Goodmans VP2500-A User Manual Download

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Page 2: ...ettes from being recorded over 21 Playing video cassettes Load the cassette Play Picture scanning Stop Fast forward and Rewind Eject the cassette 22 Still picture and slow motion 23 Commercial skip NTSC playback Wide screen pictures 24 Index search Tracking and picture quality 25 On screen information display 26 Tape control menu 28 Recording Long play 29 Recording from other equipment Protecting ...

Page 3: ...n slots Important points Condensation can damage your video recorder If the video recorder is cold when you unpack it leave it for several hours to become room temperature Do not use the video recorder immediately after moving from a cold room to a hot room or a hot room to a cold room Do not use the video recorder in very damp conditions Most televisions switch automatically to the AV audio video...

Page 4: ... supply socket buy an adapter to match the moulded plug to your supply socket Or cut the moulded plug off and fit an appropriate plug in its place The plug you fit or the distribution board feeding your mains supply socket must have a fuse rated at no more than 5 amps Cleaning your video recorder Unplug the video recorder and use only a lightly dampened soft cloth Do not use chemical solvents or s...

Page 5: ...p Safety symbols This symbol means this unit is double insulated and does not need an earth connection This symbol means this unit meets European regulations concerning safety and electromagnetic interference E L N Cord grip 3A fuse Brown live Blue neutral Power Cuts If there is a power cut the video recorder will keep the time and record timer programming for about one minute If the power returns...

Page 6: ...tery cover on the back of the remote control Lift the cover off 2 Put two AAA size or LR3 type batteries into the battery compartment Make sure the and marks on the batteries agree with the and marks inside the battery compartment Push the cover back on UM 4 AAA DC 1 5Vx2 How to put the batteries in the remote control v i d e o r e c o r d e r Setting up the ...

Page 7: ...n playback Used after pressing the play button see page 23 Not used for this model These buttons find the start of the next or previous recording Selects the recording speed standard play or long play Records see page 29 Pauses recording or freezes the playback picture Plays a video cassette see page 22 Stops play fast forward rewind and so on see page 22 Fast forwards or rewinds a cassette Pictur...

Page 8: ...ETUP Clock Set RF Output Set 16 9 Set PR select OK confirm MENU end example The menus show you which button to press at the next step Some menus go off after a while if you do not press any buttons The tape control menu only appears when there is a cassette in the video recorder When you press a control button other information appears on the screen temporarily You can change some of the informati...

Page 9: ...o recorder the display will get brighter 6 Tune the television in the UHF waveband until a picture like the one below appears and memorise it under the video programme number Please read the instruction book for your television to see how to do this 7 Switch your video recorder off by pressing the POWER button again 8 EURO AV ANT OUT ANT IN Mains cable Aerial cable provided Aerial cable Auto Set O...

Page 10: ... In step three if you are not sure which scart socket to use you will have to read your television instructions or find out which scart socket lets you see a picture from the video recorder as soon as you play a video cassette or press the remote control MENU button Pre recorded video cassettes that you buy or hire automatically play when you put them into the video recorder We explain how to load...

Page 11: ...eceiver and a video recorder This is a scart socket Arrows show the direction the signal will flow through the wiring Thick lines represent scart cables Televsion aerial Connect the aerial here for a television alone Connect the aerial here for a television with a video recorder Connect the aerial here for a television with a video recorder and digital or satellite receiver Aerial in Scart AV1 Sca...

Page 12: ...age 30 Through the front AV input You can connect a camcorder video game and so on to the front audio and video AV input sockets if you have a connecting cable ending in RCA phono plugs Please read the instructions for the equipment and see Recording from other equipment on page 30 An RCA phono plug The stand by button Power saving When the video recorder is on stand by it is nearly all switched o...

Page 13: ...ollow After auto set below Change the modulator channel number by pressing the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control You must choose a number from 21 to 69 The new modulator channel number will show on the display Go back to step 6 of For televisions without a scart socket on page 8 and try again After Auto set on page 13 Press and hold the OK button on the remote control for at least five s...

Page 14: ...der 4 To allow you to use VIDEOPlus it is important that the programmes are stored in standard order BBC1 on programme number one BBC2 on programme number two ITV on programme number 3 Channel 4 or S4C on programme number four Channel 5 on programme number five and so on Check they are in the right order by looking at the picture opposite which will appear after sorting has finished If the program...

