Daewoo VP2500-A User Manual

Contents

Setting up the video recorder
Safety instructions, Important points ..............................................................................	2
Cleaning your video recorder, The mains plug ................................................................	3
Safety symbols, Power Cuts.............................................................................................	4
The controls .....................................................................................................................	5
The remote control ..........................................................................................................	6
The front of the video recorder, On-screen display .........................................................	7
Getting started ................................................................................................................	8
Automatic video channel selection, Connecting extra equipment ................................	10
The stand-by button ......................................................................................................	11
What to do if you get picture interference ...................................................................	12
Auto set .........................................................................................................................	13
Manual channel search .................................................................................................	14
Changing programme numbers ......................................................................................	16
Changing programme names ........................................................................................	17
Erasing programmes ......................................................................................................	18
Using the video recorder as a tuner, Child lock ............................................................	19
Setting or checking the time and date ..........................................................................	20
About video cassettes
Types of video cassette, Recording and playback time of video cassettes
(SP and LP), Protecting cassettes from being recorded over ....................................	21
Playing video cassettes
Load the cassette, Play, Picture scanning, Stop,
Fast forward and Rewind, Eject the cassette ...........................................................	22
Still picture and slow-motion.........................................................................................	23
Commercial skip, NTSC playback, Wide-screen pictures ..............................................	24
Index search, Tracking and picture quality.....................................................................	25
On-screen information display .......................................................................................	26
Tape control menu..........................................................................................................	28
Recording
Long play ........................................................................................................................	29
Recording from other equipment,
Protecting cassettes from being recorded over ............................................................	30
Auto-assembling ...........................................................................................................	31
One-time recording (OTR) ..............................................................................................	32
Programmed recordings
Programme delivery control (PDC), Programmed recording with VIDEOPlus+ ...............	33
Setting the timer ...........................................................................................................	35
Changing a timer programme, How to erase a timer programme ................................	36
How to stop a programmed recording,
Important notes about VIDEOplus+ and programmed recordings .................................	37
Appendix
Before you call an engineer (problems and what to do about them).............................	38
Interference, Appendix1, Serial number record ............................................................	39
Technical information ....................................................................................................	40

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Safety instructions

Thank you for buying this Goodmans video recorder.

Please read this instruction book before you use your video recorder.

This video recorder can record and play cassettes with the VHS-standard mark.

•Do not take the cover off this video recorder. If something goes wrong, don’t try and fix it yourself. Contact Comet after-sales service for advice.

•When the video recorder is plugged into the power supply there are some parts that are always working. To switch off the video recorder completely you must unplug it from the power supply.

•This video recorder is designed to run from the UK standard mains supply of 230 volts, 50 Hertz.

•Make sure air can flow freely through the ventilation slots on the video recorder.

•Don’t put objects containing liquid on the video recorder. If liquid spills into the video recorder, unplug it immediately and contact Comet after-sales service for advice.

•Pull the mains plug out of the wall socket and disconnect the aerial lead during thunderstorms. (The clock and timer settings will be lost after about one hour.)

•Do not let anyone push objects into holes and ventilation slots.

Important points

•Condensation can damage your video recorder. If the video recorder is cold when you unpack it, leave it for several hours to become room temperature. Do not use the video recorder immediately after moving from a cold room to a hot room or a hot room to a cold room. Do not use the video recorder in very damp conditions.

•Most televisions switch automatically to the AV (audio video) channel when a video cassette is played. If your television does not do this automatically you will have to turn it to ‘EXT’, ‘0’, ‘AV’ or ‘scart’.

•Under normal circumstances keep your video recorder plugged into the mains all the time, otherwise the aerial connection to your television will be interrupted and the television picture will be poor.

•If there is a power cut, the video recorder will keep the time and record timer set for up to an hour. After that, the video recorder will tell you to start the automatic installation procedure again, as described on page 13. You will also have to re-set the timer programmes.

•Throw away old remote control batteries at a battery disposal point.

•Please recycle your video recorder’s packaging. When your video recorder is worn out, take it to your local recycling point.

•The video recorder switches on automatically and the green front-panel display gets brighter when you put a cassette in or press a control button.

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•By law, you may need to get the permission of the copyright owner before you record anything.

•VIDEOPlus+ and PlusCode are trademarks of the Gemstar Development Corporation.

•The VIDEOPlus+ system is made under licence from Gemstar Development Corporation.

