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Quick-start guide

Please follow the guide from the beginning to the end. Before you connect the video
equipment make sure all equipment is switched off at the plug.

Stage 1. 

Connecting the video to your TV

Fit the batteries we have provided into the remote

control. Make sure that the (+) and (-) marks on the
batteries agree with the (+) and (-) marks inside the
battery compartment.

Plug your aerial into the ANT IN socket of the video.

Connect the black aerial lead provided from the ANT

OUT socket of the video to your TV aerial socket.

Plug the video into the mains and turn it on by

pressing the POWER button. RF 52 will now be
displayed on the front of your video.

EURO AV

ANT

.

 OUT

ANT

.

 IN

AC 230V

50Hz

Back view of your video

There are more details, including how to connect extra equipment, on pages 8 to 11.

Stage 2. 

Tuning in your TV

Tune a spare channel of your TV until you see the blue ‘Auto

Search’ screen. Store this setting on your TV.

If there is any distortion (lines, flickering and so on) use the

number buttons on the remote control to change RF 52 to 21.
Repeat step 2A. If there is still distortion, you should see page 12.

AUTO SEARCH!

OK:CONFIRM       MENU:END

Stage 3. 

Auto Search! (When you have got a clear picture)

Point the remote control at the video and

press 

OK

.

The video is now tuning all the television

stations available in your area.

If ‘Clock Set’ appears on the TV screen,

please enter the time and date. Use the
number buttons 

0

to 

9

on the remote control.

Press 

OK

to confirm. 

When ‘Manual Set’ appears on the TV

screen, press 

MENU

to end.

Your video is now set up. If you want to

change station names or the programmes they
are stored on see pages 16-17.

TV/VCR

PR

PR

MENU

EJECT

PAL/SEC

A.SEL

AV

SP/LP

INDEX

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

30

A

Important

: If you switch your video off at the mains overnight you do not have to retune the settings. Press      

and then 

MENU

to restore all the settings. See page 20 to set the time and date. If you have had any

problems setting up your video , please read the problem-solving guide on page 36.

AUTO SEARCH!

OK:CONFIRM       MENU:END

AUTO SEARCH

MENU:END

PR03

UHF - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - 

76%

MANUAL SET

PR01 P-01

PR08 P-08

PR02 P-02

PR09 P-09

PR03 P-03

PR10 P-10

PR04 P-04

PR11 P-11

PR05 P-05

PR12 ----

PR06 P-06

PR13 ----

PR07 P-07

PR14 ----

PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM          MENU:END

Содержание VCR2360IRL

Страница 1: ...rding and playback time of video cassettes SP and LP Protecting cassettes from being recorded over 21 Playing video cassettes Load the cassette Play Picture scanning Fast forward and Rewind Eject the cassette 22 Still picture and slow motion Commercial skip NTSC playback 23 Wide screen pictures OSD On Screen Display ON OFF 24 Index search Tracking and picture quality 25 On screen information displ...

Страница 2: ...ndensation 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 channel when a video casse...

Страница 3: ...hout the fuse cover fitted If your moulded plug is not suitable for your mains 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 recorde...

Страница 4: ... 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 ...

Страница 5: ...n the battery 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 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 ...

Страница 6: ... skip button plays a cassette for 30 seconds Ejects the video cassette Variable speed slow motion 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 see page 25 Selects the recording speed standard play or long play see page 21 Records see page 29 Pauses recording or freezes the playback picture Plays a vi...

Страница 7: ...e clock and so on Tape Control Menu appears only when a tape is in the VCR TIMER PROGRAM PR PRESET VCR SETUP TAPE CONTROL PR SELECT OK CONFIRM MENU END VCR SETUP CLOCK SET RF OUTPUT SET 16 9 SET OSD ON OFF PR SELECT OK CONFIRM MENU END standby on see page 11 Stops play fast forward rewind and so on see page 22 Ejects the video cassette Front input sockets for connecting a camcorder see page 11 Sel...

Страница 8: ... POWER button once on the video 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 AUTO SEARCH OK CONFIRM MENU END If you cannot get a ...

Страница 9: ...the power if there is a power switch 5 Switch your video recorder off by pressing the POWER button again 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 How to play a video cassette ...

Страница 10: ...tions for a satellite or digital receiver with a video recorder This is a scart socket Arrowsshowthedirectionthesignal willflowthroughthewiring 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 Scart AV2 Ae...

Страница 11: ...hrough 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 Select and monitor the front AV input by pressing the AV button until F AV appears on the screen Please read the instructions for the equipment and see Recording from other equipment on page 30 The stand by button Power sa...

Страница 12: ...es not appear in the display follow After auto search 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 search on page 13 Press and hold the OK button on th...

