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
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
NOTES:
●You can select channel in the stop mode, recording pause mode or during
●If no cassette is loaded, or during recording pause mode, you can select channel only by pressing FF[CH+] or
●If you connect the TV and the recorder only using the RF connection, press TV/VCR on the remote control so that the VCR mode indicator lights on the display panel, to view the program to be recorded.
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 “” and “$” on the front display panel blink.
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 | OR Press STOP/EJECT (0) on |
remote control. | the recorder. |
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Recording Features
Specifying recording 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 () 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 STOP (8) on the remote control or STOP/EJECT (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.
Recording Resume Function
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 function.)
