8.SAFETY TIPS
Precautionary safety measures/Tips
•Do not take the appliance straight from a cold room into a hot room or vice versa immediately after transportation. Do not use in an extremely humid environment. To give the appliance time to acclimatise, do not install the appliance for at least 3 hours after unpacking.
•Do not use the appliance in dusty rooms, near strong magnetic fields or in places where it will be exposed to vibration.
•We recommend disconnecting the appliance from the mains during thunderstorms to prevent lightning damage.
•There must be a vertical gap of at least 20 cm between the video recorder and the television set/monitor.
•Inserting fingers or foreign bodies into the cassette compart- ment can damage the mechanics of the appliance.
•This video recorder operates with standard VHS cassettes.
•To ensure that the picture quality on your video recorder is as good as possible, only use branded VHS cassettes.
•This operating manual is printed on recycled paper. This helps to preserve our environment.
•Use your local facilities for environmentally friendly disposal of packaging.
•This electronic appliance contains many materials that can be recycled. Find out whether your old one can be recycled in any way.
Recommended servicing
•This machine is designed for longevity. The operating hours are displayed in the main menu (HOUR METER). In order to ensure that your video recorder runs smoothly, we recommend servic- ing it every 1000 hours as follows:
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Transport system | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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A/C head | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Upper drum | 1 | " | 1 | " |
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Lower drum | 1 | " | 1 | " |
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Capstan Axle | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Capstan Motor | - | - | - | - |
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Pressure roller | 1 | " | 1 | " |
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Cleaning the heads | - | " | - | " |
1... Cleaning
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•The capstan motor and A/C head should also be replaced every 10,000 hours.
•This table is only a rough guide to servicing. You should adapt the actual servicing intervals according to the conditions in which the video recorder is used.
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