Hitachi VT-FX621A manual

1 VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VT-F X621A Ow ner's manual Using these quality feat ures: • Super rew ind and fast forw ard • Multi-channel TV sound (MTS). • 8-program/1-y ear preset recording. • A uto tr acking syst em automatically adjusts t he tracking so the picture is optimized. • Frequency sy nthesized tuner provides easy , preset t [...]

2 TA BLE OF CONTENTS FOR YOUR SAFETY................................................................................................................ ..2 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS .....................................................................................................3 CUSTOMER CONTROLS .......................................................[...]

3 This symbol w arns the user that uninsul ated voltage w ithin the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electr ic shock. Therefore, it is danger ous to make any kind of contact wi th any insi de part of this unit. This symbol al erts the user that important li terature concerning the operation and maintenance of this unit has been included.[...]

4 2 Retain Instruction -- The safety and operating i nstructions should be retained for fu t ure re f ere nce. 3 Heed Warnings -- Compl y w ith all w arnings on the v ideo product and in the operating i nstructions. 4 Polarized Plug -- This v ideo product is eq uipped wi th a polariz ed alternating cur rent line plug (a plug hav ing one blade wi de[...]

5 product should nev er be placed near or ov er a radiator or heat register . This video product should not be placed in a bui lt-in install ation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper v entilation is pr ovided or the v ideo product manufacturer's instr uctions have been followed. 9 A ttachments -- Do not use attachments unless recommended [...]

6 should be left to a professional antenna install er. USE 14 Cleaning -- Unplug this v ideo product from the w all outlet before cleaning . Do not use liqui d cleaners or aerosol cl eaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning . 15 Object and Liquid Entry -- N ever push objects of any ki nd into this vi deo product through opening s as they may touch dan[...]

7 prevent fire, el ectric shock or other haz ards. 20 Safety Check - - Upon completion of any ser vice or repairs to this video pr oduct, ask the service technician to perform safety checks recommended by the manufacturer to determine that the v ideo product is in safe operati ng condition. CUSTOME R CONTROLS VCR Customer Controls Item No. Function[...]

8 STILL - play pause and frame advance 24 12 REM ( tape remaining time) indicator 28 13 VCR, operate mode - 14 Audi o indicators - 15 - record (f lash es du ring record pause) 31 16 Tape-in indicator 9 17 TV channel or Auxiliary 31 ( L ) 4 3 18 Delay ed recording i ndicator 37 Accessories supplied Check and identify the accessor ies supplied. If an[...]

9 Item No. Function Page 1 Transmission w indow 8 2 POW ER button 19 3 GUIDE - to r ecall OSD menu 19 4 DISPLAY - to recall on-screen d i s p l a y 2 7 5 CLEAR - clear s time counter 29 6 VCR/TV mode select button 10 7 100/ENT button 31 8 VOL button - increase or decrease the audio v olume 39 9 PROG RAM (p rogram min g) button 35 10 REW button - fa[...]

10 18 AVX button - sel ect L 4 19 N umber buttons 17 20 VCR, TV, CATV - dev ice buttons let you set the remote to contr ol one of the three devices 8 REMOTE OPERATION Install batteries in the remote contro l The remote control requires tw o "AA " batteries. 1 Push the mark and hold it, then slide the cov er in the direction of the arrow t[...]

11 Operating in the remote control 1 Make sure there is no obstacle bet w een the remote control and VCR's inf rared receiver. Note: You cannot operate the VCR if there is an obstacle (for example, coffee table, sofa, etc) between the VC R and remote control. 2 Point the remote control at the VCR's infrared receiv er and press the require[...]

12 The VCR automaticall y enters the play back mode when a cassette w ithout its safety tab is inserted. The VCR w on't record on a tape w ithout a safety tab and the cassette will be ejected if the REC or REC/IR T button is pressed. Be sure to check the safety tab before inserting a cassette. Insertion Push the v ideo cassette gently into the[...]

13 Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its vi deo signal can come into y our TV on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appr opriate channel. • W hen the power is turned on, press the POW ER button to turn it off. Press the PLAY button on front of the VCR. Pressing the C HANNEL button alter antes between RFCH- 03 (channel [...]

