1. HOW TO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4.........
How to connect your video recorder to the TV set 4.....
Connecting with a scart cable without ’Easy
Link/NexTView’ 5...................................
Connecting without a scart cable 5...................
Connecting a decoder or other equipment 6............
2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 7...............
Initial installation 7..................................
Allocating a decoder 7..............................
Manual TV channel search 8.........................
Satellite receiver 9..................................
Special installation functions 9.......................
Automatic TV Channel Allocation (FOLLOW TV) 9.......
Automatic TV channel search 10.....................
Monitor function 10.................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 10..........
Setting the language 11.............................
Setting the country 11...............................
Setting the time and date 11..........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 12..............
General information 12..............................
Saving energy 12...................................
Emergency interrupt 12..............................
The symbols on your video recorder display 12.........
Summary of user guide 13...........................
User guide (OSD) 13.................................
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 14..........................
Playing a cassette 14................................
Playing NTSC cassettes 14...........................
Tape position indication 14...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 14.........................................
Still picture/Slow motion 14..........................
The SHUTTLE functions on the video recorder 15.......
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind
and rewind) 15.....................................
Instant View 15.....................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 15..
Selecting the picture setting (SMART PICTURE) 15......
Picture interference 15..............................
Cleaning the video heads 16.........................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 17............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 17............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 17.............................
Protecting your recordings 17........................
Auto-assembling 17.................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 17............
Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 18....................................
Switching on ’Direct Record’ 18......................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 19...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) 19.....................
Programming a recording (with ’SHOWVIEW’) 19.......
Programming a recording (without ’SHOWVIEW’) 20....
How to check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 21.........................................
How to clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 21......
’NexTView Link’ 21..................................
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 22.........................
Changing the TV system 22..........................
Child lock 22.......................................
Switching the ’on-screen display’ (OSD) on or off 23....
Switching to 16:9 wide screen picture 23..............
Switching the remote control command 24.............
Continuous playback 24.............................
Automatic switch-off (tuner mode) 25.................
Reducing picture disturbance (’optimizing the
modulator’) 26......................................
Switching off the modulator 26.......................
Using your video recorder remote control with your
TV set 27..........................................
Manual audio control 27.............................
Recording audio only 27.............................
Selecting the sound track 27.........................
8. Before you call an engineer 28.......................
9. GLOSSARY 29......................................
Technical terms used 29.............................
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