Page 15: ...set VCR Setup PR select OK confirm MENU end Manual channel search Select the video channel on your television so that you can see the menus See Automatic video channel selection on page 10 In certain cases the auto set tuning function may not be able to find all the broadcast channels Or you might want to set a programme number to a new piece of equipment such as a satellite receiver In these case...

Page 16: ...er look at the picture the video recorder has found press the button If it is the wrong picture press the PR or PR buttons to continue searching as before 9 Press the OK button to set the broadcast channel to the programme number you choose 10Press the MENU button to finish or repeat from step 6 for other programme numbers MANUAL SET PR01 BBC1 PR08 SKYS PR02 BBC2 PR09 MTVE PR03 ITV PR10 P 10 PR04 ...

Page 17: ...e PR button once This moves the pointer to PR preset 3 Press the OK button to see the programme pre set menu 4 Press the PR button once The pointer will move to PR align 5 Press the OK button to see the programme alignment menu 6 Press the PR and PR buttons to move the flashing pointer to the channel you want to move Press the button if you want to check the picture 7 Press the OK button The chann...

Page 18: ...you want to check the picture again press the button 4 Press the button to see the name change menu under Manual set 5 You can pick a ready made name by pressing the PR and PR buttons You can make up a name by pressing the button then pressing the PR PR and buttons following the instructions on the screen Select position makes the character that you can change flash on and off 6 Press the OK butto...

Page 19: ...K button to display the erase warning shown opposite 8 If you want to erase the programme press the OK button If you don t want to erase the programme press the menu button 9 Press the MENU button to finish or go back to step 6 18 PR ERASE PR select PR view OK erase MENU end PR03 P 03 IMPORTANT The OK button will erase this PR PR view OK confirm MENU end PR01 BBC1 PR08 SKYS PR02 BBC2 PR09 MTVE PR0...

Page 20: ... television so that you can see the pictures from the video recorder If you connected the television and video recorder together with a scart cable you will probably have to press the TV VCR button on the remote control to see the video recorder picture See Automatic video channel selection on page 10 Press the PR and PR buttons or the programme number buttons 0 to 9 to choose the programme number...

Page 21: ...l decide the century for example 9 and 9 gives 1999 and 0 and 1 gives 2001 The date is in day month year format If you don t press any buttons the control menus go off after about one minute 6 You can finish without saving any changes by pressing the MENU button at this step 7 To keep changes to the time and date press the OK button You will see the main menu again 8 Press the MENU button to finis...

Page 22: ...ton Protecting cassettes from being recorded over All video cassettes have a safety tab to prevent them from being accidentally recorded over When you remove the tab you cannot record onto the cassette If you want to record onto a cassette that has had its tab removed cover the hole with sticky tape Maximum recording and playback time in hours Type of cassette SP mode standard play LP mode long pl...

Page 23: ...g speeds The video recorder changes from one to the other when you keep pressing the rewind or fast forward button To stop picture scanning press the stop button on the remote control or the STOP EJECT button on the video recorder Fast forward and rewind Press the stop button if the cassette is playing Then press the rewind or fast forward button Press the stop button again to end fast forward or ...

Page 24: ... keep pressing the button to control the slow motion speed in 6 steps As with the still picture you will get some picture interference You may be able to improve the quality of the picture if you keep pressing PR or PR button to move the interference stripes 23 v i d e o c a s s e t t e s P l a y i n g VCR VCR Still picture and slow motion playback cause interference stripes colour loss and pictur...

Page 25: ...ature and is connected to the video recorder with a scart cable The ratio 16 9 is the ratio of the width to the height of a wide screen picture 16 9 set 1 Press the MENU button 2 Press the PR button until the pointer moves to VCR setup Then press the OK button 3 Press the PR button until the pointer moves to 16 9 set Then press the OK button 4 Move the pointer with the PR button until it points to...

Page 26: ...lly adjusts the video heads until they accurately track the original recording This gives you the best picture If you still get picture interference when you are playing a cassette hold the PR or the PR button to try and reduce the interference If horizontal lines or grain still affects the picture you either have a poor quality video cassette or your video heads need cleaning Normally they will c...

Page 27: ...V channel for the audio and video input sockets on the front of the video recorder has been selected Please see Recording from other equipment on page 30 It takes about 30 seconds for the video recorder to measure the remaining recording time to the end of the cassette If the wrong cassette type is set the remaining recording time will be wrong Press the button again to turn off the information di...