•This video recorder is not designed for use in tropical climates.

•This video recorder is designed for use only in the UK and cannot be modified.

Cleaning your video recorder

Unplug the video recorder and use only a lightly dampened soft cloth . Do not use chemical solvents or strong detergents as these may damage the cabinet finish.

The mains plug

We have fitted this video recorder with a moulded 13-amp plug. To change a fuse in this type of plug:

•prise open the fuse cover on the connecting-pin face of the plug with a small screwdriver and lift out the fuse cover with the fuse;

•put a new BS1362, 3-amp, ASTA or BSI-approved fuse in the cover; and

•replace the fuse cover and fuse.

Do not use this kind of plug without the fuse cover fitted.

If your moulded plug is not suitable for your mains supply socket, buy an adapter to match the moulded plug to your supply socket. Or cut the moulded plug off and fit an appropriate plug in its place. The plug you fit or the distribution board feeding your mains supply socket must have a fuse rated at no more than 5 amps.

Please remove the fuse from the old moulded plug and throw it away to prevent anyone from plugging it into the mains and getting an electric shock.

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How to connect a plug

•The blue wire must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter ‘N’ or coloured black.

•The brown wire must be connected to the terminal

which is marked with the letter ‘L’ or coloured red.

•Do not connect any wires to the earth terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter ‘E’ or by the safety earth symbol or coloured green or green and yellow.

•You must make sure the lead is firmly secured under the cord grip.

	Brown	E
		3A fuse
	live
		L
	Blue	N
	neutral
		Cord grip

Safety symbols

This symbol means this unit is double insulated and does not need an earth connection.

This symbol means this unit meets European regulations concerning safety and electromagnetic interference.

Power Cuts

If there is a power cut, the video recorder will keep the time and record timer programming for about one minute. If the power returns after that the video recorder will prompt you to start the automatic installation procedure again, as described on page 13. Don’t worry, you don’t have to tune everything in again: just press the MENU button to clear the ‘Auto Set’ display. You will have to re-set the timer programmes.

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The controls

How to put the batteries in the remote control

+ –

–

1,5Vx2DC

1Press your thumb nail against the slot in the battery cover on the back of the remote control. Lift the cover off.

2Put two AAA-size or LR3-type batteries into the battery compartment. Make sure the (+) and (-) marks on the batteries agree with the

(+) and (-) marks inside the battery compartment. Push the cover back on.

For the remote control to work properly, you have to point it directly at the video recorder.

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max. 7 m.

30° 30°

SV/V+
1	2	3	TV/VCR
4	5	6	AV
7	8	9	A
30	0	A.D	Q.S

		EJECT
SP/LP	PR	MENU
PAL/SEC
INDEX	PR	A.SEL

The remote control

Aim the remote control at the front of the video recorder, keep within 7 meters and a 30 degrees angle to the receiver.

Power on or stand-by (see page 11).

SV/V+

Sets the record timer using VIDEOPlus+ numbers (see page 33).

1	2	3	Number buttons 0 to 9 for entering information and
4	5	6
7	8	9	selecting television programmes.
	0

If there is a scart cable connection, this button makes the

TV/VCR

television show the picture from the video recorder (see ‘Automatic video channel selection’ on page 10).

AV

Selects the back AV input, front AV input and video recorder tuner, one after the other (see ‘Recording from other equipment’ on page 30).

Changes the on-screen information display (see page 26).

Q.S

Not used for this model.

A.D

Not used for this model.

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The commercial skip button plays a cassette for 30 seconds.

Pauses recording or freezes the playback picture.

Plays a video cassette (see page 22).

Stops play, fast forward, rewind, and so on (see page 22).

Fast forwards or rewinds a cassette. Picture search during playback (see page 22).

Records (see page 29).

EJECT

Ejects the video cassette.

SP/LP

Selects the recording speed - standard play or long play.

Variable speed slow-motion playback. Used after

pressing the play button (see page 23).

PR MENU

Buttons used with the on-screen control menus (see page 7).

PR PR+ and PRselect television programmes as well.

INDEX

These buttons find the start of the next (+) or previous (-) recording.

PAL/SEC

Not used for this model.

A.SEL

Not used for this model.

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The front of the video recorder

Power on or stand-by (see page 11).

Stops play, fast forward, rewind, and so on (see page 22).

Ejects the video cassette.

Front input sockets for connecting a camcorder (see page 11).

Selects television programmes.

