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    VC R VR402BMG VR602BMG V V ideo Cassette Recor ideo Cassette Recor der der Owner’ Owner’ s Manual s Manual[...]

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    Once your purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning this prod- uct. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. MAC5097 Return your Warranty Registration Card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re en[...]

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    Introduction 3 Features • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic Operation Features • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Blue Background • Daylight-Savings Time • Display Panel • Front Panel Menu Access • Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (VR602BMG only) • High Quality (HQ) System • MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sou[...]

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

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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. ● Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel- lent performance. This VCR has an Automatic Head Cleaner. However, the video heads will require repla[...]

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    CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT OR CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT 75 V 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[...]

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    CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT 75 V ANT / CABLE 75 ANT / CABLE CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT RF coaxial cable Antenna or Cable 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) to the O[...]

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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 R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT IN OUT 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 Box/DBS on the same channel as the VCR’s[...]

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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 yellow VIDEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR. Then, connect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on your TV. 3 VR602BMG: Connect a stereo audio cable[...]

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    1 Press the POWER button. The VCR Light and the PWR.(power) Light will appear on the display panel. 2 Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR. The display shown below will appear. (If the display does not appear, check your hookups, then follow the steps on page 12 to set up channels and page 17 to se[...]

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    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 (channel 001 or 002). When you select channel 001 or 002, AV REAR or AV FRONT will appear on the screen briefly. • You can not program ch[...]

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    Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 1 Press the MENU button . SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 124 DELETED 125 DELETED 1 → DELETED 2 ADDED 3 ADDED TO END PUSH EXIT 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select ADD[...]

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    14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select CH MEMORY REVIEW, then press the F.FWD/ B button. A list of programmed channels will appear on the screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t fit on the screen, press the F.FWD/ B button to see the remaining channels[...]

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    TIME 02 :15 PM MONTH – – / – – / – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT Setting the Clock 15 Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and the VCR Light appears on the display panel. (If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) ● You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry. 4[...]

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    1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the STATUS/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 → PR[...]

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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 PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select LANGUAGE, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the PLA[...]

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    18 Remote Control Buttons POWER EJECT VCR/TV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHANNEL MEMORY STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SLOW MENU REWIND /PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR PAUSE/STILL /STOP TIME SEARCH SPEED SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details are on pages 30 and 44. REC(ord)/OTR Button Press once to start a recording. Details are on page 25 . Or, pre[...]

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

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    Current status of tape Time Counter and 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 slow motion playback, or during for-[...]

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    VCR Display Panel 21 Cassette Compartment Insert a tape here. VCR Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. This light does not appear when the VCR is in TV position. REC(ord) Light This light appears during a recording. It flashes when a recording is paused. Cassette-Inside Light This light appears when there is a tape in the VCR. [...]

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    STATUS/EXIT Button Press to access or remove the on-screen status display. Details are on page 20. Press to exit on-screen menus. 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 pictu[...]

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    AUDIO IN Jacks Connect audio cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 32. The VR602BMG is shown here. The VR402BMG 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 disc p[...]

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    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 Light will appear on the dis- play panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) Then press the PLAY/ o button. • Other playback options and features are on pages 33-40. • When you play a tape recorde[...]

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    Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4 , whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Recording 25 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. 3 If the VCR Light appears on the display panel, go to step 4. If the VCR Light does not appear, pr[...]

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    1 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. (See page 25.) 26 Recording One Channel/Watching Another • If you use a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System hookup, you may not be able to watch one channel while recording another. See pages eight-nine for details. Helpful Hint 2 Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR [...]

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    One-Touch Recording 27 1 Press the CHANNEL o / p buttons or the Number but- tons to select the channel you want to record. OTR (0:30) CH12 2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button repeatedly until the desired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours) appears on the screen. Recording will begin immediately. The REC(ord) light and the Timer Light will appe[...]

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    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 will turn itself on, record, and turn itself off automatically. Before you begin: ● Set up the channels at the VCR. ● Set the clock.[...]

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    ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON – – : – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 6 Press two Number buttons for the hour you want the recording to begin. Press two Number buttons for the minute you want the recording to begin. Press 1 for AM or 2 for PM. For example, for 9:30 PM, press 09, 30, 2. ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHA[...]

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    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 record in SP speed or the Number 2 button to record in SLP speed. (See the chart below.) You cannot use the SPEED button at this time. 9 Press two Numbe[...]

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    Timer Recording (cont’d) 31 6 Repeat steps 1-4 to make sure you have cleared the cor- rect timer recording. • CLASH may flash on the screen when you finish setting a timer recording. This means that the timer recording you just programmed and another timer record- ing overlap. The current timer recording will not take place. You may choose to c[...]

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    1 Make the connections shown above. 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 Light will appear on the dis- play panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 4 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 03 or 04, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on[...]

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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 PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ 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 REPEAT PLAY. 5 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. Now, when a tape has fin- ished playing, t[...]

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    • The MEMORY button does not function if REPEAT PLAY is set to 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 the real-time counter to zero at one location at a time. If you set the real-time counter to zero at a second loca- tion, the pre[...]

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    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 the Number buttons to enter the desired length of time you want to skip forward or back- ward. For example, for 1 hour, 25 minutes, pres[...]

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    36 Special Effects Playback Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD/ B button or the REWIND/ { button. A fast forward or reverse picture search will begin. 2 To return to playback, press the PLAY/ o button. Super High Speed Searching (LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press the F.FWD/ B button or [...]

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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 auto- matically. If the tape’s record tab is missing, playback will begin. If a timer recording is set, the power will not come on automati- cally when you insert a tape with the record tab[...]

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    38 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (VR602BMG only) To record and play back 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. STOP 12:00 AM TV STEREO CH 02 STEREO 2ND AUD SLP 1:23:45 HIFI Your VCR can play recordings broadcast in Hi-Fi (high fidelity[...]

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    6 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (VR602BMG only) (cont’d) 39 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TV STEREO or 2ND AUDIO. Then, press the F.FWD/ B button . ON will appear to the right of y[...]

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    POWER EJECT VCR/TV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHANNEL MEMORY STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SLOW MENU REWIND /PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR PAUSE/STILL /STOP TIME SEARCH SPEED 40 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (VR602BMG only) 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or t[...]

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    POWER EJECT VCR/TV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHANNEL MEMORY STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SLOW MENU REWIND /PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR PAUSE/STILL /STOP TIME SEARCH SPEED 1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select BLUE BACKGROUND. [...]

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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 is displayed on the back of[...]

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    Tape cannot be inserted. • 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 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 a timer recording is programmed and the VCR power [...]

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    44 Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the front and back of the VCR which are used to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another system (OUT). The VR402BMG 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 VR602BMG has Right and Left AUDIO IN jac[...]

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    Specifications 45 Video Heads Four heads - Hi-Fi (VR602BMG) Four heads (VR402BMG) Video Signal EIA standards; NTSC color Antenna VHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output Signal Channel 03 or 04 (switchable) 75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement 120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption 14W (VR602BMG) 12W (VR402BMG) Operating Temperature 41°F ([...]

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    RENEWED 90 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY[...]

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    ac power cord .................................23 accessories .......................................48 ant(enna) in jack ...................6-10, 23 audio in/out jacks .................10, 22, 23, 32, 38, 44 automatic playback .......................................37 rewind, eject, off........................37 batteries .........................[...]

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    IB8218E001 Printed In China 0VMN02452 / H59L0UD * * * * * S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES The following items are supplied with your VCR; they are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. The following additional items are not provided with your VCR, but they are designed for use with your new VCR. To order these optional accessor[...]