Recording Features

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.)

NOTE:

If a power outage exceed the recorder’s memory backup time, Recording Resume Function does not work.

Tape Remaining Time/Time Counter

Press – –:– – to display the tape remaining time and time counter on the screen. To reset the time counter, press 0000.

NOTES:

●Set “O.S.D.” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen. ( 12)

●Depending on the type of tape used, the tape remaining time may not appear right away, or is not correct. “– –:– –” may sometimes appear, or the display may blink on occasion.

Timer Recording

Up to 8 timer recording programmes can be made.

Before starting:

●Set the clock properly. ( 13)

●Set “COLOUR SYSTEM” to the appropriate mode. ( 12)

●Load a cassette with the record safety tab intact.

NOTES:

●If all the 8 programmes have already been set, “PROGRAM FULL” appears on the screen.

●If the clock is not set, “CLOCK MUST BE SET” appears on the screen.

●After timer recording is completed, the recorder turns off automatically.

●If the tape reaches its end during timer recordings, the recording stops and “#”, “ ” and “ $” on the display panel blink. Press

# to disengage timer, then press 0 on the recorder to eject the cassette or press 1 then press 3 to rewind the tape.

●You can programme the timer recording while a regular recording is in progress; the menu screens will not be recorded.

Watching one programme while recording another

If your recorder is connected to the TV via the AV connection ( 4), 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 r/t on the remote control or PR+/– on the recorder is recorded on the tape.

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. “” on the display panel starts blinking.

●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours).

●The recorder turns off after recording is finished.

●To cancel an ITR, press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder.

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Express Timer Programming

APress PROG. The program screen appears.

BPress START / (number keys “1” and/or “4”), STOP / (number keys “2”

and/or “5”), DATE / (number keys “3” and/or “6”) or PR / repeatedly to enter the start time, stop time, date or channel.

● Press and hold START / or STOP / to increase the time in 30- minute intervals.

●To timer-record daily (Monday–Friday) or weekly serials, press DAILY (number key “8”) or WEEKLY (number key “9”). Pressing the button again makes the “DAILY” or “WEEKLY” display disappear.

CPress OK or PROG.

●If “PROGRAM OVERLAPPED” appears, see “Program overlap warning display” ( 10).

DPress #. The recorder turns off automatically and “#” is displayed on the display panel.

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