1. CONNECTINGYOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4..............
Placingthebatteriesintheremotecontrol4...........
ConnectingyourvideorecordertotheTVset4.........
Connectingwithascartcable4......................
Connectingwithoutascartcable5...................
Connectingotherequipment5........................
2. INSTALLINGYOUR VIDEO RECORDER 6...............
Initialinstallation6..................................
Allocatingadecoder6..............................
ManualTVchannelsearch7.........................
Satellitereceiver7..................................
Specialinstallationfunctions7.......................
AutomaticTVchannelallocation(FollowTV)8.........
AutomaticTVchannelsearch8......................
Monitorfunction9..................................
SortingandclearingTVchannelsmanually9...........
Settingthelanguage9..............................
Settingthetimeanddate10..........................
3. IMPORTANTNOTES FOR OPERATION 11..............
Generalinformation11..............................
Savingenergy11...................................
Emergencyinterrupt11..............................
Thesymbolsonyourvideorecorderdisplay12.........
Summaryofuserguide13...........................
Userguide(OSD)13.................................
4. PLAYBACKFUNCTIONS 14..........................
Playingacassette14................................
PlayingNTSCcassettes14...........................
Tapepositionindication14...........................
Searchingfortapepositionwiththepicture(picture
search)15.........................................
Stillpicture/Slowmotion15..........................
Searchingfortapepositionwithoutthepicture(wind
andrewind)15.....................................
InstantView15.....................................
Automaticsearchforatapeposition(indexsearch)15..
Automaticsearchforablankspaceonthetape16.....
Pictureinterference16..............................
Trackingduringplayback16.........................
Trackingduringstillpicture16.......................
5. MANUALRECORDING 17............................
Recordingwithoutautomaticswitch-off17............
Recordingwithautomaticswitch-off(OTR
one-touch-recording)17.............................
Protectingyourrecordings17........................
Auto-assembling17.................................
Selectingtherecordingspeed(SPorLP)18............
Automaticrecordingfromasatellitereceiver(SAT
RECORDING)18....................................
’DirectRecord’19...................................
Switching’DirectRecord’onoroff19.................
6. PROGRAMMEDRECORDING (TIMER) 20...............
’VPS’(VideoProgrammingSystem)and’PDC’
(ProgrammeDeliveryControl)20.....................
Programmingarecording(with’ShowView’)20........
Programmingarecording(without’SHOWVIEW’)21....
Programmingarecordingwith’TURBOTIMER’22......
Howtocheckorchangeaprogrammedrecording
(TIMER)23.........................................
Howtoclearaprogrammedrecording(TIMER)23......
7. ADDITIONALFUNCTIONS 24.........................
SwitchingtheTVsystem24..........................
Childlock24.......................................
Switchingtheon-screendisplay(OSD)offoron24.....
Continuousplayback25.............................
Automaticswitch-off25.............................
Reducingpicturedisturbance-optimizingthe
modulator26.......................................
Switchingoffthemodulator26.......................
Usingyourvideorecorderremotecontrolwithyour
TVset27..........................................
Selectingthesoundtrack27.........................
8. Beforeyou call an engineer 28.......................
9. GLOSSARY 29......................................
Technicaltermsused29.............................
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