Page 28: ...omatically rewind the tape to the zero position please see Tape control menu on page 28 The counter is automatically set to zero when you put a cassette into the video recorder When the cassette is stopped the video recorder display shows the programme number or the AV channel for a few seconds then it shows the play time Press the button again to turn off the information display 27 STOP SP PR01 B...

Page 29: ...the cassette type press the MENU button instead of OK How to see the remaining time is described in On screen information display on page 26 TAPE CONTROL TAPE REMAIN E 240 01 27 Tape Remain Go To Zero Counter Reset E 180 E 240 E 300 PR select OK confirm MENU end PR select OK confirm MENU end 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 above to get the tape control menu 2 Press the PR button once to move the pointer to ...

Page 30: ...buttons 0 to 9 to select the channel you want to record for example PR01 BBC1 3 Press the RECORD OTR button on the video recorder or the record red dot button on the remote control just once REC will appear in the video recorder display panel 4 If you want to interrupt the recording briefly press the button REC will flash If the recording is paused for longer than five minutes the video recorder w...

Page 31: ... button please see On screen information display on page 26 Change back to programme numbers by pressing the AV button until a PR number appears briefly in the video recorder display Recording through the front input sockets Camcorders and similar equipment can be connected to the front AV audio video input sockets of the video recorder Press the AV button on the remote control twice until AU F ap...

Page 32: ...ette on which you are assembling the recordings in this video recorder to search for the position where you want the next recording to start and then press the pause button PLAY will flash in the video recorder display panel Do not wait more than five minutes before you start recording otherwise the video record will stop and you will have to find the assembly point again 4 Press the RECORD OTR bu...

Page 33: ...y 30 minutes you want to record You can record for up to 10 hours if there is enough tape on the cassette VCR TMR The video recorder display confirms the recording time For example R1 30 in the video recorder display panel means the recording will last for one hour and thirty minutes This time reduces as the recording is made A red TMR in the display panel shows that a timed recording is running I...

Page 34: ... Setting the timer on page 35 You can get advice on PDC from teletext r e c o r d i n g s P r o g r a m m e d 33 Programmed recording with VIDEOPlus All the information your video recorder needs to make a programmed recording is given in the PlusCode programming number This is printed in most television guides next to the start times of television programmes 1 Switch your television on and select ...

Page 35: ...o confirm your choice in step 5 and display the timer programme information If you do not press another button within one minute the timer display will go off and you will have to start from step 2 again When you use VIDEOplus for the first time for a television channel the PR line at step 6 will be flashing Press the number buttons 0 to 9 for the television channel you want to record for example ...

Page 36: ...If you want to record from other equipment that is connected with a scart cable press the PR button on the remote control to make AV appear on the PR line 7 Press the OK button and enter the start time end time and start date by pressing the appropriate number buttons 0 to 9 As you enter each detail the next one flashes to show it is ready to be set On screen prompts will appear to remind you what...

Page 37: ... to select and change rather than fill entries in the timer programme 4 Finish with steps 10 and 11 How to erase a timer programme 1 Switch your television on and select the video channel 2 Press the MENU button once 3 Press the OK button to get the timer programme review display 4 Press the PR and PR buttons to move the pointer to the timer programme you want to erase 5 Press the OK button The vi...

Page 38: ...All timer programmes have already been programmed will appear on the television screen for a few seconds After you have set a recording and switched the video to stand by if TMR is flashing in the front panel there is something wrong which will stop the recording from taking place Check you have loaded a cassette If the video recorder ejects the cassette when you press the or POWER button the safe...

Page 39: ...tteries have run out Problems The video recorder will not play You change programme number channel on the video but the television picture does not change Possiblecauses The video channel on your television isn t set properly You haven t switched your television to the video channel The connecting cable between your television and video recorder has come loose You haven t pressed the TV VCR button...

Page 40: ...OK button This selects the VCR setup menu Press the PR button once Press the OK button This selects the RF output set menu Change the modulator channel number by pressing the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control You must choose a number from 21 to 69 The new modulator channel number will show on the display Press the OK button on the remote control to memorise the new modulator channel numb...

Page 41: ...er consumption Up to 15 watts System Video PAL I Channel range UHF 21 69 Channel locations 01 to 99 and AV RF output UHF channels 12 to 69 channel 52 ex factory Recording timer 8 events 1 month Video System VHS Speeds SP and LP General Temperature range 5 C to 35 C Humidity range Relative humidity less than 80 This technical information may change ...

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