Palsonic VCR-2200, VCR-6200HS Owner Manual
VCR2200 / VCR6200HS
VCR2200
VCR6200HS
Video
User
recorder
Guide
PALSONIC CORPORATION PTY LTD
1 JOYNTON AVENUE
WATERLOO NSW 2017 AUSTRALIA
TEL: (02) 9313 7111
FAX: (02) 9313 7555
www.palsonic.com.au
PALSONIC CUSTOMER SERVICE
TELEPHONE
AUSTRALIA: 1300 657 888
See back page for quick-start guide
WORTH
knowing
Please keep the video's guarantee sheet and receipt for your video in a safe
place for warranty purposes.
Precautions
Read carefully through this manual to familiarise yourself with this
high-quality video recorder.
Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches
that shown on the back of the video recorder.
Refer to this chapter and the "Initial installation" chapter to help
you install and adjust your video recorder.
Do not put the video recorder in a hot or of humid place (to avoid the
risk of fire and electric shock).
Do not open the video recorder. Get a qualified technician carry
out repairs.
Do not connect the video recorder to the power supply if you have
just moved it from a cold environment to warm room. This can
lead to condensation inside the video which can seriously damage
the video and cassettes. Wait around two hours to allow it to reach
room temperature.
Make sure the video is placed at least 10 cm apart from other home
appliances or obstructed to get sufficient ventilation.
This apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no
objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on top of
the video.
Put the video on a steady, flat surface.
Only clean the video with a soft, lint-free cloth. Do not use harsh or
alcohol-based cleaning agents.
For your own safety!
There are no components in this video recorder you can
service or repair yourself
Do not open the case of the video recorder. Only allow
qualified personnel to repair or service your set.
This video recorder 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.
Before you do anything with the video, please read the chapter "Setting up the video".
Contents
Setting up the video
Connecting your video through RF lead ..........................................................................................
Connecting your video through RCA lead .......................................................................................
To the TV via antenna cable (if you are not using a RCA cable) .....................................................
Copying, Assembling .......................................................................................................................
Tuning to the TV ..............................................................................................................................
What to do if you get picture interference when using RF lead .......................................................
Setting time and date .......................................................................................................................
Tuning in new stations
Manual tuning ..................................................................................................................................
Station names .................................................................................................................................
Sorting programme locations, Clearing programme locations ........................................................
Front panel controls .........................................................................................................................
Playing cassettes
Play ..................................................................................................................................................
Still, Variable picture search, Variable slow motion,
Finding new recordings (index scan) ...............................................................................................
CM skip (commercial skip), Auto Repeat, Child lock .......................................................................
OSD (On Screen Display) On/Off ....................................................................................................
Recording cassettes
Simple recording ..............................................................................................................................
Recording cassettes, One-touch recording - OTR ...........................................................................
Normal timer recording .....................................................................................................................
Timer review - changing and erasing record settings ......................................................................
More functions
Clock and counter display, Remaining time and cassette length,
Finding the counter zero position .....................................................................................................
Resetting the counter to zero, Cassettes .........................................................................................
Power-saving features, Language select .........................................................................................
The hi-fi system ................................................................................................................................
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Appendix
Index, Technical information ............................................................................................................
Problem-solving guide .....................................................................................................................
Quick-start guide .................................................................................................................
On the following pages, the pictures show the buttons you need to press on the remote
control and what you should see on the television screen or video display.
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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
Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply.
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Television
240V 50Hz
Back view of your VCR
This lead is supplied in your accessory kit.
If you have connected your video as shown in option 1, turn to page 6.
Aerial
The type of aerial you should use, depends on local interference and how far you are from
the transmitter. You should contact a local retailer if you have any questions about your
aerial.
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Setting up your video (Option 2) - Connecting your video through RCA lead
Switch off all components when connecting or disconnecting cables.
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240V 50Hz
Unplug the aerial cable from your and plug it into the "ANT. IN" socket of the
video.
Plug the short coaxial cable provided into the "ANT. OUT" socket of the video and
the aerial socket of the TV.
Plug a RCA cable into the "RCA" socket of the video and the AV socket on the TV
if available.
This connection will provide best picture and sound quality.
Ask your dealer for an appropriate cable if you do not have one.
Without a RCA cable, you need to follow the steps described under "If you are not
using a RCA cable" (See page 4).
Make sure the rating of the household mains supply matches the rating shown
on the back of the video.
Now plug in the mains lead. The display of the video should now light.
Plug a phone cable into "Audio L, R" jack on the rear panel and into the Audio jack on
any audio amplifier, if needed (Hi-Fi model only).
