User manual SHARP VC-786S

[. . . ] 5 Auto installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BASIC OPERATION Important notes on your VCR and video tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How to playback a video tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Pausing and slow motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you wish to make additional timer recordings, repeat this procedure. 11. When you have completed entering timer settings, press MENU to remove the menu from the TV screen. 12. Press TIMER ON/OFF once to place the VCR in TIMER POWERSAVE OR TIMER STANDBY mode. will be shown on the display. NOTES: · · · If flashes a video tape has not been inserted into the VCR. If the video tape is ejected when the VCR tries to record the record protection tab has been removed. During recording, press STOP ( ) to cancel the recording. If there are further recordings to be made, the VCR will return to TIMER POWERSAVE OR TIMER STANDBY. GB-13 TINS-3799UMZZ ENGLISH. book Page 14 Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:23 AM BASIC OPERATION HOW TO SET A DELAYED RECORDING CHECKING, CHANGING AND CANCELLING A RECORDING CHECKING A RECORDING MENU SCREEN T I ME R MOD E SE T UP 1. If in TIMER POWERSAVE/TIMER STANDBY mode, press TIMER ON/OFF to exit. 2. · · All the delayed recordings in the VCR's memory will be shown. You can check the settings and change or cancel them. Press SET to SET : SE L ECT : ENT ER ME NU : E X I T CHANGING A RECORDING 1. ZERO BACK uses the tape counter to determine a specific point on a tape you may wish to return to. 1. Press DISPLAY until tape counter appears, for example: 2. To identify the current position on a video tape press CLEAR and the tape counter will appear: When you wish to return to this position on the video tape, press ZERO BACK. The tape will rewind/advance to this point. NOTE: · The tape counter will only operate on recorded sections of tape. GB-16 TINS-3799UMZZ ENGLISH. book Page 17 Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:23 AM ADVANCED OPERATION BLUE MUTE The TV screen will be blue if a TV channel with no signal is selected, an unrecorded section of tape is played or the quality of the recording on the tape is poor. Select OFF to disable this feature. 1. Press MENU to display the main menu on the screen. MODE MENU SCREEN CO L OUR AU T O P A L ME S E CAM B L U E MU T E AU T O OF F REPEAT ON OF F POWE R S A V E ON OF F 2. Press [ / / ] to select MODE. 3. Press SET and then MENU to return to the normal screen. COLOUR If the VCR is playing poor quality recording, the picture may turn black and white. Selecting PAL/MESECAM may improve this (depending on the recording), although coloured speckles may appear on black and white recordings. 1. Press SET and then MENU to return to the normal screen. GB-17 TINS-3799UMZZ ENGLISH. book Page 18 Thursday, April 20, 2000 9:23 AM ADVANCED OPERATION SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE SKIP SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE You can search the tape in 30 second time intervals. To do this follow the procedure below: 1. [. . . ] VCR will not operate - · Press the TIMER ON/OFF button to disengage timer. VCR will not respond to any commands. PLAYBACK RECORDING · Check CHILD LOCK is not engaged. · Safety device operating: unplug VCR for 2 hours. · Make sure the TV is set to the video channel. [. . . ]