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Additional Information

Index to parts and controls

Refer to the pages indicated in parentheses ( ) for details.

Front panel

ON/STANDBY switch/indicator
(25)

Tape compartment

REW (rewind) button (19, 27)

PLAY button (18, 27)

FF (fast-forward) button (19,

27)

REC (record) button (22)

STOP button (19)

PAUSE button (19)

PROGRAM/TR/–
buttons (10, 31)

!…

AUTO SET UP/RF (Radio
Frequency) CHANNEL button (8,
10)

Remote sensor (5)

!“ 6

EJECT button (19)

!“

!… 9

Summary of Contents for SLV-E177EG

Page 1: ... H I J K Editing 34 L M LINE TV connection 7 LP mode 20 N NTSC recorded tape 19 O OPC Optimum Picture Control 31 P Picture adjustment 31 Playback 18 at various speeds 27 frame by frame 27 slow motion 27 Presetting channels 15 Q Quick timer 28 R Recording 21 saving 23 while watching another programme 23 Remote commander 5 RF channel 8 S Safety tab 23 Searching at various speeds 27 T U V W X Y Z Tim...

Page 2: ...Video Cassette Recorder 1998 by Sony Corporation Operating Instructions 3 861 456 13 1 SLV E180EG SLV E177EG PAL NTSC 4 43 ...

Page 3: ... sunlight excessive dust mechanical vibration or shock Do not install the unit in an inclined position It is designed to be operated in a horizontal position only Keep the unit and cassettes away from equipment with strong magnets such as microwave ovens or large loudspeakers Do not place heavy objects on the unit If the unit is brought directly from a cold to a warm location moisture may condense...

Page 4: ...channels Table of contents Getting Started Basic Operations 18 Playing a tape 21 Recording TV programmes 24 Recording TV programmes using the timer Additional Operations 27 Playing searching at various speeds 28 Recording TV programmes using the quick timer 29 Checking changing cancelling timer settings 31 Adjusting the picture 32 Changing menu options 34 Editing with another VCR Additional Inform...

Page 5: ...ur model name The instructions in this manual are for the 2 models SLV E180EG and E177EG Check your model number by looking at the rear panel of your VCR The SLV E180EG is the model used for illustration purposes Any difference in operation is clearly indicated in the text for example SLV E177EG only Remote commander R6 size AA batteries ...

Page 6: ...e end first then push in and down until the positive end clicks into the position Using the remote commander You can use this remote commander to operate this VCR and a Sony TV Buttons on the remote commander marked with a dot can be used to operate your Sony TV Remote sensor To operate the VCR a Sony TV Set TV VIDEO to VIDEO and point at the remote sensor on the VCR TV and point at the remote sen...

Page 7: ...ume of the TV Turn on the Sony TV Call up on screen display Operate TV menu options PROG Press ON STANDBY TV VIDEO PROG VOL TV DISPLAY MENU MENU Notes With normal use the batteries should last about three to six months If you do not use the remote commander for an extended period of time remove the batteries to avoid possible damage from battery leakage Do not use a new battery with an old one Do ...

Page 8: ...that has a EURO AV Scart connector This additional connection improves picture and sound quality Connect the TV as shown on the right Whenever you want to watch the VCR picture press TV VIDEO to display the VIDEO indicator in the display window Step 3 AERIAL OUT Connecting the VCR AERIAL IN to mains Signal flow AERIAL IN Mains lead Aerial cable supplied This VCR TV VMC 2121 EURO AV cable not suppl...

Page 9: ...l to the TV 3 Turn on your TV and select a programme position for the VCR picture This programme position will now be referred to as the video channel 4 Press RF CHANNEL The TV system appears in the display window ON STANDBY RF CHANNEL PROGRAM Tuning your TV to the VCR If you connect the VCR to your TV using the EURO AV cable skip this step RF CHANNEL AUTO SET UP RF CHANNEL AUTO SET UP ON STANDBY ...

Page 10: ... set the TV to the video channel To check to see if the TV tuning is correct Set the TV to the video channel and press PROGRAM on the VCR If the TV screen changes to a different programme each time you press PROGRAM the TV tuning is correct To obtain a clear picture from the VCR If the picture does not appear clearly in step 6 above go to step 7 to finish this procedure once Then start from step 2...

