1. HOWTO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4.........
Howto connect your video recorder to the TV set 4.....
Connectingwith a scart cable without 5...............
Connectingwithout a scart cable 6...................
Connectinga decoder or other equipment 6............
2. INSTALLINGYOUR VIDEO RECORDER 7...............
Initialinstallation 7..................................
Allocatinga decoder 7..............................
ManualTV channel search 8.........................
Satellitereceiver 8..................................
Specialinstallation functions 9.......................
AutomaticTV Channel Allocation 9...................
AutomaticTV channel search (Autoinstall) 10..........
Monitorfunction 10.................................
Sortingand clearing TV channels manually 10..........
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. THETAPE MANAGER (TM) 14........................
Addinga cassette to the Tape Manager 14............
Searchingfor a title 14..............................
Searchingfor a blank part of the tape 15...............
Editingthe title 15...................................
Copyingthe Tape Manager memory 16................
5. PLAYBACKFUNCTIONS 17..........................
Playinga cassette 17................................
PlayingNTSC cassettes 17...........................
Tapeposition indication 17...........................
Searchingfor tape position with the picture (picture
search) 17.........................................
Stillpicture/Slow motion 18..........................
TheJOG/SHUTTLE functions on the video recorder 18...
Searchingfor tape position without the picture (wind
andrewind) 18.....................................
InstantView 18.....................................
Automaticsearch for a tape position (index search) 18..
Selectingthe picture setting 19.......................
Pictureinterference 19..............................
Cleaningthe video heads 19.........................
6. MANUALRECORDING 20............................
Recordingwithout automatic switch-off 20............
Recordingwith automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 20.............................
Protectingyour recordings 20........................
Auto-assembling 20.................................
Selectingthe recording speed (SP or LP) 21............
Automaticrecording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 21....................................
Switchingon ’Direct Record’ 22......................
7. PROGRAMMEDRECORDING (TIMER) 23...............
’VPS’(Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(ProgrammeDelivery Control) 23.....................
Programminga recording (with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 23.......
Programminga recording (without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 24....
Howto check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 25.........................................
Howto clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 26......
’NexTViewLink’ 26..................................
8. ADDITIONALFUNCTIONS 27.........................
Changingthe TV system 27..........................
Childlock 27.......................................
Switchingthe ’on-screen display’ (OSD) on or off 28....
Switchingto 16:9 wide screen picture 28..............
Switchingthe remote control command 29.............
Continuousplayback 29.............................
Automaticswitch-off (tuner mode) 30.................
Reducingpicture disturbance 31.....................
Switchingoff the modulator 31.......................
Usingyour video recorder remote control with your
TVset 32..........................................
Manualaudio control 32.............................
Recordingaudio only 32.............................
Audiodubbing 33...................................
Selectingthe sound track 33.........................
Synchronousediting (synchro-edit) 34................
Connectingthe video recorder and the camera
recorder. 34........................................
Startingsynchro-edit 34.............................
Variant1, the video recorder is to control the
camerarecorder 35.................................
Variant2, the camera recorder is to control the
videorecorder 35...................................
Settingthe ’preroll time’ 35...........................
9. Beforeyou call an engineer 36.......................
10. GLOSSARY 37......................................
Technicalterms used 37.............................
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