14 BA SIC CA BLE HOOKUP [C] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W A T CH AVAILABLE CABLE CH ANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE S AME CHANNEL • RECORD ONE CHANNEL A ND W ATCH A NOT HER Hookup C Illustr ation Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its vi deo signal can come into y our TV on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appr [...]

15 Display the channel w hich is not used by a commercial channel in y our area. A DVA NCED CA BLE HOOKUP -A V HOOKUP [D] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W A T CH AVAILABLE CABLE CH ANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE S AME CHANNEL • RECORD ONE CHANNEL A ND W ATCH A NOT HER Hookup D Illustr ation BA SIC CA BLE HOOKUP -WITH CABLE BOX [E] WITH THIS H[...]

16 Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its vi deo signal can come into y our TV on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appr opriate channel. • W hen the power is turned on, press the POW ER button to turn it off. Press the PLAY button on front of the VCR. Pressing the C HANNEL button alter antes between RFCH- 03 (channel [...]

17 A DVA NCED CA BLE HOOKUP -WITH CA BLE BOX A ND SPLITTER [G] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W A T CH AVAILABLE CABLE CH ANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE S AME CHANNEL • RECORD ONE CHANNEL A ND W ATCH A NOT HER TO RECORD, ALL C HANNEL SELECTIONS MU ST BE MADE AT THE CABLE BOX. BE SURE TO CONSULT Y OUR CABLE BOX M ANUAL FOR THE CABLE BOX OUTPUT[...]

18 Tips You'll need to set the cl ock when first hooking up your VCR , and any time the pow er goes out for more than 1 hour. W hen you first pl ug in the VCR or after a power outag e, the clock display w ill read "--:--". To set the clock manually Remote illu stration 1 Press the GUIDE but ton. The main on-screen menu will appear on[...]

19 the screen. 4 Press the (1) butt on for A M or (2) fo r PM. For exampl e, press the (1) button for AM. Click to see rem ote con t ro l illustration 5 Press the number buttons to fill in the number of the month, t hen the day then the y ear. • For dates w ith only one number ( 1-9) press the (0) button fir st, then the date. For exampl e, if to[...]

20 [A ], [B], [C] or [D]) 1 Press the POWER butt on to turn on the VCR . 2 Turn on the TV and select the video channel (3 or 4). Or, if you ar e hooked up with an audio/v ideo cable, set the TV to AUX or VIDEO. 3 Press the GUIDE but ton. Click to see rem ote cont ro l illustration. The main on-screen menu will appear on the TV screen. 4 Press the ([...]

21 7 Press GUIDE to ret urn to regular viewing. Note: Your VCR is capabl e of receiving 68 br oadcast TV channels (VHF 2-13, UH F 14-69) and cable channels (1- 125). In some areas channels cannot be receiv ed when CATV1 is selected. In this case, select CATV2 in the receiving setup. When automatic presetting of channels are finished Press the CH ( [...]

22 3 Press the (3) but ton to select "A D D/ERA SE CHA NN EL". 4 Use the number buttons to select the number of the channel y ou w ant to add or erase. 5 Press the STOP button t o delete the channel, or press the PLA Y but ton to add it. 6 Press the GUIDE butt on to return to regular v iewing. A uto blue setting 1 Turn on the TV and selec[...]

23 The main on-screen menu will appear on the TV screen. 3 Press the (2) but ton to select "VCR SETUP". 4 Press the (1) butt on to select A UTO BLU E "ON" or "OFF". ON: The screen becomes blue and mutes sound when a channel without a broadcast signal on the VC R or a channel on w hich broadcasting has fini shed. • If[...]

24 3 Press the PLA Y but ton to start play ing the t ape. Click to see remote control illustration. 4 Press the STOP button t o end play back. Rew indi ng the tape When the v ideo cassette reaches the end of t he tape, the VCR will stop automatica lly and automatically rew i nd the tape. • If you press the POW ER button while the tape is rewindin[...]

25 This function rewi nds or fast-forwards T-120 tape for about 83 seconds. This time period will v ary for dif ferent types of tape. Press the REW or F.FW D button, then press it agai n. To stop the tape, press the STOP button. Note: During super rewind/fast/forward, there will be an interval of 5 seconds between the time the stop button is presse[...]