Page 11: ... window 1 Hold down AUTO SET UP on the VCR for more than three seconds The VCR automatically turns on and the country abbreviation for the ATP Auto Tuner Preset function appears in the display window 2 Press PROGRAM on the VCR to select the abbreviation of your country The abbreviations of the countries are as follows Abbreviation Contry CZ Czech H Hungary PL Poland RU Russia ELSE Other countries ...

Page 12: ...hannels can be found presetting stops and SET UP disappears from the display window To cancel the Auto Set Up function Press AUTO SET UP Tip If you want to change the language for the on screen display from the one preset in the Auto Set Up function see page 14 Note Do not cancel the Auto Set Up function during the ATP operations If you do repeat the steps above RF CHANNEL AUTO SET UP ...

Page 13: ...e TV Set the TV to the video channel 1 Press MENU then press to select SETTINGS and press OK 2 Press to select CLOCK and press OK OK MENU PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK Step 6 SETTINGS OPTIONS TUNER CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT V v SET OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK MENU tCLOCK 1 1 1998 TH 0 00 AUTO ADJUST OFF CLOCK PROG 1 SELECT B b SET V v OK OK tCLOCK 11 1 1998 SU 0 00 AUTO ADJUST OFF CLOCK PROG 1 SELECT B b...

Page 14: ...of the week is set automatically 6 Press to start the clock 7 Press OK Tip To change the digits during setting press to return to the item to be changed and select the digits using Note The menu disappears automatically if you don t proceed for more than a few minutes tCLOCK 11 1 1998 SU 0 00 AUTO ADJUST OFF CLOCK PROG 1 SELECT B b SET V v OK OK tCLOCK 11 12 1998 FR 15 30 AUTO ADJUST OFF CLOCK PRO...

Page 15: ...e VCR and the TV Set the TV to the video channel 1 Press MENU then press to select SETTINGS and press OK 2 Press to select LANGUAGE then press OK 3 Press to move the dot r to the desired language then press OK MENU OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK SETTINGS OPTIONS TUNER CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT V v SET OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK MENU LANGUAGE SELECT SET V v OK ...

Page 16: ... and press OK 2 Press to select TUNER then press OK 3 Press to move the cursor to NORMAL CATV then select either NORM or CATV using MENU OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK PROG SETTINGS OPTIONS TUNER CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT V v SET OK continued PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK MENU TUNER PROG14 SYSTEM D K NORMAL CATV CATV CHANNEL SET S 0 1 AFT ON FINE TUNING SELECT V v SET B b TUNER PRO...

Page 17: ...annel R1 R6 R7 R12 R2 R3 R4 R5 R8 R9 R10 R11 R21 R69 B G TV system CHANNEL SET number 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 21 69 CATV 1 41 CATV 42 46 Corresponding TV channel E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 E11 E12 E21 E69 S1 S41 S01 S05 PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK Selected programme position PROG TUNER PROG14 SYSTEM D K NORMAL CATV NORM CHANNEL SET S 0 1 AFT ON FINE TUNING SELECT V v SET B b TUNER PROG 7 SYSTEM D ...

Page 18: ...lect SETTINGS and press OK 3 Select TUNER and press OK 4 Select FINE TUNING The fine tuning meter appears 5 Press to get a clearer picture then press OK The menu disappears Note that the AFT Auto Fine Tuning setting switches to OFF Note The menu disappears automatically if you don t proceed for more than a few minutes Selected programme position 7 If the TV sound is distorted or noisy press to mov...

Page 19: ... video channel 2 Insert a tape The VCR turns on and starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed 3 Press Æ PLAY When the tape reaches the end it will rewind automatically REPLAY 6 EJECT 03 REW P PAUSE Æ PLAY FF p STOP COUNTER RESET DISPLAY PLAY OK NTSC PB ...

Page 20: ...p to four times The VCR rewinds the tape about 10 seconds on the counter for each press of the button and restarts playback To play an NTSC recorded tape Set NTSC PB at the rear of the VCR according to the colour system of your TV When your TV is PAL only PAL and NTSC To use the time counter At the point on the tape that you want to find later press COUNTER RESET The counter in the display window ...

