Toshiba W-808 manual

V ideo Cassette Recor der W -808 W -804 OWNER’S MANUAL This publication is printed on recycled paper 70971856 PLAY STOP PROG.TV POWER EJECT PAUSE/STILL REC FF REV[...]

2 WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGES ARE PRESENT INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE. DO NOT OPEN THE CABINET. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY. CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT. Product Name: Video Casset[...]

3 INTRODUCTION IMPOR T ANT PRECA UTIONS Save Original Packing Materials The original shipping carton and packing materials will come in handy if you ever have to ship your VCR. For maximum protection, repack the set as it was originally packed at the factory. Avoid Volatile Liquid Do not use volatile liquids, such as an insect spray, near the unit.[...]

4 1. Read owner’s manual After unpacking this product, read the owner’s manual carefully, and follow all the operating and other instructions. 2. Power Sources This product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your product deal[...]

5 INTRODUCTION 6. Water and Moisture Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub; in a wet basement; or near a swimming pool and the like. 7. Cleaning Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.[...]

6 16. Damage Requiring Service Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: a) When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged. b) If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the product. c) If the product has been exposed to rain or water. d) If the product do[...]

7 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Provides important notes and general explanation of the VCR, including names of the buttons, jacks, etc. SAFETY PRECA UTIONS .................... 2 IMPOR T ANT PRECA UTIONS .............. 3 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS ................................... 4 Contents .............................................. 7 Ide[...]

8 Fr ont Panel Remote Control * These buttons are used to control the cursor on the screen. INTRODUCTION Identification of Controls See the page in for details. This manual shows the names of buttons in italics. To operate this VCR. To operate your TV. PLAY STOP CHANNEL POWER c EJECT REV ( FWD ) PAUSE/STILL REC VIDEO L-MONO-AUDIO-R S-VIDEO LINE IN [...]

9 INTRODUCTION Rear Panel LINE IN 1 A UDIO (Rear), 2 (Front) jac ks If the connected equipment is monaural (has one audio output jack), connect the L (MONO) side, the same sound is recorded on both L and R on the Hi-Fi track. Multifunctional indicator REC (Recording) indicator VCR indicator Tape speed indicator (SP/SLP) Cassette indicator Timer rec[...]

10 Setting up the Remote Contr ol 1 Open the batter y compar tment on the front of the Remote Control b y pressing on the centre of the slide cov er and pull off in one motion in the direction of the arrow . 2 Install 2 batteries (“AAA” size) f ollowing the polarity diagrams. 3 Close the batter y compar tment lid. 4 P oint the remote control at[...]

11 PREP ARA TION Antenna/VCR/TV Connection 1 Disconnect the antenna cab le from your TV and connect it to the RF IN terminal on the VCR. 2 Connect the RF OUT terminal to the TV . AUDIO/VIDEO Connections The A UDIO/VIDEO jacks are also a vailable to connect your TV . When connected your TV using the AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks T o watch video pictures, se[...]

12 S-VIDEO Connection The S-VIDEO jack is also a vailable to connect to y our TV . This set-up will enable you to: – record an unscramb led channel. – watch an unscramb led channel while recording it. – record an unscramb led channel while watching another (only when y ou connect a cable- compatible TV). You will need to: • select TV channe[...]

13 PREP ARA TION This set-up will enable you to: – watch an unscramb led or scrambled channel while recording it. – record any channels through the cab le box. You will need to: • set TV channel 3 or 4 to receiv e video signals. (See page 11.) • set VCR channel to the output channel of the cable bo x, and select a desired cab le channel on [...]

14 Auto Set Up 1 Connect the antenna cable to the VCR (see page 11). Then connect the VCR’ s power plug to an A C outlet. “A uto” flashes in the VCR displa y as the VCR automatically tunes in all activ e stations. When A uto Set Up is completed successfully , the current time will be displa yed. • If the VCR f ails to set the clock, “– [...]

15 PREP ARA TION SET UP PROGRAM PRESET PROG H 120 0 16 80 1 OF F O OF F O U AT O U A M EG R FA S P E TA P E LE SAP S E T SI M U L C A S T GT AN T E A LA n nn n n n OF F O O R M .. E n n GUA G X DS I n O F E n ED : n Optional settings on the SET UP screen 1 Other optional settings can be made . Press ENTER while “SET UP” is selected on the MENU [...]

