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48advanced features

Tuner Set

The VCR needs to find, identify and memorise all available stations in your area in order to record programmes correctly. Once done, pressing the PR or PR buttons enables you to jump to the available channels without going via any vacant channels. This channel search can be done either automatically or manually. You should only need to perform either of the following procedures if Auto Setup or Preset Download has failed to identify and record available channels or you have moved to a new area.

Auto Channel Setup

get to the main menu Press MENU button.

perform auto channel set Move the highlight bar to AUTO CH SET using the PR and PR buttons and press OK button (or ) twice.

MAIN MENU

rf and scart connection If you have chosen to connect the

VCR to the TV with both the RF Cable and a 21-pin SCART Cable (not provided) and the TV set is in its AV mode (see the TV manual), the AUTO SET screen will appear on the TV and remains

there for about 4–12 minutes while the VCR searches for receivable stations. During Auto Channel Set the Smark on the screen moves from left to right.

AUTO SET

PLEASE WAIT

[MENU]:EXIT

note: If you have connected both the RF cable and the fully-wired 21-pin SCART cable, and if your TV offers T-V Link, etc., and the TV is turned on, the VCR automatically performs the Preset Download ( pg. 11) even if you select “Auto’ for Auto Setup function.

The caption SCAN COMPLETED appears at the end of the process for about 5 seconds.

confirmation screen Once Auto Channel Set has completed its search, the confirmation screen will appear showing the details (PR = Preset Number, CH =

Channel Number and ID = Station Name) of the TV stations that

the process has found. The first station will have a highlight bar

01

26

BBC1

08

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02

33

BBC2

09

- - - -

over it and will be blinking. This screen and the programme

03

23

ITV

10

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04

30

CH4

11

- - - -

05

37

CH5

12

- - - -

currently being broadcast on the selected station will alternate at

06

 

- - - -

13

- - - -

07

 

- - - -

14

- - - -

8 second intervals. To view the next channel, press the PR and

 

 

 

 

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PR buttons to move the highlight bar to the required channel.

a[x]: DELETE

 

 

 

[MENU]: EXIT

 

 

 

return to normal screen Press MENU button.

NOTES ON CHANNEL RECEPTION

incorrect station id In certain reception conditions, station

names may not be stored correctly by the VCR and Auto Guide Program Number Set may not work properly. If the Guide Program Numbers are not set, entering a PlusCode number, may result in an incorrect channel being recorded.

poor reception The VCR memorises all stations found regardless of their quality. If a station’s quality is poor, you can delete that station from the memory (see page 50).