1. HOW TO CONNECT YOUR VIDEORECORDER 4.........
How to connect your videorecorder to the TV set 4.....
Connecting with a scartcable 4......................
Connecting without a scartcable 5...................
Connecting a decoder or otherequipment 5............
2. INSTALLING YOURVIDEO RECORDER 6...............
Initial installation 6..................................
Allocating a decoder 6..............................
Manual TV channel search 7.........................
Channel number or frequencydisplay 7...............
Satellite receiver 7..................................
Special installationfunctions 8.......................
Automatic TV channel search 8......................
Monitor function 8..................................
Sorting and clearing TV channelsmanually 8...........
Setting the language 9..............................
Setting the time anddate 9...........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOROPERATION 10..............
General information 10..............................
Saving energy 10...................................
Emergency interrupt 10..............................
The symbols on yourvideo recorder display 10.........
Summary of userguide 11...........................
User guide (OSD) 11.................................
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 12..........................
Playing a cassette 12................................
Tape position indication 12...........................
Searching for tape positionwith the picture (picture
search) 12.........................................
Still picture 12......................................
Searching for tape positionwithout the picture(wind
and rewind) 12.....................................
Instant View 12.....................................
Automatic search fora tape position (indexsearch) 12..
Automatic search fora blank space on the tape 13.....
Picture interference 13..............................
Tracking during playback 13.........................
Tracking during stillpicture 13.......................
Cleaning the video heads 13.........................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 14............................
Recording without automaticswitch-off 14............
Recording with automaticswitch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 14.............................
Protecting your recordings 14........................
Auto-assembling 14.................................
Automatic recording froma satellite receiver(SAT
RECORDING) 15....................................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING(TIMER) 16...............
’VPS’ (Video ProgrammingSystem) and ’PDC’
(Programme DeliveryControl) 16.....................
Programming a recording(with ’SHOWVIEW’) 16.......
Programming a recording(without ’SHOWVIEW’) 17....
How to check or change a programmedrecording
(TIMER) 18.........................................
How to clear a programmedrecording (TIMER) 18......
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 19.........................
Setting the on-screendisplay (OSD) 19................
Continuous playback 19.............................
Automatic switch-off(tuner mode) 19.................
Reducing picture disturbance- optimising the
modulator 20.......................................
Switching off the modulator 20.......................
8. Before you call an engineer 21.......................
9. GLOSSARY 22......................................
Technical terms used 22.............................
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