16 Initial Settings Using On-Screen Display (continued) SET UP PROGRAM PRESET PROG OF F O OF F O I F n E T O S S-V H S R EC S-V H S E T PLA Y R RF D n n n OF F O n OF F O n D n R S I n T U PD n R F ED : n O R M .. E Optional settings on the SET UP screen 2 Press PLA Y/x2 repeatedly to go back to screen 1 of SET UP page . T o e xit, press PR OG. Wit[...]

17 PREP ARA TION 8 Press ENTER to star t the “A UT O” clock set f eature. After a while, the VCR automatically updates the clock using the data broadcast b y the local TV stations. The f ollowing screen will appear on TV depending on the broadcast at your location. 9 Select the options using FF or REW . Change the data using PLA Y/x2 or ST OP .[...]

18 Incoming Antenna/Cable (CA TV) Signals The VCR scans through all receivab le TV and CA TV channels and stores only the active ones in your area into the memory . Once the storing is finished, you can select a desired channel using CH/TRK . Preparation • Turn on the TV, and select the video channel (3 or 4), or the video input mode if you made [...]

19 PREP ARA TION To add channels To erase channels Adding or erasing channels Adding channels If a desired channel cannot be scanned automatically because of a weak signal, it can be added to the memor y . Erasing channels Y ou can erase a stored channel from the memor y if it is unnecessar y . 1) F ollow steps 1 to 3 of “Incoming Antenna/CA TV S[...]

20 V ideo Cassette Use Loading a cassette Push the cassette into the cassette compar tment with the window side f acing up and the label side tow ards the front. The VCR is automatically turned on. The indicator will appear in the VCR display . Ejecting a cassette Press EJECT . The cassette is ejected from the cassette compar tment. W arning Do not[...]

21 PLA YBA CK Adjusting the tracking When pla yback star ts, the VCR automatically adjusts the trac king for clear pictures and sound (Digital A uto T rac king). The “DT” indicator blinks during the adjusting. If the VCR cannot locate the best possible trac king point, hold do wn one of CH/TRK to adjust the trac king manually . • T o resume t[...]

22 S-VHS Playback 1 Load a cassette recorded in S-VHS. The “ ” indicator will light on the VCR displa y . P ower is turned on. If the cassette has no saf ety tab , pla yback star ts automatically . 2 Press PLA Y/x2 to star t pla yback. 3 T o stop playbac k, press ST OP . Rewinding / Fast-forwarding Press REW or FF in the stop mode. Note Tapes r[...]

23 PLA YBA CK PLA YBA CK V ariable Speed Playbac k You can play back a tape at various tape speeds. Picture Search A tape runs at 5 times or 7 times the nor mal playbac k speed so that you can quic kly locate a par ticular scene. 1 Press FF or REW dur ing pla yback. The tape runs at 5 times the nor mal pla yback speed. 2 T o change the tape speed t[...]

24 Frame Advance A picture adv ances frame by fr ame. 1 Press PLA Y/x2 dur ing still pla yback. Each time you press PLA Y/x2 , the picture advances one fr ame. If y ou press and hold PLA Y/x2 , the tape runs at 1/30th the normal playbac k speed. To resume normal playback Press P A USE/STILL . Double Speed Playback A tape runs at twice the nor mal s[...]

25 PLA YBA CK Counter Function Y ou can view the cloc k, linear time counter or tape remaining time in the VCR display or on the TV screen. 1 Each time y ou press REMAIN/COUNTER , the VCR display changes in sequence as f ollows: The indication abov e will also appear on the TV screen b y pressing DISPLA Y . The y are switchab le with REMAIN/COUNTER[...]

26 Index Search Function The VCR can find a point where a registered index signal is on a tape and pla y back f or about 5 seconds . Y ou can easily locate the desired prog ram by inputting the inde x signal. Registering index signals Each time a recording star ts, an inde x signal is automatically registered. T o register it somewhere else , press[...]

27 RECORDING W atching a TV program while recording another (including S-VHS/ S-VHS ET recording) 1) While recording, press TV/VCR to tur n off “VCR” indicator . 2) Choose another channel using the channel selector on the TV . Skipping unnecessary scenes while recording (including S-VHS/S-VHS ET recording) Press P A USE/STILL to stop recording [...]

28 S-VHS (Super VHS) and S-VHS ET Recording S-VHS allows you to make high quality video recordings with a horizontal resolution of 400 lines compared with 240 lines of resolution of normal VHS recordings. RECORDING T o Record in S-VHS Mode Cassette marked with “S-VHS” should be used. 1 Load a cassette with the saf ety tab attached. The “ ” [...]

