Contents Setting up the video recorder Safety instructions, Important points ................2 Cleaning your video recorder, The mains plug ..............3 Safety symbols, Power Cuts..................... 4 The controls ........................5 The remote control ......................6 The front of the video recorder, On-screen display ............7 Getting started ........................
Thank you for buying this Goodmans video recorder. Setting up the Please read this instruction book before you use your video recorder. This video recorder can record and play cassettes with the VHS-standard v i d e o r e c o r d e r mark.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r • By law, you may need to get the permission of the copyright owner before you record anything. • VIDEOPlus+ and PlusCode are trademarks of the Gemstar Development Corporation. •...
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r How to connect a plug • The blue wire must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter ‘N’ or coloured black. •...
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r The controls How to put the batteries in the remote control 1 Press your thumb nail against the slot in the battery cover on the back of the remote control.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r The remote control Aim the remote control at the front of the video recorder, keep within 7 meters and a 30 degrees angle to the receiver. Power on or stand-by (see page 11).
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r The front of the video recorder Power on or stand-by (see page 11). Stops play, fast forward, rewind, and so on (see page 22). Ejects the video cassette.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Getting started For televisions without a Scart socket Aerial cable Aerial cable (provided) Mains cable AUDIO ANT. IN EURO AV2 DECODER ANT. OUT EURO-AV 1 Unplug the aerial cable from the back of your television and plug it into the ANT IN socket on the back of your video recorder.
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Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r For televisions with a Scart socket Aerial cable *You must use a scart connection for reproducing Aerial cable stereo sound through a Mains (provided) stereo television.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Automatic video channel selection If the video recorder is connected to the television with a scart cable you will normally see the video recorder picture when you play a video cassette. You will also see the video recorder picture when you select one of the on-screen menus (see ‘Control menus’...
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Through the aerial cable You can also connect extra equipment between the external aerial cable and your video recorder. Set the equipment to produce a picture you will recognise (please read the equipment’s instruction book to find out how to do this).
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r What to do if you get picture interference Each television programme uses a certain broadcast channel in the broadcast band. An electronic part called the ‘modulator’ inside your video recorder sends a signal to the aerial input of your television just like the signals sent by the television transmitters.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Auto-set The video recorder will search the broadcast band for all television programmes. This is known as ‘auto-set’. It stores the television programmes it finds in the following order: BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Channel 4 or S4C, Channel 5, Sky, others.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Auto-set (continued) If you do not see the auto-set picture when you switch on the video recorder in step 2 above, your video recorder has probably already been tuned in to some television programmes.
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Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r 5 Press the OK button to see the manual set menu. MANUAL SET PR01 BBC1 PR08 SKYS 6 Press the PR- and PR+ buttons to move the flashing pointer to PR02 BBC2 PR09 MTVE PR03 ITV PR10 P-10...
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Changing programme numbers You can move any television channel the video recorder has found onto a different programme number. Select the video channel on your television so that you can see the menus. See ‘Automatic video channel selection ‘...
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Changing programme names Select the video channel on your television so that you can see the menus. See ‘Automatic video channel selection ‘ on page 10. 1 Follow steps 1 to 5 under ‘Manual channel search’...
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Erasing programmes 1 Press the MENU button until the main menu appears. MAIN MENU 2 Press the PR- button once. This moves the pointer to Timer Program PR Preset ‘PR preset’.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Using the video recorder as a tuner Select the video channel on your television so that you can see the pictures from the video recorder.
Setting up the v i d e o r e c o r d e r Setting or checking the time and date You do not normally need to set the time and date because the video recorder gets this information from the television transmitter.
A b o u t video cassettes The beginning of the cassette The end of the cassette Play • Keep video cassettes away from direct sunlight, heaters, dusty places, damp, violent vibration or shocks and strong magnetic fields (near a motor, transformer or magnet). •...
P l a y i n g video cassettes Load the cassette Push the cassette smoothly and squarely into the cassette slot with its windows pointing up. AUTO SET 20 : 10 This symbol means the cassette is in. Play Press the (play) button.
P l a y i n g video cassettes Still picture and slow-motion • If still picture or slow-motion lasts longer than five minutes the video recorder will stop, to protect the video tape. Still picture While you are playing a cassette, press the (pause) button to see a still picture.
