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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
VIDEO RECORDER
VR 4-HiFi
VHS HQ HiFi Videorecorder

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL VIDEO RECORDER VR 4-HiFi VHS HQ HiFi Videorecorder...
  • Page 2 Please keep the video's guarantee sheet and receipt for your video in a safe W O R T H place. k n o w i n g Precautions Read this booklet carefully. Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches that shown on the back of the video recorder.
  • Page 3: 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 ......2 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 4: Connecting Your Video Through Rf Lead, Connecting Your Video Through A Scart Lead

    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 5: Connecting Your Video To The Hi-Fi System (Option 2)

    Connecting your video through extra equipment Connecting your video to the satellite system Television Aerial You can use this 200V-240V~, 50/60 Hz connection if your video has two scart sockets. This will improve sound Video and picture quality when you are recording from satellite.
  • Page 6: How To Connect Your Video To Another Video, How To Connect Your Video To A Camcorder

    How to connect your video to another video First video 200V-240V~, 50/60 Hz Second video 200V-240V~, 50/60 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 copy from into the second video.
  • Page 7: Tuning Your Video To The Tv Using An Antenna Cable (Rf Cable)

    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 2), go to page 7. Use the following method to tune your video in if you have connected it through RF cable (as shown in diagram 1 on page 2) Once you have carried out the steps in ‘Setting up your video’...
  • Page 8: What To Do If You Get Picture Interference When Using Rf Lead

    What to do if you get picture interference when using RF lead The RF output can be adjusted from 21 to 69, this video is defaulted to RF52. If other broadcasts are close to RF 52 they may cause picture interference, you can change the RF output until your television has a noise-free channel for your video.
  • Page 9: Tuning Your Video Recorder To The Television

    Tuning your video recorder to the television If you already set the language and country set, you can see the followings. If you do not see this picture, check that the video is CH 25 connected properly. PLEASE WAIT... Press OK for ‘Auto Set’ or ‘Auto Search’. MENU:END Unless you are living in an area with poor reception, ‘Auto MANUAL SET...
  • Page 10: 2Nd Scart Socket

    2nd scart socket If your video has the AV2 output, shown in the diagram below, you can connect other equipment as seen on pages 3 and 4. 2nd scart INPUT ONLY INPUT+OUTPUT When connecting other equipment please refer to their manuals for further information.
  • Page 11: Manual Tuning

    Manual tuning Manual tuning allows you to tune in new stations or equipment such as a satellite receiver and so on. PR PRESET Press MENU. AUTO SET MANUAL SET Choose ‘PR Preset’ by pressing PR- then OK. PR ERASE PR ALIGN Choose ‘Manual Set’...
  • Page 12: Station Names

    Station names If your video is showing no station name or is showing a station name incorrectly, you can change this. MANUAL SET Press MENU. PR01 ARD PR08 P-08 PR02 ZDF PR09 P-09 PR03 P-03 PR10 P-10 Choose ‘PR Preset’ by pressing PR- then OK. PR04 P-04 PR11 P-11 PR05 MTV...
  • Page 13: 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. Press MENU. Choose ‘PR Preset’ by pressing PR- then OK. Choose ‘PR Align’ by pressing PR+ then OK. Press PR+ or PR- to select the programme you want to swap.
  • Page 14: Front Panel Controls

    Front panel controls The following buttons are on the front of your video. stand-by/ power on Stop and eject front input sockets for connecting a stereo camcorder (left and right channels) Change the station Recording or one-touch record ( Every time you press the button the recording time is increased by 30 minutes.) Rewind or fast forward a cassette from stop, or picture search backwards or forwards if the video is playing a cassette.
  • Page 15: Playing Cassettes

    PLAYING cassettes Play Push the cassette smoothly and squarely into the cassette bay, with its windows pointing up. Start playback. PROG TV/VCR If you hear an unclear or mixed sound output in PLAY Hi-Fi A.SEL different languages, select one of the sound options, see page 25.
  • Page 16: Finding New Recordings (Index Scan)

    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. If the still picture is jumping, you can steady it by using the PR+ and PR- button.
  • Page 17: 16:9 Wide Screen Format

    16:9 Wide-screen format 16:9 Wide-screen format is only available through wide-screen broadcasts. Your TV must have 16:9 function. You must connect your TV to the video using an A/V scart lead and the video must be in VCR mode. (See page 2, diagram 2.) Choose ‘16:9 set’...
  • Page 18: Cm Skip (Commercial Skip), Auto Repeat, Child Lock

    CM Skip If you press [CM Skip] button on the remote control during playback mode, tape advances for 30 seconds segment. Auto Repeat If you press the PLAY button for 5secs during playback mode, REP should appear on your display, the video goes into Auto repeat mode. This video repeatedly plays the tape from beginning to end .
  • Page 19: Osd (On Screen Display) On/Off, Setting Time And Date

    OSD(On Screen Display) ON & OFF This VCR is set to “OSD (On Screen Display) ON” mode at the factory, but you can change it to OFF mode. When a function is changed at the front display or remote control the change will be displayed on the screen.
  • Page 20: 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 24) and with enough free tape for the recording. Simple recording Load a cassette with its safety tab in place...
  • Page 21: Timer Recording Using Showview

    Timer recording using ShowView ShowView is an automatic system which makes it easier to set the timer. Press PROG. to select the ShowView screen. SHOWVIEW ShowView numbers are shown in TV guides. 83077---- From your current TV guide, type in the number next to the 0-9:SHOWVIEW NUMBER programme you want to record using the number buttons 0-9.
  • Page 22: 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 24) and with enough free tape for the recording. Normal timer recording Press MENU. Choose "Timer Program" by pressing OK.
  • Page 23 If all the settings are correct, press OK to confirm. The on screen display will remind you to enter a cassette and turn the video off. Switch your video off by pressing the button. You can switch your video on again if you want to set the timer to record another programme. Remember to switch the video off when you have finished.
  • Page 24: Timer Review - Changing And Erasing Record Settings

    Timer review - changing and erasing record settings TIMER PROGRAM PR START END DATE Press MENU. 01 18:10 20:30 19/07 03 21:20 22:20 14/07 Choose "Timer Program" then press OK. PR+/-:SELECT OK:CONFIRM MENU:END TIMER PROGRAM Select the program you want to change or erase by PR START END DATE 01 18:10 20:30 19/07 pressing PR+ or PR-.
  • Page 25: Finding The Counter Zero Position

    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 26: Resetting The Counter To Zero, Cassettes, Power-Saving Features, Language Select

    Resetting the counter to zero This display will only appear when there is a cassette in the video. COUNTER RESET Press MENU and choose ‘Tape Control’ by pressing PR+ and then Choose ‘Counter Reset’ by pressing PR- twice and then OK. The video will reset the counter to zero.
  • Page 27: The Hi-Fi System

    Please note: If you want to enjoy HiFi-stereo sound, please connect your VCR via SCART cable to your TV unit. The hi-fi system 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 28: Index, Technical Information

    Index Aerial ............2, 5 PDC (Programme Delivery Control) ..... 19 Protected cassette ........24 Bilingual..........13, 25 Remaining time ........... 23 Cassette length ........... 23 RF out ............6-7 Channel ..........6-7, 9-11 Child lock ............. 16 Satellite ............. 3, 8 CM Skip ............
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  • Page 31: 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 5 and carry out step 2 until you see the manual tuning screen.
  • Page 32: 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 into the remote control. Make sure that the (+) and (-) marks on the batteries agree with the (+) and 200V-240V~, (-) marks inside the battery compartment.

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