Hitachi VT-UX617A manual

VIDEO CASSETT E RECORDER VT-UX617A Ow ner's manual Using these q uality features: • Tape navigation feature allows you to a utomatically loca te a program y ou w ant to view, and also allows you t o list the recorded contents on t he TV screen fo r every tape you have recorded on this VCR. • The VCR Plus+* pr ogramming system a llows you t[...]

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TA BLE OF CONTENTS FOR YOUR SAFET Y ............................................................................................................................. 5 IMPORTANT SAFEG UAR DS ............................................................................................................... 6 CUSTOME R CON TROL S ............................[...]

DSS BOX SE TUP ................................................................................................................................. 34 (Hookups [H] or [I].) .......................................................................................................................... 34 PLAYBACK .............................................[...]

Tape data men u ................................................................................................................................68 Precauti ons ........................................................................................................................................ 71 DISPLAYING C APTION S ............................[...]

WA RNING: Many television program s and film s are copyrighted. In certain circum stances , copy right law m ay apply to private in-hom e videotaping of c opy righted m aterials. WA RNING: T O PREVENT FIRE O R ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOIST URE. CA UTION: T O PREVENT ELECT RIC SHOCK, MAT CH W IDE BLADE OF PLUG T O W[...]

operating instruc tions. 6 Overload ing -- Do not overload wall outlets and extens ion cords as this can result in a risk of f ire or electric shock . Overloaded AC outlets and extens ion cords are dangerous , and so are frayed power cords, dam aged or crack ed wire insulation and brok en plugs. They may result in a shock or fire hazard. Periodical[...]

other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. W hen installing an outside antenna system, ex treme car e should be taken to k eep from touching or approaching s uch power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal. Ins talling an outdoor antenna can be hazardous and should be left to a pr[...]

VCR Customer Controls Item No. Function Page 1 Infrared tr ansmitter 27 2 POW ER button 2 3 EJECT button 9 4 Cassette com partm ent 9 5 STOP button 25 6 Shuttle ring 38 7 PLAY/STILL button 34 8 REC/IRT button 43 9 CHANNEL (channel up/down) 43 TRACKING buttons 33 10 Select button 58 11 MENU button 32 12 Infrar ed receiver 8 13 REC indicator 43 14 CA[...]

Tape re maining or 40 VCR mode indic ator 32 PLAY - play back 32 SRCH - double-speed play 34 and visual searc h ["-" appears during revers e direction viewing] SLOW - slow play - REW - r ewi nd 32 FF - fast forward - STILL - play pause and fram e advance 34 20 REM (tape rem aining time) indicator 40 21 VCR, operate m ode - 22 Audio indica[...]

Item No. Function Page 1 Trans miss ion w indow 8 2 POW ER button 24 3 GUIDE - to rec all OSD menu 24 4 VCR/TV m ode select button 44 5 CLEAR - clears tim e counter 41 6 DISPLAY - to recall on-sc reen d i s p l a y 4 4 7 100/ENT button 43 8 PROGRAM (program m ing) button 53 9 VCR, CAM (cam corder)*, TV - devic e buttons let y ou set the rem ote to [...]

14 PAUSE button 34 15 Shuttle ring 38 16 LIGHT button - illuminates key function buttons f or a few seconds 8 17 CA SKIP button 36 18 STOP button - stops play/ record f unction 25 19 F.FW D button - fast f orward or searc h 34 20 CH (channel up/down) button 43 21 LAST CH button - s witches to the TV channel you watched previously during the current[...]

3 Slide the cov er in the directio n of the arrow to close it. Operating in the remote control Operating the VCR: 1 Make su re there is no obst acle between th e remote control an d VCR's infrared receiver. Note: You cannot operate the VCR if there is an obstacle (for ex ample, cof fee table, sof a, etc) between the VCR and rem ote control. 2 [...]

A bout the illuminated buttons: • If a button on the rem ote control is pr essed, one of the VCR, CAM and T V buttons lights so that you know which device you are now operating. CA SSETTE TA PES Ty pes Only use video cassettes with the mark in this VCR. The table s hows the recording tim e of diff erent cassettes. • To get the bes t quality pic[...]

Removal Press the EJ ECT button on the VCR. The c assette will com e partially out of the com partm ent so you can pull it out. • The "T ape-In" indicator turns off . • The cas sette can be ejected with the power on or off . BA SIC A NTENNA HOOKUP [A ] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT CH AVAILABLE TV CHANNELS • RECORD AND W AT C[...]

