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VC R VR400BMG Video Cassette Recorder Video Cassette Recorder Owner’s Manual Owner’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 • Auto Satellite Link • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic Playback Features • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Display Panel • Front Panel Menu Access • High Quality (HQ) System • 19 micron head - Improves the picture quality • On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish • One-Tou[...]
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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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Before Using Your VCR 5 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control ● In this VCR, use only tapes with the mark. ● Make sure any light adhesive stick-on notes are removed from the video cassette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removable labels like these can jam the VCR. ● Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel- [...]
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VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT OR VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT 75 V ANT / CABLE OR 75 V 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 St[...]
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VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT CH 4 or CH 3 VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT 75 V ANT / CABLE VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT 75 ANT / CABLE RF coaxial cable Antenna or Cable 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) to the OUT Jack on the back of the VCR and to the AN[...]
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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 c[...]
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Hookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT IN OUT 75 V 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 CH3/CH[...]
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10 Hookups With a Stereo TV VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack Video Cable Audio Cable VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (white) OUT Jacks Audio and Video IN Jacks on 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[...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH Turning on Your VCR 11 ● Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the remote control and the VCR and TV are connected (see pages five-10). ● You can[...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 12 Automatic Channel Setup Although your VCR may automatically set up the channels you receive when you turn it on for the first time, this function lets you set up channel[...]
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Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select CHANNEL SET UP. Then, press the F.FWD button. 3 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select MANUAL SET UP. Then, press the F.FWD button. 4 Press the Number buttons or press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly until your [...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 14 Setting the Clock Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, pres[...]
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CLOCK SET MONTH DAY YEAR 0 3 / 2 0 MON 2 0 0 0 HOUR MINUTE AM/PM 0 5 : – – – – Setting the Clock (cont’d) 15 7 While the MINUTE space is flashing, press the PLAY but- ton or the STOP button repeatedly until the desired minute appears. Then, press the F.FWD button. 8 While the AM or PM space is flashing, press the PLAY but- ton or the STOP[...]
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16 Language Selection Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen menus and displays. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select LANGUAGE SELECT. Then, press the F.FWD but- ton . 3 P[...]
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On-Screen Status Displays 17 You may access on-screen status displays by pressing the DISPLAY button repeatedly. On-screen status displays may include the current time, channel, and other information. ● Press the DISPLAY button once. The COUNT on-screen status display will appear for five seconds. After five seconds, only the real-time counter wi[...]
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SLOW Button Press during tape playback to view a tape in slow motion. Slow speed can be adjusted by pressing the F.FWD button (faster) or the REWIND button (slower). Details are on page 35. 18 Remote Control Buttons MENU Button Press repeatedly to access menus or to remove menus. SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details[...]
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Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 19 STOP Button Press to stop the tape. Use to enter digits and information when programming a function in the on-screen menu (setting the clock, for example). Press to select an item in the on-screen menu. PAUSE/STILL Button During recording, press to temporarily stop the recording. Press again to resume recording.[...]
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20 VCR Display Panel CST.IN VCR/TV POWER REC TIMER POWER VCR/TV SPEED CST.IN CHANNEL MENU PLAY REW REC/OTR STOP/EJECT PAUSE F.FWD VCR/TV POWER REC TIMER VCR Display Panel Information about VCR opera- tions is displayed here. Cassette Compartment Insert a video cassette tape here. VCR/TV Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. REC([...]
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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 using the CHANNEL o / p or Number buttons to change channels at the VCR. The VCR/TV light will appear when the VCR is in VCR position. ● TV Position Use to watch TV (changing channel[...]
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AUDIO IN Jack Connect a cable coming from the audio out jack of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 33. VIDEO IN Jack Connect a cable coming from the video out jack of a cam- corder, another VCR, or an audio-visual source (laser disc player, video disc player, etc.) here. Details are on page 33. ANT(enna) IN Jack [...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 6 Press the EJECT button to remove the tape. 4 Press the STOP button to stop playback. 5 Press the REWIND button to rewind the tape. Playing 23 Read and follow the steps be[...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn on the TV; set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever chan- nel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is[...]
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One-Touch Recording 25 Starting an OTR 1 Use the CHANNEL ( o / p ) buttons or the Number but- tons to select the channel you want to record. 2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button on the VCR repeatedly until the desired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours) appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Recording will begin immediately. ● The RE[...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH PROGRAM NUMBER 1 B ONCE DAILY WEEKLY 26 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro- grams while you’re away from home. You can program up[...]
