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METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` b
W O R T H
k n o w i n g
AUTO SET
Please keep the video's guarantee sheet and receipt for your video in a safe
place.
Precautions
Read this booklet carefully.
Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches
that shown on the back of the video recorder.
Read this page and the chapter and the "Setting up your video" to
help you set up and adjust your video recorder.
Do not put the video recorder in a hot or humid place (to avoid the
risk of fire and electric shock).
Do not open the video recorder. Get a qualified technician to carry
out any repairs.
Do not connect the video recorder to the power supply if you have
just moved it from a cold environment to a warm room. This can
lead to condensation inside the video which can seriously damage
the video and cassettes. Wait around two hours to allow it to reach
room temperature.
Make sure the video is placed at least 10cm apart from other home
appliances or obstacles to get sufficient ventilation.
This apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects
filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on top of the video.
Put the video on a steady, flat surface.
Only clean the video with a soft, lint-free cloth. Do not use harsh or
alcohol-based cleaning agents.
Disposal of Used Electrical & Electronic Equipment
The meaning of the symbol on the product, its accessory or packaging indicates
that this product shall not be treated as household waste. Please, dispose of this
equipment at your applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical &
electronic equipments waste. In the European Union and Other European
countries which there are separate collection systems for used electrical and
electronic product. By ensuring the correct disposal of this product, you will help
prevent potentially hazardous to the environment and to human health, which
could otherwise be caused by unsuitable waste handling of this product. The
recycling of materials will help conserve natural resources. Please do not
therefore dispose of your old electrical and electronic equipment with your
household waste. For more detailed information about recycling of this product,
please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service or the
shop where you purchased the product.
For your own safety!
There are no components in this video recorder you can
service or repair yourself.
Do not open the case of the video recorder. Only allow a
qualified engineer to repair or service your video.
This video recorder is designed to work continuously.
Switching it off (onto stand-by) does not disconnect it from
the mains. To disconnect it from the mains, you have to
unplug it.

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  • Page 1 METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` b 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 2: Table Of Contents

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 1 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) .....
  • Page 3: Connecting Your Video Through Rf Lead, Connecting Your Video Through A Scart Lead

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 2 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 Satellite System, Connecting Your Video To The Hi-Fi System (Option 1)

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 3 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 200V-240V ~ You can use this connection 50/60Hz if your video has two scart sockets.
  • Page 5: Connecting Your Video To The Hi-Fi System (Option 2), How To Connect Your Video To Another Video

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 4 Connecting your video to the hi-fi system - Option 2 Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply. Television Aerial Hi-Fi 200V-240V ~ Plug a scart to phone 50/60Hz cable into the ‘AV1’ socket on the back panel and into the audio socket on any...
  • Page 6: How To Connect Your Video To A Camcorder

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 5 How to connect your video to a camcorder Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply. Television Aerial Camcorder 200V-240V ~ 50/60Hz Video If you have connected your camcorder in this way, you can also connect a scart lead from ‘AV1’ on the back panel of the video to the television.
  • Page 7: Tuning To The Tv Using An Antenna Cable (Rf Cable)

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 6 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 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 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

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 7 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

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 8 Tuning your video recorder to the television If you already set the language and country set, you can see the followings. Press on your remote control. CH 25 If you do not see this picture, check that the video is connected properly.
  • Page 10: Station Table Download (Only With Data Logic), Setting Time And Date

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 9 Station table download (only with Data Logic) Provided that the Videorecorder is equipped with Data Logic (Mets), Megalogic (Grundig), Easy Link (Philips), Qlink (Panasonic), or SmartLink (Sony), the Videorecorder can download station table of the TV-Set.
  • Page 11: Decoder Or 2Nd Scart Socket

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 10 Decoder or 2nd scart socket If your video has the output, shown in the diagram below, you can connect other equipment as seen on pages 3, 4 and 5. INPUT ONLY 2nd scart INPUT+OUTPUT When connecting other equipment please refer to their manuals for further information.
  • Page 12: Manual Tuning

