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Watching one programme while recording another

If your recorder is connected to the TV via the AV connection,
press TV/VCR. The recorder’s VCR indicator and the TV broadcast
being recorded disappear. 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 screen, while the one selected with the PR+/– is recorded
on the tape.
●If a decoder is connected to the recorder, you can select a
scrambled channel as well with the TV channel controls.

Specifying recording length

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)

During recording, press 7 on the recorder repeatedly until the
desired recording length appears on the display panel. “䡬” on the
display panel starts blinking.
●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in
30-minute intervals (up to 6hours).
●The recorder turns off after recording is finished.
●To cancel an ITR, press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the
recorder.

Receiving stereo and bilingual programmes

Your recorder is equipped with a Sound-Multiplex decoder (A2)
and a Digital stereo sound decoder (NICAM) as well, making
reception of stereo and bilingual broadcasts possible.
When the channel is changed, the type of broadcast being
received will be displayed on the screen for a few seconds.
●To listen to a stereo programme, press AUDIO until
“HIFIL jhR” appears on the screen.
●To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until
“HIFIL j” or “HIFI hR” appears on the screen.
●To listen to the standard (regular monaural) audio while
receiving a NICAM broadcast, press AUDIO until “NORM”
appears on the screen.
NOTE:
Set “O.S.D.” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen.
(墌12)

To record stereo and bilingual programmes (A2)

●Stereo programmes are automatically recorded in stereo on the
Hi-Fi audio track (with the normal audio track recording mixed
L and R channel sound).
●Bilingual programmes are automatically recorded in bilingual
on the Hi-Fi audio track. The main soundtrack is recorded on
the normal audio track.

To record NICAM stereo and bilingual programmes

The NICAM audio programme is recorded on the Hi-Fi audio
track, and the standard audio programme on the normal audio
track.
NOTES:
●If the quality of stereo sound being received is poor, the
broadcast may be received in monaural with better quality.
●Before playing back a programme recorded in stereo, or a
bilingual programme, refer to “Selecting Soundtrack” (墌6).
Set the Guide Program numbers manually only in the following
cases:
●When you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe for
country setting.
OR
●When timer-programming with the SHOWVIEW system, the
channel position, where the station you wish to record is
received on your recorder, is not selected.
OR
●When you add a channel after Auto Set Up, Preset Download or
Auto Channel Set has taken place.
OR
●When you wish to timer-record a satellite programme with the
SHOWVIEW system.

Guide Program Number Set

“Guide Program (GUIDE PROG) number” refers to the assigned
TV station numbers, according to broadcast area, for the
SHOWVIEW timer recording. The Guide Program numbers can be
found in most TV listings.
●If the Guide Program numbers are not set properly when you
timer-record a TV programme using the SHOWVIEW system, the
recorder will record a TV programme of a different station.
When programming the timer using the SHOWVIEW system, be
sure to check the desired channel is selected correctly.
AAccess Main Menu screen, then Initial Set screen
Press MENU. Press rt to place the pointer next to “INITIAL
SET”, then press OK or e.
BAccess Guide Program Set screen
Press rt to place the pointer next to “GUIDE PROG SET”, then
press OK or e.
CInput Guide Program number
Press rt to select the Guide Program
number as shown in the TV listing, then
press OK or e.
DInput receiving channel number
Press the number key “0” to select “TV
PROG” or “SAT”.
Press rt to select the number of the channel on which the Guide
Program number’s broadcast is received, then press OK or e.
●To timer-record a satellite programme with the SHOWVIEW
system, you need to install an optional Satellite Controller and
perform the procedure described in “Satellite Receiver Control
Set” (墌5).
●Repeat steps 3
33
3–4
44
4 as necessary.
EReturn to normal screen
Press MENU.
Type of broadcast being received On-screen display
A2 Stereo
A2 Bilingual
Regular Monaural
NICAM Stereo
NICAM Bilingual
NICAM Monaural
ST
BIL.
(none)
ST NICAM
BIL. NICAM
NICAM
SHOWVIEW® System Setup
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