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PLAYBACK
To play a pre-recorded cassette tape.
1
To turn “ON” the power of the TV/VCR, press ON/
STANDBY.
Press TV/VCR to select TV/VCR mode.
Load a pre-recorded tape
(When loading a cassette tape
without the erase prevention
tab, playback will start auto-
matically).
2
Press PLAY.
Playback will start.
“
” will appear on the screen.
3
TO START PLAYBACK
Press STOP.
“
” will appear on the screen.
TO STOP PLAYBACK
TO REWIND OR FORWARD THE TAPE RAPIDLY
Press REV when in the
STOP mode.
“
” will appear on the
screen.
Press FWD when in the
STOP mode.
“
” will appear on the
screen.
DIGITAL AUTO TRACKING ADJUSTMENTS
When a tape is played, the Digital Auto Tracking system
automatically adjusts the tracking to obtain the best possible
picture. If noise bars appear during playback, adjust the track-
ing manually as follows:
•
Press TRK + or – to obtain the best possible picture.
“MANUAL TR.” will appear for 4 seconds on the screen.
To resume automatic tracking, press ATR.
“AUTO TR.” will appear for 4 seconds on the screen.
MANUAL TR.
TRK : +/Ð
AUTO TR.
FORWARD/REVERSE PICTURE SEARCH
If you want to see the tape program during
REV(F.FWD)mode, press and hold the REV(F.FWD) button.
The backward(forward) visual search picture will be seen on the
screen. Release the button to return to the REV(F.FWD) mode.
NOTE:
In Mesecam playback (e.g. with Secam
tape), during PAUSE, SLOW and FF,
there will be no color or the color might
be incorrect. This is not a defect of the
set.
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SPECIAL PLAYBACK
TO VISUALLY SEARCH FOR DESIRED POINTS
When either FWD or REV is pressed in the PLAYBACK
mode, the speed search picture will appear. When pressed
twice the search picture will increase in speed. Speed search
times depend upon the speed used (SP or LP) during
recording. To rewind or fast forward a tape, press STOP and
then press REV or FWD.
SPEED SEARCH TIMES
TAPE SPEED
PICTURE SEARCH SPEED
PRESS TWICE
PRESS ONCE
SP (Standard Play)
LP (Long Play)
SP (Standard Play)
PAL
NTSC
7 X
3 X
5 X
7 X
13 X
5 X
Press REV once or twice in the PLAYBACK mode.
Press FWD once or twice in the PLAYBACK mode.
To return to playback, press PLAY.
Press PAUSE/STILL in the PLAYBACK mode.
To prevent damage to the tape, STILL playback
is automatically resumed to the PLAY mode after
5 minutes.
STILL PICTURE
1
2
To continue the normal playback, press PLAY.
NOTES:
•
The audio output is muted during SPEED SEARCH
and STILL.
•
A few noise bars will appear on the picture during
SPEED SEARCH.
•
It is normal for the picture to be noisy in the STILL
mode.
FRAME BY FRAME ADVANCE
Press PAUSE/STILL during STILL playback.
SLOW MOTION PLAYBACK
The still picture will advance by one frame each time you
press the button. Hold the button for continuous frame by
frame viewing.
Press
PLAY again to resume normal playback.
NOTE: SLOW TRACKING AND VERTICAL LOCK ADJUST-
MENT
If noise bars appear in the picture during slow motion, press
TRK + or – to reduce the noise bars.
If the still picture jitters excessively, press TRK + or – to
stabilize the still picture.
Press SLOW in the PLAYBACK mode. Each additional
press of SLOW will change the slow speed.
Press PLAY again to resume normal playback.
Load a NTSC recorded tape
(When loading a cassette tape
without an erase prevention tab,
playback will start automati-
cally).
To play the NTSC tape press PLAY. Your TV/VCR will
playback Video tapes recorded using NTSC Standard
play, Long play (LP) and Extended play (EP). However
there will be a deterioration in
sound quality in the Long play and Extended play modes.
NTSC TAPE PLAYBACK
Your TV/VCR can playback Video tapes recorded in the
NTSC Colour System (TV system usually used in
America and Japan).
TO WATCH A TAPE REPEATEDLY
NOTE:
To cancel repeat mode, follow above steps 1 and 2,
then press to select the OFF position. Press MENU to
return to the TV.
Press MENU.
Press
or to select AUTO
REPEAT option.
Press
to select the ON
position.
Press MENU to return to normal TV screen. If you
press
PLAY, the TV/VCR will repeat playing the video
tape until the repeat mode is cancelled (you can still
stop the tape by pressing STOP.