29 RECORDING T o Record in S-VHS ET Mode This VCR is equipped with Super VHS ET that makes it possib le to record with S-VHS picture quality on VHS cassettes. 1 Load a cassette with the saf ety tab attached. 2 Press TV/VCR so that the “VCR” indicator appears in the VCR display . 3 Select a channel to record with CHANNEL on the VCR, or CH/TRK or[...]

30 Timer Pr ogramming Procedure Example : T o record cable channel 25 in the SP tape speed from 9:30 p .m. until 10:00 p .m. on A ugust 30. T oday is A ugust 25. 1 Load a cassette with the saf ety tab attached. 2 Press PR OG. to display the MENU screen. 3 Select “PR OGRAM” using FF or REW , and press ENTER . 4 Mov e to the ne xt using FF , and [...]

31 RECORDING Auto Speed Select If you are not sure the tape is long enough f or timer program recording in the SP tape speed, set the recording tape speed to “AUT O”. Recording star ts in the SP tape speed and the VCR automatically selects the tape speed to record the program to the end. If the tape length is not long enough, the tape speed aut[...]

32 If a power failure occurs during the timer program recording (including VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system recording (page 35)) • When a pow er f ailure has occurred, “- -:- -” appears in the VCR displa y . Since the progr ammed contents have been cleared, reset the clock and timer prog ramming. • When pow er has failed f or a shor t time, the colo[...]

33 RECORDING The flow char t below will giv e y ou an idea as to what must be done to use the VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system f eature. Setting the Clock (page 17) ↓ Cable Box Set-up (page 37) ↓ Storing Channels on the VCR (page 18) ↓ VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system Set-up ↓ VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system Recording (page 35) * With the VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system, th[...]

34 Guide Channel Setting 1 Press PR OG. . 2 Select “PRESET” using FF or REW , and press ENTER . 3 Select “CH MEMOR Y” using PLA Y/x2 or ST OP , and press ENTER . 4 Set “TV/CA TV” to “TV” or “CA TV” using FF or REW . 5 Press PROG. to return to the PRESET screen. 6 Select “GUIDE CH” using PLA Y/x2 or ST OP , and press ENTER . [...]

35 RECORDING VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system Programming 1 Press VCR Plus+ . The VCR Plus+ screen appears. 2 Enter a PlusCode ® prog ramming number . Example : T o record a program with the PlusCode ® programming n umber 36295 (fictitious code). Press number b utton 3, 6, 2, 9 and 5 . Confir m that the number is entered correctly . T o correct a mistake [...]

36 Confirming the VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system timer programs Before the VCR enters the timer standb y mode (TIMER indicator not lit) 1) Press PR OG. to displa y the MENU screen. 2) Press ENTER to select “PR OGRAM”. Chec k the programmed data. 3) Press PROG. to e xit. During the timer standb y mode (TIMER indicator lit) Press PROG. . The screen for [...]

37 RECORDING Cable Bo x Set-up The VCR can directly control channel selecting of the connected cable box. RECORDING Cable Box Contr ol This VCR needs to be connected to a cab le bo x equipped with an infrared wireless remote control. Y ou can select cable channels from the cab le box b y operating this VCR. It is also possib le to automatically cha[...]

38 Cable Box Set-up (continued) Cable Box Set-up 1 Press PROG. to display the MENU screen. 2 Select “PRESET” using FF or REW , and press ENTER . 3 Select “CABLE BO X/DSS” using PLA Y/x2 or ST OP , and press ENTER . 4 Select “NO” or “C.BO X” using FF or REW according to y our connection type. NO: • T ype A • T ype C (A/B switc h [...]

39 RECORDING VCR display Cable box display Cable channel number 7 Select “BRAND TYPE” using ST OP , and enter a brand code of y our cable bo x using number b uttons . Ref er to the table on the ne xt page. Example : For a T OSHIBA cab le box, identified b y number 36. Make sure that the channel displa y of your cable bo x has changed to 9. If n[...]

40 T able of cable box brand codes Toshiba 36 Anvision 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 58, 62, 84 Archer 1, 20, 21, 29, 42, 44, 63, 88, 91 Cablestar 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 58, 62, 84 Cableview 30, 42, 44, 52, 63, 88 Citizen 30, 42, 44, 52, 63, 88 Curtis 8, 9, 56, 61 Diamond 1, 20, 21, 29, 42, 44, 63, 88, 91 Eagle 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25[...]