Display the channel which is not used by a comm ercial channel in your area. A DVA NCED A NTENNA HOOKUP -A V HOOKUP [B] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT CH AVAILABLE TV CHANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE SAME CHANNEL • RECORD ONE CHANNEL AND W AT CH ANOTHER Hookup B Illus tration BA SIC CA BLE HOOKUP [C] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT [...]

Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its video signal can com e into y our T V on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appropr iate channel. • Turn on the power of both the TV and the VCR. Press the ANT. OUT button on front of the VCR. Pr essing the button alternates between RFCH 03 (channel 3) and RFCH 04 (channel 4) in th[...]

BA SIC CA BLE HOOKUP -W ITH CA BLE BOX [E] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT CH AVAILABLE CABLE CHANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE SAME CHANNEL YOU CAN'T... • RECORD ONE CHANNEL AND W AT CH ANOTHER ALL CHANNEL SELECTIO NS MUST BE MADE AT THE CABLE BOX . BE SURE TO CONSULT YOUR CABLE BOX MANUAL FOR THE CABLE BOX OUTPUT CHANNEL. Hookup E I[...]

W hen the VCR is on, its video signal can com e into y our T V on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appropr iate channel. • Turn on the power of both the TV and the VCR. Press the ANT. OUT button on front of the VCR. Pr essing the button alternates between RFCH 03 (channel 3) and RFCH 04 (channel 4) in the VCR's dis play [...]

TO RECORD, ALL CHANNEL SELECTIONS MUST BE MADE AT T HE CABLE BOX. BE SURE TO CONSULT YOUR CABLE BOX MANUAL FOR THE CABLE BOX OUTPUT CHANNEL. Hookup G Illustration BA SIC DSS HOOKUP [H] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT CH AVAILABLE TV OR DSS CHANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE SAME CHANNEL • RECORD ONE CHANNEL AND W AT CH ANOTHER YOU CAN'[...]

Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its video signal can com e into y our T V on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appropr iate channel. • Turn on the power of both the TV and the VCR. Press the ANT. OUT button on front of the VCR. Pr essing the button alternates between RFCH 03 (channel 3) and RFCH 04 (channel 4) in th[...]

SETTING THE CLOCK -AUTOMA TIC MODE Note: An antenna or cable m ust be connected to the VCR bef ore y ou begin this operation. Tips You'll need to set the clock when f irst hooking up your VCR, and any tim e the power goes out for m ore than 1 hour. W hen you first plug in the VCR or after a power outage, the clock display will read "--:- [...]

If the VCR is alr eady turned off , press the POW ER button to turn the power on, then press it again to tur n the power off. T he time will appear in the VCR dis play to show that the current tim e has been set. T he automatic clock set procedure m ight take about 5 m inutes. Notes: • If the cloc k is not set af ter about five m inutes have elap[...]

5 Press the (2) button. This screen appears to s how that the clock is being s et. • It may take about f ive minutes. • Since the VCR is sear ching for a broadc ast station that transm its a tim e signal, the channel indication on the cable box changes automatically. W hen the cloc k is set, the s creen changes to a T V picture and the corr ect[...]

3 Press the (3) b utton to select your local time zone. Each tim e (3) is pres sed, the option for "SET TIME ZO NE" switches from <AUTO > to <ATLANTIC>, <EASTERN>, <CENT RAL>, <MOUNTAIN>, <PACIF IC>, <ALASKA>, <HAW AII> and back to <AUTO>. • This screen gives an ex ample where <AT[...]

The m ain on-scr een menu will appear on the T V screen. Click to see rem ote control illustr ation. 2 Press the (3) b utton to bring up the "CL OCK SET" menu. 3 Press the (1) b utton to select "CLOCK SET <M A NUAL>". W hen "CLOCK SET <MANUAL>" is selec ted, "SET TI ME ZONE" (item 3) and "SET[...]

Click to see rem ote control illustr ation 7 Press the number buttons to f ill in the number of the month, then th e day then th e y ear. • For dates with only one number (1-9) pr ess the (0) button f irst, then the date. For exam ple, if today is July 8 1997, press (0)(7) (0)(8)(9) (7). The c orrect day of the week will appear by itself . 8 Pres[...]

4 Press the (4) b utton to select the CHA NNEL PRESET operation. 5 Press the (1) b utton to select the type of receiv ing setup you hav e: <ANT> Internal or ex ternal antenna <CATV1> O rdinary c able <CATV2> Alternate cable (If CATV1 doesn't give you the channels you expect). 6 Press the (2) button. The VCR will autom aticall[...]