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ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1 DATE 0 5 / 0 4 THU START TIME 0 7 : 3 0 P M END TIME – – : – – – – CHANNEL – – REC SPEED – – AM B PM ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1 DATE 0 5 / 0 4 THU START TIME – – : – – – – END TIME – – : – – – – CHANNEL – – REC SPEED – – 5 Enter the recording’s start time[...]
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28 Timer Recording (cont’d) 7 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly until the desired channel number appears. Then, press the F.FWD button. ● If you are using a standard antenna/cable hookup (as shown on pages six-seven), select the channel of the TV program you want to record. ● If you are recording from line input, select Line[...]
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Cancelling a Timer Recording 1 Press the MENU button.The details of your program appear on the screen. 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to select the program number you want to cancel. 4 While the program number is flashing, press the REWIND button to cancel the timer recording. 5 Press the COUNTER RESET/EXIT button to exit. Timer Recordi[...]
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30 Timer Recording (cont’d) 4 Select the information you want to change using the F.FWD button. Press the REWIND button to go back one step. (There is an exception. Do not press the REWIND button while the program number is flashing. If you do, you will cancel the timer recording completely.) 5 While the information is flashing, enter the correct[...]
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Auto Satellite Link Using a Satellite Tuner 31 If you connect your VCR to a satellite tuner that has the Electronic Program Guide, the VCR will turn itself on, record, then turn itself off. First, read the owner’s manual of your satellite tuner; then, follow the steps below. Before you begin: ● Use audio and video cables to connect the VCR’s [...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 1 Press the RECORD button to start a recording of the cur- rent channel. Details are on page 24. 32 Recording One Channel/Watching Another 2 Press the VCR/TV button to put [...]
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1 VCR 1 will play your tape. Insert a prerecorded tape in VCR 1. If the tape does not have a record tab, playback begins. If this happens, press the STOP/EJECT button on VCR 1 once. Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 33 2 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. Make sure the record tab is intact (details are on page five). Make sure [...]
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VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 34 Repeat Play Follow the steps below to program the VCR to play a tape over and over. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear on [...]
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Special Effects Playback 35 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD but- ton or the REWIND button. A fast forward or reverse picture search will begin. 2 To return to playback, press the PLAY button. Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press the F.FWD button or the REWIND button, then press again. The VCR w[...]
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36 Picture Select 3 With in five seconds, press the F.FWD button until your desired mode (NORMAL, SOFT or SHARP) appears on the screen. VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH This function enables you to select [...]
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Real-Time Counter Memory 37 Follow the steps below to reset the real-time counter to zero at a tape location you want to refer to later. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once. ● There is a tape in the VCR. 1 Play, fast forward, or rewind a tape to the locati[...]
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38 Index Search When you make a recording, the VCR places an index mark at the beginning of the recording. Essentially, an index mark is a type of “bookmark” for your tape. This feature is useful if you have sever- al different programs recorded on a single tape. You may skip over programs by following the steps below. Before you begin, make su[...]
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Time Search 39 The Time Search function allows you to go to a specific point on a tape. You will enter the exact amount of playback time that you wish to skip in order to reach the specified point. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) ● There is a tape i[...]
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40 Quick Find The Quick Find feature locates the beginning of each recording on a tape, then plays the first portion of the recording at high speed for 30 seconds. After it plays the portion, the VCR fast forwards the tape to the next recording. This process is repeated until the end of the tape is reached, or until you stop the Quick Find. 1 Press[...]
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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, you may have to press the POWER but- ton to turn on the VCR. Make sure you turn off the VCR for the timer recording later. If you insert a tape without a record tab when[...]
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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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Helpful Hints (cont’d) 43 Tape cannot be removed. • Make sure the power plug is completely connected to an AC (alternating current) outlet. • You have set a timer recording. Turn on the VCR power, then eject the tape. Be sure to insert a tape and turn off the VCR for your timer recording. Tape cannot be inserted. • Insert the tape, window s[...]
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44 Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the back of the VCR which are used to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another system (OUT). Automatic Channel Setup: process in which the VCR scans all available channels and places the ones you receive in its memo- ry. Then, when you push the CHANNEL ( o / p ) buttons, you [...]
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Specifications 45 Video Heads Four heads Video Signal EIA standards; NTSC color Antenna VHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output Signal Channel 3 or 4 (switchable) 75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement 120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption 12W Operating Temperature 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative Humidity 10% to 80% Weight 5.3 lbs. [...]
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RENEWED 90 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY[...]
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ac power cord ...........................7, 22 accessories .......................................48 ant(enna) in jack ..................6-10, 22 audio in/out jacks .............10, 22, 33 auto satellite link ............................31 automatic playback ........................................41 rewind, eject, off ........................41 ba[...]
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IB8195E001 Printed In China 0VMN02437 / H58G0UD * * * * * 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[...]