Black Diamond Equipment BLD-6HD1 User manual

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WORTH
knowing Precautions
Please keep the video's guarantee sheet and receipt for your video in a safe
place.
◆Read this booklet carefully.
◆Make sure the rating of your household electricity supply matches
that shown on the back of the video recorder.
◆Read this page and the chapter and the "Setting up the video" to
help you set up and adjust your video recorder.
◆Do not put the video recorder in a hot or humid place (to avoid the
risk of fire and electric shock).
◆Do not open the video recorder. Get a qualified technician to carry
out any repairs.
◆Do not connect the video recorder to the power supply if you have
just moved it from a cold environment to a 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 10cm apart from other home
appliances or obstacles 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.
AUTOSET
CH.
OP EJECT
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 a
qualified engineer to repair or service your video.
◆ This video recorder is designed to work continuously.
Switching it off (onto stand-by) does not disconnect it from
the mains. To disconnect it from the mains, you have to
unplug it.
Contents
Before you do anything with the video, please read the chapter "Setting up the video".
◆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.
Setting up the video
Connecting your video through RF lead ................................................................................................. 2
Connecting your video through RCA lead............................................................................................... 3
To the TV via antenna cable (if you are not using a RCA cable) ........................................................... 4
Copying, Assembling ..............................................................................................................................5
Tuning to the TV ......................................................................................................................................6
What to do if you get picture interference when using RF lead ........................................................... 7
Setting time and date ............................................................................................................................ 8
Tuning in new stations
Manual tuning..........................................................................................................................................9
Station names........................................................................................................................................10
Sorting programme locations, Clearing programme locations ............................................................ 11
Front panel controls.............................................................................................................................. 12
Playing cassettes
Play ........................................................................................................................................................13
Still, Variable picture search, Variable slow motion,
Finding new recordings (index scan) ................................................................................................... 14
CM skip (commercial skip), Auto Repeat, Child lock............................................................................ 15
OSD (On Screen Display) On/Off.......................................................................................................... 16
Recording cassettes
Simple recording................................................................................................................................... 17
Recording cassettes, One-touch recording-OTR ................................................................................. 18
Normal timer recording ....................................................................................................................... 19
Timer review – changing and erasing record settings......................................................................... 21
More functions
Clock and counter display, Remaining time and cassette length,
Finding the counter zero position..........................................................................................................22
Resetting the counter to zero, Cassettes ........................................................................................... 23
Power-saving features, Language select ............................................................................................ 24
The hi-fi system.....................................................................................................................................25
Appendix
Index, Technical information.................................................................................................................26
Problem-solving guide ......................................................................................................................... 29
Quick-start guide .....................................................................................................................back cover

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Setting up your video (Option 2) - Connecting your video through RCA lead
Put the batteries into the remote control. Make sure the (+) and (-) signs on the batteries agree with
the (+) and (-) signs in the battery compartment.
2Switch off all components when connecting or disconnecting cables.
◆Unplug the aerial cable from your TV 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.
ANT . OUT
ANT . IN
AUDIO
AUDIO
VIDEO
OUT
IN
LL
R
R
Setting up your video (Option 1) - Connecting your video through RF lead
Before you start, unplug all the equipment from the mains supply.
ANT . OUT
ANT . IN
AUDIO
AUDIO
VIDEO
OUT
IN
LL
R
R
Television
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.
Back view of your VCR
This lead is supplied in your accessory kit.
200-240V, 50/60Hz
If you have connected your video as shown in option 1, turn to page 6.
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200-240V, 50/60Hz

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Copying
◆ Switch off all components when connecting or disconnecting cables.
To copy to your video from another video
machine, connect the two machines with a cable
between their RCA sockets and select as
programme "AV" or “F. AV” (front sockets) using
the [AV], [PR+/-], or [00] button.
Set the other video machine to playback and
your machine to record.
To connect a mono audio source, use the front
Audio In socket marked L.
To copy to another video machine from your
video, connect the two machines by means of
their RCA 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.
TV
(other VCR)
ANT . OUT
ANT . IN
AUDIO
AUDIO
VIDEO
OUT
IN
LL
R
R
Other VCR
Decoder for Pay-TV
Camcorder
Video Player
AV
Assembling
For the best results, the source cassette from which you are recording should already be playing back when
you start recording.
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 (pages
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.
VCR
VCR
VCR
2x
Audio Amp.
devices
To the TV via antenna cable (if you are not using a RCA cable)
◆ 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.
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
pre-set functions of your TV as described in its manual.
◆ When you install your VCR more than two times. (It
means you have 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 the instructions within your television manual to
store this new channel into a programme location.
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 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.
RF OUTPUT SET
0-9:SELECT (21-69)
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
CH 36
◆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.
MAIN MENU
TIMER PROGRAM
PR PRESET
VCR SETUP
TAPE CONTROL
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
LANGUAGE SET
ENGLISH
DEUTSCH
ITALIANO
ESPAÑOL
FRANÇAIS
NEDERLANDS
SVENSKA
SUOMI
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END