Records (see page 29).

OTR (one-time recording). Press this button once to record for 30 minutes. Then, each time you press the button it makes the video record for 30 minutes longer before switching off (see page 32).

Plays a video cassette.

Fast forwards or rewinds a cassette. Picture search during playback (see page 22).

On-screen display

Control menus

MAIN MENU

Timer Program

PR Preset

VCR Setup

Tape Control

example

PR+/-:select

OK:confirm MENU:end

The video recorder’s menu	PR
system gives you
easy-to-understand access
to less-used functions such
as tuning the stations,
setting the clock and so on.

MENU The MENU button brings up the main menu.

Status information

VCR SETUP		REW SP	PR01 BBC1
Clock Set
RF Output Set
PR+/-:select
OK:confirm	MENU:end

The menus show you which button to press at the next step.

Some menus go off after a while if you do not press any buttons.

The tape-control menu only appears when there is a cassette in the video recorder.

When you press a control button, other information appears on the screen temporarily. You can change some of the information which appears by pressing the

button (see page 26).

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Getting started

For televisions without a Scart socket

	Aerial
	cable
Mains cable	Aerial cable
	(provided)

ANT. IN

ANT. OUT

EURO-AV

1Unplug the aerial cable from the back of your television and plug it into the ANT IN socket on the back of your video recorder.

2Plug one end of the aerial cable provided into the aerial socket on your television. The cable only fits one way round, so look at the ends to see which one matches the television aerial socket. Plug the other end of the cable into the ANT OUT socket on the back of the video recorder.

3Plug the moulded mains plug on the end of the mains cable into the mains socket on your wall and switch on the power (if there is a power switch).

4Switch your television on and select the programme number that you have chosen for the video channel (see the instruction book for your television).

5 Press the POWER button once on the video recorder (the display will get brighter).

6Tune the television in the UHF waveband until a picture like the one below appears, and memorise it under the video programme number. (Please read the instruction book for your television to see how to do this.)

7Switch your video recorder off by pressing the POWER button again.

Auto Set!

OK:confirm MENU:end

If you cannot get a clear picture, please read ‘What to do if you get picture interference’ on page 12.

If you don’t see the picture in step 6, put a pre-recorded video cassette in the video recorder at step 6 and try again. Pre-recorded video cassettes that you buy or hire automatically play when you put them into the video recorder, so the picture that appears on your television will be the picture from the video cassette. We have described how to load a video cassette on page 22.

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For televisions with a Scart socket

Aerial cable

Scart cable	Aerial cable
(provided)	(provided)
Mains
cable	ANT. IN
	. OUT	Scart socket
	EURO-AV

1Unplug the aerial cable from the back of your television and plug it into the ANT IN socket on the back of your video recorder.

2Plug one end of the aerial cable provided into the aerial socket on your television. The cable only fits one way round, so look at the ends to see which one matches the television aerial socket. Plug the other end of the cable into the ANT OUT socket on the back of the video recorder.

3Plug the scart cable into the scart socket marked EURO AV on the back of your video recorder. If your television has more than one scart socket it is best to connect your video recorder to the one that has automatic video switching (please see below).

4Plug the moulded mains plug on the end of the mains cable into the mains socket on your wall and switch on the power (if there is a power switch).

5Switch your video recorder off by pressing the POWER button again.

In step three, if you are not sure which scart socket to use, you will have to:

•read your television instructions; or

•find out which scart socket lets you see a picture from the video recorder as soon as you play a video cassette or press the remote control MENU button. Pre-recorded video cassettes that you buy or hire automatically play when you put them into the video recorder. We explain how to load a video cassette on page 22.

Next you will have to tune in the television stations as described under ‘Auto-set’ on page 13.

		In step 6 under ‘For televisions without a scart socket’ the
		number after the flashing letters ‘RF’ on the video recorder
	display is telling you which broadcast channel number the video recorder is using.
	Some televisions let you use this information to tune in the video recorder. ‘What
	to do if you get picture interference’ on page 12 tells you more about broadcast
	channel numbers.

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Automatic video channel selection

If the video recorder is connected to the television with a scart cable you will normally see the video recorder picture when you play a video cassette. You will also see the video recorder picture when you select one of the on-screen menus (see ‘Control menus’ on page 7).

You might not see the video recorder picture if your television does not have automatic video channel selection. To find out if you have automatic video channel selection, keep pressing the TV/VCR button and see if the picture changes between the television picture and the video recorder picture. When a small ‘VCR’ symbol shows on the front of the video recorder, the television should be showing the video recorder picture.

