1. HOWTO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4.........
Howto connect your video recorder to the TV set 4.....
Connectingwith a scart cable 4......................
Connectingwithout a scart cable 5...................
Connectinga decoder or other equipment 5............
2. INSTALLINGYOUR VIDEO RECORDER 6...............
Initialinstallation 6..................................
Allocatinga decoder 6..............................
ManualTV channel search 7.........................
Channelnumber or frequency display 7...............
Satellitereceiver 7..................................
Specialinstallation functions 7.......................
AutomaticTV channel search (Autoinstall) 7...........
Monitorfunction 8..................................
Sortingand clearing TV channels manually 8...........
Settingthe time and date 8...........................
3. IMPORTANTNOTES FOR OPERATION 9...............
Generalinformation 9...............................
Savingenergy 9....................................
Emergencyinterrupt 9...............................
Thesymbols on your video recorder display 9..........
Summaryof user guide 10...........................
Userguide (OSD) 10.................................
4. PLAYBACKFUNCTIONS 11..........................
Playinga cassette 11................................
Tapeposition indication 11...........................
Searchingfor tape position with the picture (picture
search) 11.........................................
Stillpicture 11......................................
Searchingfor tape position without the picture (wind
andrewind) 11.....................................
InstantView 12.....................................
Automaticsearch for a tape position (index search) 12..
Automaticsearch for a blank space on the tape 12.....
Pictureinterference 12..............................
Trackingduring playback 12.........................
Trackingduring still picture 12.......................
Cleaningthe video heads 12.........................
5. MANUALRECORDING 13............................
Recordingwithout automatic switch-off 13............
Recordingwith automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 13.............................
Protectingyour recordings 13........................
Auto-assembling 13.................................
Selectingthe recording speed (SP or LP) 14............
Automaticrecording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 14....................................
6. PROGRAMMEDRECORDING (TIMER) 15...............
’VPS’(Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(ProgrammeDelivery Control) (UK) 15.................
Programminga recording (with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 15.......
Programminga recording (without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 16....
Howto check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 17.........................................
Howto clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 17......
7. ADDITIONALFUNCTIONS 18.........................
Settingthe on-screen display (OSD) 18................
Continuousplayback 18.............................
Automaticswitch-off (tuner mode) 18.................
PoorTV reception - Optimize the modulator 18.........
Switchingoff the modulator 19.......................
8. Beforeyou call an engineer 20.......................
9. GLOSSARY 21......................................
Technicalterms used 21.............................
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