VCR Playback | VCR Manual Recording |
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Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning)
1During playback, press h or g one or more times.
2If you want to search in super high speed, press h or g once more. (This function will not operate for a cassette recorded in SP mode in the NTSC standard.)
3Press PLAY B to resume playback.
General information
Use Manual Recording to make a spontaneous recording (for example, a programme currently being shown).
If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read the section Recording without automatic
Read the section DIRECT RECORD if you want to record a programme currently being shown.
Read the section Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD LINK), if you want a recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver.
Still picture / slow motion
1During playback, press PAUSE k to stop the tape and display a still picture.
2During playback, press SLOW to playback the tape in slow motion.
3Press PLAY B to resume playback.
Scanning and still/slow motion interferes with the picture quality.The sound is switched off.This is not a fault in your DVD/ VCR.
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and rewind)
1Stop the tape with STOP C.
2Press h or g. ‘Fr’ or ‘FF’ will appear on the display for 5 seconds, and then, the remaining tape time will appear.
3To stop the tape, press STOP C.
Index search
Every time a tape is recorded an index marking is written on the tape.These marked positions can be found again quickly and easily later.
1To search for the previous marking, press INDEX 3 and then h. ‘Fr’ will appear on the display for 5 seconds, and then, the remaining tape time will appear.
2For the next marking, press INDEX 3 and then g. ‘FF’ will appear on the display for 5 seconds, and then, the remaining tape time will appear.
3As soon as the DVD/ VCR finds this marking, it automatically switches to playback.
Manual Tracking
To manually adjust the tracking during playback and slow motion playback, press
Tracking will return to Automatic Tracking Adjustment when you press STOP C, insert a tape, or press PLAY B.
To remove vertical jitter in a Still picture, press
Recording without automatic switch-off
1Insert a cassette.
2Use P+/P- to select the programme number you want to record, for example,‘P01’.
3To start recording, press RECORD I.
4Stop recording with STOP C.
“PROTECTED CASSETTE CANNOT RECORD” message briefly appeared in the TV screen, then the cassette was ejected.
A cassette without its security tab was inserted.
Undo the erase protection.
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:
1Find the tape position of the old recording where you want to insert the new recording.
2Look at the last minute of the old recording (playback).
3Press PAUSE k at the tape position where the new recording is to go and press RECORD I.
4Now start recording as usual by pressing RECORD I on the remote control.
5Stop recording with STOP C.
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 an E180 cassette).
1Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
2 | number for the DVD/VCR. | SELECT K L CHOOSE B | |
Press DISC/VCR MENU.The main | → RECORD SPEED | [SP] | |
| menu will appear. | ||
3 | DIRECT RECORD | [OFF] | |
Select “RECORD SETUP” using | RECORD LINK | [OFF] | |
| K/L and confirm with B. |
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4Select “RECORD SPEED” using K/L.
5Select the required recording speed END=EXIT with B.
“SP” / “LP” / “AUTO”
“SP”: | Standard Play (normal recording speed) offers the usual |
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“LP”: | Long Play (half recording speed, double recording time). |
| 6 hours can be recorded on a |
| with a somewhat reduced picture quality. |
“AUTO”: AUTOmatic Long Play. If there is not enough space on the tape to record a programmed recording in standard speed, the recording is automatically done in “LP” (Long Play). Otherwise, the recording speed will be “SP” (Standard Play).
6 To end, press STATUS/EXIT.
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