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A scart lead can be connected at any time. It is recommended to connect your TV and VCR 
in this way as it will provide improved picture and sound quality. Please refer to the connection 
diagram on page 4.

•

If you use only good quality video tapes, generally it will not be necessary to clean the 
video heads.

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If poor quality tapes are used, or if a tape is loaded after changing VCR location, oxide 
from the tape may "clog" the video heads. This will cause the playback picture to be 
"snowy", or even disappear.

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To remove minor contamination run a video tape in visual search mode. If this fails, you 
will need to have the heads cleaned by a SHARP Service Facility. Please note, if cleaning 
is necessary it is not covered by the guarantee.

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Use video tapes which carry the 

 mark.

Switch on your TV and select the video channel.

Carefully push a pre-recorded video 
tape into the tape compartment. 
This will switch the VCR on.

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If the record-protection tab has 
been removed, the VCR will start 
playback as soon as the video tape 
has been loaded.

Press the 

 

 button to 

start playback.

Condensation forms in the VCR when it is moved out of or into a warm place. 
If you try to playback or record, the video tape and VCR may be damaged. 
Turn the VCR on and wait for about two hours until the VCR reaches room 
temperature before operating.

SECAM

PAL

Record protection tab

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For double speed playback (without sound), press the 

 button again.

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To revert to normal playback, press the 

 

 button again.

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To stop the video tape, press 

 

.

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To eject the tape press 

 

 on the VCR.

 should enhance the picture quality during playback. It is 

normally set to ON. To turn 

on or off press 

 on 

the VCR front panel. 

This VCR has an automatic tracking system which reduces picture disturbance when you start 

to playback a video tape. When auto-tracking is in operation 

 flashes on the on-screen 

display. If the picture still has disturbance you may need to manually track the video tape:

During PLAYBACK of a video tape.

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Press

 

 or 

 to position picture interference off the TV screen. 

(Manual Tracking)

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Press  

 

 and 

 buttons together to start Auto Tracking.

Press the

 

 button to start the video tape playing.

To pause the video tape, press 

 

.

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To minimise jitter whilst in pause mode press 

 or 

.

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Press the

 

 button to resume playback.

To playback in slow motion (without sound) press the

button on the remote 

control. Slow motion speed can be adjusted using the 

 or 

 buttons next to the slow 

button. Picture disturbance can be improved by using the 

 or 

 

during slow motion playback. 

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Press the

 

 button to resume playback.

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When using SLOW MOTION function some mechanical noise may be heard.

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There will be picture interference and possibly a change to black and white picture 
using Pause and Slow functions.

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PAUSE mode will disengage after about 5 minutes.

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Press

 

 to stop the video tape.

Press the 

 

/

  

 buttons on the remote control or  on the 

VCR front panel.

To stop fast forward/rewind, press 

 

.

During playback, press the 

 

/

 

 buttons on the remote 

control, or on the VCR front panel.

To decrease the speed, press 

 

/

 

  again.

Press 

              to resume playback.

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There will be picture interference and possibly a change to black and white picture 
using Visual Fast Forward/Rewind functions.

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Select the channel you wish to record by using the number buttons on the VCR remote 

control, or select the next/previous channel by pressing 

 

 or 

 on the 

remote control or on the VCR front panel.

To change between single digit and 2-digit channel numbers, press 

 

.

For example, for channel 24, press 

 

 then press 

 

.

You can record the channel you are watching or a different channel.

Insert a video tape into your VCR.

Select the channel you wish to record on the VCR as above.

To start recording, press 

 

.

To pause during recording, press 

 

.

To continue recording, press 

 

.

To stop recording, press 

  

once.

Press 

 

.

To specify a stop time, each additional press of 

 

 will delay the stop time by 10 

minutes.

To stop recording at any time, press 

  

once.

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If the tape ends before the recording is complete the VCR will stop recording, rewind, 
eject the tape and place the VCR into STANDBY mode, or just eject the tape and place 
the VCR in STANDBY timer mode if the VCR is in timer record mode.

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If the VCR ejects the video tape when you press 

 

 the tape is record protected. 

i.e. record protection tab has been removed. 

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