VCR Recording a Programme Immediately

VCR Protecting a Recorded Cassette

Recording a Programme with Automatic Stop

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Video cassettes have a safety tab to prevent accidental erasure. When this tab has been removed, you cannot record on the tape.

1If you wish to protect a cassette, break off the tab using a small screwdriver.

2To re-record over a protected cassette (safety tab broken), cover the hole with adhesive tape.

This function enables you to record up to nine hours (LP) of programmes.

Your DVD-VCR stops automatically after the requested length of time.

1	Switch on the television.

2	To monitor the programme being recorded, select the television
	channel reserved for use with your DVD-VCR (or the AV input if
	used).

3	Insert the cassette on which the programme is to be recorded,
	with the window visible and the safety tab intact or the opening
	covered with adhesive tape.

Before recording a programme, you must have preset the corres- ponding station (unless you are recording via an external video source). If you have not done so, refer to pages 19 and 20.

1Switch on the television.

2To monitor the programme being recorded, select the television channel reserved for use with your DVD-VCR (or the AV input if used).

3Insert the cassette on which the programme is to be recorded, with the window visible and the safety tab intact or the opening covered with adhesive tape.

Result: The DVD-VCR is switched on automatically.

4Select:

◆The station to be recorded using the PROG ( or ) buttons or

◆The AV1, AV2 or AUX source using the INPUT SEL. button for a satellite tuner or external video source

Result: The station number is displayed and the programme can be seen on the television.

5Select the recording speed by pressing the SPEED button as many times as required (see page 29).

6Hold REC ( ●) down for a while to start recording.

Result: The record indicator appears on the television and DVD-VCR display. An index is recorded on the tape (see page 39).

7To stop recording, press ■ once.

	Result: The DVD-VCR is switched on automatically.

4	Select:
	◆ The station to be recorded using the PROG ( or ) buttons
	or
	◆ The AV1, AV2 or AUX source using the INPUT SEL. button
	for a satellite tuner or external video source

Result: The channel number is displayed and the

programme can be seen on the television.

5Select the recording speed by pressing the SPEED button as many times as required (see page 29).

6Hold the REC button ( ●) down for a while to start recording. Result: The record indicator appears on the television screen

and DVD-VCR display. An index is recorded on the tape (see page 39).

7Press the REC button ( ●) several times to increase the recording time in:

◆30-minute intervals up to four hours

◆1-hour intervals up to nine hours

Result: The length is displayed on the television displays. The selected programme is recorded for the length of time requested. At the end of that time, the DVD- VCR stops recording automatically and power off.

8If you wish to cancel the recording before the end, press

STANDBY/ON.

☛If the end of the tape is reached while recording: ◆ The recording stops and power off.

LENGTH 2:30

SET LENGTH :

PRESS REC ●

➢◆ If your DVD-VCR ejects the cassette when you start recording, check to make sure that the cassette’s safety tab is intact or that the opening (created by a broken safety tab) is covered with adhesive tape.

◆If you reach the end of the tape while recording, the cassette rewinds automatically.

☛This function is not available in DVD recording

SV-DVD540 specifications

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Samsung SV-DVD540 instruction manual VCR Recording a Programme Immediately, Standby/On

Models: SV-DVD540

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