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 11 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 P- then OK. PR ERASE PR ALIGN PR+/-:SELECT...
  • Page 13: Station Names

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 12 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 Choose ‘PR Preset’...
  • Page 14: Sorting Programme Locations, Clearing Programme Locations

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 13 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 P- then OK. Choose ‘PR Align’ by pressing P+ then OK. Press P+ or P- to select the programme you PR ALIGN want to swap.
  • Page 15: Front Panel Controls

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 14 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) This is only available on some models. Check the front of your video to see if this connection is available.
  • Page 16: Playing Cassettes

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 15 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.
  • Page 17: Finding New Recordings (Index Scan)

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 16 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 18: 16:9 Wide Screen Format, Auto Repeat

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 17 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.
  • Page 19: Child Lock, Osd (On Screen Display) On/Off

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:54 PM ˘ ` 18 Child lock You can only set the child lock with your remote control. Press the button for about 5 seconds. No buttons of front panel can be operated now and LOCK INDICATOR (“SAFE”) will be displayed momentarily on LED display.
  • Page 20: Recording Cassettes

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 19 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 26) and with enough free tape for the recording. Simple recording Load a cassette with its safety tab in place...
  • Page 21: One Touch Recording-Otr, Direct Tv Rec (With Data Logic Only)

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 20 One-touch recording-OTR Press P+ or P- to choose the station you want to record. Every time you press , the recording time will increase by 30 minutes. It is possible to record for up to 10 hours if there is enough room on the cassette. •...
  • Page 22: Timer Recording Using Showview

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 21 Timer recording using ShowView ShowView is an automatic system which makes it easier to set the timer. Press SV/V+ to select the ShowView screen. (If ShowView mode does not appear on the screen, it is not available on your video.
  • Page 23: Normal Timer Recording

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 22 For timer recordings, clock, date, and stations must be set correctly. Load a cassette with its safety tab in place (see page 26) and with enough free tape for the recording. Normal timer recording Press MENU.
  • Page 24: Nextview Timer Programming

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 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.
  • Page 25: Timer Review - Changing And Erasing Record Settings

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 24 Timer review - changing and erasing record settings TIMER PROGRAM PR START END DATE Press MENU. 01 18:10 20:30 15/03 03 21:20 22:20 16/03 Choose "Timer Program" by pressing OK. PR+/-:SELECT OK:CONFIRM MENU:END TIMER PROGRAM Select the program you want to change or erase by PR START END DATE...
  • Page 26: Finding The Counter Zero Position

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 25 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 27: Resetting The Counter To Zero, Cassettes

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 26 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 P+ and then Choose ‘Counter Reset’ by pressing P- twice and then OK. The video will reset the counter to zero.
  • Page 28: Power-Saving Features, Language Select

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 27 Power - saving features Dimmer Your video recorder’s display will go dim when the video is on stand-by. Auto power off If your video is connected through RF, it will switch to stand-by when no station is received for more than five minutes.
  • Page 29: Choice Of Sound Output

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 28 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 PLAY Hi-Fi HI-Fi LEFT Hi-Fi RIGHT Hi-Fi While you are watching a stereo broadcast or playing back a hi-fi recording The first time you press the A-SEL button while you are playing a recording, ‘Hi-Fi’...
  • Page 30: The Hi-Fi System, What You Can Listen To

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 29 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 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 31: Index, Technical Information

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 30 Index Aerial ............2, 6 PDC (Programme Delivery Control) ..... 21 Protected cassette ........26 Bilingual..........15, 28-29 Remaining time ........... 25 Cassette length ........... 25 RF out ............6-8 Channel ........... 7-8, 11-13 Child lock............18 Satellite ...........
  • Page 32: Problem-Solving Guide

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 31 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).
  • Page 33: Quick-Start Guide

    METZ_GB(T50) 2005.6.21 3:55 PM ˘ ` 32 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.

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