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Video Cassette Recorder
SLV-E580EG
Operating Instructions
Compatible colour systems
Precautions
Safety
Installing
Additional Operations
Table of contents
Getting Started
Basic Operations
Getting Started
Unpacking
Step
Getting Started
Step
Setting up the remote commander
Using the remote commander
Inserting the batteries
MENU
Step 2 Setting up the remote commander continued
TV control buttons
ON/STANDBY
Getting Started
Controlling other TVs with the remote commander
27*1, 28*1, 50*1, 51*1
Step 2 Setting up the remote commander continued
Code numbers of controllable TVs
Getting Started
Connecting the VCR
Step
LINE-1 TV EURO-AV Scart VMC-2121 EURO-AV cable not supplied
Step 3 Connecting the VCR continued
Additional connections
To a TV that has a EURO-AV Scart connector
Getting Started
Tuning your TV to the VCR
Step
To obtain a clear picture from the VCR
Step 4 Tuning your TV to the VCR continued
To check to see if the TV tuning is correct
Getting Started
Setting up the VCR with the Auto Set Up function
Step
To cancel the Auto Set Up function
Step 5 Setting up the VCR with the Auto Set Up function continued
Before you start…
Setting the clock
Setting the clock manually
Step
Step 6 Setting the clock continued
CURSOR
Changing the station for the Auto Clock Set function
Getting Started
MENU
Step 6 Setting the clock continued
POLSKI ÈESKÝ MAGYAR
Manual setup - Selecting a language
Before you start…
Getting Started
Before you start…
Manual setup - Presetting channels
Getting Started
Press CURSOR /.to move the cursor Ó to CHANNEL SET
Disabling unwanted programme positions
Manual setup -- Presetting channels continued
If the picture is not clear
Programme
Manual setup - Setting up ShowView
Before you start…
Getting Started
Setting up ShowView for satellite broadcasts
Manual setup - Setting up ShowView continued
Getting Started
Setting the Canal Plus decoder
Connecting a decoder
Setting Canal Plus channels
Setting the Canal Plus decoder continued
Getting Started
To superimpose subtitles while watching Canal Plus programmes, make both decoder-VCR and VCR-TV connections using 21-pin EURO-AV cables that are compatible with the RGB signals. You cannot record subtitles on the VCR
Setting the Canal Plus decoder continued
Basic Operations
Playing a tape
RESET
Basic Operations
To set the colour system
Playing a tape continued
Additional tasks
To replay a recently watched scene
Basic Operations
To use the time counter
To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY
TV/VIDEO
Recording TV programmes
COUNTER
REMAIN
Basic Operations
Press PROG +/- to select the programme position you want to
To stop recording
To save a recording
Recording TV programmes continued
To check the remaining time
To watch another TV programme while recording
Tips
Basic Operations
SET CLEAR p STOP
Recording TV programmes using ShowView
Before you start…
ON/STANDBY CURSOR ? SHOWVIEW
Basic Operations
If the information is incorrect, press CLEAR to cancel the setting
Daily/weekly recording
Recording TV programmes using ShowView continued
Timer recording with VPS/PDC signals
To stop recording
Basic Operations
To use the VCR after setting the timer
To record satellite broadcasts
You can also do the following tasks while the VCR is recording
INPUT SELECT p STOP
Setting the timer manually
Before you start…
ON/STANDBY MENU OK CURSOR
To stop recording
Basic
Operations
every Sunday n1 month later ndates count down n TODAY Tips
Setting the timer manually continued
Daily/weekly recording
0 REW á PLAY
Playing/searching at various speeds
Additional Operations
JOG 0 REW
To use the shuttle ring in jog mode
Using the shuttle ring
Playing/searching at various speeds continued
To use the shuttle ring in normal mode
To resume normal playback
To stop recording
Recording TV programmes using the quick timer
Using the quick timer during stop mode
To extend the duration
Before you start…
Checking changing/ cancelling timer settings
When the timer settings overlap
Checking/changing/cancelling timer settings continued
To stop searching
Searching using the index function
OPC playback
Adjusting the picture
Adjusting the tracking
About Optimum Picture Control OPC
To set tracking to the centre position, press the TRACKING + and - buttons at the same time
Menu choices
Changing menu options
OPTIONS menu choices
VIDEO OPTIONS menu choices
Menu option
Set this option to
Editing
Connecting to a VCR
How to connect to record on this VCR
VMC-710M/720M audio/video cable not supplied Signal flow
not supplied
Signal flow
This VCR Recorder
DECODER/É LINE-3 IN Other VCR Player EURO-AV Scart
LINE-1 TV
Connecting to a VCR continued
LINE OUT VMC-710M/720M audio/video cable not supplied Signal flow
This VCR Recorder
To stop editing
when recording on this VCR
Basic editing
Before you start editing
To stop while editing
Audio dubbing
Before you start editing…
Symptom
Troubleshooting
Symptoms caused by contaminated video heads
Clock Power Playback
Remedy
Troubleshooting continued
Recording Timer recording
Symptom
Additional Information
Symptom
Others
Remedy
Inputs and outputs
Specifications
Supplied accessories
System
Front panel
Index to parts and controls
VIDEO
Display window
Index to parts and controls continued
5 DECODER/É LINE-3 IN DECODEUR/É ENTREE LIGNE-3 connector 27
Rear panel
1 Mains lead 2 AERIAL IN ANTENNE ENTREE connector 3 AERIAL OUT
ANTENNE SORTIE connector 4 NTSC PB playback switch
Index to parts and controls continued
Remote commander
@¥ VOL volume +/- buttons for TV
@Á TV / VIDEO remote control switch
@ª ON/STANDBY switch 6 @£ SHOWVIEW button
Ã/× Teletext page access buttons for TV
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Additional Information
G, H
Index
A, B
E, F
