1. HOWTO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4.........
Howto connect your video recorder to the TV set 4.....
Connectingwith a scart cable without ’Easy
Link/NexTView’ 5...................................
Connectingwithout a scart cable 5...................
Connectinga decoder or other equipment 6............
2. INSTALLINGYOUR VIDEO RECORDER 7...............
Initialinstallation 7..................................
Allocatinga decoder 7..............................
ManualTV channel search 8.........................
Satellitereceiver 9..................................
Specialinstallation functions 9.......................
AutomaticTV Channel Allocation (FOLLOWTV) 9.......
AutomaticTV channel search 10.....................
Monitorfunction 10.................................
Sortingand clearing TV channels manually 10..........
Settingthe language 11.............................
Settingthe country 11...............................
Settingthe time and date 11..........................
3. IMPORTANTNOTES FOR OPERATION 12..............
Generalinformation 12..............................
Savingenergy 12...................................
Emergencyinterrupt 12..............................
Thesymbols on your video recorder display 12.........
Summaryof user guide 13...........................
Userguide (OSD) 13.................................
4. PLAYBACKFUNCTIONS 14..........................
Playinga cassette 14................................
PlayingNTSC cassettes 14...........................
Tapeposition indication 14...........................
Searchingfor tape position with the picture (picture
search) 14.........................................
Stillpicture/Slow motion 14..........................
TheSHUTTLE functions on the video recorder 15.......
Searchingfor tape position without the picture (wind
andrewind) 15.....................................
InstantView 15.....................................
Automaticsearch for a tape position (index search) 15..
Selectingthe picture setting (SMART PICTURE) 15......
Pictureinterference 15..............................
Cleaningthe video heads 16.........................
5. MANUALRECORDING 17............................
Recordingwithout automatic switch-off 17............
Recordingwith automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 17.............................
Protectingyour recordings 17........................
Auto-assembling 17.................................
Selectingthe recording speed (SP or LP) 17............
Automaticrecording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 18....................................
Switchingon ’Direct Record’ 18......................
6. PROGRAMMEDRECORDING (TIMER) 19...............
’VPS’(Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(ProgrammeDelivery Control) 19.....................
Programminga recording (with ’SHOWVIEW’) 19.......
Programminga recording (without ’SHOWVIEW’) 20....
Howto check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 21.........................................
Howto clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 21......
’NexTViewLink’ 21..................................
7. ADDITIONALFUNCTIONS 22.........................
Changingthe TV system 22..........................
Childlock 22.......................................
Switchingthe ’on-screen display’ (OSD) on or off 23....
Switchingto 16:9 wide screen picture 23..............
Switchingthe remote control command 24.............
Continuousplayback 24.............................
Automaticswitch-off (tuner mode) 25.................
Reducingpicture disturbance (’optimizing the
modulator’) 26......................................
Switchingoff the modulator 26.......................
Usingyour video recorder remote control with your
TVset 27..........................................
Manualaudio control 27.............................
Recordingaudio only 27.............................
Selectingthe sound track 27.........................
8. Beforeyou call an engineer 28.......................
9. GLOSSARY 29......................................
Technicalterms used 29.............................
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