VIDEO RECORDER BLD-6HD1 Instruction Manual
W O R T H k n o w i n g Please keep the video's guarantee sheet and receipt for your video in a safe place. Before you do anything with the video, please read the chapter "Setting up the video". Precautions Contents ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ AUTO SET OP EJECT CH. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Read this booklet carefully. Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches that shown on the back of the video recorder.
Put the batteries into the remote control. Make sure the (+) and (-) signs on the batteries agree with the (+) and (-) signs in the battery compartment. Setting up your video (Option 1) - Connecting your video through RF lead Setting up your video (Option 2) - Connecting your video through RCA lead Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply. Switch off all components when connecting or disconnecting cables.
◆ If you are using a RCA cable, select the AV input on the TV to see the picture from the video. ◆ If you are not using a RCA cable, select the button number on the TV reserved for video input to see the picture from the video. To the TV via antenna cable (if you are not using a RCA cable) If you are not using a RCA cable, your video can transmit pictures and sound to the TV via the coax aerial cable. Just tune the TV to the video's transmitting channel (factory set to UHF CH 36).
Tuning to the TV Once you have carried out the steps in ‘Setting up your video’ (diagram 1 on page 2), switch on your TV. What to do if you get picture interference when using RF lead 1 Press on the remote control and RF36 will be displayed on the front of your video. If you have connected your video through the RCA connection (diagram 2 on page 3), go to step 2.
Setting time and date CLOCK SET 1 TIME - - : - DATE - -/- -/- - - - Manual tuning If the ‘CLOCK SET’ display is not already on the screen press MENU. Choose ‘VCR SET UP’ by pressing PR- twice, then OK. Choose ‘CLOCK SET’ then press OK. Manual tuning allows you to tune in new stations or equipment such as a satellite receiver and so on.
Station names Sorting programme locations If your video is showing no station name or is showing a station name incorrectly, you can change this.
PLAYING cassettes Front panel controls Play The following buttons are on the front of your video. Push the cassette smoothly and squarely into the cassette bay, with its windows pointing up. stand-by/ power on Start playback. VCR PROG Stop and eject front input sockets for connecting a stereo camcorder (left and right channels) 1 2 3 TV/VCR 4 5 6 AV 7 8 9 A 30 0 PLAY SP Hi-Fi L+R A.
Still CM Skip There must be a cassette in the video. If you press [CM Skip] button on the remote control during playback mode, tape advances for 30 seconds segment. 30 Still picture from playback. Each press of the button moves the picture on one frame. VCR Press the play button to switch back to normal playback. Auto Repeat After approximately five minutes on still, the cassette will automatically switch to normal playback.
OSD (On Screen Display) ON & OFF Simple recording This VCR is set to “OSD (On Screen Display) ON” mode at the factory, but you can change it to OFF mode. When a function is changed at the front display or remote control the change will be displayed on the screen. MAIN MENU 1 TIMER PROGRAM PR PRESET VCR SETUP TAPE CONTROL PR+/-:SELECT OK:CONFIRM 2 * Press MENU. Choose “VCR SETUP” And press OK.
◆ ◆ Recording cassettes ◆ ◆ For timer recordings, clock, date, and stations must be set correctly. Load a cassette with its safety tab in place (see page 23) and with enough free tape for the recording. Normal timer recording If you want to use the video’s timer to record a programme, the clock, date and stations must be set correctly. Load a cassette with its safety tab in place (see page 23) and with enough free tape for the recording.
Timer review - changing and erasing record settings If all the settings are correct, press OK to confirm. The on screen display will remind you to enter a cassette and turn the video off. 4 1 PR+/-:SELECT OK:CONFIRM Switch your video off by pressing the button. 5 TIMER PROGRAM PR START END DATE 01 18:10 20:30 15/08 03 21:20 22:20 16/08 You can switch your video on again if you want to set the timer to record another programme. Remember to switch the video off when you have finished.
◆ The counter counts in real time from when you load the cassette. This does not have to be at the beginning of the cassette. The counter does not count unrecorded parts of the cassette. ◆ If you rewind the cassette, the counter will count backwards, if you rewind beyond the zero position, the counter counts in negative values for example, – 0:01:15. Resetting the counter to zero Clock and counter display This display will only appear when there is a cassette in the video.
The hi-fi system Power - saving features Dimmer Your video recorder’s display will go dim when the video is on stand-by. PLAY Language Select LANGUAGE SET ENGLISH DEUTSCH ITALIANO ESPAÑOL FRANÇAIS NEDERLANDS SVENSKA SUOMI PR+/-:SELECT OK:CONFIRM MENU:END Press MENU. Select „VCR SETUP“ by pressing PR- twice, then press OK. Choose „LANGUAGE SET“ by pressing PR-, then press OK. Use PR+ or PR- to select the wanted language and press OK. Press MENU to confirm Hi-Fi L+R HI-Fi LEFT Hi-Fi RIGHT A.
Index Protected cassette ...................................... 23 Bilingual..................................................13, 25 Remaining time ........................................... 22 RF out ......................................................... 6-7 Cassette length ........................................... 22 Channel ............................................. 6-7, 9-11 Child lock ..................................................... 15 CM Skip ..........................................
-MEMO- Problem-solving guide ✎ The video has the time or - -.- - on the display If while you are setting up the video, the timer or - -.- - is in the display, the video is switched off or has already gone through the autoset procedure (OK has already been pressed). In this case, please turn to page 6 and carry out step 2 until you see the manual tuning screen. A blue screen is displayed when you switch the video on If a blue screen appears when you switch the video on, the AV button has been pressed.
Quick-start guide Please follow the guide from the beginning to the end. Before you connect the video equipment make sure all equipment is switched off at the plug. Stage 1. Connecting the video to your TV A Fit the batteries into the remote control. Make sure that the (+) and (-) marks on the batteries agree with the (+) and (-) marks inside the battery compartment. B Plug your aerial into the ANT IN socket of the video.