To add or erase channels The auto c hannel set procedure m ay m emorize channels that are blank , have snowy pictures , or interferenc e. You may skip these c hannels by erasing them . Very w eak stations m ight not be mem oriz ed at all. Y ou may receive these s tations by adding them . 1 Press the GUIDE b utton. Clic k to see r emote contr ol ill[...]

1 Turn on the TV an d select the vid eo channel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou are hooked up with an audio/video cable, s et the TV to AUX or VIDEO. 2 Press the GUIDE b utton. Clic k to see r emote contr ol illustration. The m ain on-scr een menu will appear on the T V screen. 3 Press the (2) b utton t o select "VCR SETUP". 4 Press the (1) b utton[...]

The VCR can be progra mmed to: Automa tically select c hannels on the cable box during a tim er rec ord or VCR Plus+ delayed recording operation. Change channels on rem ote controlled c able boxes with the VCR remote contr ol. BEFORE YOU BEGIN... Make s ure the cable box is pos itioned properly on the VCR. 1 Turn on the TV an d select the vid eo ch[...]

6 Turn on your cable box and select ch annel 2. Note: Refer to the c able box owner's m anual to identify the cable box output c hannel (usually 3 or 4). 7 Using the VCR re mote, enter the cable box output channel numbers. Click to s ee remote control illustration. For exam ple, press (0)(3) for channel 3. 8 Press the GUIDE b utton to en ter t[...]

10 Press the GUIDE b utton to enter your cable box brand . The VCR will change the cable box from channel 02 to channel 09 to conf irm that the c orrect code was entered. 11 Cable box chan nel changed to ch annel 9: Press the (1) b utton to end this setting . Click to see rem ote control illus tration. Your cable box and VCR are now set f or VCR Pl[...]

DSS BOX SETUP Note: Connect a DSS box to your VCR. (Hookups [H] or [I].) The VCR can be progra mmed to: Automa tically select c hannels on the DSS box during a tim er recor ding operation. BEFORE YOU BEGIN... Make s ure the DSS box is positioned proper ly on the VCR. 1 Turn on the TV an d select the vid eo channel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou are hooked u[...]

5 Press the (2) b utton t o answer "DSS" to the question "WHICH SYSTEM DO YO U USE?" • Press the ( 3) button for norm al T V view ing. Also pr ess (3) to releas e the CABLE BOX or DSS BOX setting after you have set it up. 6 Turn on your DSS box and select ch annel 100. • The output c hannel of the DSS box will be set to LINE[...]

DSS box did n ot tune to channel 999: Press the ( 2) button to return to st ep 8, and enter a dif ferent code number. If the codes y ou entered do not work; • Try repositioning the DSS box on top of the VCR and reentering the codes. • Try entering all code num bers (00 - 03) . Press the num ber button to enter another code num ber. If none of t[...]

4 Press the ST OP button to end playback. Rew inding the tape When the v ideo cassette reaches the end of the tape, the VCR w ill stop automatically and rewind th e tape. • If you press the POW ER button while the tape is rewinding, the power will not shut off until the tape has been com pletely rewound. You may also rewind the tape manually at a[...]

Press either the or buttons until picture is clear . SPECIA L PLA YBA CK EFFECTS Variable speed play back Still Playback (Pause) Press the PA USE button on th e remote control or PLA Y /STILL on the VCR to still t he tape during play. The pic ture will "freeze". You may see s ome m inor noise or interf erence on the sc reen. This is norma[...]

• After 1 m inute in the PAUSE mode, the VCR autom atically switches to STO P mode to protect the tape. • If noise bar s appear on the TV sc reen during the PAUSE mode, f irst set the VCR to the SLOW m ode by using the shuttle ring and then press the CH ( or ) button on the rem ote control to m inimize the noise bars ( see page 38). • If the [...]

1 Press the GUIDE b utton. 2 Press the (2) b utton to select the VCR SETUP o peration. 3 Press the (4) b utton to select "HIFI" or "LINEA R". • Select Hi-Fi to playback sound rec orded on the Hi-Fi track and for nor mal use. The L and R indic ators will light in the VCR's display panel. • Select LINEA R to play back the[...]

