User manual DAEWOO SVC217

[. . . ] 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] · Cassette with its safety · After recording, break off the tab in place. safety tab with a screwdriver if you want to protect your recording. Safety tab · To record again, cover the hole with sticky tape. 21 PLAYING video cassettes Load the cassette AUTO SET 20 : 10 VHS Push the cassette smoothly and squarely into the cassette slot with its windows pointing up. Play VCR This symbol means the cassette is in. Press the (play) button. `Play' flashes in the display while the video recorder automatically adjusts tracking for best picture quality. If you load a cassette with the safety tab broken out, it will play without you pressing the play button (see `Protecting cassettes from being recorded over' on page 21). Picture scanning This allows you to fast forward and rewind a cassette while you can still see the picture, although the picture quality will deteriorate and the sound will be switched off. Press the (rewind) button to scan backwards or the (fast forward) button to scan forwards. The video recorder changes from one to the other when you keep pressing the rewind or fast forward button. To stop picture scanning, press the (stop) button on the remote control or the STOP/EJECT button on the video recorder. VCR + VCR Fast forward and rewind VCR Press the (stop) button if the cassette is playing. Then press the rewind or fast forward button. Press the stop button again to end fast forward or rewind. · You might hear a small screech when the reel brakes work near the end of the tape or when you press the stop buttons: Don't worry, this is quite normal. VCR Eject the cassette If a cassette is playing or fast forwarding and so on, press the (stop) button. Then press the EJECT button on the remote control or the STOP/EJECT button on the video recorder. x Some functions (such as pause, still picture and picture scanning) switch off automatically after a while. This helps to protect the cassette and uses less power. When the video recorder plays or picture-scans to the end of the tape, it will rewind back to the beginning. x 22 PLAYING 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. Each time you press the pause button, the picture will move on one step. · You can reduce vertical vibration of the still picture if you keep pressing PR- or PR+ button. VCR Slow-motion VCR While you are playing a cassette keep pressing the control the slow-motion speed in 6 steps. button to As with the still picture, you will get some picture interference. · If you see interference stripes during slow motion playback, keep pressing the PR+ or PR- button until you get the best picture. Commercial skip 30 If you press the button on the remote control while a cassette is playing, the video recorder quickly skips 30 seconds of the recording. NTSC playback NTSC is American standard video. Great Britain uses a different video standard (called PAL). This video recorder can play video cassettes that have been recorded with NTSC video through most televisions used in Great Britain. A few televisions may not display a proper picture. This is not a fault with your video recorder and the television cannot be modified. You cannot record NTSC video on this video recorder. 23 PLAYING video cassettes Wide-screen pictures You can record and play wide-screen pictures with this video recorder. This `16:9 set' feature (see below) only works if your television has a wide-screen feature and is connected to the video recorder with a scart cable. [. . . ] This selects the `RF output set' menu. · Change the modulator channel number by pressing the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control. The new modulator channel number will show on the display. · Press the OK button on the remote control to memorise the new modulator channel number. [. . . ]