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Recording TV programmes
Before you start...
• Refer to “Index to parts and controls” for button locations.
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Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.
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Insert a tape with its safety tab in place.
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• To record a normal channel, press PROG +/– until the programme
position number you want appears in the display window.
• To record from a decoder or other source connected to one or
more of the LINE inputs, press INPUT SELECT until the
connected line appears in the display window.
• To record from the Set-Top Box, press STB. The STB indicator
lights up in the display window. Then enter a three digit STB
channel number with the programme number buttons.
4
Press SP/LP to select the tape speed, SP or LP.
LP (Long Play) provides recording time twice as long as SP.
However, SP (Standard Play) produces better picture and audio
quality.
• PROG
INPUT SELECT
STB
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SP
OPC
VIDEO
SP
OPC
VIDEO
SP
OPC
VIDEO
STB
SP / LP
LP OPC
VIDEO
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