SLV-E580EG
Video Cassette Recorder
Operating Instructions
3-861-926-11
Safety
Precautions
Installing
Compatible colour systems
Getting Started
Table of contents
Basic Operations
Additional Operations
Step
Unpacking
Getting Started
Getting Started
Using the remote commander
Setting up the remote commander
Inserting the batteries
Step
TV control buttons
Step 2 Setting up the remote commander continued
ON/STANDBY
MENU
Getting Started
Controlling other TVs with the remote commander
Step 2 Setting up the remote commander continued
Code numbers of controllable TVs
27*1, 28*1, 50*1, 51*1
Connecting the VCR
Step
Getting Started
Additional connections
Step 3 Connecting the VCR continued
To a TV that has a EURO-AV Scart connector
LINE-1 TV EURO-AV Scart VMC-2121 EURO-AV cable not supplied
Tuning your TV to the VCR
Step
Getting Started
Step 4 Tuning your TV to the VCR continued
To check to see if the TV tuning is correct
To obtain a clear picture from the VCR
Setting up the VCR with the Auto Set Up function
Step
Getting Started
To cancel the Auto Set Up function
Step 5 Setting up the VCR with the Auto Set Up function continued
Setting the clock manually
Setting the clock
Step
Before you start…
Step 6 Setting the clock continued
Getting Started
Changing the station for the Auto Clock Set function
MENU
CURSOR
Step 6 Setting the clock continued
Before you start…
Manual setup - Selecting a language
Getting Started
POLSKI ÈESKÝ MAGYAR
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
Manual setup - Setting up ShowView
Before you start…
Programme
Getting Started
Setting up ShowView for satellite broadcasts
Manual setup - Setting up ShowView continued
Connecting a decoder
Setting the Canal Plus decoder
Setting Canal Plus channels
Getting Started
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
RESET
Playing a tape
Basic Operations
Basic Operations
Additional tasks
Playing a tape continued
To replay a recently watched scene
To set the colour system
To use the time counter
To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY
Basic Operations
COUNTER
Recording TV programmes
REMAIN
TV/VIDEO
Press PROG +/- to select the programme position you want to
To stop recording
Basic Operations
To check the remaining time
Recording TV programmes continued
To watch another TV programme while recording
To save a recording
Tips
Basic Operations
Before you start…
Recording TV programmes using ShowView
ON/STANDBY CURSOR ? SHOWVIEW
SET CLEAR p STOP
Basic Operations
If the information is incorrect, press CLEAR to cancel the setting
Timer recording with VPS/PDC signals
Recording TV programmes using ShowView continued
To stop recording
Daily/weekly recording
To record satellite broadcasts
To use the VCR after setting the timer
You can also do the following tasks while the VCR is recording
Basic Operations
Before you start…
Setting the timer manually
ON/STANDBY MENU OK CURSOR
INPUT SELECT p STOP
Basic
Operations
To stop recording
Setting the timer manually continued
Daily/weekly recording
every Sunday n1 month later ndates count down n TODAY Tips
Additional Operations
Playing/searching at various speeds
JOG 0 REW
0 REW á PLAY
Playing/searching at various speeds continued
Using the shuttle ring
To use the shuttle ring in normal mode
To use the shuttle ring in jog mode
To resume normal playback
Using the quick timer during stop mode
Recording TV programmes using the quick timer
To extend the duration
To stop recording
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
Adjusting the tracking
Adjusting the picture
About Optimum Picture Control OPC
OPC playback
To set tracking to the centre position, press the TRACKING + and - buttons at the same time
Menu choices
Changing menu options
Menu option
VIDEO OPTIONS menu choices
Set this option to
OPTIONS menu choices
How to connect to record on this VCR
Connecting to a VCR
VMC-710M/720M audio/video cable not supplied Signal flow
Editing
This VCR Recorder
Signal flow
DECODER/É LINE-3 IN Other VCR Player EURO-AV Scart
not supplied
LINE OUT VMC-710M/720M audio/video cable not supplied Signal flow
Connecting to a VCR continued
This VCR Recorder
LINE-1 TV
Basic editing
when recording on this VCR
Before you start editing
To stop editing
Audio dubbing
Before you start editing…
To stop while editing
Symptoms caused by contaminated video heads
Troubleshooting
Clock Power Playback
Symptom
Recording Timer recording
Troubleshooting continued
Symptom
Remedy
Others
Symptom
Remedy
Additional Information
Supplied accessories
Specifications
System
Inputs and outputs
Front panel
Index to parts and controls
Display window
Index to parts and controls continued
VIDEO
1 Mains lead 2 AERIAL IN ANTENNE ENTREE connector 3 AERIAL OUT
Rear panel
ANTENNE SORTIE connector 4 NTSC PB playback switch
5 DECODER/É LINE-3 IN DECODEUR/É ENTREE LIGNE-3 connector 27
Index to parts and controls continued
Remote commander
@ª ON/STANDBY switch 6 @£ SHOWVIEW button
@Á TV / VIDEO remote control switch
Ã/× Teletext page access buttons for TV
@¥ VOL volume +/- buttons for TV
70 Additional Information
Additional Information
A, B
Index
E, F
G, H
AERIAL OUT