User manual SONY SLV-SE450B

[. . . ] Also, use of this recorder with cable television transmission may require authorization from the cable television transmitter and/or programme owner. compatible colour/TV systems · This VCR is designed to record and play back using the PAL (B/G, D/K and I), MESECAM (B/G and D/K) and NTSC colour systems. Recording of video sources based on other colour systems cannot be guaranteed. NTSC colour signals can only be recorded through the line input. [. . . ] Set the date using the CLOCK SET menu if you want to set the timer with the menu. The t indicator flashes in the display window when you complete the setting with no tape inserted. You can preset up to eight programmes at a time. Insert a tape with its safety tab in place. Make sure the tape is longer than the total recording time. Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel. Set the date, start and stop times, programme position, and tape speed: 1 Press , to select each item in turn. To correct a setting, press < to return to that setting and reset it. To record the same programme every day or the same day every week, press m while the date is flashing. To enter another setting, move the cursor to the next line and repeat step 2. To record from other equipment, leave the connected equipment switched on. "BLANK" and the remaining time of the blank section appear alternately in the display window for about one minute. To display the remaining time correctly, you may have to select the TAPE LENGTH in the SET UP MENU according to the type of the tape that you are using. In step 2, "FULL" will appear in the display window for about one minute, if: ­ there is no blank section available on the tape. The VCR can only detect the blank section between the end of the tape and the end of the last recorded programme. The VCR marks the tape with an index signal at the point where each recording begins. use these signals as references to find a specific recording. The VCR can search up to 99 index signals ahead of or behind the current position. You can either use the INDEX SEARCH buttons on the remote commander or the SEARCH MODE button and EASY TIMER knob on the VCR. Using the INDEX SEARCH buttons on the remote commander /> INDEX SEARCH repeatedly to specify how many index signals ahead or behind you want to search: · The VCR starts searching and the index number on the TV screen counts down to zero. Playback starts from the point about five seconds ahead of the specified index mark. Press SEARCH MODE on the VCR repeatedly until "INDEX" appears in the display window (the SEARCH MODE indicator lights up). [. . . ] Set the PAL/MESECAM option in the SET UP MENU according to your local colour system. To record on this tape, cover the tab hole. Check that the safety tab has not been removed. Check that the safety tab has not been removed. [. . . ]