JVC HR-S3902/3912U manual

—1— P age 1 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER HR-S3902/3912U INSTR UCTIONS LPT0731-001B CONTE NTS Buttons, Conn ectors a nd In dicators ..... ...... ......... ..... ...... ......... ..... ... 4 Connectio ns and Plu g&Play Setting ........ ...... ...... ..... ......... ...... ..... ... 5 Initial Set ting s . ...... ........ .[...]

— 2 — P age 2 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm F ailure to heed t he following precautions may result in da mage to the VCR, Rem ote or video cassette. 1. DO NO T place the VCR . . . ...in an environment prone to ext reme temperat ures or humidity . ...in direct s unlight. ...in a dusty environment. ...in an environment where st rong magneti c fields [...]

— 3 — P age 3 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm 2. Lightning F or added protec tion f or t his pr oduct du ring a lig htni ng st orm, o r when it is left unat tended and unused for long periods of ti me, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnec t the ante nna or cable system. T his wi ll prevent damage to the product due to lig htning and powe r-li[...]

— 4 — P age 4 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Fron t Pane l Rear Panel Remote On-scre en display If you press OSD (OK) on t he Remote when “ SUPE RIMPOSE ” is set to “ ON ” ( 墌 pg. 15), you can see the current VCR sta tus on the TV screen. T he in dicati ons a re not recorded even if the V CR is in th e recording mode . Butt ons, Connect or[...]

— 5 — P age 5 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm A Chec k content s Make sur e the package con tains all of the acce ssories listed in “ Specifi cati ons ” ( 墌 pg. 19). B Situ ate VC R Plac e th e VCR on a stab le, hori zont al sur face . C Connect VCR to TV RF Connect ion A Disconnect the TV anten na from the T V . B Connect the TV ante nna cable[...]

— 6 — P age 6 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Language Setti ng T he d efaul t setting is “ ENGLISH ” . A Access Main Menu scree n, then Initial Set sc reen Press MENU on the Remote. Press rt to move the highlight bar ( arrow) to “ INITIA L SET ” , then press OK or e . B Select lang uage T his V CR offers you the langu age choice to view menu[...]

— 7 — P age 7 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm T uner Setting Setting chann els automatically — Auto Channel S et P erform Auto Channel Set only if channels have not been set correctly by the Pl ug&Play setting. A Access Main Menu s creen, t hen T uner Set sc reen Press MENU on the Remote. Press rt to move the highl ight b ar (arrow) to “ TUNE[...]

— 8 — P age 8 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm D Connect Contro ller to VCR Con nect the Con trolle r to the C ABLE BO X Contro ller con necto r on the rear pa nel. E T urn on cable box or DBS receiver Select a channe l other than channe l 9 on your cable box, or channels 100, 205 on your DBS receiver . F Access Main Me nu screen , then Ini tial Se t [...]

— 9 — P age 9 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Basic P layback A Load a cassette Make sur e the window side is up , the rear label side is facing you and the ar row on the fr ont o f the ca ssette is pointing towards the VCR . ● Do not apply too much pressure when inserting. ● T he VCR tu rns on , and the c ounter on the o n-sc reen d isp lay is r[...]

— 10 — P age 10 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Automatic o peration s after r ewinding — Next Funct ion Memor y T he Next Functi on Memory “ tells ” t he VCR what to do after rewindin g i s comp lete . Ensure that th e VCR is in s top mode . ● For A utomati c Playback Start Press REW ( 3 ), then press PLA Y ( 4 ) with in 2 se conds. ● F or[...]

— 11 — P age 11 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm It ma y be unlaw ful to re cord o r p lay ba ck co pyrigh ted mate rial without the consent of the c opyright own er. Accid enta l erasure prevention T o preven t accidental re cording on a recorded casse tte, remove its record saf ety tab. T o reco rd on it late r, co ver the hole with adhesive tape . [...]

