Recording
Accidental erasure prevention
To prevent accidental recording on a |
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recorded cassette, remove its record |
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safety tab. To record on it later, cover |
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the hole with adhesive tape. | Record safety tab |
Basic Recording
Turn on the TV and select the video channel or AV mode.
ALoad a cassette
Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette.
●The recorder turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.
BSelect recording channel
Press PR R/T or the number keys on the remote control or PR+/– on the recorder.
●You can select channel in the stop mode or recording pause mode.
CSet tape speed
Press p(SP/LP). The current setting for the tape speed appears on the display panel and the screen for about 5 seconds. Press p(SP/LP) again to change the setting while tape speed is displayed.
DStart recording
On the recorder, press 7. Or on the remote control, while holding 7, press 4.
NOTES:
●If “B.E.S.T.” is set to “ON” ( 11) (default setting), the recorder takes about 7 seconds to assess the quality of the tape in use, then recording begins with the picture level optimized.
●If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and “ ” and “ $” on the display panel blink. Press 0 on the recorder to eject the cassette or press 3 to rewind the tape.
During recording
Pause recording
Press 9.
●Press 4 to resume recording.
●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.
Stop recording
Press 8 on the remote OR Press 0 on the recorder. control.
Recording Features
Recording Resume Function
If there is a power outage during recording (or Instant Timer Recording, or timer recording), the recording will resume automatically when the power is restored to the recorder. (No setting is required for this function.)
NOTE:
If a power outage exceed the recorder’s memory backup time, Recording Resume Function does not work.
Tape Remaining Time/Time Counter
Press –
●The front display panel shows the counter reading with “:” lit.
●The front display panel shows the tape remaining time with “:” blinking.
NOTES:
●Set “O.S.D.” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen. ( 12)
●Depending on the type of tape used, the tape remaining time may not appear right away, or is not correct. “–
Watching one programme while recording another
If your recorder is connected to the TV via the AV connection ( 4), 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 R/T on the remote control or PR+/– on the recorder 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.
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A2 | Stereo | ST |
A2 | Bilingual | BIL. |
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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)
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