Page 21: ... may occur while playing an NTSC recorded tape The picture becomes black and white The picture shakes No picture appears on the TV screen Black streaks appear horizontally on the TV screen The colour density increases or decreases Deterioration of the picture quality may occur If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL and NTSC systems the time counter reading will not be correct This is due to t...

Page 22: ... Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel 2 Insert a tape with its safety tab in place 3 Press INPUT SELECT until a programme position number appears in the display window r REC INPUT SELECT DISPLAY PROG COUNTER REMAIN TV VIDEO continued p STOP INPUT SELECT ...

Page 23: ...w To stop recording Press p STOP To check the remaining time Press DISPLAY With the display on press COUNTER REMAIN to check the remaining time Each time you press COUNTER REMAIN the time counter and the remaining time appear alternately The remaining time with the indicator also appears in the display window To correctly check the remaining time of the tape set TAPE SELECT in the TAPE OPTIONS men...

Page 24: ...indicating information about the tape but the information won t be recorded on the tape If you don t want to watch TV while recording you can turn off the TV Notes The display does not appear during still pause mode or slow motion playback The display will not appear while playing an NTSC recorded tape If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL and NTSC systems the time counter reading will not b...

Page 25: ...ht programmes at a time Before you start Check that the VCR clock is set to the correct time Insert a tape with its safety tab in place Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel OK p STOP tTIMER 11 12 FR DATE TIME PROG TODAY 1 9 0 0 b 2 0 0 0 3 5 SELECT B b SET V v OK OK PAUSE STOP FF REW PLAY OK MENU ...

Page 26: ...window and the VCR stands by for recording To record from a source leave the connected equipment switched on To stop recording To stop the VCR while recording press p STOP To use the VCR after setting the timer To use the VCR before a timer recording begins just press ON STANDBY The indicator turns off and the VCR switches on Remember to press ON STANDBY to reset the VCR after using the VCR You ca...

Page 27: ... SU SA Sunday to Saturday n MO SA Monday to Saturday n MO FR Monday to Friday n SA every Saturday n MO every Monday n SU every Sunday n 1 month later n dates count down n TODAY Tip To set the programme position you can also use the PROG or programme number buttons Note The indicator flashes in the display window when you press ON STANDBY with no tape inserted Recording TV programmes using the time...

Page 28: ... FF or 03 REW To resume normal playback release the button During playback or pause press SLOW During pause press FF or 03 REW Hold down the button to play one frame each second During stop press Æ PLAY on the VCR while holding down 03 REW on the VCR Tip Adjust the picture using the TRACKING buttons on the VCR if streaks appear while playing in slow motion the picture shakes while pausing To set t...

Page 29: ...peatedly to set to the new duration To stop recording To stop the VCR while recording press p STOP Using the quick timer during stop mode You can set the quick timer and start recording during stop mode by pressing QUICK TIMER To set the channel you can use the PROG or INPUT SELECT buttons Press QUICK TIMER repeatedly to set the recording duration The recording will start automatically Recording T...

Page 30: ...ettings press OK then turn off the VCR to return to recording standby 3 Press to select the setting you want to change or cancel then press OK 4 To change the setting press to flash the item you want to change and press to reset it To cancel the setting press CLEAR CLEAR OK MENU ON STANDBY continued tTIMER 11 12 FR DATE TIME PROG TODAY 1 9 0 0 b 2 0 0 0 3 5 SELECT B b SET V v OK OK tLIST 11 12 FR ...

Page 31: ...ngs overlap The programme that starts first has priority and the second programme starts recording only after the first programme has finished If the programmes start at the same time the programme listed first in the menu has priority Programme 1 Programme 2 Will be cut off Checking changing cancelling timer settings continued ...

Page 32: ...ator in the display window lit For details see page 32 OPC playback The OPC function automatically works on all types of tapes including rental tapes and tapes that were not recorded with OPC OPC recording Whenever you insert a tape and first start recording the VCR adjusts to the tape using the OPC function the OPC indicator flashes rapidly This adjustment is retained until the tape is ejected To...

Page 33: ...s to select the option then press to change the setting To change the other options press to change the setting 4 Press OK to return to the original screen Menu choices Initial settings are indicated in bold print TAPE OPTIONS Menu option TAPE SELECT Set this option to 300 to use an E 300 type tape 240 to use an E 240 type tape 195 to use an E 195 tape or shorter type tape OPTIONS TAPE OPTIONS VID...

