JVC HR-J4003UM manual

H R-J4003UM VIDEOGRABADOR  VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER MANUAL DE   PU30425-1800 For Customer Use: Enter below the Serial No. which is located on the rear of cabinet. Retain this information for future reference.  Model No. HR-J4003UM   Serial No. INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCCIONES  FF REW STOP/EJECT PAUSE/ OK PLAY PUSH JOG ?[...]

2 Dear Customer , Thank you for purchasing the JVC VHS video cassette recorder . Before use, please read the safety information and precautions contained on this page to ensure safe use of your new VCR. CAUTIONS W ARNING: DANGEROUS VOL T AGE INSIDE W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Failure to he[...]

3 CONTENTS E DITING 27 Edit From A Camcorder ....................... 27 Edit T o Or From Another VCR ............... 28 Control T wo JVC VCRs ................................... 28 Random Assemble Editing ................... 29 S PECIAL FEA TURES 31 TV Multi-Brand Remote Control ..................... 31 T ROUBLESHOOTING 32 Power ...................[...]

4 CH3 CH4 RF OUT INST ALLING YOUR NEW VCR CHECK CONTENTS 1 Make sure the package contains all of the accessories listed in “SPECIFICA TIONS” ( Z pg. 38). SITUA TE VCR 2 Place the VCR on a stable, horizontal surface. CONNECT VCR TO TV 3 The connection method you use depends on the type of TV you have. RF Connection ● T o Connect T o A TV With [...]

5 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0     6 5 / 8 q – ™ + £ Clock TURN ON THE VCR 1 Press POWER . If watching channel 3 or 4, press TV/VIDEO to select the VIDEO mode. VIDEO is displayed on the front display panel. ACCESS ON-SCREEN MENU 2 Press MENU to bring up the Main Menu screen. ACCESS INITIAL SET SCREEN 3 At the Main Menu s[...]

6 Clock Setting ACCESS CLOCK SET SCREEN 1 Place the arrow at the Initial Set screen next to “CLOCK SET” by pressing CH 5 ∞ , then press OK . SET DA TE AND TIME 2 Press the appropriate NUMBER keys to set the date and time (if only 1 digit, press "0" first). Press CH ▲▼ to set AM/PM, then press OK. The next setting that can be set[...]

7 T uner Set Receivable Channels TURN ON THE VCR 1 Press POWER . If watching on channel 3 or 4, press TV/ VIDEO to select the VIDEO mode. VIDEO is displayed on the front display panel. ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN 2 Press MENU . ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN 3 Place the arrow next to "TUNER SET" by pressing CH 5 ∞ , then press OK . ACCESS BAND SCR[...]

8 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 PERFORM AUTO CHANNEL SET 6 Place the arrow next to "AUT O CHANNEL SET" by pressing CH 5 ∞ , then press OK . Receivable channels in your area are automatically assigned to the CH 5 ∞ buttons, and non-receivable channels are skipped. NOTES: ● At the end of Auto Channel Set, “SCAN COM- PLETED” ap[...]

9 Add Or Delete A Channel ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN 1 Access by performing steps 2 and 3 of the T uner procedure on page 7. ● T o add a channel, go to step 2 . ● T o delete a channel, skip to step 4 . ACCESS AFC SCREEN 2 Place the arrow next to "AFC" by pressing CH 5 ∞ , then press OK . MAKE SELECTION 3 Place the arrow next to "S[...]

10 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0     6 5 / 8 q – ™ + £ SIMPLE PLA YBACK AND RECORDING LOAD A CASSETTE 1 Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is pointing towards the VCR. Don’t apply too much pressure when inserting. ● The VCR’ s power comes on [...]

11 Simple Recording Accidental erasure prevention ● T o prevent accidental recording on a recorded cassette, remove its record safety tab. T o record on it later , cover the hole with adhesive tape. Record safety tab LOAD A CASSETTE 1 Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassett[...]

12 P AUSE DURING PLA YBACK 1 Press P AUSE . If there is vertical jitter , press CH 5 or ∞ on the VCR's front panel or remote to stabilize the picture. FRAME-BY -FRAME PLA YBACK 2 Advance the tape one frame by pressing P AUSE again. ● T o control the direction of Frame-by-Frame playback, press PUSH JOG ™ or £ during still picture mode. R[...]

13 Manual T racking Once playback begins, the VCR’ s automatic tracking function is engaged. If noise appears in the picture, you can override this and make the adjustment manually . ENGAGE MANUAL TRACKING MODE 1 During playback, press the CH 5 ∞ buttons on the VCR's front panel simultaneously to cancel the automatic tracking mode and enab[...]

