User manual AKAI VSK203M

[. . . ] Features High Quality (HQ) Images On-Screen Displays (OSD) CATV Tuner with Hyperband 80 Memories for Presets Automatic TV station presetting 30 Minutes Back-Up in case of Power Failure Timer Recording of up to 8 Programs per Month One-Touch Timer Recording (OTR) Video Index Search System NTSC Video Cassette Tape Playback on PAL TV Auto Power ON and Auto Playback when inserting a Cassette Tape Auto Rewind, Auto Eject, and Auto Power OFF Real-Time Tape Counter with ZERO RETURN-Function Auto Video Head Cleaning System 2 Tape Speeds Digital Auto Tracking (ATR Function) Repeat On-Screen Language Display in English, German, French, Italian, or Spanish Scart socket CE Symbol Guaranteeing Compliance to Currently Effective European Standards. Contents Preparation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Video Index Search System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Recording Recording a TV Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Other Functions Duplicating a Video Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Playback will start. If the cassette has not loaded yet, will blink for 4 seconds. VCR ATR To stop playback Press . VCR Unloading 1 Press STOP/EJECT on the VCR. When a tape is being played press this button twice. OR: Press EJECT on the remote control. Even if a tape is being played, press this button only once. VCR To rewind the tape or forward it rapidly To rewind the tape: Press . To forward the tape: Press . 2 Remove the cassette tape. VCR Automatic tape eject When the VCR is automatically rewinding the tape and reaches its beginning, the cassette tape will be ejected automatically. VCR VCR Forward/reverse picture search mode When the tape is being transported you can switch to picture search mode (see next page). The unit will resume the tape transport as soon as the button is released. To prevent accidental erasure Remove the erase prevention tab with a screwdriver. Screwdriver NTSC Video cassette-Playback inspelningsskydd To record again Cover the hole with a piece of adhesive tape. 14 Adhesive tape When using a pre-recorded NTSC video cassette tape, the connected TV set must operate with a 60 Hz vertical frequency. Even if your TV set is capable of processing NTSC video signals, the picture may be shortened vertically (appearance of black bars at the top and at the bottom of the TV screen). The dubbing of a NTSC video cassette tape to a standard PAL VCR is not possible. Special Playback Picture Search Reverse picture search function Press x 1 or x 2 during the playback. To return to playback: Press . VCR VCR Adjusting the sharpness of the picture You can make the playback picture clearer or softer. 1 Press will . starts. Then press ENTER. TIMER REC SET VCR EXTENSION SHARPNESS CHANNEL SETUP SYSTEM SETUP SELECT : ENTER : ENTER EXIT : MENU Still Picture Press PAUSE/STILL during playback. To resume normal playback, press . VCR 3 Press Digital Auto Tracking Adjustments When a cassette tape is played, the Digital Auto Tracking System will be activated automatically and provide the optimum picture quality. The ATR indicator blinks while the system is searching for optimum tracking. At the same time, the sound output may be slightly distorted until the automatic adjustment is completed. Then the ATR indicator stops blinking and remains lit as long as the automatic tracking continues. In case of noise-distorted recordings from other sources the system will perform several attempts to improve the playback picture quality. To return to automatic VCR tracking, eject the tape and ATR play again (see page 14). or within 60 seconds to adjust the picture sharper or softer. Increasing the number SHARPNESS 2 makes the picture ++++ sharper, and decreasSET : EXIT : MENU CENTRE : CANCEL ing the number makes the picture softer. softer sharper 4 Press MENU repeatedly until the TV picture appears on the screen. Note: You can select SHARPNESS in step 2 only during playback. To return to the initial sharpness setting, press CANCEL while the sharpness setting screen is appearing. Note: These Special Playback will automatically change to playback after approx. When during a Reverse picture search the beginning of tape is reached, the unit will return to playback automatically. 15 Repeat Playback Scene repeat playback Preparation Turn on the TV, and select the AV-program position on TV. (Otherwise you can not select the position SCENE REPEAT in menu) Normal repeat playback Preparation Turn on the TV, and select the AV-program position on TV. Load a video cassette with the erase prevention tab intact. 1 Press MENU. Press or repeatedly until the dot before VCR EXTENSION blinks. Then press ENTER. TIMER REC SET VCR EXTENSION SHARPNESS CHANNEL SETUP SYSTEM SETUP SELECT : ENTER : ENTER EXIT : MENU 1 Press MENU. Press or repeatedly until the dot before VCR EXTENSION blinks. [. . . ] cassette tape with the 1 Load a blankintact into the recording VCR. erase 3 Press REC/OTR and then PAUSE/STILL of prevention tab Load Recording unit. the previously recorded cassette tape into the playback VCR or a video camera. then PAUSE/STILLbutton VCR 5 Press PAUSE/STILL of both units simultaneously to start the Duplicating. Note: Before starting the duplicating process, select the proper tape speed using SPEED SP/LP. For a prerecorded tape the correct tape speed will be set automatically during playback. [. . . ]