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Recording
Accidental erasure prevention
To prevent accidental recording on a
recorded cassette, remove its record
safety tab. To record on it later, cover
the hole with adhesive tape.

Basic Recording

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
On the remote control
Press PR+/– or the Number keys.
On the recorder
Press PAUSE[PR]. The channel display on the
display panel starts blinking. While the display is
blinking, press FF[PR+] or REW[PR–] to select
channel. After about 5 seco nds, the channel disp lay
stops blinking.
NOTES:
●You can select channel in the stop mode, recording pause mode
or during rewind/fast-forward high-speed search.
●If no cassette is loaded, or during recording pause mode, you
can select channel only by pressing FF[PR +] or REW[PR–].
CSet tape speed
Press SP/LP/EP (p
).
DStart recording
On the recorder, press REC (7). Or on the remote control, while
holding REC (7), press PLAY (4)
NOTE:
●If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops
and “䡬” and “$” on the front display panel blink.

Recording Features

Specifying record ing length

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)

During recording, press REC (7) on the recorder repeatedly until
the recording length you want appears on the display panel. The
record indicator (䡬) on the display panel starts blink ing.
●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in
30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours).
●The recorder shuts off after recordin g is finished.
●To cancel an ITR, press STOP (8) on the remote control or
STOP/EJECT (0
) on the recorder.

Watching one program while recording another

Once recording is in progr ess, all you need to do is to set the
channel controls on the TV for the station you wish to view.
The program 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.

Recording Resume Functio n

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 functi on.)
Turn on the TV and select the video channel or AV mode.
During recording
Pause recording
Press PAUSE (9).
●Press PLAY (4) to resume recording.
●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.
Stop recording
Press STOP (8) on the
remote control.
OR Press STOP/EJECT (0
) on
the recorder.
Record safety tab