User manual PANASONIC NV-SD200

[. . . ] 5 Setting the Remote Control to Operate Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Advanced Operations Search Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 To Quickly Find the Beginning of a Desired Programme (VISS=VHS Index Search System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 To Search for a Desired Programme While Checking the Recorded Contents on a Cassette (Intro-Jet Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] When a timer recording was not performed up to the TV programme's ending time because the remaining tape time was not sufficient. When you have stopped the timer recording while it was being performed. To Check the Total Timer Recording Programming Time jjjjj jjjjj jjjjj jjjjj jjjjj jjjjj jj jj jj/jj jj/jj jj/jj jj/jj jj/jj jj jj jj jj jj jj jj jj jj:jj jj:jj jj:jj jj:jj jj:jj Press the Cursor buttons (34) Q to select the programme that you want to locate and play back. Press the SEARCH button M to start the search for the beginning of the selected programme. After the desired recorded programme has been found, playback starts automatically. If, after playback has started, you want to search for the beginning of the same or another programme, press the SEARCH button M. Playback stops, and the Programme List menu appears. Repeat the above operations steps 2­3. To Cancel the Programme List Search: Press the EXIT button R. Hints: When you press the SEARCH button M in the operation step 1, the last timer-recorded programme is selected (highlighted). If you take out the cassette or insert another cassette after a timer recording has finished, pressing the SEARCH button M activates the Intro-Jet Scan instead of the Programme List Search. (Refer to page 22. ) 21 Timer Recording The total time indication for timer Total (SP) 90 recording programming lets you check 6:07:30 16. 10. 05 how many programmes can be Indication for a total timer recorded by comparing with the recording programming time remaining tape time in the VCR of 90 minutes display. The total time is calculated in the SP mode. It then fast-forwards the tape to the next tape position marked by an index signal (beginning of a programme), and every time an index signal is found, the VCR switches over to high-speed playback (Cue) for about 10 seconds. Beginning of tape Index signal Programme 1 Rewinding High-speed Playback (Cue) Fast-forwarding Programme 2 Present tape position Programme 3 Hints: Searching in either direction is possible up to the 20th index signal. If you press either of the INDEX buttons K too many times, simply press the other INDEX button K (indicating the opposite direction) to correct it. In this way, you can reduce the displayed figure down to 1. The figure on the VCR display decreases by 1 every time an index signal is located. 2 When you have found the programme that you want to view, press the Play button I to start normal playback. To Cancel the Intro-Jet Scan or to Stop Playback: Press the Stop button 9. Note: If you press the SEARCH button M after a timer recording has finished, but before ejecting that cassette, the Programme List Search (for details, see page 21) will be activated instead of the Intro-Jet Scan. 22 Editing Assemble Editing The assemble editing function makes it easy to record the picture and sound of virtually any number of scenes or programmes in succession. Assemble editing from an external source, for example from a video movie camera, can be performed in the same way. Recording unit (this VCR) Front Rear 5 When that point is reached, press the Pause/Slow button 7 again to start recording the new picture and sound from the playback unit. To record (copy) additional scenes, press the Pause/ Slow button 7 to put this VCR in the recording pause mode and then perform steps 4 and 5 again. At the point where you want to stop recording, press the Stop button 9 to finish recording. 6 7 ] ^ f g Note: If you leave the VCR in the recording pause mode for more than 5 minutes in step 3 or 6, the VCR automatically switches over to the stop mode to protect the video heads. Video movie camera Other VCR Preparations Connect a video movie camera or a VCR to this VCR with an audio/video cable or a 21-pin Scart cable, as shown in the illustration. Insert the cassette on which the assemble editing is to be performed, and make sure that its erasure prevention tab is not broken out. Set the VCR/TV switch O to "VCR". Press the INPUT SELECT button 3 to select the AV Input (external input) "A1", "A2" or "A3" according to the socket(s) on the VCR to which the source unit has been connected. [. . . ] Do not block these holes; especially avoid covering them with soft materials such as paper or cloth. Keep the VCR away from high temperatures Keep the VCR away from extreme heat such as direct sunlight, heating radiators, or closed automobiles. Avoid magnets or magnetized objects Never bring a magnet or magnetized object close to the VCR because this could adversely affect the performance of the VCR. When using the VCR together with other equipment, keep as much distance as possible between them to prevent them from adversely affecting each other's performance. [. . . ]