Refer to the f ollowing for details. 1 Press the GUIDE button. T he main on-screen menu will appear on t he TV screen. 2 Press the (6) b utton to select "CM ADV.". The "CO MM ERCIA L ADVA NCE" menu w ill appear on the TV screen. Commercial A dvance M arking: Confirm that "CM SEARCH <ON>" is specified for item 1. [...]

The VCR will not mark com merc ials. To p lay back tapes recorded using Co mmercial A dv ance: Press the (2) b utton to select <A UT O> or <M A NUAL>. Select < AU T O > to play the m arked c omm ercials in the f orward search m ode automatic ally . Select < M A NUAL> if you don't want to play the c omm ercials in the f [...]

Precautions Position of tape afte r commercials were ma rked: After m ark ing comm ercials, the VCR f ast forwards the tape to the end of recording to be ready for the next recordi ng. If two or more programs were r ecorded continuously : If there is not time f or mark ing the tape the recording of which has finished, the c omm ercials will be m ar[...]

[B] Turn the ring in the stop mode to fas t forward or rewind the tape. • The tape c ontinues to be wound even after y ou release the dial. Note: • If noise bar s appear on the TV sc reen during the SLOW/ST ILL m odes, turn and hold the shuttle r ing in the SLOW position, then press the CH ( or ) button on the rem ote control to m inimize the n[...]

The index screen appears on T V. 2 Press the (7) button f or rewind or the (9) bu tton for f orward t o begin the in dex search. • The tape rewinds or f ast for w ards until an index mar k is detected. Dur ing this search, the word INDEX is displayed at the top left corner of the screen. • W hen the VCR f inds an index mar k, it plays 15 second[...]

Press the DISPLA Y button a second time to see just the time counter. Notes: • The linear tim e counter oper ates only if there is something r ecorded on the tape. • The counter changes to 0:00:00 when the tape is ejected. Press the DISPLAY button a t hird time to see th e tape remaining time. Note: Im mediately after the tape is inser ted, &qu[...]

3 A t the p oint that you w ant to go b ack to, press the CLEAR button. This r esets the counter to 0:00:00. 4 Press the STOP button when you are done recording or playing back the tape. 5 Press the REW b utton to rewind th e tape. It will automatically stop at the stop where you cleared the counter in step 3. • Press the PLAY button to watch the[...]

Basic recording steps Note: You may use a blank tape or you may record over a previous ly recorded ( erasable) tape. 1 Turn on TV and select the video chan nel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou ar e hooked up with an audio/video cable, set the T V to AUX or VIDEO. 2 Insert a blank o r erasable tape. The power com es on autom atically and the tape indicator lig[...]

• An indicator on the VCR's dis play shows which speed is selected. 5 Press the CH ( / ) button or the number buttons to select the channe l you want to record. Example: Select chan nel 8. • 100/ENT and (2) and (4) for c hannel 124. 6 Press the REC but ton on the remo te control or the REC/IRT butto n on the VCR. Recording will start and t[...]

automatic ally and m ark the com m ercials. "CM SEARCH" will flash in the VCR's display . • Press the button ( 2) to cancel the m arkings . Note: Do not press buttons during rewinding the tape to mark com merc ials. To canc el mark ing during rewinding, press the ST OP button. The sc reen on the right will appear. Press the ST OP b[...]

2 Press the CH ( / ) button or number buttons to c hange the channel to the one you prefer . 3 Press the PAUSE button to continue reco rding. A utomatic In dexing Your VCR will automatic ally c reate an invisible "INDEX" m ark every time you press the REC button while recording. Dur ing play bac k, the Index Searc h feature will let y ou [...]

2 Press the (2) b utton to select the VCR SETUP o peration. 3 Press the (6) button t o set the SAP option to "O N". 4 Press the (5) button t o set the ST EREO/MO NO option t o "STEREO". 5 Press the GUIDE b utton to end the settin g. 6 Follow the Step 1 through 5 on " Basic Recor ding S teps" on pages 4 2 and 43. Stereo[...]

1 Follow the steps 1 through 5 on " Basic re cording steps" on page s 42 and 43. 2 Press the REC/IRT button t wice to ind icate the recording t ime on the display. • You may increase the recording tim e by 30 minutes each tim e y ou press the REC/IRT button. • W hile you are recording, the rem aining recor ding time is s hown on the V[...]

DELA YED RECORDING Setting the VCR to record later Note: The c assette safety tab must be in place in order to record. W ith the delayed recording featur e, y ou c an set this VCR so that it autom atically turns on and records progr ams whenever y ou lik e - without y our being ar ound! You can recor d a program one tim e only, or y ou c an automat[...]

