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Page 1: ...Before connecting operating or adjusting this product please read this instruction booklet carefully and completely Video Cassette Recorder OWNER S MANUAL MODEL AF491P AF291P PAL ...

Page 2: ...no bright light or sunlight falls directly onto it Care should be taken not to expose your VCR to any unnecessary vibration moisture dust or heat During electrical storms it is advisable to unplug both the aerial cable and mains plug to prevent accidental damage to your VCR and TV Do not operate your VCR if it is damaged Your VCR should not be repaired by anyone except qualified service personnel ...

Page 3: ...2 Changing the order of TV Stations 13 Deleting Selecting TV Stations 14 Basic Operations 15 18 Playing a tape 15 16 Setting the Colour System 17 Setting the Decoder 17 Setting the Clock Manually 18 Advanced Operations 19 26 Quick Set Recording QSR 19 20 Timer Recording using On Screen Display 21 22 Energy Saving 23 On Screen Display 23 Tape Counter Memory Stop 24 Child Lock 24 Wide Screen Compati...

Page 4: ...rectly positioned 3 Replace the cover POWER Switches the VCR on and off CLEAR Reset tape counter to zero OK CLOCK TAPE COUNTER Calls the on screen display PAUSE STILL Switches to a still picture REW Rewinds the tape Reverse high speed picture play REC QSR Starts instant recording Numbered buttons To select channels Programme number information on screen TV VCR VCR to monitor view playback or view ...

Page 5: ...On Off Mains Lead RF OUT Connect to your TV using this socket Remote Control Sensor VCR Display AERIAL Connect the aerial using this socket Channel Programme Selectors PAUSE STILL REC QSR instant record Stop Tape Eject Cassette Compartment PLAY EURO AV1 Connect to your TV set or another video recorder DECODER AV2 Connect to pay TV decoder or another video recorder Shuttle Ring OPR see p 16 ...

Page 6: ... ways to achieve optimum sound and picture quality from video tape playback All connections must be made with all appliances unplugged from the mains Back view of your VCR Aerial The quality of the sound and picture can be greatly influenced by the positioning quality and state of repair of your external aerial Television Using your VCR very first time Following picture will display on the TV scre...

Page 7: ...ve correctly installed your VCR as described earlier in this book Press POWER to turn on your VCR Turn on your TV Insert a pre recorded video tape into your VCR and press PLAY on the remote control Select a TV channel number on which you wish to watch video s Don t worry if you don t have a video tape to play at this stage If you switch your VCR on and continue stages 3 4 instead of seeing video p...

Page 8: ...ther video channel You may select any channel number between 22 and 68 until the test pattern shown the below is appeared Select a TV channel number on which you wish to watch video s Tune this channel so that a bright blue screen appears Store this channel on your TV Press POWER when you have finished 8 TuninginaVideochannelOnyourTV PROG PROG Make sure that you have correctly installed your VCR a...

Page 9: ...o 22 O PR SET Manual tuning setting see p 11 to 12 O ACMS ACMS Automatic Channel Memory System see p 10 O TIME DATE Date clock setting see p 18 O SYSTEM To set the Colour System see p 17 O ABC OSD To change the language setting for OSD see right O Dr To check a problem with your VCR see p 26 O F OSD ON OFF To switch the display of operational mode of your VCR ON or OFF see p 23 O 16 9 4 3 To selec...

Page 10: ... Finland OTHERS Press OK to start the automatic tuning process The TV station table will appear when tuning is complete If PLEASE CHECK appears on the TV screen after automatic tuning starts please make sure that you have connected the aerial cables correctly Press i to save your settings TuninginTVstationsAutomatically REC SYS TEM AB C OSD Dr VCR OPR ON OFF OSD f 16 9 4 3 PSET R 12 TIME DATE Pr 1...

Page 11: ...N so that you may name your TV station Press OK The TV station name list will appear Tuningin TVstations Manually In certain areas of the country broadcast signals may be too weak for your VCR s automatic tuning process to find or assign TV stations correctly You must tune in these weaker broadcast stations manually in order for your VCR to store them PR CH MFT STATION 01 CHANNEL CABLE AV C02 PSET...

Page 12: ...e station placement Press i again Your new TV station has now been tuned into your VCR If you wish to manually tune other stations repeat stages 1 7 12 TuninginTVstationsManually ER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P PR CH MFT STATION 01 00 C02 PSET R i OK YLE2 If your station name isn t on the list do not press OK but go to stage 6 ER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 01 C02 00 YLE2 PSET R OK...

Page 13: ...wish to change the order in which they are stored without having to retune them against The instructions given on this page will show you how you can simply move them into your desired order ER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P S PR CH MFT STATION 01 00 ARD CHANNEL CABLE AV C02 PSET R i CLK CNT CLEAR OK i 02 C03 00 ZDF 03 04 C05 BR3 05 C06 00 HR3 06 C07 00 N3 07 C08 00 NDR3 08 C09 00 SWF3 01 C02 00 ARD P...

Page 14: ... you how easily delete any unwanted TV stations Selecting stored TV stations Stored TV stations can be selected in either of two ways PressDorEto select different stations that are tuned into your VCR You may also directly select stations using the numbered buttons on the remote control 123 456 789 TV VCR 0 CM SKIP CLK CNT CLEAR OK i ER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P PR CH MFT STATION 01 00 ARD CHANNE...