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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 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). Tune the TV carefully to ensure
the best pictures and sound.
Once you have carried out the steps in "Setting up your
video" (previous page), switch on your TV.
When you install your VCR first time.
Press button of the video's remote control.
Tune the TV to the 'LANGUAGE SET' using the channel
preset functions of your TV as described in its manual.
When you install your VCR more than two times. (It
means you already done the procedure of P.6 'Tuning
the TV').
Press button of the video's remote control.
Tuning the TV to the blue-back screen, if you found blue
back screen on the TV then press MENU button on your
video's remote control and confirm 'MAIN MENU' screen
is appeared, if not tuning the TV again.
Once you have found the picture of above two cases,
follow this instructions within your television manual to
store this new channel into a programme location.
If the quality of the test picture transmitted to the TV is poor due to interference caused by a station transmitting on
channel 36, you can tune the video to a different transmitting channel. Find a free channel between 21 and 69 on your TV.
Call the video's "MAIN MENU" choose
"VCR SETUP" then "RF OUTPUT SET".
Type in the free channel.
Store and exit.
If the quality of the test picture transmitted to the TV is poor, fine-tuning on the TV may help
(refer to the TV manual).
Without a RCA cable, you will not get stereo sound from a TV capable of stereo sound.
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Switch off all components when connecting or disconnecting cables.
Copying
To copy to your video from another video
machine, connect the two machines with a cable
Audio Amp.
devices
TV
(other VCR)
Other VCR
Decoder for Pay-TV
Camcorder
Video Player
between their RCA sockets and select as
programme "AV" or "F. AV (front sockets) using
the [AV], [PR=+/-] or [00] button.
Set the other machine to playback and
your machine to record.
To connect a mono audio source, use the front
Audio In sockets marked L.
To copy to another video machine from your
video, connect the two machines by means of
their AV sockets.
On the other video, select its AV input and set the
machine to record.
Switch your video to play back at the position
you want copying to start.
Assembling
Should you wish to assemble your own film, from camcorder footage for example, use the assembly technique
for smooth edit points:
Move the tape to the position at which the new
scene is to be added using the play functions
(page 13-14).
Wind back slightly before the edit point and put the
machine into pause using the button (do not
press STOP!).
Now go directly into record.
For the best results, the source cassette from which you are recording should already be playing back when
you start recording.
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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.
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If you have connected your video through the RCA connection (diagram 2 on page 3), go to step 2.
If you have connected it through RF cable (as shown in diagram 1 on page 2).
Select a free channel on your TV and manual tune the channel until the blue screen as shown in step
2 appears. Refer to the TV manual for more details.
Press on the remote control and RF36 will be
displayed on the front of your video.
Select the wanted language and country with PR+ or PR-
button. Press OK to confirm.
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Press OK to confirm.
Unless you are living in an area with poor reception, 'Auto
Search' tunes in all the stations you can receive in your country
and sorts them in a common order, for example, P-01 on
programme 1, P-02 on programme 2 and so on.
See page 10 and page 11 if you need to change any of the
automatic settings. You should finish the auto search before you
go to page 10 or page 11.
If the clock has not been set, the clock setting screen will
appear.
Please see "Setting time and date" on page 8.
If you want to change the station names, see page 10.
If you want to change the programme locations see page 11.
You need to change programme locations if the stations are
not in order, for example, P-01 on programme 1, P-02 on
programme 2 and so on.
Press MENU to end.
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What to do if you get picture interference when using RF lead
The RF output can be adjusted from 21 to 69, this video is defaulted to RF36. If other
broadcasts are close to RF36 they may cause picture interference, you can change the
RF output until your television has a noise-free channel for your video.
Option 1
If other stations are positioned on or near the current OUTPUT CH, the following guide message
appears automatically.
Press OK to confirm.
Press MENU to end.
Option 2
Change the RF output from 36 using the remote control.
Press MENU. Select 'VCR Set Up' by pressing PR- twice then OK
Select 'RF Output Set Up' by pressing PR- twice then OK.
Change the channel number using buttons 0-9.
Press OK to confirm. Press MENU to end.
If there is still picture interference repeat option 2.
Option 3
Buy a RCA cable from your local electrical shop. Connect the RCA cable as shown on page 3,
diagram 2.
If you want to change the RF output in the future due to new broadcasting stations or equipment and so on,
press and hold the OK button on the remote control until RF36 is displayed on the front of the video. Then go
to option 2 above.
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Setting time and date
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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.
Once the 'CLOCK SET' display is on the screen, move
to the position you want to change by pressing or
.
Use the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control
to enter the correct time and date.
Press OK to confirm the settings, and press MENU to
end.
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