P l a y i n g video cassettes Choosing the sound track When the video recorder is playing a hi-fi recording you can press the A.SEL button to change the sound track. The following messages on the screen tell you what sound track you have selected.
P l a y i n g video cassettes Index search The index search At the beginning of each recording, the video recorder marks the on-screen display cassette with an index mark. You can search for these index marks on a cassette. Number of Direction index marks...
P l a y i n g video cassettes On-screen information display You cannot see the information display when the video recorder is adjusting the tracking (please see ‘Tracking and picture quality’ on page 25). You cannot see the information display when there is no playback or broadcast picture. Press the button once.
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P l a y i n g video cassettes Press the button twice. The information on the screen is the same as when you press the button once, except as shown below. STOP SP PR01 BBC1 STEREO ON After a few seconds, just the play time is displayed.
P l a y i n g video cassettes Tape control menu You can only see the tape-control menu when there is a cassette in the video recorder. Remaining time and cassette length TAPE REMAIN TAPE CONTROL E-180 Tape Remain E-240 Go To Zero E-300...
R e c o r d i n g 1 Put a cassette into the video recorder. Make sure the safety tab is in place (see ‘Protecting cassettes from being recorded AUTO SET 20 : 10 over ‘ on page 21). 2 Use the PR- or PR+ button or the programme number buttons 0 to 9 to select the channel you want to record, for example ‘PR01 BBC1’.
R e c o r d i n g Recording from other equipment Select the video channel on your television so you can monitor the recording. Recording through the aerial cable Please read ‘Connecting extra equipment - Through the aerial cable’ on page 11. Press the PR+ or PR- button to select the video recorder programme number that you have tuned to that piece of equipment, then record as usual.
R e c o r d i n g Auto-assembling 1 You can use the auto-assembling function in this video recorder to join separate recordings without any major picture disturbance between the recordings. 2 Prepare to record from other equipment as described under ‘Recording from other equipment’...
R e c o r d i n g One-time recording (OTR) One-time recording lets you set the video to record for between half an hour and 10 hours. 1 Put in a cassette and choose a programme or the other equipment you want to record from, as described under ‘Recording’...
P r o g r a m m e d r e c o r d i n g s The video recorder needs the following information for every programmed recording. • The date on which the recording is to be made. •...
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P r o g r a m m e d r e c o r d i n g s Programmed recording with VIDEOPlus+ (continued) 6 Press the OK button to confirm your choice in step 5 and display the timer programme information. If you do not press TIMER PROGRAM (Once) another button within one minute, the timer display will go Start Time 21:20...
P r o g r a m m e d r e c o r d i n g s Setting the timer You can set the record timer without VIDEOplus+. 1 Switch your television on and select the video channel. TIMER PROGRAM 2 Press the MENU button once.
P r o g r a m m e d r e c o r d i n g s Setting the timer (continued) 10 Press the OK button to confirm the timer programme. The video timer is now set. The information has been stored in a 1.
P r o g r a m m e d r e c o r d i n g s How to stop a programmed recording • Press and hold the (stop) button for at least five seconds, until the recording stops and ‘TMR’...
If something seems to be wrong with your video recorder, please check through the list on this page before you contact Comet Service or your Comet store. If there is something about this video recorder that you do not understand, A p p e n d i x please phone the Comet Helpline on 0113 2793520.
A p p e n d i x Interference The Department of Trade and Industry runs a Radio Investigation Service to help people improve the reception of television programmes if they are being spoilt by interference. Ask at a main post office for the booklet ‘How to improve television and radio reception’. Appendix 1 Another way of changing the modulator channel This method steps through the control menus, but you will only see the menus if you have a...
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A p p e n d i x Appendix 2 (continued) Canal+ • When you have selected ‘Decoder (Pay TV)’ as the AV2 socket function, ‘Canal+ set’ will appear on the ‘Program pre-set’ menu. Canal+ is a French cable television service which is not used the UK, but we have described below how you change the Canal+ setting.
A p p e n d i x Setting the EURO AV2/ DECODER socket back to normal 1 Follow steps 1 to 5 above. 2 Press the PR- button to move the pointer to ‘AV2 (second AV input)’. 3 Press the OK button to confirm the change and go back to the main menu. 4 Press the MENU button to turn off the main menu display.
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