If you don’t have automatic video channel selection, select the video channel with your television remote control.

Connecting extra equipment

Typical connections for a satellite or digital receiver and a video recorder

Televsion aerial

This is a scart socket

Arrows show the direction the signal

will flow through the wiring.

Thick lines represent scart cables.

Television

Connect the aerial here
for a television alone.	Aerial in
	Scart AV1 Scart AV2

Aerial cable

Connect the aerial here for a television with a video recorder.

Connect the aerial here for a television with a video recorder and digital or satellite receiver.

Aerial out	Scart socket
Aerial in

Scart

cable

Aerial cable

Aerial out

Aerial in

VCR

Connect the scart cable here for a television with a video recorder only.

Video recorder

Scart cable

Satellite or digital receiver

Satellite dish TV input

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Through the aerial cable

You can also connect extra equipment between the external aerial cable and your video recorder. Set the equipment to produce a picture you will recognise (please read the equipment’s instruction book to find out how to do this). Then tune one of the video recorder’s programme numbers to the new equipment. ‘Manual channel search’ on page 14 tells you how to do this. Please also read ‘What to do if you get picture interference’ on page 12.

Through scart cables

If you have not already used the scart socket to connect to your television, you can connect extra equipment such as a satellite receiver to the EURO AV scart socket. Some satellite and digital television ‘set-top boxes’ have scart sockets labelled especially for your video recorder and television. Please read the user instructions for your ‘set-top box’ for details. See ‘Recording from other equipment’ on page 30.

Through the front AV input

You can connect a camcorder, video game and so on to the

front audio and video (AV) input sockets if you have a

connecting cable ending in RCA phono plugs. Please read

the instructions for the equipment and see ‘Recording from other equipment’ on page 30.

An RCA phono plug

The stand-by button

On the remote control

On the video recorder

Power saving

When the video recorder is on stand-by, it is nearly all switched off, uses little power and is ready to make timed recordings.

The stand-by button switches the video recorder on with one press and back to stand-by with another press. The front-panel display of the video recorder gets dimmer when the video recorder is on stand-by.

When you load a video cassette tape or press a control button, stand-by is cancelled and the video recorder switches on.

Emergency exit

If you get into difficulties or you are not sure you are pressing the right buttons, just press the stand-by button and start again. No matter which buttons you press, you cannot damage your video recorder.

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What to do if you get picture interference

Each television programme uses a certain broadcast channel in the broadcast band. An electronic part called the ‘modulator’ inside your video recorder sends a signal to the aerial input of your television just like the signals sent by the television transmitters. So, the modulator uses part of the broadcasting band and we might talk about the ‘modulator channel’.

Sometimes the modulator channel will already be used by another television station in your reception area. In this case the picture quality on your television will be poor when the television is receiving one or more broadcasts and the video recorder is switched on. In severe cases of interference you may not even recognise the video recorder picture. Here is what to do about it.

After ‘Getting started - For televisions without a scart socket’ on page 8...

•Switch your television on and select the programme number you have chosen for the video channel (see the instruction book for your television).

•Press the POWER button on the video recorder to switch it on. In the video recorder’s panel display, you should see ‘RF’ (flashing) followed by the

modulator channel number. If this does not appear in the display, follow ‘After auto-set’ below.

•Change the modulator channel number by pressing the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control. You must choose a number from 21 to 69. The new modulator channel number will show on the display.

•Go back to step 6 of ‘For televisions without a scart socket’ on page 8 and try again.

After ‘Auto-set’ on page 13...

•Press and hold the OK button on the remote control for at least five seconds until ‘RF’ flashes in the video recorder display. The number next to ‘RF’ is the modulator channel number.

•Change the modulator channel number by pressing the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control. You must choose a number from 21 to 69. The new modulator channel number will show on the display.

• Tune the television in the UHF waveband until a picture like the one below appears, and memorise it under the video programme number. (Please read the instruction book for your television to see how to do this.)

•Press the POWER button on the video recorder or the button on the remote control.

• Press the POWER button on the video recorder or the button on the remote control again to turn the video recorder back on.

•Check all the programme numbers that are tuned to the broadcast stations, your video recorder and any other equipment to check there is no picture interference.

There is another way of changing the modulator channel, which is described in Appendix 1 on page 39.

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