14 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 Superimpose This function, switchable between ON and OFF , determines whether or not operational indicators will appear on screen. ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN 1 Press MENU . ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN 2 Place the arrow next to "FUNCTION SET" by pressing CH 5 ∞ , then press OK . ACCESS SUPERIMPOSE SCREEN [...]

15 Skip Search Repeat Playback ST ART REPEA T 1 Press and hold PLA Y (until "PLA Y" blinks on the front display panel) during playback, then release. ● The entire tape is played back 20 times. STOP REPEA T 2 T o stop, press STOP at any time. NOTE: Pressing PLA Y , REW , FF , P AUSE or PUSH JOG ™ or £ also stops Repeat Playback. Index[...]

16 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 Instant ReV iew At the press of a button, you can power up your VCR, rewind the tape and begin viewing the most recent timer -recorded program. ACTIV A TE INST ANT REVIEW 1 After ensuring that the VCR is off and the T imer mode is disengaged, press REVIEW . ● The power comes on and the VCR searches for the ind[...]

17 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 COUNT 0:33:27 T ape Position Indicator The T ape position indicator appears on screen when, from the stop mode, you press FF , REW or perform an Index Search or Instant ReV iew . The position of " " in relation to "B" (Beginning) or "E" (End) shows you where you are on the tape. NOT[...]

18 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 B.E.S.T . Picture System PLA YBACK AND RECORDING FEA TURES (cont.) Y our VCR is equipped with the B.E.S.T . (Biconditional Equalized Signal T racking) feature, which checks the condition of the tape in use during recording and playback, and compensates to provide the highest-possible recording and playback pictu[...]

19 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 Recording Perform steps 1 – 3 on page 1 1 ("Simple Recording") before continuing. ST ART END B.E.S.T .PICTURE SYSTEM ST ART END B.E.S.T .PICTURE SYSTEM ST ART RECORDING 1 Press and hold REC and press PLA Y on the remote control, or press REC on the VCR's front panel. ● The VCR takes about 7 se[...]

20 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 PLA YBACK AND RECORDING FEA TURES (cont.) Playback The VCR assesses the quality of the tape once you initiate playback. Before beginning, perform steps 1 and 2 on page 10. ST ART PLA YBACK 1 Press PLA Y . ● The VCR adjusts the playback picture quality based on the quality of the tape in use. NOTES: ● When us[...]

21 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 Record One Program While W atching Another ENGAGE TV MODE 1 During recording... ● If using the RF connection ( Z pg. 4), press TV/VIDEO . The VCR's VIDEO indicator goes out and the TV broadcast being recorded disappears. ● If using the A V connection ( Z pg. 4), change the TV's input mode from A V [...]

22 Instant Timer Recording (ITR) This easy method lets you record for from 30 minutes to 6 hours (selectable in 30-min. increments), and shuts the VCR off after recording is finished. ST ART RECORDING 1 Press REC . ENGAGE ITR MODE 2 Press REC again. ITR blinks and 0:30 appears on the front display panel. SET RECORDING DURA TION 3 If you want to rec[...]

23 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 EXAMPLE If you program the VCR to timer record a show on September 6 on channel 40 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM in SP mode, the screen will look like this: PROGRAM 1 DA TE 9/ 6 SUN ST ART 12:00 PM STOP 1:00 PM CHANNEL 40 SP PRESS NUMBER KEY(0-9) OR ( 5 , ∞ ), THEN (OK) PRESS (MENU) TO END SELECT PROGRAM NUMBER 3[...]

24 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 DISENGAGE TIMER 1 Press TIMER , then press POWER . ACCESS PROGRAM SET SCREEN 2 Press MENU , then press OK . CHECK PROGRAM INFORMA TION 3 Press CH 5 ∞ to check the programs in succession. Check And Cancel Pr ograms CANCEL A PROGRAM 4 Press CANCEL . ● Repeat steps 3 and 4 as many times as necessary . RETURN TO[...]

25 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 NOTES: ● If you have programmed the VCR to timer-record 2 or more programs, the second program and those thereafter may not fit on the tape if you set the Auto SP/EP T imer mode to "ON". In this case, make sure the mode is not engaged, then set the tape speed manually during timer programming. ● Th[...]

26 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 Auto Timer When activated, this function automatically engages the timer when the VCR's power is turned off, and disengages it when the power is turned on. ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN 1 Press MENU . ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN 2 Place the arrow next to "FUNCTION SET" by pressing CH 5 ∞ , then press O[...]