Types of Delay ed Recordings ONE T IME Records one s how at a particular date and time. DAILY Records a s how at the same tim e every day of the week, Monday through Fr iday . W EEKLY Records a show at the sam e day and time ever y week. EXA M PLE: Set the VCR to record "one time" , a program on Channel 8 that starts at 6:00 PM and ends a[...]

• If you mak e a mistak e when entering digits, press the CLEAR button repeatedly to display "-" for the incorr ect digit, then reenter the cor rect digit. 6 Enter the st art time by pressing (0), (6), (0) and ( 0) for 6:00. 7 Press the (2) button f or PM. 8 Enter the en d time by pressing (0), ( 6), (3) and (0) for 6:30. The VCR autom [...]

11 Press the PROGR A M button to set the prog ram in memory. 12 Press the POW ER button t o turn off t he VCR. The delayed recording indic ator will display on the VCR. This tells y ou that the VCR will automatic ally r ecord at the tim es and dates you have programm ed. • If you are using a cable box, you must select t he channel you w ant to re[...]

1 Press the PROG RA M butt on twice. 2 Press the (1) button. 3 Press the (1), ( 2), (0) butt on to select chan nel 120. • You can select one of DSS or CATV channels 100- 125. 4 Press (1) to record the DSS chann el. DSS channel 120 is s elected. "DSS" will appear under the channel indication. Press (2) to reco rd the CA T V channel. CATV[...]

special code is easy to find in your favorite T V program guide or daily newspaper. Here's a s ample page f rom TV Guide s howing PlusCode numbers next to each program . Your local channels m ay be diff erent from the VCR Plus+ channel c odes. To get ready to record with the VCR Plus+ system you need to assign your local broadcast and c able c[...]

(received on c hannel 38). These two channels must be as signed. EA SY DELA YED RECORDING W ITH THE VCR PLUS+ S YSTE M This setup should be perfor med if you are using an Antenna or Cable without a cable box. (H ookups [A], [B], [C] or [D].) If y ou r eceive all y our channels through a cable box (Hook ups [E], [F] or [G]) pleas e refer to page 27 [...]

4 Press the (4) button t o select VCR PLUS+ SETUP. A sm all arrow points to a blank "- -" in the CHANNEL colum n. Note: If your broadcast channel num ber is the s ame as the VCR Plus + Channel in y our TV listing do not enter any num ber. 5 Press the CH ( / ) button to m ove up and down through the channel list until you reach VCR Plus+ C[...]

• W hen a cas sette without its safety tab is inserted, playback star ts automatic ally and VCR Plus+ recor ding won't operate. 2 Press the PROGR A M butto n to select VCR PLUS+ RECORDING . 3 Press the num ber button s to enter the Plu sCode number of the program you w ant to record . 4 Press the PROGR A M butto n to store the Plu sCode numb[...]

5 Press the numb er buttons (1) , (2) or (3) to select ONE TIM E, DA ILY or WEEKL Y RECORDING Note: Program ming does not take eff ect unless you select one of these options . 6 Press the (5) button to choose recording speed SP (standard play ) or EP (extended play). The s creen will display all the details of the program y ou c hose. Check the CH [...]

Important: Y our tim ed recording s ettings take ef fect when y ou turn off the power on the VCR. Caution of VCR Plus+ Recording After enter ing a PlusCode number, c heck the inf ormation dis play ed with the "PROGRAM REVIEW ". If there is (are) any unnecessary program (s), please c ancel or correc t it (them) . Please refer to Page 55, &[...]

TA PE NA VIGATION Tape navigation and dir ector y screen W henever this VCR records a pr ogram, s pecific inf ormation is automatically stored in the VCR m emor y . T his inform ation can be displayed on the TV scr een in a directory, and used to locate a recorded pr ogram you want to watch, or the beginning of a non-r ecorded section of the tape. [...]

Understanding the Dir ectory Tape Num ber Identifies the tape in the VCR. Number of Program s Shows the num ber of pr ograms r ecorded on the tape. Tape Bar Shows the length of a rec orded program and its location on the tape. Recording T ime Shows the actual rec ording time. If the tape speed (SP/EP) was changed during recor ding, the recording ti[...]

The MENU button will flas h for about 30 seconds , and "120" flashes in the VCR's dis play for about 10 s econds. 2 Press the CLEA R button to choose the type of tape you are using. 120: T -120 or shorter tape 160: T -140 or T -160 tape 180: T-180 tape 210: T-210 tape • The dis play is display ed for a short tim e, so y ou m ust pr[...]