— 12 — P age 12 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Up to 8 timer r ecording prog rams can be made using VCR Plus+ timer programing, Express timer programing or 24HR Quick Programing method as far as a year in a dv ance. Remember , th e clock must be s et be fore you can pro gram the ti mer. NOTES: ● If al l the 8 pro grams h ave already b een s et, ?[...]

— 13 — P age 13 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Express T imer Progra ming Load a cass ette with the record safety tab intact . The VCR turn s on, and the cou nter i s res et, au tomatic ally . A Press PROG. on the Remote to ac cess the Pl usCode No. scre en. B Press ST ART+/ – once to a ccess Program screen. Press ST ART+/ – , ST OP+/ – , DAT [...]

— 14 — P age 14 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Progr am overlap wa rning display If “ PROGRA M NO T COMPLE TED PRO GRAM O VER LAP ” appears, you h ave another program overlapping the program you ha ve jus t made. The Program Check screen appears a nd conflict ing programs will st art blink ing. Example: Program 1 (you have just made) and Program[...]

— 15 — P age 15 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm 䡵 S-VHS ET — ON/ OFF When t his fun cti on is set to “ ON ” , you can record on VHS cassett es with S-V HS pict ure quality . T apes reco rded using this fun ction ca n be pl ayed bac k on mo st S-VHS VCRs or VHS VCRs equ ipped w ith the S -VHS ET function or VHS VCR equip ped wi th the S QPB (S[...]

— 16 — P age 16 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm 䡵 AUDIO MONI TOR — HI-F I /HI-FI L/HI-FI R/NO RM/MIX T his VCR ca n record t wo sound tracks simultaneo usly (nor mal and Hi-Fi) on a Hi-Fi stereo t ape. Y ou ca n select th e sound track(s) to listen t o while playing back a Hi-Fi s tereo tape. In ad dit ion, when playing back a prerecorded tape co[...]

— 17 — P age 17 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Multi-B rand Re mote Contr ol T his Remote can co ntrol some func tions of r emote controllable TVs, c able boxes or DBS (Dir ect Broa dcast S atell ite) re ceivers liste d belo w. Without s etting, you can control a JVC T V. NOTES: ● Some unit ’ s brands hav e more than one code. If the unit does n[...]

— 18 — P age 18 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Editing wi th Anot her VCR Y ou can use your VCR as the playback or recording VCR . You can use a camcorder as the playback VCR and your V CR as the recording VCR. Refer a lso to the other components ’ instruction manuals for connect ion and its operations. A Make connecti ons Example 1: When another [...]

— 19 — P age 19 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Specifi cations shown are for SP mode unl ess spe cified otherwise. E. & O .E. Design and specifications sub ject to change without notice. Specifications GEN ERAL P ower requirement : A C 120 V d , 60 Hz P ower consumption Pow e r o n : 1 6 W P ower off : 1.5 W T emp erature Operatin g : 5 ° C to [...]

— 20 — P age 20 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm Bef ore re quest ing serv ice, use this c hart and se e if y ou ca n repa ir the t roubl e you rself. S mall problems are o ften easily corrected, and this can sa ve you from t he trouble of sendi ng your VCR off for rep air. Power Playback Recording Timer Recordin g Other Prob lems T roubles hooting SY[...]

— 21 — P age 21 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm FOR SER VICING (On ly in U.S.A. ) HO W T O LOCA TE Y OUR JVC SER VICE CENTER JVC SER VICE & ENGINEERING COMP ANY OF AMERICA A CCESSORIES Don’t service the product your self. T OLL FREE: 1-800-537-5722 http://www .jvc.com Dear Cu st omer , In order to rece ive the mo st s atisf action from yo ur pu[...]

— 22 — P age 22 F ebruary 8, 2003 6:12 pm W ARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) REFURBISHED PRODUCTS CARRY A SEPARATE WARRANTY, THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY. FO R DETAILS OF REFURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY, PLEASE RE FER TO THE RE FURBISHED PRODUCT WARRANTY INFORMATION PACK AGED W ITH EACH R EFURBISH ED PROD UCT . LIMITED W ARRANTY CONSU MER VIDEO 1- 90 JVC [...]

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