Page 34: ...ndow are on even though POWER SAVE is set to ON Menu option OPC SYSTEM Set this option to ON to switch on the OPC Optimum Picture Control function and improve picture quality OFF to switch off OPC AUTO to automatically detect the colour system and play back the tape in the appropriate mode If the picture s colour is poor manually select the colour system that the tape was recorded in PAL to play b...

Page 35: ...e video channel Press INPUT SELECT to display L in the display window 1 Insert a source tape with its safety tab removed into the other playback VCR Search for the point to start playback and set it to playback pause 2 Insert a tape with its safety tab in place into this recording VCR Search for the point to start recording and press P PAUSE 3 Press r REC on this VCR and set it to recording pause ...

Page 36: ... press P PAUSE again to resume recording Assemble Editing Note If you start recording following the procedure above the VCR won t start recording with the OPC function To record a tape with the OPC function press r REC again during recording pause in step 3 so that the VCR analyses the tape Then when you start editing in step 4 press P PAUSE after the OPC indicator stops flashing If you press P PA...

Page 37: ...the mains lead and leave the VCR to dry for over one hour The clock stops if the VCR is disconnected from the mains for more than an hour Reset the clock and timer Make sure the TV is set to the video channel If you are using a monitor set it to video input Adjust the tracking with the TRACKING buttons The video heads are dirty see below Clean the video heads using the Sony T 25CLD E 25CLDR or T 2...

Page 38: ... been removed To record on this tape cover the tab hole Check that the safety tab has not been removed Make sure the tape is not at its end Select the correct source with the INPUT SELECT button Select a programme position when recording TV programmes select L when recording from other equipment Check that the clock is set Make sure a tape has been inserted Check that the safety tab has not been r...

Page 39: ...t the remote sensor on the VCR Replace all the batteries in the remote commander with new ones if they are weak Make sure the TV VIDEO remote control switch is set correctly The recording condition of the tape is very poor and tracking cannot be adjusted or the NTSC system is being used Clean the cabinet panel and controls with a dry soft cloth or a soft cloth slightly moistened with a mild deterg...

Page 40: ...E 1 TV 21 pin Video input pin 20 Audio input pins 2 and 6 Video output pin 19 Audio output pins 1 and 3 General Power requirements 220 240 V AC 50 Hz Power consumption 20 W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperature 20 C to 60 C Dimensions Approx 355 96 285 mm w h d including projecting parts and controls Mass Approx 3 9 kg Supplied accessories Remote commander 1 R6 size AA batteries 2 ...

Page 41: ...STANDBY switch indicator 25 2 Tape compartment 3 03 REW rewind button 19 27 4 Æ PLAY button 18 27 5 FF fast forward button 19 27 6 r REC record button 22 7 p STOP button 19 8 P PAUSE button 19 9 PROGRAM TRACKING buttons 10 31 AUTO SET UP RF Radio Frequency CHANNEL button 8 10 Remote sensor 5 6 EJECT button 19 1 2 3 5 4 9 8 7 6 ...

Page 42: ...28 2 Tape speed indicator 3 VIDEO indicator 23 4 OPC Optimum Picture Control indicator 31 5 Tracking indicator 31 6 Time counter clock line programme position indicator 10 22 34 7 Remaining time indicator 22 8 Tape recording indicator 22 continued 1 2 3 4 5 8 7 6 ...

Page 43: ...ion Index to parts and controls continued Rear panel 1 Mains lead 7 2 AERIAL IN ANTENNE ENTREE connector 7 3 AERIAL OUT ANTENNE SORTIE connector 7 4 LINE 1 TV LIGNE 1 TV connector 7 34 5 NTSC PB PlayBack switch 19 1 5 2 4 3 ...

Page 44: ...CK TIMER button 28 8 INPUT SELECT button 21 9 r REC record button 22 Tape menu operation buttons MENU button 12 32 P PAUSE button 12 19 p STOP button 12 19 0 3 REW rewind button 13 19 FF fast forward button 13 19 Æ PLAY OK button 18 ON STANDBY switch 25 CLEAR button 29 TV VIDEO remote control switch 5 button 6 COUNTER RESET button 19 SLOW button 27 ƒ REPLAY button 19 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ƒ ...

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