3 Press the select or buttons to choose the program you want to w atch. The number selected will be highlighted. 4 If you wan t the selected program t o play automatically, press the PLAY button. The s earch screen will appear while sear ching for the selec ted program . W hen the progr am is f ound, play back will begin automatically. If you wan t[...]

• Turn the tape data f eature on and off • Turn the pr ogram title f eature on and off • Display tape navigation data • Delete tape navigation data Note: If a cas sette is in the VCR, eject it bef ore y ou select the tape data m enu. Press the GUIDE b utton. T hen press the ( 5) button . The tape data m enu will appear. 1 TA PE D A TA <O[...]

Note: You cannot erase the data of the tape loaded in the VCR. Ej ect the tape before perf orm ing the following. • Press the select or button to specifiy the TA PE NO. you want to delete. Press t he sele ct button to m ove toward the lower numbers ; Press t he sele ct button to m ove toward the higher num bers. EXA M PLE: Delete tape numbe r 4. [...]

2 Press the select or button to specify the TA PE NO. you want to display . Press t he sele ct to m ove toward the low er numbers . Press t he sele ct to m ove toward the higher num bers. EXA M PLE: Display ta pe number 2. Press t he sele ct or button to m ove up or down through the list until num ber 2 is selected. 3 Press the (5) button. Details [...]

Follow the instructions on page 59 to delete data and provide mor e space in the tape data m emory. Dubbing: Tape Navigation does not operate with tapes on which only audio is recorded or dubbed f rom a CDV (c ompact disc video). Contents of data stor e d in memory when pause is e nga ged during recording: The progr am num ber does not change even [...]

To d isplay captions: View ing tape playback 1 Turn on the TV an d select the vid eo channel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou ar e hooked up with an audio/video cable, set the T V to AUX or VIDEO. 2 Insert a tape with a closed caption s ignal into the VCR. 3 Press the PLAY button on the remote co ntrol. 4 Press the CC but ton on the remo te control. PROGRA MM[...]

3 Press and ho ld the "TV" b utton. 4 Press the remote button corresponding to your TV brand as shown in the set-up chart. The T V 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 remote button Hitachi 1 Pansonic 2 9 Zenith 2 RC[...]

2 Point VCR remote control toward T V. 3 Press buttons corresponding to the functions available on your TV remote control. INTEGRA TING YOUR STEREO SY STEM WITH YOUR VCR Hookup W hen your VCR is connected to a st ereo sy stem , y ou can: • Make high quality "audio only " recordings for up to 6 hours ( on a T-120 video cas sette tape). ?[...]

3 Press the REC/IRT button on VCR or REC button o n the remote cont rol to start recordin g. 4 Press the ST OP button or remote contro l to stop recordin g. COPYING TA PES FROM A CA MCORDER Hookup You may use y our VCR to copy tapes from any cam corder onto standar d VHS cassette tapes. NOTE: If your cam corder is not ster eo (has only one audio pl[...]

2 Press the REC, then PAUSE buttons on the VCR remote control. Th e VCR will go into Record/Pause. 3 Press the PLA Y butt on on the camcorder. You will see th e camcorder tape being play ed on the T V. 4 When you see t he part of the Camco rder tape you wish to copy, press the VCR PAUSE button again t o release pause and st art copying the camcorde[...]

To copy fr om one VCR to another VCR 1 Press the AVX button on t he remote control o f VCR-1 so that L 1 (line) appears in t he display. 2 Press the REC, then PAUSE buttons on VCR-1. The VCR w ill go into Record/Pause. 3 Press the PLA Y butt on on VCR-2. You will see the taped program being played on the T V. 4 When you see t he part of the p rogra[...]

PROBLEM GUIDE Problem gui de No power • Make sure the VCR is plugged into an AC outlet. Remote c ontrol doesn't work • Mak e sure the batteries are fresh, and pr operly installed. W on't r ecord • Safety tab has been removed f rom cassette (VCR will autom atically eject the tape). W on't m ake tim er recor dings • T he VCR po[...]

Mai ntenance Regular periodic m aintenance is r equired to maintain optim um VCR per form ance. Such m aintenance and adjustm ents should not be attem pted by the user. Pleas e consult your service dealer for further inf ormation. A uto Head Clean ing System This sy stem cleans the video heads autom atically w hen a cas sette is inserted and ej ect[...]

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