Page 15: ... by frame Press D or E to reduce the vertical tremble during still picture Still pictures will have a lot of white streaks across them this is quite normal and doesn t mean that there is anything wrong with your VCR Tapes can be paused for up to 5 minutes After 5 minutes your VCR will stop playing the tape to prevent damaging the tape or your VCR Press PLAY to continue playing your tape Picture se...

Page 16: ...Skip This feature enables you during playback of a tape to skip a commercial break in a few seconds then resume normal playback While tape is playing press CM SKIP on the remote control to skip commercial or another programme material Repeatedly press CM SKIP to skip material 1 Press 30 seconds 2 Press 60 seconds 3 Press 90 seconds 4 Press 120 seconds 5 Press 150 seconds 6 Press 180 seconds OPR Op...

Page 17: ...ttingthecoloursystem Settingthedecoder Your VCR is equipped with dual colour standard you can play and record in PAL B G and SECAM B G During playing back or recording your VCR detects the colour system automatically It there are colour problems with very weak signals you select the colour system manually We have already described how to connect a decoder for pay TV stations like CANAL or PREMIERE...

Page 18: ... be entered as 01 2 as 02 etc The day of the week will appear automatically when you enter the date If you make a mistake press F or G and enter the correct details Press i Your new clock settings are stored and will appear on your video recorder s display SettingtheclockManually The clock in your VCR controls time day and date settings for your VCR HHMMDDMMYY 00270599THU TIME DATE 123 456 789 TV ...

Page 19: ...ets press AV to the correct position as shown by the display AV1 or AV2 on the TV screen QuickSet Recording QSR Your VCR allows you to make recordings using a variety of simple methods Quick Set Recording QSR start recording immediately for a set period of time or until the video cassette runs out Timer Recording you may record at a later time up to 1 month from the present Up to 7 of these automa...

Page 20: ... or your VCR Press STOP to end recording Press EJECT EJECT will appear on the TV screen for a few seconds If the end of the tape is reached your VCR will stop recording automatically rewind stop eject the tape and place itself into power off Your VCR incorporates Long Play LP which enables you to record up to twice the amount of time on a video cassette For example an E 180 will record up to 180 m...

Page 21: ... 9 press 0 first then the programme number for example PR NO 1 as 01 You may also select programme numbers by pressing or Once selected press G If you want to record from either of the SCART sockets repeatedly press AV for the correct display AV1 or AV2 Timerrecording usingOnScreenDisplay You may set up to seven timer record events within one month of the current date PLEASE NOTE before setting th...

Page 22: ... display while your VCR waits to make the recording If at a later date you wish to delete or change any of the settings in timer event memory you may do so without having to enter all the timer event information again Simply dis play the timer event screen Press D or E to select the event that you wish to delete or change Press F to delete the event Press OK to change then press F or G to select S...

Page 23: ...n the TV screen Press OK CLK CNT again to remove all displays from the TV screen EnergySaving OnScreenDisplay Your VCR has an Energy Save feature which if set will place your VCR into an economic power save where the clock display will disappear If you have programmed a recording this feature will not work You may easily display the current time or tape counter and amount of tape left day month ye...

Page 24: ...ork except STOP EJECT If any buttons on the front of your VCR are pressed will flicker in your video recorder s display Press C LOCK again to switch off the child lock will disappear from your video recorder s display 24 TapeCounterMemoryStop ChildLock The Digital Tape Counter can be displayed on your TV screen instead of the time by pressing OK CLK CNT on the remote control The Digital Tape Count...

Page 25: ...he menus To enjoy Wide Screen playback you must connect your VCR to the TV using a SCART cable WideScreen Compatibility 16 9 Your VCR can record and play back wide screen aspect ratio programmes 16 9 To record a wide screen format programme successfully the correct type of wide screen signal must be broadcast by the TV station ER EJECT CLK CNT CLEAR OK i P REC i AB C SD Dr VCR Pr 12 ACMS PSET R 12...

Page 26: ...lean your video heads TAPE STATUS O NOT RECORDABLE Insert a tape with its protection tab in place NO OF TIMER PROGRAMME O 2Shows the number of timer recording NEXT TIMER PROGRAMME OARD 26 10 00 11 00 Shows the current status of timer recording Press i 26 AutomaticMemoryPowerShut OffAutomaticSwitchOffVideoDoctor Self Diagnosis Automatic Memory Power Shut Off This feature of your VCR enables you to ...

Page 27: ...z Power consumption Approx 18 Watts Energy saving mode 3 Watts Video Head System Double azimuth 4 heads helical scanning AF491P Rotary 2 heads helical scanning AF291P Tape speed 23 39 mm sec SP mode 11 69 mm sec LP mode Tape format Tape width 12 7 mm 0 5 inch Maximum recording 4 hours SP mode E 240 tape time 8 hours LP mode E 240 tape Rewind time Approx 180 sec E 180 tape Dimensions 360x94x270mm W...

Page 28: ...nd Is the mains plug plugged in and switched on Is the VCR switched on Check the batteries in remote control Is the video cassette damaged have you tried using another one Adjust the horizontal control on your TV Check aerial is it plugged into VCR Check aerial is the lead broken or damaged Check for local interference Make sure that you are using a video TV channel on your TV Has the safety tab b...

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