Страница 13: ...will start and the screen will show its progress 3 The video recorder sorts the programmes into their proper order For example BBC1 on programme 1 BBC2 on programme 2 AUTO SEARCH OK CONFIRM MENU END AUTO SEARCH MENU END PR03 UHF 76 PLEASE WAIT AUTO SEARCH 1 Press the button so that the auto search picture appears on the television screen If you do not see this picture check that the video is conne...

Страница 14: ...me 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 programmes are not in the right order please read Changing programme numbers on page 16 after you have finished step 7 below 8 Press the MENU button to finish MENU MANUAL SET PR01 ...

Страница 15: ...n to see the manual set menu 6 Press the PR and PR buttons to move the flashing pointer to the programme number you want to set to a new broadcast channel 7 Press the OK button to see the manual set search menu If you need to check the picture press the button You will see this is PR view in the on screen instructions 8 Press the PR button or PR button to search for a broadcast channel according t...

Страница 16: ...described on page 17 1 Press the MENU button until the main menu appears 2 Press the 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 mov...

Страница 17: ... see the search menu under Manual set If 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 cha...

Страница 18: ...the picture 7 Press the OK 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 MAIN MENU TIMER PROGRAM PR PRESET VCR SETUP TAPE CONTROL PR SELECT OK CONFIRM MENU END PR PRESET AUTO SEARCH MANUAL SET PR ERASE PR ALIGN PR SELECT...

Страница 19: ... a tuner Select the video channel on your 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 butt...

Страница 20: ...r and the video will 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 M...

Страница 21: ...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...

Страница 22: ...an forwards There are two scanning 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 but...

Страница 23: ...ck keep pressing the PR or PR button until you get the best picture VCR If still picture or slow motion lasts longer than five minutes the video recorder will stop to protect the video tape Commercial skip If you press the button on the remote control while a cassette is playing the video recorder quickly skips 30 seconds of the recording 30 NTSC playback NTSC is American standard video Great Brit...

Страница 24: ...r always plays the programme as a normal recording 5 Press the OK button to memorise your chosen setting or press the MENU button to finish without saving the setting VCR SETUP CLOCK SET RF OUTPUT SET 16 9 SET OSD ON OFF PR SELECT OK CONFIRM MENU END 16 9 SET AUTO OFF ON PR SELECT OK CONFIRM MENU END OSD On Screen Display ON OFF This OSD On Screen Display indicates the channel program number and t...

Страница 25: ...sette is playing the video recorder automatically 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 ...

Страница 26: ...channel has been selected AV F shows that the audio and video input sockets on the front of the video recorder have 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 t...

Страница 27: ...the counter to zero 00 00 00 or automatically 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 in hours and minutes Press the button aga...

Страница 28: ...6 if you decide not to change 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 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 above to get the tape control menu 2 Press the PR button once to move the pointer to Go to zero 3 Press the OK button The video recorder will display the picture opposite and rewind or fast forward the casse...

Страница 29: ...ton or the programme number 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 If the recording is paused for longer than five minutes the vid...

Страница 30: ... 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...

Страница 31: ... other equipment on page 30 This is the source 3 Play the cassette 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 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 REC...

Страница 32: ...y 30 minutes you want to record You can record for up to 10 hours if there is enough tape on the cassette 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 If the ca...

Страница 33: ...press another button within one minute the timer display will go off and you will have to start from step 2 again The dashes on the PR line will be flashing Press the number buttons 0 to 9 for the television channel you want to record 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 th...

Страница 34: ...hange 3 Follow steps 7 8 and 9 above 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 t...

Страница 35: ...f 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 safety tab on the cassette is broken out Please read Protecting cassettes from being recorded over on page 21 Before a programmed recording can work you must put the video reco...

Страница 36: ...te control is not pointed at the video recorder The batteries 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 recorde...

Страница 37: ...put 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 number Tune the television in the UHF waveband until you see a picture like the RF output set menu and memorise it...

Страница 38: ...r consumption Up to 14 watts System Video PAL I I Channel range UHF 21 69 Channel locations 01 to 99 and AV RF output UHF channels 21 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 ...

Страница 39: ...ntrol to change RF 52 to 21 Repeat step 2A If there is still distortion you should see page 12 AUTO SEARCH OK CONFIRM MENU END Stage 3 Auto Search When you have got a clear picture A Point the remote control at the video and press OK B The video is now tuning all the television stations available in your area C If Clock Set appears on the TV screen please enter the time and date Use the number but...

Страница 40: ...Instruction manual Video cassette recorder VCR2360IRL UK English ...

Страница 41: ... recommend that you keep the receipt or the invoice in a safe place This also applies to the original packaging to enable safe transportation to a service centre The guarantee period will not be extended as a result of free after sales service work A brief description of your complaint would be very helpful in quickly repairing and returning the set Exchanged components will remain at the service ...

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