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Goodmans VP2600S Instruction Manual

Goodmans VP2600S Instruction Manual

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This product is designed to be used in the home. It is not suitable for business
use.
Anything other than household use or similar general use in line with these
instructions may be dangerous and may mean the guarantee is not valid.
Contacts
Missing items
•
If anything is missing from the product you have bought or you need to replace the
instructions or the remote control, contact your Comet store. The phone number is on
your Comet sales receipt.
Service and repair
•
You should take small products to your Comet service centre, or if this is inconvenient, to
any Comet store. You can do this even if the guarantee has run out. If you have a
question about service or you need to speak to a service engineer, contact your Comet
service centre. The phone numbers for Comet service centres are given on your Comet
sales receipt.
Troubleshooting and helpline
•
If you have a problem using this product, please see the problem-solving guide at the
back of these instructions. If that does not help, please phone our helpline on 0113
2793520 during normal office hours.(You cannot book service calls through this number.)
5-Star Supercover, extended guarantee
•
Please see 'Contacts' under 'Comet supercover' on the back of your Comet sales receipt.
General problems
•
If you have a general problem or query which you cannot sort out at your local Comet
store, you can contact the Comet Customer Call Centre on 0845 600 7002.
Notice
Although we have done all we can to make these instructions correct, we are not responsible for
mistakes or missing information which are due to circumstances beyond our control.

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  • Page 1 This product is designed to be used in the home. It is not suitable for business use. Anything other than household use or similar general use in line with these instructions may be dangerous and may mean the guarantee is not valid. Contacts Missing items •...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Before you do anything with the video, please read the chapter "Setting up the video". Contents Setting up the video Connecting your video through RF lead, Connecting your video through a scart lead ....4 Connecting your video to the satellite system, Connecting your video to the hi-fi system (Option 1), Connecting your video to the hi-fi system (Option 2) ..............
  • Page 3 Put the batteries into the remote control. Make sure the (+) and (-) signs on the batteries agree with the (+) and (-) signs in the battery compartment. Setting up your video (Option 1) - Connecting your video through RF lead Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply.

  • Page 4: Connecting Your Video To The Hi-Fi System (Option 2)

    Connecting your video through extra equipment Connecting your video to the satellite system Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply. Television Aerial AC 230V 50 Hz You can use this connection if your video has two scart sockets.

  • Page 5: How To Connect Your Video To Another Video, How To Connect Your Video To A Camcorder

    How to connect your video to another video Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply. First video AC 230V 50 Hz Second video AC 230V 50 Hz 1) Insert the tape you wish to record on into the first video and press AV until ‘AV1’ appears on the front display. 2) Insert the tape you wish to record from into the second video.

  • Page 6: Tuning Your Video To The Tv Using An Antenna Cable (Rf Cable), What To Do If You Get Picture Interference

    Tuning your video to the TV using an antenna cable (RF cable) If you have connected your video through the scart connection (diagram 2 on page 4), go to page 8. Use the following method to tune your video in if you have connected it through RF cable (as shown in diagram 1 on page 4) Once you have carried out the steps in ‘Setting up your video’...

  • Page 7: Tuning Your Video Recorder To The Television, Setting Time And Date

    Tuning your video recorder to the television ‘Auto set’ only will appear on your screen if your video has this function. ‘Auto search’ only will appear on your screen if your video has this function. Press on your remote control. If you do not see this picture, check that the video is AUTO SET or AUTO SEARCH! connected properly.

  • Page 8: Decoder Or 2Nd Scart Socket

    Decoder or 2nd scart socket If your video has the 2nd scart, shown in the diagram below, you can connect other equipment as seen on pages 5 and 6. 2nd scart INPUT ONLY INPUT+OUTPUT Tuning equipment to the video. Press MENU and choose ‘VCR Setup’ by pressing PR- twice then OK. Choose ‘2nd SCART Set’...

  • Page 9: Manual Tuning

    Manual tuning Manual tuning allows you to tune in new stations or equipment such as a satellite receiver and so on. When your video is in certain AV modes you cannot use ‘PR Preset’. Press AV until P-_ _ is displayed on the front of the video.

  • Page 10: Station Names

    Station names If your video is showing no station name or is showing a station name incorrectly, you can change this. When your video is in certain AV modes you cannot use ‘PR Preset’. Press AV until P-_ _ is displayed on the front of the video.

  • Page 11: Sorting Programme Locations, Clearing Programme Locations

    Sorting programme locations Sorting programme locations allows you to put the video programme in the same order as your TV. When your video is in certain AV modes you cannot use ‘PR Preset’. Press AV until P-_ _ is displayed on the front of the video.

  • Page 12: Front Panel Controls

    Front panel controls The following buttons are on the front of your video. stand-by/ power on Press this button once to stop the video from playing, recording, rewinding and so on. Press this button twice to eject the cassette. front input sockets for connecting a stereo camcorder (left and right channels) Not all models have these sockets.

  • Page 13: Playing Cassettes Play

    Playing cassettes Play Push the cassette smoothly and squarely into the cassette bay, with its windows pointing up. Start playback. A.Sel is only available on some models. If this screen does not appear when you press the button, A.Sel is not available on your video. SV/V+ TV/VCR If you hear an unclear,...

  • Page 14: Finding New Recordings (Index Scan)

    PLAYING cassettes Still There must be a cassette in the video. Still picture from playback. Each press of the button moves the picture on one frame. Press the play button to switch back to normal playback. After approximately five minutes on still, the cassette will automatically switch to normal playback.