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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.
Press on the remote control and RF36 will be
displayed on the front of your video.
1
2
LANGUAGE SET
ENGLISH
DEUTSCH
ITALIANO
ESPAÑOL
FRANÇAIS
NEDERLANDS
SVENSKA
SUOMI
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
COUNTRY SET
Australia
New Zealand
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
Select the wanted language and country with PR+ or PR-
button. Press OK to confirm.
What to do if you get picture interference when using RF lead
Option 1
If other stations are positioned on or near the current RF OUTPUT CH, the following guide message
appears automatically.
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.
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.
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 RF 36 is displayed on the front of the video. Then go
to option 2 above.
PLEASE CHANGE THE TV
CH TO 38.
IMPORTANT! Press OK to confirm.
Press MENU to end.
Option 2
RF OUTPUT SET
0-9:SET UP (21-69)
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
CH 36
If there is still picture interference repeat option2.
RF OUTPUT SET
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
CURRENT CH 36
RECOMMENDED CH 38
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.
MENU:END
PLEASE WAIT...
CH 25
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.
In case of the auto search is not able to receive some CH’s, you
can receive the CH using the manual tuning. (see on page 9).
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.
MANUAL SET
PR01 P-01 PR08 P-08
PR02 P-02 PR09 P-09
PR03 P-03 PR10 P-10
PR04 P-04 PR11 P-11
PR05 P-05 PR12 P-12
PR06 P-06 PR13 P-13
PR07 P-07 PR14 ----
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
CLOCK SET
0-9:SETUP(HOUR)
/ :CORRECT MENU:END
TIME - - : - -
DATE - -/- -/- - - -

9
TV/VCR
PROG
PR
PR MENU
EJECT
PAL/SEC
A.SEL
AV
SP/LP
INDEX
123
456
789
0
30
A
Manual tuning
Manual tuning allows you to tune in new stations or equipment such as a satellite receiver and so on.
1Press MENU.
Choose ‘PR Preset’ by pressing
PR- then OK.
Choose ‘Manual Set’ by pressing
PR- then OK.
Press PR+ or PR- to select any
programme number that is not
being used, for example ‘----’ or
‘P-xx’.
Press OK to confirm.
Set the station you want:
◆ the programme location number,
◆the broadcast system you want
(Aerial(CH) or Cable(CC)),
◆You can directly enter the real
channel number with the 0 to 9
buttons, or search by pressing
/
,
◆The fine tuning you can adjust, by
pressing /
,
◆Change or create the station name.
Refer to page 10.
PR PRESET
AUTO SEARCH
MANUAL SET
PR ERASE
PR ALIGN
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
MANUAL SET
PR01 P-01 PR08 P-08
PR02 P-02 PR09 P-09
PR03 P-03 PR10 P-10
PR04 P-04 PR11 P-11
PR05 P-05 PR12 ----
PR06 P-06 PR13 ----
PR07 P-07 PR14 ----
PR+/-:SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
2
3
4
5
These buttons are used
on the following two
pages.
MANUAL SET
PR+/-: UP/DOWN
/ : SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
PR 04
RECEPTION AERIAL
AUTOSEARCH CH
__
FINE TUNING
NAME
____
MANUAL SET
PR+/-: UP/DOWN
/ : SELECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
PR 03
RECEPTION AERIAL
AUTOSEARCH CH 03
FINE TUNING
NAME
____
MANUAL SET
PR+/-: UP/DOWN
0/1: CHANGE/CREATE
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
PR 03
RECEPTION AERIAL
AUTOSEARCH CH
__
FINE TUNING
NAME
____
Press OK to store the picture you
want.
Tune in other stations (by
following step 3 onwards) or press
MENU to leave the tuning mode.
Your video has 99 available channel slots. It will only store programmes that are available in your
area. You can tune in other stations in any channel slot that is not already being used.
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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.
CLOCK SET
0-9:SETUP(HOUR)
/ :CORRECT
OK:CONFIRM MENU:END
TIME 11:41
DATE 11/08/2003(MON)
Setting time and date
1
2Once 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.
CLOCK SET
0-9:SETUP(HOUR)
/ :CORRECT MENU:END
TIME - - : - -
DATE - -/- -/- - - -