to the recorder, you can select a scrambled channel as well with the TV channel controls.
Specifying recording length
— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)
During recording, press 7 on the recorder repeatedly until the desired recording length appears on the display panel. “” on the display panel starts blinking.
●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in
●The recorder turns off after recording is finished.
●To cancel an ITR, press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder.
Receiving stereo and bilingual programmes
Your recorder is equipped with a
When the channel is changed, the type of broadcast being received will be displayed on the screen for a few seconds.
| Type of broadcast being received | |
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A2 | Stereo | ST |
A2 | Bilingual | BIL. |
Regular Monaural | (none) | |
NICAM Stereo | ST NICAM | |
NICAM Bilingual | BIL. NICAM | |
NICAM Monaural | NICAM | |
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●To listen to a stereo programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L j h R” appears on the screen.
●To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L j” or “HIFI h R” appears on the screen.
●To listen to the standard (regular monaural) audio while receiving a NICAM broadcast, press AUDIO until “NORM” appears on the screen.
NOTE:
Set “O.S.D.” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen. ( 12)
To record stereo and bilingual programmes (A2)
●Stereo programmes are automatically recorded in stereo on the
●Bilingual programmes are automatically recorded in bilingual on the
To record NICAM stereo and bilingual programmes
The NICAM audio programme is recorded on the
NOTES:
●If the quality of stereo sound being received is poor, the broadcast may be received in monaural with better quality.
●Before playing back a programme recorded in stereo, or a bilingual programme, refer to “Selecting Soundtrack” ( 6).
SHOWVIEW® System Setup
Set the Guide Program numbers manually only in the following cases:
●When you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe for country setting.
OR
●When
OR
●When you add a channel after Auto Set Up, Preset Download or Auto Channel Set has taken place.
OR
●When you wish to
Guide Program Number Set
“Guide Program (GUIDE PROG) number” refers to the assigned TV station numbers, according to broadcast area, for the SHOWVIEW timer recording. The Guide Program numbers can be found in most TV listings.
●If the Guide Program numbers are not set properly when you
AAccess Main Menu screen, then Initial Set screen
Press MENU. Press rt to place the pointer next to “INITIAL SET”, then press OK or e.
BAccess Guide Program Set screen
Press rt to place the pointer next to “GUIDE PROG SET”, then press OK or e.
C Input Guide Program number
Press rt to select the Guide Program number as shown in the TV listing, then press OK or e.
DInput receiving channel number
Press the number key “0” to select “TV PROG” or “SAT”.
Press rt to select the number of the channel on which the Guide Program number’s broadcast is received, then press OK or e.
●To
perform the procedure described in “Satellite Receiver Control Set” ( 5).
●Repeat steps 3 – 4 as necessary.
EReturn to normal screen
Press MENU.
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