  • Page 15: 16:9 Wide Screen Format, Cm Skip (Commercial Skip)

    16:9 Wide-screen format 16:9 Wide-screen format is only available through wide-screen broadcasts. Your TV must have 16:9 wide-screen function and you must connect your TV and video using an A/V scart lead. (See page 4, diagram 2.) Choose ‘16:9 set’ by pressing MENU. Press PR- twice then OK. Press PR+ three times then OK.

  • Page 16: Child Lock, Osd (On Screen Display) On/Off

    Child lock You can only set the remote lock with your remote control. You can prevent anyone from using the controls on the remote control or the front display. Press and hold the button until is displayed on the front of your video. Your video cannot be used, only timer recordings will work.

  • Page 17: Simple Recording, One Touch Recording-Otr

    Simple recording Copyright: Copyright laws apply to some audio visual material. This material may include anti- copy protection (ACP) which will disturb video recordings made from the original recording. Load a cassette with its safety tab in place (see page 23). Press AV to choose an AV channel connected to other equipment.

  • Page 18: Recording Cassettes

    Recording cassettes If you want to use the video’s timer to record a programme, the clock, date and stations must be set correctly. Load a cassette with its safety tab in place (see page 23) and with enough free tape for the recording. Timer recording using VideoPlus+ VideoPlus is an automatic system which makes it easier to set the timer.

  • Page 19: Normal Timer Recording

    For timer recordings, clock, date, and stations must be set correctly. Load a cassette with its safety tab in place (see page 23) and with enough free tape for the recording. Normal timer recording Press MENU. Choose "Timer Program" by pressing OK.

  • Page 20: Timer Review - Changing And Erasing Record Settings

    Timer review - changing and erasing record settings TIMER PROGRAM PR START END DATE 01 18:10 20:30 16/03 03 21:20 22:20 17/03 Press MENU. PR+/-:SELECT Choose "Timer Program" by pressing OK. OK:CONFIRM MENU:END TIMER PROGRAM Select the program you want to change or erase by pressing PR START END DATE 01 18:10 20:30 16/03 PR+ or PR-.

  • Page 21: Clock And Counter Display, Remaining Time And Cassette Length, Finding The Counter Zero Position, Resetting The Counter To Zero

    The counter counts in real time from when you load the cassette. This does not have to be at the beginning of the cassette. The counter does not count unrecorded parts of the cassette. If you rewind the cassette, the counter will count backwards, if you rewind beyond the zero position, the counter counts in negative values for example, –...

  • Page 22: Canal+ Setting, Cassettes, Power-Saving Features

    Canal+ setting Canal+ is a French cable television service. We have described below how to change the Canal+ setting Canal+ will only become available when the video has been set up for the second scart with a decoder (pay TV). This is described on pages 5 and 9. Follow the instructions on page 9 ‘Decoder/2nd Scart Terminal’...

  • Page 23: Choice Of Sound Output

    Choice of sound output If this screen does not appear when you press the A.SEL button, this function is not available on your video A.SEL = Audio selection PLAY Hi-Fi HI-Fi LEFT A.SEL Hi-Fi RIGHT 1-4X Hi-Fi While you are watching a stereo hi-fi recording The first time you press the A.SEL button while you are playing a recording, ‘Hi-Fi’...

  • Page 24: The Hi-Fi System, What You Can Listen To

    The hi-fi system If this screen does not appear when you press the A.SEL button, this function is not available on your video. PLAY Hi-Fi HI-Fi LEFT A.SEL Hi-Fi 1-4X RIGHT Hi-Fi As well as the normal mono sound track of VHS video recorders, your video has a high-quality hi-fi sound system.

  • Page 25: Electrical Connection

    For units used in the UK. For your own safety read the following instructions carefully before you try to plug this video into the mains. Electrical connection Check that the voltage on the rating plate matches the voltage in your home. The rating plate is on the back panel of the video.

  • Page 26: Moulded Plugs

    Moulded plugs If it is necessary to remove a moulded plug from the mains cable, you should cut it off and replace it with a suitable replacement. You cannot use the moulded plug for any other appliance, so remove the fuse and throw it away immediately and safely to prevent anyone, especially children, from plugging it into a wall socket which would be very dangerous.

  • Page 27: Index, Technical Information

    Index Aerial ............4, 7 OSD ON/OFF ..........17 OTR (One Touch Recording) ......18 Bilingual...........14, 24, 25 PDC (Programme Delivery Control) .... 19 Cassette length .......... 22 Protected cassette ........23 Channel .......... 7-8, 10-12 Child Lock ........... 17 Remaining time ..........

  • Page 28: Precautions

    “People are always telling me that instructions for using electrical goods are the most difficult to understand. We have worked closely with Goodmans to make these instructions crystal clear. I hope this instruction book helps you to use your new video.
  • Page 29 -MEMO-...

  • Page 30: Problem-Solving Guide

    Problem-solving guide The video has the time or - -.- - on the display If while you are setting up the video, the timer or - -.- - is in the display, the video is switched off or has already gone through the autoset procedure (OK has already been pressed). In this case, please turn to page 7 and carry out step 2 until you see the manual tuning screen.

  • Page 31: Quick-Start Guide

    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 A Fit the batteries we have provided into the remote control.

  • Page 32: Video Recorder

    Instruction manual Video recorder VP2600S & VN9800S Important 1. If you switch your video off at the mains supply overnight, you will not have to retune the video. Simply press and then MENU on the remote control to restore all the programme settings.

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