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INSTRUCTION
MANUAL
GB14H3T1/GB20H4T1
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Please keep the televideo machine’s guarantee card receipt safe for warranty purposes.
Precautions
Read carefully through this manual to familiarise yourself with this high quality televideo.
Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches that shown on the back of the televideo.
Refer to this chapter and the “Initial installation” chapter to help you install and adjust your televideo.
Do not…
Expose the televideo to high levels of humidity and heat, to avoid the risk of fire and electric shock.
Open the televideo. Have a qualified technician carry out repairs.
Connect the televideo to the power supply if you have just moved it from a cold to warm environment. This can result in condensation inside the recorder and cause serious damage to the machine and cassettes. Wait around two hours to allow it to reach room temperature.
Make sure…
The televideo is placed on a steady, flat surface.
You place the televideo where there is a minimum distance(Of 10Cm) around the apparatus for good ventilation.
You clean the televideo only with a soft,lint-free cloth : do not use aggressive or alcohol-based cleaning agents.(Unplug the set from the mains)
You disconnect the power supply if the televideo appears to be working incorrectly, is making an unusual sound, has a strange smell, has smoke emitting from it or liquids have got inside it.
Have a qualified technician check the televideo.
You disconnect the power supply and ANTENNA if you will not be using the televideo for a long period or during a thunderstorm.
The apparatus shall not be exposed to drips or splashes and that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus.
For your own safety!
There are no components in this televideo you can service or repair yourself.
Do not open the case of the televideo. Only allow qualified personnel to repair or service your set.
This televideo is designed for continuous operation. Switching it off does not disconnect it from the mains (stand-by)
To disconnect it from the mains, you have to unplug it.
Recording any copyright protected material may infringe a copyright.
Note : If the televideo is moved or placed in a different direction, the main power switch must be switched off for at least 15 minutes in order to take out colour purity errors on the screen.
Before doing anything with the televideo, please read the chapter “initial installation”.
Contentss
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The remote control unit |
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The front panel’s button, On screen display |
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Initial installation |
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Connecting up the televideo, Fitting the remote control’s batteries |
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Setting time and date, Language selection |
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Auto setup, Manual tuning, Fine tuning, Edit |
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Playing cassettes |
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Playing back |
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Variable picture search, Auto repeat, VCR system |
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Recording Cassettes |
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Simple recording - REC, One touch recording - OTR |
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When recording time overlaps |
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Timer programme, Auto tracking, PDC(VPS) |
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Timer recording using Videoplus+ |
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More functions |
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Index +/-, Resetting the counter to zero, Mute , Child lock |
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Cassettes, Picture adjustment, Recall |
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Wake up, Aspect, Counter setting, Sleep feature |
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Teletext(option) |
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Connections |
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Copying |
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Scart socket |
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Before requesting service |
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On the following pages, the pictures show the buttons you press on the remote control to perform the function, and what you should see on the On Screen Display or machine display (if present).
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C O N T R O L S
The remote control is the principle means of control, but the main playback and record functions are also available on the front of televideo.
The remote control unit
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To switch televideo on and off (stand by) |
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Sound on/off |
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Digit key |
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0/ATK : Auto tracking. |
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30˚ | 30˚ |
To delete input data or programme. |
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Button for the sleep timer.(press repeatedly) |
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To select external input source.(EG:-SATELLITE, |
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DVD,CAMCORDER)Also for selecting the source for recording. |
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NORMAL1/NORMAL2/FAVOURITE picture control. |
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To reset the counter data. |
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VHS Index Search System +/- . TXT Page Hold/Index Page. |
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PR up/down. Tracking up/down while PB mode.TXT Page |
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Up/Down |
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Volume up/down. |
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Select main menu |
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To select on screen displays.TXT Reveal |
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Playback stop, Pause while recording, Still while playback. |
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Teletext on/off |
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The controls for Timer Recording using the VIDEOPLUS+/SHOWVIEW |
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codes via ON-SCREEN DISPLAY. TXT Cancel |
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Rewinding/fast forwarding a cassette from stop, or picture |
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search backwards/forwards from playback.TXT Mix, Size, Sub-page |
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The record or OTR button (One touch recording means : each |
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time you press the button recording is extended by 30 minutes) |
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To wind the cassette to counter position 0:00:00 |
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On screen display
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Brightness |
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Colour |
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Sharpness |
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VW : Select
CB : Adjust
MENU : Previous
The televideo’s menu system gives you easy-to-understand access to the less used functions such as tuning to stations, clock setting and more
The menus show you which button to press for the next step.
NOTE : The televideo closes the menus automatically after approx.1 minute, if no entry is made. |
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I N I T I A L
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Please place your televideo
Horizontally on a flat, steady base so that air can circulate around it for ventilation.
Away from humidity and heat, magnetic fields, such as those from loudspeakers etc. and with no heavy objects placed on top.
Connecting up the televideo
Switch off all components when connecting or disconnecting cables.
Plug the aerial cable into “ANT” socket of the televideo.
Make sure the rating of the household mains supply matches the rating shown on the back of the televideo.
Now plug in the mains lead.
Fitting the remote control’s batteries
Remove the battery |
Install two batter- |
Replace the battery |
1 cover on the reverse |
2 ies(“AAA” size)into the |
3 cover |
side of the remote con- |
remote control. |
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Fit the batteries, size 1.5V AAA as shown above
Protect your environment by returning used batteries to your dealer. Since batteries contain toxic substances they require special disposal methods.
Make sure the batteries are always of the same type and age, and remove them from the remote control if you are not using it for a long period.
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