6. Manual recording
General information
Use 'Manual Recording'to make a sponta- neous recording (for example, a programme cur- rently being shown).
If you want to start and stop a recording manual- ly, read the section 'Recording without auto- matic
If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section
'Recording with automatic
Read the section 'Automatic recording from a satellite receiver', if you want a recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver.
Recording without automatic switch-off
1.Insert a cassette.
2.Use PROG P+ 
PROG P– or 0..9 to select the
programme number you want to record, for example, 'P01'.
3.To start recording, press | REC I | . | |
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Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording)
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5.To stop recording, press STOP
Preventing accidental erasing
All cassettes (except rental and
cassettes) have a secu- rity tab on the back of the cassette. To prevent recording
over important recordings (erasing), you can remove this security tab.
If you later decide to record on a protected cas- sette, simply cover the hole with adhesive tape or slide the tab to the right.
Lining up recordings (assemble cut)
When you add a further recording to a cassette, which already has a recording on it, a short blank (flicker) can appear between the old and the new recording or the picture itself can flicker. To help reduce these from occurring, proceed as follows:
1.Find the tape position of the old recording where you want to insert the new recording.
2.Look at the last minute of the old recording (playback).
3.Press STILL 2 at the tape position where the new recording is to go and press 
4.Now start recording as usual by pressing
on the remote control.
5.Stop recording with 
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Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)
LP allows to double the recording duration on tape (for example six hours instead of three hours on a E180 cassette).
1.Press MENU . The main menu will appear.
2.Select 'RECORD SETUP' withPLAY
3.Select the required recording speed with
FWD 1- B .
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'SP'/'LP'
'SP': StandardPlay (normal recording speed) offers the usual
'LP': LongPlay (half recording speed, double recording time). 6 hours can be recorded on a 3- hour cassette (E180) with a somewhat reduced picture quality.
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