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.

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.

BSelect recording channel

Press PR r/tor the number keys on the remote control or PR+/– on the recorder.

●You can select channel in the stop mode or recording pause mode.

CSet tape speed

Press SP/LP (p). The current setting for the tape speed appears on the display panel and the screen for about 5 seconds. Press SP/ LP (p) again to change the setting while tape speed is displayed.

DStart recording

On the recorder, press 7. Or on the remote control, while holding 7, press 4.

NOTES:

●If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and “ ” and “ $” on the display panel blink. Press 0 on the recorder to eject the cassette or press 3 to rewind the tape.

●When “DIRECT REC” is set to “ON” ( 12), if you press any button just after pressing 7 on the recorder (or 7 and 4 on the remote control), the recorder may not function properly.

During recording

Pause recording

Press 9.

●Press 4 to resume recording.

●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.

Stop recording

Press 8 on the remote OR Press 0 on the recorder. control.

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.

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.

●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. “” 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 0on the recorder.

Receiving stereo and bilingual programmes

Your recorder is equipped with a Sound-Multiplex decoder (A2) and a Digital stereo sound decoder (NICAM), 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.

 

Type of broadcast being received

On-screen display

 

 

 

A2

Stereo

ST

A2

Bilingual

BIL.

Regular Monaural

(none)

NICAM Stereo

ST NICAM

NICAM Bilingual

BIL. NICAM

NICAM Monaural

NICAM

 

 

 

●To listen to a stereo programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L j h R” appears on the screen.

●To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L j” or “HIFI h R” 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. ( 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” ( 7).

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