Contents
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Safety Precautions
Use only discs marked with the following
To mobile phone users
Do not place the unit
Do not block the unit’s ventilation openings or holes
On placing the unit
Connecting To a Satellite Receiver
Safety Precautions
Remote Control Functions
Mode Set S-VHS deck Mode Set DVD deck Tuner Set Clock Set
Region Number
About Discs
Playable Discs
Unplayable Discs
Marks related to video
DVD Video Marks
File Structure of Discs
Audio CD/Video CD
Open the disc tray
Placing a Disc
Care and Handling of Discs
Place the disc
Front View
Rear View
On the tape
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ON-SCREEN Display S-VHS deck
Remote Control
How To Use
Situate the unit
Check the contents
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Connect the unit to TV
Video Connection
8To connect to a TV with S-VIDEO/AUDIO in connectors
Plug the end of the mains power cord into a mains outlet
Component Video Connection
8To connect to a TV with Component Video in connectors
Back of TV Audio in connectors
DVD deck only
Video Channel Set
Access the Video Channel Set mode
Exit the Video Channel Set mode
Set the video channel
Auto Set Up
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Press OK or e
Select the TV system
Start Auto Channel Set
DVD deck
Monitor Set
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How to change the Scan mode
Scan Mode Set
Access the DVD Set Up menu screen
Press rt to move 0 to Progressive MODE, then press OK
Press rt to move 0 to on Screen LANGUAGE, then press OK
Language
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Press w e to select Language
See Language Code List pg
Press rt to move 0 to Menu LANGUAGE, then press OK
Language Code List
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Basic Playback
High-Speed Turbo Search
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Slow Motion
Pause during playback
Activate Index Search
Index Search
Skip Search
To resume normal playback during a Skip Search, press
Repeat Playback
26 EN
Next Function Memory
Manual Tracking
Start recording
Choose a programme
Set the tape speed
Pause/Resume recording
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Instant Timer Recording ITR
Engage the ITR mode
Set the recording duration
Receiving Stereo and Bilingual Programmes
Reset the counter
Tape Remaining Time
Set the counter display
Recording
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Playback
Guide Program Number Set
Access the Main Menu screen
Access the Initial Set screen
Guide Program Number
Programming
Access the G-CODE/SHOWVIEWscreen
Before performing the G-CODE/SHOWVIEW Timer Programming
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Satellite Receiver Users
Access the G-CODEProgram screen
Engage the unit’s timer mode
Guide Program Number Set
Express Timer Programming
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Press PR +
To Timer-Record Weekly Or Daily Serials
Enter the channel position
Press # TIMER, then press
Disengage the timer mode
Access the Programme Check screen
Press # Timer
Cancel or change a programme
Return to the timer mode
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When programmes overlap each other
Cancel or change programme setting
Confirm the overlapping programmes
Programme Recording
Recording mode
Indicator
Set the tape speed
Pause playback
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Load the disc
Place the disc in the disc tray
Playback Control PBC Function
Access the PBC menu
Stop mode
During playback Press TOP Menu
DVD menu
Access the DVD menu
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Press TOP Menu or Menu
Resume Function
Skip the item Playback
High-Speed Search
Digest
Access the digest screen
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For DVD Video
Press Zoom during playback or while paused
Strobe Playback
Zooming
Press rt w e to move the zoomed-in scene
3D Phonic
Access the selection menu
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Select the effect level
VFP function Adjusting the picture quality
Press Display twice whenever a disc is loaded
Contents of the on-screen bar during playback
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Video CD
Select the option
Access the on-screen bar
Change the time information
Select menu item
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Select the repeat mode
Access the repeat mode
Select the start point
Select the repeat mode Select the chapter
Chapter Search
Select the end point
Select the time
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Time Search
Reactivate the Playback Control PBC Function
Select the menu item
Programme Playback
Random Playback
Select the tracks in the desired order
Subtitle Selection
Access the menu
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Select the subtitle language
Select the view angle
When using the Angle button
Angle Selection
Press Angle
Audio Language Selection
When using the A.MONITOR button
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Select the audio language
Select the audio channel
When using the Audio button
Audio Channel Selection
For Svcd
Parental Lock
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To change the settings
To temporarily release the Parental Lock
Country/Area Code List for Parental Lock
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Page
MP3 control display
What is MP3?
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Current track
Select the group
Using the MP3 control display
MP3 Playback
To skip groups/tracks during playback
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Track/group selection
To start playback by specifying the track number
What is JPEG?
Jpeg control display
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Using the Jpeg control display
Jpeg Playback
Press rt to select the desired file, then press OK
Press number keys 0-10, +10 to enter the file number
File/group selection
To start slide-show playback by specifying the file number
To return to the Jpeg control display
Edit From a Camcorder
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Advantages of S-VHS video recorders
Set the input mode of recording deck
Another Video Recorder
Start the source player
From DVD to S-VHS
Dubbing
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Prepare the audio device for dubbing
Digital Audio Dubbing
Place a disc and load a MD
For the digital audio device
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Operate the TV
TV Multi-Brand Remote Control
Set the TV brand code
Outdoor unit Aerial Satellite cable Video output
Audio/video input connectors
Output connectors
Make connections
For each mode setting, see pages 77 to
Mode Set
Access the Function Set screen
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Modes
Ntscpal To playback a Ntsc tape on PAL TV
Programme while timer-recording in SP mode
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For Example
VHS indicator lights up on the front display panel
Indicator lights up on the front display panel
S-VHS recording mode is selected
Mode setting
Language Picture Audio Others Back to the beginning
For each mode setting, see pages 81 to
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Press rt to move 0 to RESUME, then press OK
Picture Settings
Audio Settings
Others Settings
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Auto Channel Set
Access the Auto Channel Set screen
Tuner Set
Stations your unit located
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Perform Auto Channel Set
Appear on a channel list screen
Manual Channel Set
Swap Channel Position
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Delete a Channel
Set the date and time
Access the Clock Set screen
Clock Set
Start the clock operation
VHS deck only Off-Air Recording
Information on Multi-System Compatibility
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Recording circuit
Tape-To-Tape Editing
Recorded tape Playback equipment
On the unit
On the remote control
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DVD indicator lights up
Press DVD so that the DVD indicator
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Timer recording Recorded in its entirety. Next time make
Timer recording won’t work
Re-perform the clock and/or timer
Timer mode is disengaged
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Front display panel
Playback
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Repeat Playback About Discs
Express Timer Programming File/group selection
Mode Set S-VHS deck
Chapter Search
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Memo
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