— 13 —
NOTE:
If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops
and “
[
” on the display panel blinks. Press
STOP/EJECT
(
0
)
on the VCR to eject the cassette, or press
REW
(
3
) on the
Remote or turn the
ADVANCED JOG
dial to the left on the VCR to
rewind the tape.
Recording Features
Recording Resume Function
If there is a power outage during recording (or Instant Timer
Recording, or timer recording), the recording will resume
automatically when the power is restored to the VCR. (No setting is
required for this function.)
Specifying recording length
— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)
During recording, press
REC
(
7
) on the VCR repeatedly until the
recording length you want appears on the display panel. The
record indicator (
o
) on the display panel starts blinking.
●
Each time you press the button, recording length increases in
30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours).
●
The VCR shuts off after recording is finished.
●
To cancel an ITR, press
STOP
(
8
) on the Remote or
STOP/EJECT
(
0
) on the VCR.
Watching one program while recording another
During recording...
●
If you connect the TV and the VCR only using the RF
connection (
墌
pg. 6) to view pictures from the VCR, press
TV/
VCR
on the Remote so that VCR mode indicator goes off from
the display panel. (The TV broadcast being recorded
disappears.)
●
If you are using the AV or S-video connection (
墌
pg. 6) to view
pictures from the VCR, change the TV’s input mode from AV to
TV.
Then, select the channel you want to watch, on the TV.
Second Audio Recording
This VCR’s built-in MTS decoder enables reception of
Multichannel TV Sound broadcast. To record a SAP program
received, set “2ND AUDIO RECORD” to “ON” (
墌
pg. 20).
S-VHS (Super VHS), S-VHS ET or VHS Recording
Mode
This VCR can record in S-VHS (Super VHS), S-VHS ET or VHS.
●
To record in S-VHS:
Set “S-VHS MODE” to “ON” (
墌
pg. 20). Then, insert a cassette
marked “S-VHS”. The S-VHS indicator lights up on the display
panel.
The S-VHS recording mode is selected.
●
To record in S-VHS ET on a VHS cassette:
Set “S-VHS ET” to “ON” (
墌
pg. 19). Then, insert a cassette
marked “VHS”. The S-VHS indicator lights up on the display
panel.
●
To record in VHS:
Insert a cassette marked “VHS”.
Set “S-VHS ET” to “OFF” (
墌
pg. 19).
●
To record in VHS on an S-VHS cassette:
Insert a cassette marked “S-VHS”. The S-VHS indicator lights up
on the display panel. Then, set “S-VHS MODE” to “OFF”
(
墌
pg. 20). The S-VHS indicator goes off.
The VHS recording mode is selected.
NOTE:
When playing back a tape that has been recorded in S-VHS or
S-VHS ET, the S-VHS indicator lights up on the display panel
regardless of the “S-VHS ET” or “S-VHS MODE” setting.
(
墌
pg. 19, 20)
Retake
You can cut out unnecessary parts of a TV program while you are
recording it.
A
During recording, press
PAUSE
(
9
) to engage the Record-Pause
mode.
B
On the VCR
Turn the
ADVANCED JOG
dial to the left or right and release it
at the point where you want to resume recording.
On the Remote
Hold down
REW
(
3
) or
FF
(
5
), or turn the
JOG
dial, and
release it at the point where you want to resume recording
C
Press
PLAY
(
4
) when you wish to resume recording.
Adjusting recording level
You can adjust the audio recording level manually.
A
Access Main Menu screen, then
Recording Level Control screen
Press
MENU
on the Remote. Press
rt
to
move the highlight bar (arrow) to “REC
LEVEL CTL”, then press
OK
or
e
.
B
Adjust recording level
Press
r
or
t
.
●
Press
r
or
t
briefly 5 times to move
audio levels by one division on the scale.
To move the audio levels faster, press
and hold
r
or
t
.
●
Adjust the recording level while
watching the audio level indicator on the VCR’s display panel.
Set the level so that maximum volume causes the indicator to
vary between 0dB to 4dB.
Press
MENU
to return to normal screen.
NOTES:
●
Noise will increase if the recording level is too low, while
distortion will increase if the level is too high.
●
When you finished audio recording, be sure to set the level
control back to its center position.
During recording
Pause recording
Press
PAUSE
(
9
).
●
Press
PLAY
(
4
) to resume recording.
●
You can select channel in the recording pause mode.
Stop recording
On the VCR
Press
STOP/EJECT
(
0
).
On the Remote
Press
STOP
(
8
).
●
Turn on the VCR and TV, and select the VCR channel (or AV
mode).
●
Set the
VCR/TV/CABLE/DBS
selector on the Remote to
“VCR”.
End of program
Beginning of program
Recorded part
Go back to end of program to cut out
unnecessary part
Program
Program
Unnecessary
part
Unnecessary
part
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