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Warning and Im portant Informati on 2 Controls and Comp onents 3 Connections 4 Tuning the TV to Your VCR 5 Storing TV Broadcas ts in Your VCR 5 Setting the Clock of Your VCR 7 Settings Us ing the On Scr een Display 7 Option Setting 8 Playback 9 Recording 10 Timer Recording 13 Search Fun ctions 15 Before Requesting Service 17 Specifications 19 Video[...]
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2 Warning and I mportant Information Important Your att ention is drawn to the fact t hat the rec ording of pre-recorde d tape s or disc s or ot her publis hed or broadcas t material may infri nge copy right law s. For your safety Do not remo ve outer c over. Touching internal parts o f the VCR i s dangerou s, and m ay serious ly damage it. To prev[...]
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3 Controls and Componen ts VCR AV CH TRACKING/V -LOCK CANCEL PROG MENU JET REW INDEX TIMER REC REC MODE ST A TUS/ NA VI CHECK NA VI CHECK I-TIMER INPUT SEL A UDIO PROG PLA Y CH VOL TV 123 456 789 0 ENTER -/- - TIMER P A USE/SLOW REPEA T RESET VIDEO 2 2 IN OUT AC IN ~ RF 2 2 IN (AV1) OUT AUDIO (42) (43) (44) (45) (46) (48) (1) (2) (3) (5) (9) (13) ([...]
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4 Setting the Remote Control to Operate Your TV You can o perate t he TVs of th e manufa cturers listed b elow with the rem ote cont rol after se tting it. This settin g procedure all ows you to operate the TVs of some manufac turers u sing the supplied remote c ontrol. Preparation • Turn on the TV. Operat ions 1 Find the manufactu rer number o f[...]
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5 Tuning the TV to Your VCR The VCR s upplies a signal to the TV via the RF coaxia l cab le on chann el NZ21-69 or A U28-69. If yo u ha ve connecte d the VCR to th e TV through the A udio/ Video inp ut soc ke ts, the n yo u do not n eed to f ollow the procedure below . To view t he pictures f rom the VCR, set to the AV mod e on the TV with [AV] (2)[...]
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6 A uto T uning Using the On Screen Displa y For A ustralia Introduction A uto T uning u sing the On Sc reen Displa y shoul d be perf ormed acc ording to t he f ollowing method if necessa ry . Preparation s • Confirm tha t the TV i s on and the VCR vi ewing cha nnel i s select ed. • Tu rn on th e VCR an d select any prog ram me posit ion ex cep[...]
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7 Setting the Clock of You r VCR In the ev ent of a power failu re, the clock wil l operate on its back up s ystem for a m inimum of 3 ye ars. After 3 years, clo ck back up in the ev ent of a power fail ure can only be guarantee d for maxi mum of 1 hour. Preparation s • Confirm tha t the TV i s on and the VCR vi ewing cha nnel i s select ed. • [...]
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8 4 Tape Mo de/Rec Mode indi cator (SP/LP/E P) 5 Casse tte-in indicato r 6 Colour syste m indicator Any sel ected col our TV sys tem excep t [AUTO] a ppears on screen display . See th e “ To Set the Col our TV System” (page 7). 7 NAVI CHECK indicator During pl ay bac k, press t he [ST A TUS/ NA VI CHECK] (32) repeated ly until the NAVI CHECK in[...]
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9 OSD REC: To set th e conditi ons for the O SD Reco rdin g func tio n. •P r e s s [ 21 ] (28) to select [ON] or [OF F]. OFF: Initially set at thi s positi on. ON: This settin g enab les OSD R ecordin g. (See page 11.) If you select [ON], [JET NAVIGATOR] is set to [OFF ] automat ically. OSD: To selec t the O n Screen Displa y mode. •P r e s s [[...]
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10 To Play Back a Recorded Part Re peatedly Press [REPEAT] (30) . The [ R] indicati on appears o n the VCR displ ay. • A recorded part on the tape must be at least 15 minute s long. • When recordin g over the same location on a tape, it may n ot function c orrectly. To Cance l the Repeat Pl ayback Mo de: Press [STOP] (12) . NTSC Playback Tape s[...]
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11 To Display the Approxim ate Remaining Tape Time The rem aining tape ti me can be display ed in t he VCR displa y. 1 Select [TAPE SELECT] from the On Screen Displ ay and select th e corresponding video cas sette tape le ngth. See page 8. 2 Press [STATUS/ NAVI CHECK] (32) repeate dly until th e Remaining Tape Time a ppears on the VCR display. For [...]
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12 Recording from an external source This func tion can be used to make up a n edite d tape from other reco rdings or video sources. A new sc ene can be added to the end of prev ious one . Preparation s • Connect a v ideo mo vie cam era or anoth er VCR to th is VCR as show n. • Display the VC R picture on the TV. • Insert the casset te on wh [...]
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13 Timer R ecordi ng Easy Timer Programming Up to 16 timer programmes, includin g week ly and da ily programm es, can be reco rded u p to one mont h in adv ance by setting t he tim er. Preparation s • The VCR mu st be turn ed on, or in time r recording stand by mode. • Confirm tha t the TV i s on and the VCR vi ewing cha nnel i s select ed. •[...]
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14 Setting other Progra mmes in Su ccession Repeat ste ps 1 - 9 of Easy Tim er Programming (p age 13). Programming a Timer Recording of a TV Programme Until its End (Rec Mode Auto Chang e Function) If the VCR determi nes that the remain ing ta pe time is insuffic ient to rec ord the pro gramme to its e nd during a timer recording performed in the S[...]
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15 Search Functions Jet Navi gator This VC R can disp lay a lis t of th e recorded programm es on the inse rted vi deo cass ette on th e TV screen . You c an then sel ect th e desir ed pro gram me, a nd the VC R will q uick ly loc ate its begi nning and start p layback . Condition s for correc t operatio n of the J et Navi gator funct ion: • The [...]
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16 To Demonstrate the Je t Navigator Function Keep [NAVI] (25) pressed fo r more than 5 se conds withou t insertin g a cassett e tape. T o Cancel the Demonst ration of Je t Naviga tor Function: Press [MENU] (9) . To Check the Recorded Programming Data (Time Stamp Function) When pla yback s tarts after s earch ing with Jet Nav igator fun ction or i [...]
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17 Before Requesting Service Message of On Screen Display The e rror messag e is indica ted i n brac kets [ ] . [PLEASE PUT IN A VIDEO CASSETTE. ] • [REC/OTR] (38) ([REC] (15) ) or [TIMER (REC)] (14) has been pr essed wit hout a v ideo ca ssette in serted. # Inse rt a vid eo cass ette . [PLEASE STOP THE TAPE.] • [TUNER PRESET] has been selecte [...]
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18 Crysta l View C ontrol The crys tal vi ew control function ensure s that you always obtain th e optim um pict ure qualit y so t hat you ge t the b est pictur e automa ticall y. Adjusting the Playback Picture Under no rmal condit ions, the VCR aut omatical ly adjus ts the playbac k pi cture f or optimu m quali ty. H owever , in som e ca ses it ma[...]
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19 Specificatio ns NV -MV41GN Mass and dimensions shown are appr oximat e . Spec ifications a re subject to c hange without notice. Po w e r S o u r c e : P ower Co nsumption: 220–240 V A C 50/60 H z 11 W Video Reco rdin g System: 2 rotary heads, helic al scanning system Video Head s: 4 heads T ape Speed: P AL SP; 23.39 mm /s LP; 1 1.7 mm/s EP; 7[...]
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