On-screen display

If you press (OK) on the remote control when “OSD” is set to “ON” ( 5), you can see the current recorder status on the screen. The indications except the clock or time counter disappears in about 5 seconds. To clear the on-screen display completely, press (OK) again.

The indications are not recorded even if the recorder is in the recording mode.

AAccess Main Menu screen

Press MENU. Press w e to select the icon “OSD”, then press OK.

If you select the icon A to D, follow the each setting procedure.

If you select the icon E to L, go to step 2.

BChange setting

Press rt to set to “ON”, then press w or e.

CReturn to normal screen

Press MENU.

OSD

*The default setting is bold in the following table.

AChannel and auxiliary input

BClock*

CTape position*

DTime counter*

ECurrent day/month/year

FTape speed

GRecorder operation mode

On-screen

Description

display

 

PLAY

appears when you playback.

 

appears during rewinding, or blinks during

REW

rewinding with Rewind Power Off function.

 

( 10)

FF

appears during fast-forwarding.

EZ REPEAT

appears during Ez repeat playback. ( 10)

EJECT

appears when you eject the cassette.

 

 

STOP

appears when you stop playback or recording.

RECORD

appears during recording.

RECP

appears in the record pause mode.

 

 

 

appears when the recorder enters in child lock

SAFE

mode, or any buttons on the recorder are pressed

 

during child lock mode. ( 15)

*Each time you press (OK), the display shows clock or tape position and time counter alternatively.

Main Menu

You can perform various operations or change various mode settings on the Main Menu Screen.

Turn on the recorder and the TV, and set your TV to its AV mode or video channel.

The procedure shows how to set “OSD” to “ON”.

Icon

Description

 

 

 

 

 

A REC

Select this icon to timer-record the programme.

 

 

 

 

( 13)

 

 

 

 

 

B PR SET

Select this icon to perform Manual Channel Set.

 

 

 

 

( 8, 9)

 

 

 

 

 

C ACMS

Select this icon to perform Auto Channel Set.

 

 

 

 

( 7) Auto Channel Set automatically assigns

 

 

 

 

all receivable stations in your area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D TIME

Select this icon to set clock manually. ( 7)

DATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E SYSTEM

AUTO / PAL / MESECAM

 

 

 

 

You can play back PAL, NTSC and MESECAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tapes, or record PAL and SECAM* signals on this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recorder. Select the appropriate colour system.

 

 

 

 

* SECAM signals will be recorded as MESECAM on

 

 

 

 

this recorder; MESECAM is the designation for tapes

 

 

 

 

with SECAM signals that have been recorded on a

 

 

 

 

MESECAM-compatible PAL video cassette recorder.

 

 

 

 

AUTO: Normally select this. The appropriate

 

 

 

 

colour system is selected automatically

 

 

 

 

depending on the playback or recording signals.

 

 

 

 

If “AUTO” does not work correctly, set the

 

 

 

 

following mode manually.

 

 

 

 

PAL: To record PAL signals, or playback a PAL.

 

 

 

 

MESECAM: To record SECAM signals, or play

 

 

 

 

back a MESECAM tape.

 

 

 

 

NOTES:

 

 

 

 

About NTSC Playback

 

 

 

 

Some TVs shrink the picture vertically and

 

 

 

 

place black bars at the top and bottom of the

 

 

 

 

screen, or cut off the top and bottom portions

 

 

 

 

of superimposed displays. This is not a

 

 

 

 

malfunction.

 

 

 

 

The picture may roll up and down. This can

 

 

 

 

be corrected if your TV has the V-HOLD

 

 

 

 

control function.

 

 

 

 

The counter and tape remaining time readings

 

 

 

 

will be incorrect.

 

 

 

 

During search, still, or frame-by-frame

 

 

 

 

playback, the picture will be distorted, and

 

 

 

 

there may be a loss of colour.

 

 

 

 

 

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