Akai VS-G205

Recording TV programmes
Only programmes on preset TV stations can be recorded with
the following operation. if you have not already preset the TV
stations, refer to the “Presetting TV stations” section.
The use of E-300 tapes is not recommended.
Before proceeding:
e Turnon the TV and VCR.
e Make sure thatthe TV is setto the video channel or that the
TV's TV/VCR switch is set to VCR (refer to “Video chan-
nel”).
1 Load a blank video tape.
If the video tape’s recording defeat tab has ‘been
removed, cover the cavity with adhesive tape before
loading.
2 Select the station that you want to record with the
CHANNEL buttons.
3 Press the REC (Recording) button until “REC” lights
on the FL display.
The REC button must be pressed slightly longer than
other buttons. This is a built-in feature to prevent ac-
cidental recording.
4 To stop recording, press the stop = button.
To temporarily stop recording, press the PAUSE button.
To resume recording, press the REC button.
Note:
e Ifyou press the POWER button during recording, the VCR
will record to the end of the tape, rewind it and then turn the
power off automatically.
e In step 3, the PAUSE button on the remote control can be
pressed in place of the REC button. The VCR will then go to
the recording pause (standby) mode. When you want to
start recording press the REC button.
Recording pause will be released after approximately 30
minutes to protect the video tape.
e If the tape ends during recording it will stop and rewind
automatically.
© To eject the tape from the recording mode, press the
. remote contro! stop button and then the eject button (or
press the VCR stop/eject button twice).
e Aslong as “REC’ is on the FL display the VCR is recording.
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For i-HQ recording, follow the above instructions and in-be-
tween steps 2 and 3 perform the following operation.
@ Press the !-HQ button then the REC button and hold
both buttons down until the I-HQ indicator appears on
the FL display.
The I-HQ indicator will flash while the auto tape tuning pro-
cess is in operation. When the process is completed the in-
dicator will stop flashing and remain lit. The VCR willthen be
in the recording pause mode.
Note:
e The l-HQ feature takes approximately 15 seconds to com-
plete auto tape tuning. For full information on the !-HQ fea-
ture refer to “The intelligent-HQ (!-HQ) feature” section.
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The OTR feature is used to set the stop time of arecording that
has already begun.
For example, you may have started recording a programme
manually and you wantto go out, or go to bed, before the recor-
ding is finished. You can use the OTR feature to set a time for
the recording to stop.
The stop time can only be set to the hour or half hour.
| During recording, press the OTR button until “OTR”
and “STOP” light on the FL display.
The VCR has to be in the recording mode for at least 5
seconds until the OTR feature can be used.
2 Press the OTR button to set the stop time (up to a
maximum of 7 hours 30 minutes).
The first time the button is pressed the time will be ad-
justed to the half hour or hour. For example, if the time is
18:12 the clock will be set to 18:30, if the time is 18:35 it
will be set to 19:00. After this, each time the button is
pressed the time will advance at 30 minute intervals.
The “STOP” display will disappear after the stop time
has been set.
lH Tocancel the OTR mode, press the TIMER button. The
VCR will go to the ordinary recording mode (“OTR” dis-
appears from the FL display). To stop recording, press
the stop ms button.
Note:
¢ Instep 2, if you_press the button until “END” lights on the FL
display, the VCR will record to the end of the tape, eject it
and then turn the power off.
e The power will be automatically turned off when recording
is finished or if the tape runs out.
e During recording all other operations of the VCR are can-
celled.
© This feature will not operate if the clock is not set.
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