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 allocation(Follow TV) 8.........
Automatic TV channel search(Autoinstall) 8...........
Monitor function 9..................................
Sorting and clearing TV channelsmanually 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................................
Playing NTSC cassettes 12...........................
Tape position indication 12...........................
Searching for tape positionwith the picture (picture
search) 13.........................................
Still picture/Slowmotion 13..........................
The SHUTTLE functions onthe video recorder 13.......
Searching for tape positionwithout the picture(wind
and rewind) 13.....................................
Instant View 13.....................................
Automatic search fora tape position (indexsearch) 13..
Automatic search fora blank space on the tape 13.....
Picture interference 14..............................
Tracking during playback 14.........................
Tracking during stillpicture 14.......................
Cleaning the video heads 14.........................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 15............................
Recording without automaticswitch-off 15............
Recording with automaticswitch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 15.............................
Protecting your recordings 15........................
Auto-assembling 15.................................
Selecting the recording speed(SP or LP) 16............
Automatic recording froma satellite receiver(SAT
RECORDING) 16....................................
Switching on ’DirectRecord’ 16......................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING(TIMER) 17...............
’VPS’ (Video ProgrammingSystem) and ’PDC’
(Programme DeliveryControl) (UK) 17.................
Programming a recording(with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 17.......
Programming a recording(without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 18....
How to check or change a programmedrecording
(TIMER) 20.........................................
How to clear a programmedrecording (TIMER) 20......
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 21.........................
Child lock 21.......................................
Setting the on-screendisplay (OSD) 21................
Switching the remotecontrol command 21.............
Continuous playback 21.............................
Automatic switch-off(tuner mode) 22.................
Reducing picture disturbance(’optimizing the
modulator’) 22......................................
Switching off the modulator 22.......................
Selecting the sound track 23.........................
Using your video recorderremote control withyour
TV set 23..........................................
8. Before you call an engineer 24.......................
9. GLOSSARY 25......................................
Technical terms used 25.............................
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