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 7..............................
ManualTV channel search 7.........................
Channelnumber or frequency display 8...............
Satellitereceiver 8..................................
Specialinstallation functions 8.......................
AutomaticTV channel allocation (Follow TV) 8.........
AutomaticTV channel search 9......................
Monitorfunction 9..................................
Sortingand clearing TV channels manually 9...........
Settingthe language 10.............................
Settingthe time and date 10..........................
3. IMPORTANTNOTES FOR OPERATION 11..............
Generalinformation 11..............................
Savingenergy 11...................................
Emergencyinterrupt 11..............................
Thesymbols on your video recorder display 11.........
Summaryof user guide 12...........................
Userguide (OSD) 12.................................
4. PLAYBACKFUNCTIONS 13..........................
Playinga cassette 13................................
PlayingNTSC cassettes 13...........................
Tapeposition indication 13...........................
Searchingfor tape position with the picture (picture
search) 13.........................................
Stillpicture/Slow motion 13..........................
Searchingfor tape position without the picture (wind
andrewind) 14.....................................
InstantView 14.....................................
Automaticsearch for a tape position (index search) 14..
Automaticsearch for a blank space on the tape 14.....
Pictureinterference 14..............................
Trackingduring playback 14.........................
Trackingduring still picture 14.......................
Cleaningthe video heads 14.........................
5. MANUALRECORDING 15............................
Recordingwithout automatic switch-off 15............
Recordingwith automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 15.............................
Protectingyour recordings 15........................
Auto-assembling 15.................................
Selectingthe recording speed (SP or LP) 15............
Automaticrecording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 16....................................
Switchingon ’Direct Record’ 16......................
6. PROGRAMMEDRECORDING (TIMER) 17...............
’VPS’(Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(ProgrammeDelivery Control) 17.....................
Programminga recording (with ’SHOWVIEW’) 17.......
Programminga recording (without ’SHOWVIEW’) 18....
Howto check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 19.........................................
Howto clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 19......
7. ADDITIONALFUNCTIONS 20.........................
Switchingthe TV system 20..........................
Settingthe on-screen display (OSD) 20................
Continuousplayback 20.............................
Automaticswitch-off (tuner mode) 20.................
Reducingpicture disturbance (’optimizing the
modulator’) 21......................................
Switchingoff the modulator 21.......................
8. Beforeyou call an engineer 22.......................
9. GLOSSARY 23......................................
Technicalterms used 23.............................
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