27     6 5 / 8 q – ™ + £ 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 12 3 45 6 78 9 0 Edit Fr om A Camcorder Y ou can use a camcorder as the player and your VCR as the recorder . MAKE CONNECTIONS 1 Connect an A V cable (not supplied) between the camcorder ’ s VIDEO OUT and AUDIO OUT connectors and your VCR’ s VIDEO IN and AUDIO IN connectors. ● W[...]

28 Edit T o Or Fr om Another VCR Y ou can use your VCR as the player or the recorder . MAKE CONNECTIONS 1 Connect an A V cable (not supplied) between the player ’ s VIDEO OUT and AUDIO OUT connectors and the recorder’s VIDEO IN and AUDIO IN connectors. ● When connecting to a Hi-Fi VCR, connect your VCR's AUDIO IN/OUT connector to the AUD[...]

29 78 9 0 78 9 0 PAUSE/ SPECIAL FUNCTION  REMOTE PAUSE      6 5 / 8 q – ™ + £     6 5 / 8 q – ™ + £ This function makes it easier to create edited videos when your VCR is used as the source player in combination with another VCR equipped with a Remote P AUSE Connector . Y ou can pre[...]

30 Refer to the illustrations on page 29. LOCA TE EDIT -IN POINT 7 Find the point on the source tape from where you want the edited scene to begin by pressing PUSH JOG ™£ , then press OK on the remote control. ● The OK button on the VCR itself functions the same as the P AUSE button, so be sure to press the OK button on the remote. ● The edi[...]

31 SPECIAL FEA TURES TV Multi-Brand Remote Contr ol The VCR's remote control can control several functions on JVC remote control TVs and on the brands of remote control TVs listed below . Some TV brands have more than one code. If the TV will not function with one code, try entering another . TURN ON THE TV 1 T urn the power on using the TV&ap[...]

32 TROUBLESHOOTING Before requesting service for a problem, use this chart and see if you can repair the trouble yourself. Small problems are often easily corrected, and this can save you the trouble of sending your VCR off for repair . POWER POSSIBLE CAUSE ● The power cord is disconnected. ● The TIMER mode is engaged with Auto Timer set to &qu[...]

33 CORRECTIVE ACTION Check or re-perform the clock/timer settings to ensure correctness. Press TIMER and check to make sure that TIMER appears on the front display panel. Re-perform the set-up procedures. T imer programming can’t be performed when timer recording is in progress. W ait until it finishes. Load a cassette with the record safety tab [...]

34 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PLA YBACK Q. What happens if the end of the tape is reached during playback or search? A. The tape is automatically rewound to the beginning. Q. Can the VCR indefinitely remain in the still mode? A. No. It stops automatically after 5 minutes to protect the heads. Q. During search, slow , still and frame-by-frame playback, I[...]

35 INDEX List Of T erms This guide serves as a quick way to locate frequently used terms and on-screen display names. The first page on which the term appears is listed. Most terms appear more than once in the instruction manual. A A/B Code .................................................................... 28 Add Channel .........................[...]

36 INDEX (cont.) FRONT VIEW 1 POWER ON/OFF Button ( Z pg. 5) 2 MENU Button ( Z pg. 5) 3 Cassette Loading Slot 4 ST OP/EJECT Button ( Z pg. 10) 5 P AUSE Button ( Z pg. 1 1) OK Button ( Z pg. 5) 6 PUSH JOG Button ( Z pg. 12) 7 V ideo Input Connector ( Z pg. 27) 8 Audio Input Connector ( Z pg. 27) 9 Remote Control Sensor 0 Front Display Panel ( Z pg.3[...]

37 1 V ideo Mode Indicator ( Z pg. 5) 2 Instant T imer Recording Indicator ( Z pg. 22) 3 T imer Mode Indicator ( Z pg. 23) 4 Clock Display ( Z pg. 6) 5 Counter Display ( Z pg. 16) 6 Recording Mode Indicator ( Z pg. 1 1) 7 Play Mode Indicator ( Z pg. 10) 8 “Cassette Loaded” Mark 9 Counter Memory Mark ( Z pg. 16) 0 T ape Speed Indicators ( Z pg. [...]

38 GENERAL Power requirement : AC 1 10 – 220 V ` , 50/60 Hz Power consumption : 19 W T emperature Operating : 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) Storage : –20°C to 60°C (–4°F to140°F) Operating position : Horizontal only Dimensions (W x H x D) : 400 x 94 x 291 mm (15-3/4" x 3-3/4" x 1 1-1/2") W eight : 3.7 kg (8.2 lbs) Format [...]