Owner's Manual

37
Operation
Hi-Fi
Stereo Sound
System
Your VCR will record and
playback
Hi-Fi stereo
sound. In addition it has a stereo NICAM
digital
stereo
sound decoder. This allows
you
to record and
playback
the sound in several different
ways.
Video cassettes
recorded on
your
VCR will have a normal mono audio
track and two VHS Hi-Fi stereo audio tracks. These
stereo tracks allow
you
to make audio
recordings
in
Hi-Fi stereo or
bilingual
mode from a TV
broadcast,
stereo audio
system,
video disc or another Hi-Fi VCR.
1. Your VCR's NICAM
digital
sound decoder allows
you
to
enjoy
broadcasts with NICAM
sound,
as
well as standard
stereo,
bilingual
and mono sound.
The
particular type
of sound received or that
recorded will be
briefly displayed
on the TV screen
for a
couple
of seconds:
STEREO NICAM
Sound is
automatically
recorded on the Hi-Fi
stereo and mono tracks of the video
tape.
BIL NICAM
Both audio channels will be recorded on the Hi-Fi
stereo tracks. The
primary language
channel
(left)
will be recorded on the mono track of the video
tape.
MONO
The sound is recorded on the Hi-Fi tracks and the
mono track of the video
tape
without
any separation.
2. Press AUDIO
repeatedly
until the desired audio
mode
appears.
3. The choice is
STEREO, LEFT,
RIGHT
and
MONO. In BIL NICAM
playback
the
primary
lan-
guage
is
output
on the left channel and the sec-
ondary
channel is
output simultaneously
from the
right
channel when audio
output
is set to
STEREO.
The
primary language
willbe
output
from both
channels when the audio
setting
is MONO.
Please note that when
adjusting
the
tracking
control Hi-Fi stereo sound
may
revert to MONO.
Wide Screen
Compatibility
16:9
Your DVD+VCR can record and
play
back wide screen
aspect
ratio
programmes (16:9).
To record a wide
screen format
programme successfully
the correct
type
of wide screen
signal
must be broadcast
by
the TV
station.
1. Switch on
your
DVD+VCR.
Press i.
PressForGtoselect .
Press OK.
2. Press v/V
repeatedly
to select:
AUTO,
4:3 or
16:9.
AUTO:
Automatically plays
back Wide-Screen
programmes
as Wide-Screen and Normal
programmes
as normal.
4:3
Only
for
playing
back and
recording
Normal format
recordings (4:3).
16:9:
Only
for
playing
back and
recording
Wide-Screen
format
recordings (16:9).
3. Press i to remove the menus from the TV screen.
To
enjoy
Wide-Screen
playback you
must
connect
your
VCR to the TV
using
a SCART-SCART
cable.
To set the decoder
We have
already
described,
how to connect a
decoder for
pay-TV
station as CANAL+ or PREMIERE
on
page
10. For the
recording
of an encoded station
you
do not have to control
anything.
You
just
select
the station and wait
shortly
until the
decoding
will
start.
1. Press i.
The main menu will
appear
on the TV screen.
Press
F
or
G
to select the DECODER.
Press OK.
2. Press
D
or
E
to select.
ON: When the decoder is connected to the AV2
socket.
OFF: When another VCR is connected to the AV2
socket.
3 Press i to return to a TV Picture.
SYS
12
SET
ON
OFF
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ACMS
Pr-12
PSET
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S
12
ON
OFF
OSD
f
A
Pr-12
PSET
R
AUTO
4:3
16:9
i
S
12
ON
OFF
OSD
f
Pr-12
PSET
R
AUTO
4:3
16:9
i