TOSHIBA SD-24VBSB
Owner's Manual

Additional Operation with tape Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (NIC)
Your VCR will record and playback Hi-Fi stereo sound. In addition it has a stereo NICAM digital stereo sound decoder. This allows you to record and playback the sound in several different ways. Video cassettes recorded on your VCR will have a normal mono audio track and two VHS Hi-Fi stereo audio tracks. These stereo tracks allow you to make audio recordings in Hi-Fi stereo or bilingual mode from a TV broadcast, stereo audio system, video disc or another Hi-Fi VCR.

On Screen Display (F.OSD)
You may easily display the current time or tape counter, amount of tape left, day, month, year, day of week, programme channel, tape speed and operational mode of your DVD+VCR on the TV screen. If a recording is taking place these On Screen Displays will not be recorded onto the tape.

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Your VCR�s NICAM digital sound decoder allows you to enjoy broadcasts with NICAM sound, as well as standard stereo, bilingual and mono sound. The particular type of sound received or that recorded will be briefly displayed on the TV screen for a couple of seconds: STEREO NICAM Sound is automatically recorded on the Hi-Fi stereo and mono tracks of the video tape. BIL NICAM Both audio channels will be recorded on the Hi-Fi stereo tracks. The primary language channel (left) will be recorded on the mono track of the video tape. MONO The sound is recorded on the Hi-Fi tracks and the mono track of the video tape without any separation.

Press CLK/CNT to display. Press CLK/CNT repeatedly to cycle through the display options. The tape counter and amount of tape left will appear if there is a tape loaded. After 3 seconds the majority of the On Screen Displays will clear leaving only the clock or tape counter and the amount of tape left on the screen. Press CLK/CNT again to remove all displays from the TV screen.

Note It cannot display when F.OSD is OFF.

Tape Counter Memory Stop
The Digital Tape Counter can be displayed on the display window instead of the time by pressing CLK/CNT on the remote control. The Digital Tape Counter indicates the relative positions of recordings on the tape. Press CLK/CNT. Press COUNTER RESET to set the counter to 0:00:00. Press PLAY N or start recording. The tape counter will display the actual play time in hours, minutes and seconds. Press STOP x when playback or recording is complete. Press REW m. The tape will rewind and automatically stop when the counter returns to 0:00:00.

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Press AUDIO repeatedly until the desired audio mode appears. The choice is STEREO, LEFT, RIGHT and MONO. In BIL NICAM playback the primary language is output on the left channel and the secondary channel is output simultaneously from the right channel when audio output is set to STEREO. The primary language will be output from both channels when the audio setting is MONO. Please note that when adjusting the tracking control Hi-Fi stereo sound may revert to MONO.

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Note When OFF is selected in NIC, only mono sound will be output.

Note To rewind to the beginning of the tape, press m again.

Blank Search
The Blank Search enables you to locate the end of any recording. Whenever a recording creates, a blank content is recorded on the tape. Press BLANK SEARCH in the stop mode and it rapidly advanced to find blank content. To find next blank content, press BLANK SEARCH again.

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