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    MVR430MG/MVR630MG VCR O WNER ’ S M ANUAL R EAD THIS MANUAL FIRST ! C ONGRA TULA TIONS ON PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT .W E ’ VE INCLUDED EVER YTHING Y OU NEED T O GET ST AR TED .I F Y OU HA VE ANY PROBLEMS , OUR R EPRESENT A TIVES C AN HELP Y OU GET THE MOST FROM Y OUR NEW PRODUCT BY EXPLAINING : • H OOKUPS • F IRST T IME S ETUP • F EA TURE O [...]

  • Page 2

    Once your MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of own- ing a MAGNAVOX product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you?[...]

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    Table of Contents 3 Setting Up Your VCR Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Before Using Your VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    4 Introduction Features • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic Operation Features • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Blue Background • Daylight-Savings Time • Display Panel • Front Panel Menu Operation • Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (MVR630MG only) • High Quality (HQ) System • MTS (Multi-Channel Television [...]

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    ● Use only tapes with the mark. ● Remove any light adhesive stick-on notes from the video cas- sette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removable labels can jam the VCR. ● The VCR requires periodic maintenance to maintain its excellent performance. This VCR has an Automatic Head Cleaner. However, you may have to replace the video heads [...]

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    OR 75 Ω ANT / CABLE OR 75 ANT / CABLE 6 Hookups Without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV, please see page 10. After you hook up the VCR, go to page 11 to turn [...]

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    CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 75 ANT / CABLE 75 Ω ANT / CABLE RF coaxial cable 3 Connect the supplied black RF coaxial cable to the OUT Jack on the back of the VCR and to the ANTENNA IN Jack on the TV . (You may use either a snap-on type (supplied) or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer.) The ANTENNA IN jack on your TV ma[...]

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    8 Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection: ● You may view any channel. ● You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. Channels cannot be changed at the VCR. ● You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording. ● You may not program cha[...]

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    Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 75 ANT / CABLE With this connection: ● You may watch one channel while recording another. ● You may not record scrambled channels. Recording One Channel/Watching Another 1 Put the Cable Bo x/DBS on the same channel as the VCR’ s CH3/CH4 switch. Set the TV to the Cable Bo x/DBS outp[...]

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    10 Hookups with a Stereo TV ● Audio and Video cables are not supplied. 1 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of the VCR. 2 Connect a video cable to the y ello w VIDEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR, then con- nect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on your TV . 3 MVR630MG Connect a stereo audio ca[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 1 Press the PO WER button. The VCR/TV light and the POWER light will appear on the VCR display panel. 2 T urn on the TV . Set it to the same channel as the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR. The display shown be[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 12 Automatic Channel Setup 1 Press the MENU button . SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT • You can not enter the TUNER SET UP menu when you are in Line Input mode (cha[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels If your channel lineup changes, you may want to add newly avail- able channels or remove channels that are no longer available in your area. You can use[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 3 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select CH MEMOR Y REVIEW , then press the F .FWD/ B button. A list of programmed channels will[...]

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    2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F .FWD/ B button. CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD TIME 02 :15 PM MONTH – – / – – / – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT Setting the Clock 15 F[...]

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    1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F .FWD/ B button. 4 Press the ST A TUS/EXIT button. SET CLOCK → SET CLOCK DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXIT SET CLOCK SET CLOCK → DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXIT SELECT op CHOOSE B ?[...]

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    Language Selection 17 1 Press the MENU button . Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays and menus. 2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select VCR SET UP , then press the F .FWD/ B button. 3 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select LANGU A GE, then press the F .FWD/ B button. 4 Pres[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 18 Remote Control Buttons SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details are on pages 30 and 46. REC(ord)/OTR Button Press once to start a recording. Details are on page 25 . Or, press repeate[...]

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    Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 19 CLEAR Button Press to erase incorrect information when programming VCR functions. Also, press to reset the real-time counter. Details are on page 34. VCR/TV Button Press to select VCR position or TV position. VCR Position ● Use to watch a tape, to watch a program while recording it, or to watch a TV broadcast [...]

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    MTS Broadcast Available (MVR630MG only) Current tape status Time Counter, Counter Memory Tape Speed STOP 12:00 AM TV STEREO CH10 STEREO 2ND AUD SLP M 1:23:45 HIFI Channel SELECT op CHOOSE B → STATUS [ON] COUNTER ONLY [OFF] TO END PUSH EXIT 20 On-Screen Status Displays • You may not access a status display when viewing a still picture, during sl[...]

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    VCR Display Panel 21 Cassette Compartment Insert a tape here. PAUSE CHANNEL POWER VCR/TV VIDEO L AUDIO R POWER VCR/TV CST.IN TIMER REC RECORD POWER VCR/TV CST.IN TIMER REC PLAY VCR/TV Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. This light does not appear when the VCR is in TV position. Details are on pages 19 and 22. RECORD Light This[...]

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    PAUSE CHANNEL POWER VCR/TV VIDEO L AUDIO R POWER VCR/TV CST.IN TIMER REC RECORD PLAY 22 Front Panel PAUSE Button While recording, press to pause the recording. Press again to resume recording. Details are on page 25. You can not pause a One-Touch Recording. During tape playback, press to freeze the picture. Press again to resume playback. Details a[...]