41 RECORDING DSS ® Satellite Receiv er Set-up The VCR can directly control channel selecting of the connected DSS ® satellite receiver. RECORDING DSS ® Satellite Receiver Control This VCR needs to be connected to a DSS ® satellite receiv er equipped with an infrared wireless remote control. Y ou can select satellite channels from the DSS ® sat[...]

42 DSS ® Satellite Receiv er Set-up (continued) PROG US E OU T U T CH P ED : n SET UP PRESET PROGRAM C. B O X S S D H C 3 1 O n . O n n O FF O CO n TO RL BRA n T DY P E DSS ® Satellite Receiver Set-up 1 Press PROG. to display the MENU screen. 2 Select “PRESET” using FF or REW , and press ENTER . 3 Select “CABLE BO X/DSS” using PLA Y/x2 or[...]

43 RECORDING VCR display OFF : if y our DSS ® satellite receiv er is NON remote-controllable . • Satellite channels will be selected b y the own channel selector of the DSS ® satellite receiv er . The VCR channel should be set to the output channel of the DSS ® satellite receiv er . → Go to step 8. 7 Select “BRAND TYPE” using ST OP , and[...]

44 MTS Broadcast Compatibility This VCR can receive or record MTS (Multichannel TV Sound) broadcasts. By connecting the VCR to your stereo system or stereo TV, you will experience the SAP or stereo sound. Preparation Connect a stereo TV or stereo system to the AUDIO OUT jacks of the VCR. Recording the SAP/Stereo Br oadcast 1 On the SET UP screen (p[...]

45 RECORDING Simulcast Recording When TV program such as MTV, HBO or MAX is being simulcast in FM stereo in your area, the VCR can also record the simulcast sound from an FM stereo tuner or receiver onto the Hi-Fi track and normal track. Preparation • Connect the TV and stereo system to the VCR as below. • Turn on the connected FM tuner and tun[...]

46 Setting Control Codes 1 Press TV to set the remote control operating your TV . 2 While holding down PROG. , enter the two digits of y our TV’ s brand code (listed right) using number buttons . 3 Release PROG. . 4 P oint the remote control at your TV and use each button listed belo w to make sure that your TV is operated correctly . PO WER T o [...]

47 ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Toshiba 01 Bell & Howell 09 Carver 10 Celebrity 03 Citizen 12 Curtis Mathes 09, 12 Dumont 14 Electro band 03 Emerson 09, 11 Fisher 09 GE 02, 07, 11 Gibralter 14 Goldstar 11 Hallmark 11 Hitachi 06 Infinity 10 JBL 10 JCB 03 JVC 05 LXI 01, 02, 09, 10, 11 Magnavox 10 Marantz 10 Megatron 06, 11 Memorex 04, 09, 11 MGA 04, 1[...]

48 No power . • The power cord is not plugged in. – Plug the power cor d into the outlet firmly . Although the power is on, the VCR will not work. • There is no cassette. – Load a cassette. (pa g e 20) The clock does not work. • There has been a power failure. – Reset the cloc k. (page 17) The timer does not work properly . • The time[...]

49 ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION The remote control does not work properly . • The batteries are exhausted. – Replace all batteries. (page 10) • The remote control is operated beyond the operating range. – Make sure the remote control is within 30° of the remote sensor on the VCR. (page 10) • Too far from the VCR. – Use the remote control wi[...]

Specifications Power supply: 120 V AC, 60 Hz Power consumption: 25 W (For W-808 only) 24 W (For W-804 only) External dimensions: 430 × 96.5 × 314 mm (W.H.D.) Mass: 4.2 kg Channels received: VHF: Channels 2–13 UHF: Channels 14–69 CATV: Channels 1–125 Antenna input/output terminals: UHF/VHF: 75 Ω F type connector Signal system: Standard NTS[...]

LIMITED W ARRANTY T OSHIB A VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc. (“TACP”) and Toshiba Hawaii Inc. (“THI”) make the following limited warranties. These limited warranties extend to the original consumer purchaser or any person receiving this set as a gift from the original consumer purchaser and to no other purchas[...]

T oll Free 800-631-381 1 How to Obtain Warranty Service (1)Refer to the troubleshooting guide in your owner's manual. This check list may solve your problem. (2)Call the TACP toll free number 800-631-3811 within (30) days after you find a defective product or part. (3)Arrange for the delivery of the product to the Authorized TACP/THI Service S[...]