26 Still Play back (Pause) Press the PA USE butt on on the remote control or PLA Y/STILL on the VC R to still the tape during play . The picture will "freeze". You may see some minor noise or interf erence on the screen. This is norm al. • To resume play, pr ess the PLAY button or PAUSE button ag ain. Note: T he sound is muted and canno[...]

27 2 Press the (6) but ton to v iew the picture one frame at a time. • Press the PAUSE button to resume play . Skip play back W h ile playing back your tape y ou can skip forward by pressing the (6) button. The tape will search ahead about a minute then resume playing . Slow motion 1 Press the PLA Y but ton. 2 Press the (4) but ton to slow the pl[...]

28 Press the STOP button to stop the tape. Notes: • Use the CH ( or ) button to minimiz e any vi sual noise bands on the screen. • After 1 minute in slow motion playback, the VCR w ill stop the tape automatically to prevent damage to the tape and VCR . Visual Search This function let you sear ch backward and forw ard through the v ideotape whi [...]

29 2 Press the (2) but ton to select the VCR SETUP operation. 3 Press the (4) but ton to select "HIFI" or "LINEA R" . • Select Hi-Fi to playback sound recor ded on the Hi-Fi track and for normal use. The L and R indicators will light in the VCR's display panel. • Select LINEA R to play back the sound r ecorded on the li[...]

30 1 Press the DISPLA Y button in the stop mode. The index screen appear s on TV. 2 Press the (7) butt on for rew ind or the (9) button f or forw ard to begin the index search. • The tape rewinds or fast f orwar ds until an index mar k is detected. During this search, the word IN DEX is displ ayed at the top left corner of the screen. • W hen t[...]

31 Press DISPLAY w hile the on-scr een display is di splayed. The on-screen displ ay switches i n the order below together w ith the VCR's display . Remote Co ntrol Illustra tion Click to see on-scr een and VCR display s Press the DISPLA Y button to see the clock. Press the DISPLA Y button a second time to see just the time counter. Notes: •[...]

32 1 Press the DISPLA Y button two or three times. The counter will appear in the VCR's display. 2 Begin recording or play ing back a tape. 3 A t the point t hat y ou w ant to go back to, press the C LEA R button. This resets the counter to 0:00:00. 4 Press the STOP button w hen you are done recording or play ing back the tape. 5 Press the REW[...]

33 The VCR must be hooked up properl y for recording . See the Simple Hookups at the beginni ng of this manual. Copy right infringement w arning Most telev ision progr ams and films are copyrig hted. This means that someone has leg al rig hts governi ng the reproduction and di stribution of this material . In certain circumstances, copy right l aw [...]

34 4 Press (5) button t o select SP (standard play , for the best picture quality ) or EP (extended play , for the longest recording time on a single tape). 5 Press the CH ( / ) button or the number buttons to select the channel you w a nt to record. Example: Select channel 8. • 100/ENT and (2) and (4) for channel 124. 6 Press the REC button on t[...]

35 Notes: • Recording will not start unless th e cassette has th e sa fety tab in pla ce . If this tab h as been removed, the VCR will eject the tape. • Press the PAUSE button to set the VCR to the recording pause mode. Pr ess the button ag ai n to re-st a rt reco rd ing. • If you stay i n PAUSE mode for more than 5 minutes, the VCR automatic[...]

36 3 Press the PA USE button to continue recording. A utomatic Indexing Your VCR will auto matica lly create an invisible "INDEX" mar k every time you pr ess the REC button while recording. During playback, the Index Search feature w ill let you move throug h a tape that has several r ecordings on it by searching for the "INDEX"[...]

37 5 Press the GUIDE but ton to end the setting. 6 Follow the Step 1 through 5 on "Basic Recording Steps" on pages 30 and 31. Stereo vs. mono sound W hen you select the STEREO option in the initi al setup operation, your VCR records in stereo any stati on that broadcasts stereo sounds. W hen a T V channel broadcasts in stereo, you'l [...]

38 To stop recording w hile in the IRT mode: 1 Press the POWER butt on. 2 Press the STOP button wi thin 10 seconds. • This can be done either on the VCR or with the r emote control. DELA YED RECORDING Setting the VCR to record later[...]

39 Note: T he cassette saf ety tab must be in place in or der to record. W ith the delayed recording feature, you can set this VCR so that it automatically turns on and records prog rams whenev er you l ike - w ithout your bei ng around! You can record a prog ram one time only , or you can automati cally r ecord a show ev ery w eekday or ever y w e[...]