1
2
3
TIMER REC SET
AUTO REPEAT
OFF
CHANNEL SETUP
TV SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
EXIT
ENTER
SELECT
: MENU
: ENTER
: /
TIMER REC SET
AUTO REPEAT
ON
TV SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
EXIT
ENTER
SELECT
: MENU
: ENTER
: /
CHANNEL SETUP
For example : 1 press: 30 seconds of tape
2 press: 60 seconds of tape
3 press: 90 seconds of tape
CM SKIP
Press CM SKIP in the PLAY mode. The TV/VCR will search
forward through approximately 30 seconds of the tape (e.g.
unwanted commercial time) for each press of CM SKIP
(maximum six presses) and then resume normal playback.
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RECORDING A TV PROGRAMME
1
To turn “ON” the TV/VCR, press ON/STANDBY.
Press TV/VCR to select TV/VCR mode.
Load a cassette tape with the
erase prevention tab
intact.Load a cassette tape with
the erase prevention tab intact.
2
Press SP/LP to select the desired tape speed SP or LP.
3
Press Direct channel selection
or CH/PAGE
or
to select
the channel to be recorded
(Example: Channel 2).
4
5
Press REC.
“
” and the channel number
will appear on the screen and
the REC indicator will light.
NOTES:
•
If the power is switched off during re
cording, the TV section shuts off and the
VCR section continues to record.
•
The unit channel cannot be changed
during recording.
•
If you change the channel during a
recording, “RECORDING IN
PROGRESS” will appear on the TV
screen for approx. 4 seconds.
•
AUTO REWIND FEATURE:
This unit will automatically rewind and
eject the tape when the tape has ended
(except during OTR and TIMER REC).
•
If the erase prevention tab has been
removed, the tape will eject when
REC is pressed.
RECORDING AND VIEWING THE SAME TV PRO-
GRAMME
REC
TO STOP RECORDING TEMPORARILY
Press PAUSE/STILL to stop recording of unwanted
material. “ ” will appear on the screen and the REC
indicator will blink on and off.
Press again to continue the recording.
To prevent damage to the video head and video tape the
pause function will stop the VCR operation after about 5
minutes.
NOTE:
TO STOP RECORDING
Press STOP to stop recording.
“
” will appear on the screen.
+0
CH 2
INDEX
+0
REC
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TIMER RECORDING
1
Press TV/VCR to select TV/VCR mode.
Press MENU.
Timer recording can be programmed
on screen with the remote control.
The built-in timer allows automatic
unattended recording of up to 8
programmes within 1 month.
Check that the TIMER REC
SET option is selected, then
press ENTER.
2
Press
or to select one of
the program line, then press
ENTER.
3
Press
or to select the
desired date or every day or
every week setting (See next
page.), then press .
4
5
Preparation
•
Load a cassette tape with the erase prevention tab intact.
The unit will automatically turn on.
•
Make sure that the clock shows the present time correctly.
Set the start time, end time,
channel and tape speed as in
step 4.
When you have finished setting
all your recordings, press
ENTER. Press the MENU twice
to return to normal TV screen.
Example:
Programme a timer recording for 13:00-14:30, channel 3
(Tape speed : LP).
6
To set the timer for another programme, press or
until a blank programme line blinks, then press ENTER.
Repeat steps 4 to 5 to set the second programme.
• When you set the minute, you
can change in 10-minutes step
by holding down .
To cancel timer recording, press the buttons again and
REC indicator will go out.
7
Press TIMER REC. The REC indicator will light. The
Timer is programmed, when the programmed time is
reached, the recording starts automatically started.
REC
TIMER REC SET
DATE
START
END
CH
SPEED
23 SAT
1
– –
SP
: – –
11 : 30
EXIT
SET
SELECT
: MENU
:
/ 0-9
:
TIMER REC SET
AUTO REPEAT
OFF
CHANNEL SETUP
TV SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
EXIT
ENTER
SELECT
: MENU
: ENTER
:
EXIT
SELECT
: MENU
/ ENTER
:
EXIT
SELECT
: MENU
/ ENTER
:
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13 : 00 14 : 30
LP
3
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
TIMER REC SET
DATE
START
END
CH
SPEED
23 SAT
3
LP
13 : 00
14 : 30
EXIT
SET
SELECT
: MENU
:
OK : ENTER
:
NOTES:
•
If programming is performed without a
tape in the unit, or with a tape without
an erase prevention tab, the Timer
Recording is not possible. If a tape
without an erase prevention tab is in
the unit, the tape will be ejected.
•
To record from external equipment
connected via the SCART socket
(AV1) or the front AV socket (AV2),
press
or repeatedly until “AV1”
or “AV2” appears when setting the
channel in step 5.
•
The VCR section cannot be used
while the REC indicator is lit. If
you want to use the VCR operation,
press TIMER REC to deactivate the
timer.
•
If there is a power failure, the power
plug is disconnected, or the MAIN
POWER (POWER) Switch is switched
off for more than approx. 30 mins, all
programmed timer recordings and
clock settings will be lost. In this case,
reset the clock (see page 11) and
reprogram any timer recordings.
•
If you want to correct the digits while
setting, press until the item you
want to correct flashes, then press
or to correct the desired setting.
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