PDC Recording, Enter the programme date

H Enter the programme date.

Press DATE+/–.

●The current date appears on the TV screen. The date you enter appears in its place.

I Enter the channel position.

Press PR+/–.

●If you want to set a satellite

programme, press the number key “0” to change “TV PROG” to “SAT”, then press PR+/–.

NOTES:

●You can programme each deck to timer-record as many as 6 programmes. If you try to programme the recorder to record a seventh, “PROGRAM FULL” appears on the TV screen and “FULL” appears on the front display panel. To record the extra

programme, you must first cancel any unnecessary programmes ( pg. 42).

●It is not possible to timer-record a satellite broadcast received on the channel position “0” by the satellite receiver.

●It is not possible to timer-record the same programme on both the VHS deck and the DV deck simultaneously.

●During timer recording, it is not possible to change the recording deck (VHS or DV).

●If the times that are programmed for recording on the DV deck and on the VHS deck overlap, the earlier start time takes precedence. If the start times are the same, the VHS deck takes precedence.

J Set the tape speed.

Press SP/LP (p).

K Set the PDC mode.

Press PDC to select “ON” or “OFF”.

●If “VPS/PDC ON” is displayed on the TV screen or “VPS/PDC” is lit on the front display panel, PDC is set to ON.

●If “VPS/PDC OFF” is displayed on the TV screen or “VPS/PDC”

is not lit on the front display panel, PDC is set to OFF. “PDC Recording” in the right column

●VPS (Video Programme System) recording is not currently available in the U.K. and not possible with this recorder.

L Return to the normal screen.

Press PROG or OK. “PROGRAM COMPLETED” appears on the TV screen for about 5 seconds, then the normal screen appears. If “PROGRAM OVERLAPPED” appears on the TV screen and “Err” on the front display panel, see page 43.

●Repeat steps 3 – 12 for each additional programme.

M Engage the recorder’s timer mode.

Press # (TIMER). The recorder turns off automatically and “#” appears on the front display panel.

●To disengage the timer mode, press # (TIMER) again.

To Timer-Record Weekly Or Daily Serials . . .

. . . anytime during steps 5 through 11, press WEEKLY (number key “9”) for weekly serials or DAILY (number key “8”) for daily serials (Monday – Friday). Either “WEEKLY” or “DAILY” appears on the TV screen. Pressing the button again makes the corresponding indication disappear.

Satellite Receiver Users

To timer-record a satellite broadcast using Express Timer Programming:

APerform “Satellite Receiver Control Setting” on page 17.

BPerform steps 1 – 13. In step 9, press the number key “0” to change “TV PROG” to “SAT”. The front display panel shows “L2” for the channel position. Then press PR+/– to enter the channel position for the satellite broadcast. In step 11, you cannot set “PDC” to “ON”.

CLeave the satellite receiver’s power on.

PDC Recording

Now available from some TV stations, PDC (Programme Delivery Control) is a service designed to assure safe, accurate timer recording. With this system, special code signals are transmitted together with the audio/video signals. These code signals control your video recorder and have precedence over the advertised times which you may have preset into the timer. This means that your recorder will start and stop recording when the preset TV programmes actually start and end — even if the broadcast time of a preset TV programme is changed from what has been advertised. PDC is currently available nationally on BBC1, BBC2, Ch.4 and Ch.5, except from a few small relay transmitters. Ch.3 operates a PDC service in some areas. All channels intend to offer this service in due course. Check your TV programme listing guide for latest information. If the channel you intend to record does not offer a PDC service your recorder will not start recording if PDC has been selected. Be sure to set PDC to “OFF” if PDC is not available on your selected channel. (See step 9 on page 37 and step 11 in the left column.