40 Ty pes of Delay ed Recordings ONE TIME Recor ds one show at a particular date and time. DAILY Records a show at the same time ever y day of the w eek, Monday throug h Friday . W EEKLY Records a show at the same day and time ev ery w eek. EXA MPLE: Set the VCR to record "one time" , a pr ogram on Channel 8 that starts at 6:00 PM and end[...]

41 display "-" for the incorrect dig it, then reenter the correct di git. 6 Enter the start t ime by pressing (0), (6), (0) and (0) f or 6:00. Remote Illustration 7 Press the (2) but ton for PM. 8 Enter the end time by pressing (0), (6), (3) and (0) for 6:30. The VCR automaticall y selects PM for you. 9 Enter the recording date by pressin[...]

42 12 Press the POWER butt on to turn off t he VCR. The d elayed reco rding ind ica tor will display on the VCR. This tells you th a t the VCR will autom atically record at th e times a n d dates you h a ve progr ammed. • If you are using a cable box, y ou must select the channel y ou w ant to record on the cable box (in this case 08) ; and turn [...]

43 2 Press the (1) but ton for the PROGRA M REVIEW option. This brings up the screen setting for the first prog ram. If y ou wa nt to clear this program, press the CLEA R button to remov e this program. 3 Keep pressing the (1) button to cy cle through all the programs y ou have preset. • The screen will display the nex t program, if there are mor[...]

44 3 Press and hold the "TV" but ton. 4 Press the remote button corresponding to y our TV brand as show n in the set-up chart. The TV channel will change to confirm that the remote control has been set. TV Brand Press "TV" and TV Brand Press "TV" and this remote button this re mote button Hitachi 1 Pansonic 2 9 Zenith [...]

45 control. PROGRA MM I NG THE VCR REM OTE TO CONTROL YOUR CABLE BOX The VCR remote control can be programmed to control many cable boxes that are remote controlled. YOu can easily change channels. 1 Turn on the cable box. 2 Point VCR remote control toward cable box. 3 Press and hold the "CA TV" button. 4 Press the remote button correspon[...]

46 until the cable box changes channels. If the cable box channel does not change, you w on't be able to prog ram the remote for your cable box. Using the VCR remote to contr ol your cable box Remote Co ntrol Illustra tion 1 Press the "CA TV" button on remote control. 2 Point VCR remote control toward cable box. 3 Press the CH ( chan[...]

47 2 Turn on stereo, and start the select ion you wish to record. 3 Press the REC/IRT butt on on VCR or REC button on the remot e control to start recording. 4 Press the STOP button or remote cont rol to stop recording. COPYING TA PES FROM A CA M CORDER Hookup You may use your VCR to copy tapes from any camcorder onto standard VHS cassette tapes. N[...]

48 BEFORE YOU BEGIN... Connect the camcorder's AV output cable to the audio/video jacks on the front of your VCR. Remote Co ntrol Illustra tion 1 Press the A VX button on remote control, to display L (line) on the TV display . 2 Press the REC, th en PA USE buttons on the VCR remot e control. The VCR will go into Record/Pause. 3 Press the PLA Y[...]

49 To copy from one VCR to another VCR 1 Press the A VX button on the remote control of VCR- 1 so that L (line) appears in the display . 2 Press the REC, th en PA USE buttons on VCR-1. The VC R w ill go into Record/Pause. 3 Press the PLA Y button on VCR-2. You will see the taped program being play ed on the TV. 4 When y ou see the part of the progr[...]

50 • Press the STOP button to finish recording. PROBLE M GUIDE / MAIN TENA NCE Problem gui de No power • Make sure the VCR i s plugged i nto an AC outlet. Remote control doesn't w ork • Make sure the batteries ar e fresh, and properly installed. W on't record • Saf ety tab has been removed from cassette (VCR will automaticall y ej[...]

51 Regular periodic maintenance i s required to mai ntain optimum VCR performance. Such maintenance and adjustments should not be attempted by the user . Please consul t your servi ce dealer for further information. NOTE: Dirt accumulation on the video heads will cause the play back picture to become noisy. Heavy accumulations due to abnormal usage[...]

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