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.
●Select the appropriate colour system with “PAL/MESECAM” and “NTSC” in Function settings.
BSelect recording channel
Press PR+/– or the Number keys.
NOTE:
You can select channel in the stop mode, recording pause mode or during
CSet tape speed
Press SP/LP/EP (p).
DStart recording
On the recorder, press 7. Or on the remote control, while holding 7, press 4.
NOTE:
If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and “” and “$” on the front display panel blink. Press 0 on the recorder to eject the cassette or press 3 on the remote control 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
Specifying recording length
— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)
During recording, press 7 on the recorder repeatedly until the recording length you want appears on the display panel. The record indicator () on the display panel starts blinking.
●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in
●The recorder shuts off after recording is finished.
●To cancel an ITR, press 8on the remote control or 0 on the recorder.
Watching one program while recording another
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 TV screen while the one selected with the PR+/– buttons is recorded on the tape.
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 TV screen for a few seconds.
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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 
R” appears on the screen.
●To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L 
” or “HIFI 
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:
“O.S.D.” must be set to “ON” ( 10) or the
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 will be recorded on the
NOTES:
●If the quality of stereo sound being received is poor, the broadcast will be received in monaural with better quality.
●Before playing back a programme recorded in stereo, or a bilingual programme, refer to “Soundtrack Selection” ( 6).
Recording Resume Function
If there is a power outage during recording (or Instant Timer Recording, Satellite Auto Recording or timer recording), the recording will resume automatically when the power is restored to the recorder. (No setting is required for this function.)
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