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    AUDIO IN Jacks Connect the audio cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 32. The MVR630MG is shown here. The MVR430MG has only one AUDIO IN jack. VIDEO IN Jack Connect a video cable coming from the VIDEO OUT Jack of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio-visual source (laser di[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 24 Playing • If the tape you want to play is already in the VCR, make sure the VCR power is on and the VCR is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV b[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 T urn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4 - the channel to which the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set. Recording 25 2 Insert a tape wi[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 1 Press the REC(or d)/O TR button to start a recording of the curr ent channel. (See page 25.) The RECORD light will appear on the VCR display panel. 26 Recording One Channel/Watching Another • If you use a Cable [...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD One-Touch Recording 27 1 Press the CH(annel) o / p button or the Number buttons to select the channel you want to r ecord. OTR (0:30) CH12 2 Press the REC(or d)/O TR button repeatedly until the desired r ecording le[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD DAILY PROGRAM (MON-FRI) PROGRAM -1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8- SELECT PROGRAM NUMBER TO END PUSH EXIT 28 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro- grams while you ’ re away from home. The VCR[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON – – : – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 6 Press tw o Number buttons for the hour you want the recor ding to begin. Press tw o Number buttons for the min[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON 09:30 PM TIME OFF 11:00 PM REC SPEED SLP SP=1 SLP=2 TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 30 Timer Recording (cont’d) 8 Press the Number 1 button to r ecord in SP spe[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD Timer Recording (cont’d) 31 6 Repeat steps 1-4 to mak e sure you ha v e cleared the corr ect timer recording. 1 With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel), press the ME[...]

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    1 Mak e the connections shown abo ve. 32 Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 3 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. The VCR must be in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will a pp e ar o n t h e display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 4 T urn on the TV and set it to channel 03 or 04, whichever channel the CH3/CH4[...]

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    Repeat Play 33 Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over and over. 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select VCR SET UP , then press the F .FWD/ B button. 4 Press the F .FWD/ B button so that ON appears beside REPEA T PLA Y . 5 Press the ST A TUS/EXIT button. Now, when a tape has finished pl[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD • The MEMORY button does not function if REPEAT PLAY is ON. Details are on page 33. • To erase a real-time counter memo- ry, press the MEMORY button until the M disappears from the screen. • You may only set t[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD Time Search 35 Follow the steps below to program the VCR to search forward or backward on a tape a specific length of time. There must be a tape in the VCR. 1 Press the TIME SEARCH button. 2 Within 10 seconds, use t[...]

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    36 Special Effects Playback Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape pla yback, press and release the F .FWD/ B button or the REW(ind)/ { button. A fast forward or reverse picture search will begin. 2 T o return to pla yback, press the PLA Y/ o button. Super High Speed Searching (LP/SLP) 1 During tape pla yback, press the F .FWD/ B b[...]

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    Automatic Operation Features 37 The following playback features will always operate. Automatic Playback When you put a tape in the VCR, the power will come on automati- cally. If the tape ’ s record tab is missing, playback will begin. If a timer recording is set, the power will not come on automatically when you insert a tape with the record tab[...]

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    38 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (MVR630MG only) To record and play programs broadcast in stereo, even if you have a single-speaker TV, just use one of the connections shown, then follow the steps on pages 39-40. Your VCR can play recordings broadcast in Hi-Fi (high fidelity) stereo, which produces a crisp, clear sound from two sources. You[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD Multi-Channel Television Sound System (MVR630MG only) (cont’d) 39 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP , then press the F .FWD/ B but- ton . 3 Press th[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 40 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (MVR630MG only) 1 P ress the MENU button. 2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select VCR SET UP , then press the F .FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the S[...]

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    CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH STILL/PAUSE VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR REW PLAY STOP F.FWD 2 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select VCR SET UP , then press the F .FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLA Y/ o button or the ST OP/ p button to select BLUE BA CKGROUND . Then, press the F .FWD/ B b[...]

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    If you are having problems with your product, check this list of problems and possible solutions before requesting service. You may be able to solve the problem yourself. If you need to call a customer service representative, please know the model number and serial number of your product before you call. This information appears on the back of the [...]

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    You can not insert a tape. • Insert the tape, window side up, with the record tab facing you. • Make sure a tape isn ’ t already in the VCR by pressing the Stop/Eject C / A button on the VCR. • Gently push on the center of the tape when putting it in the VCR. Never force the tape into the VCR. • If you have programmed a timer recording an[...]

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    Magnavox, P.O. Box 671539, Marietta, GA. 30006-0026 Ninety (90) Days Free Product Exchange MAGNAVOX LIMITED WARRANTY MAGNAVOX warrants this product against defect in material or workmanship, subject to any conditions set forth as follows: PROOF OF PURCHASE: You must have proof of the date of purchase to exchange the product. A sales receipt or othe[...]

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    45 Glossary / Specifications Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks on the front and back of the VCR that record audio from another source (IN) or send audio to another system (OUT). The MVR430MG has a single AUDIO IN jack on the front and back of the VCR. It has a single AUDIO OUT jack on the back of the VCR. The MVR630MG has Right and Left AUDIO IN j[...]

  • Page 46

    ac power cor d .................................23 accessories .......................................47 ant(enna) in jac k ...................6-10, 23 audio in/out jacks .................10, 22, 23, 32, 38, 45 automatic playbac k .......................................37 rewind, eject, off........................37 batteries ......................[...]

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    IB8341E002 Printed In China 0VMN03008 / HB365UD/HB465UD***** S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES The following items, supplied with your VCR, are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. RF Coaxial Cable, 75 ohm 4835 323 27011 C H 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 P O W E R STA TU S/EXIT M E M O R Y R E C / O T R S P E E D P A U S E / S T I L L V C R / T V E J E C T M E [...]