Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VT-FX602S Hitachi
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS - 1 - Video Deck VT-FX602S Ow ner's Manua l Your Complete Guide to Videocassette Viewing and Recording Using these quality f eatures: Hi-Fi System Rotary 4-head Recor.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS - 2 - TA BLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS .............................................................................. 3 PRECAUTIONS ...........................................................................................
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS - 3 - AUTOMATIC TIMER RECORDING ............................................................... 51 HINTS FOR TIMER RECORDING ................................................................. 57 AUTO RETURN ........................
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS - 4 - 2. Retain Instructions -The safety and oper ating instructi ons should be retained for future reference. 3. Heed Warnings -All w arnings on the appliance and i n the operating instructions should be adher ed to. 4. Follow Instructions -All operating and use instructions shoul d be follo w ed.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS - 5 - instructions. 11. Grounding or Polarization -This v ideo product is eq uipped wi th a polariz ed alternati ng-curr ent line plug (a plug hav ing one bl ade wider than the other). This plug will fit into the pow er outlet only one w ay.
PRECAUTIONS - 6 - following conditions: a. W hen the power- supply cord or plug is damaged. b. If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the video product. c. If the video product has been ex posed to rain or w ater. d. If the video product does not oper ate normally by follow ing the operating i nstructions.
PRECAUTIONS - 7 - • AC 120V, 60Hz ONLY A VOID THE HA ZA RDS OF ELECTRICA L SHOCK A ND FI RE • Do not handle the pow er cord w ith wet hands. • Do not pull on the pow er cord w hen disconnecting it from AC wal l outlet.
FEATURES - 8 - Model No. Serial No. FEA TURES • Hi-Fi Sy stem- The Hi-Fi stereo r ecording sy stem off ers you super sound quali ty w ith a dynami c range of 80dB and frequency response from 20Hz to 20kHz and 0.
VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE - 9 - recording s to be made of daily br oadcasts, and the weekly timer all ows recording to be made once a week up to the end of the tape. • A uto Return- After finished timer recor ding, the beg inning of the recorded prog ram(s) can be sear ched.
VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE - 10 - Tape Speed Recording/Play back Time Ty pe of tape T60 T120 T160 SP mode 1 hour 2 hours 2-2/3 hours LP mode 2 hours 4 hours 5-1/3 hours SLP mode 3 hours 6 hours 8 hours INSERTING A CASSETTE Insert the cassette in the directi on as shown.
OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS - 11 - OPERA TING CONTROLS A ND FUNCTIONS –FRONT VIEW– –REMOTE CONT ROL VIEW– Remote Co ntrol Illustration 1. Cassette Co mpartment 2. REW button- Press to rew ind the tape, or to v iew the pi cture rapidly in rever se during the playback mode.
OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS - 12 - 12. Search buttons • BLA NK SEA RCH button- Press to use Blank Search mode. • TIME SEARCH button- Press to use Time Search mode. • INDEX SEARCH- Press to use Index Search mode. 13. NUMBER buttons - Press to select desired channels for v iewi ng or recording .
PREPARATION FOR USE - 13 - TV position: to w atch TV or to view on progr am whil e recording another . 25. COUNTER MEMORY button- Press to set counter memory on and off. 26. A DD/DELETE button- Press to add or delete channel numbers duri ng channel preset.
PREPARATION FOR USE - 14 - 3 Connect one end of the coaxial cabl e (supplied) to the ANT.OUT jack of your VCR. 4 Connect the other end of the coaxial cable ( supplied) to the UH F/VHF antenna j acks.
PREPARATION FOR USE - 15 - CONNECTING TO INPUT JA CKS W hen you copy a video tape, or watch a prog ram recorded on an another source, use audio/video input jacks. • W hen y ou connect the monaural VCR etc to thi s VC R , connect the Audio output jack of the monaural VCR etc to the AUD IO IN L jack of this VCR.
MTS (Multi-Channel Telev ision Sound) SYSTEM - 16 - INSTA LLING THE BA TTERIES 1) Press the tab to the dir ection of the arrow and open the cov er. 2) Insert 2 "AAA" batteri es into the battery compartment in the directi on as indicated by the polarity (+/–) markings .
MTS (Multi-Channel Telev ision Sound) SYSTEM - 17 - Connect your VCR to y our stereo source using the following diagr am. CHECKING THE SELECTED M TS MODE W hen you recei ve a sig nal from a tape or VCR tuner channel you are watching , the status shown below will appear w hen you press the SELECT button on the remote control.
MTS (Multi-Channel Telev ision Sound) SYSTEM - 18 - MTS RECORDI NG/ MONITOR M ODE * You must select the recor ding mode in TV STEREO or SAP w hen you record a broadcast. R efer to "TO SELECT ST ER EO OR SAP MODE" on the next pag e. SELECTING THE MTS SYSTEM NOTE: You must use the remote control for this procedure.
MTS (Multi-Channel Telev ision Sound) SYSTEM - 19 - 2 Select "VCR SET UP" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "VCR SET UP". Then, press SELECT button. MENU TIMER PROGRAMMING VCR SET UP INITIALIZE 3 Select "A UDIO OUT" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "AUD IO OUT".
MTS (Multi-Channel Telev ision Sound) SYSTEM - 20 - Notes: • Normally , "HIFI" should be selected for play back with H IFI sound. • W hen you play non-HIFI tapes, VCR play automati cally in monaural. • The VCR records automatical ly MTS broadcasts i n HIFI stereo sound.
PRESET FOR USE - 21 - Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "TV ST EREO" or "SAP. Then, press SELECT button. VCR SET UP TAPE SELECT ~T130 REPEAT PLAY RENTAL AUTO RETURN AUDIO OUT TV ST EREO [ON] SAP 4 To return to TV mode Press MENU button.
PRESET FOR USE - 22 - 1 Plug in the VCR power cord Plug the VCR power cor d into a standard AC outlet. "- -:--" appear s on the display. • W henever the AC plug is connected, the VC R search the local PBS station for auto clock setting. If the VCR find the local PBS station, current time appears on the displ ay.
PRESET FOR USE - 23 - C H 0 2 TUNER SET UP • The VCR disting uishes between standar d TV channels and cable channels. 7 A fter scanning The tuner stops on the lowest memor ized channel . The TV screen returns to TV mode. C H 0 2 • If you subscribe to CABLE TV, "CATV" appears on the display.
PRESET FOR USE - 24 - button or directl y pressing number buttons on the remote control . Note for using number buttons: • W hen selecting cable channel s which ar e higher than 100, pr ess 100/ENT button first, then press the last tw o digits.
PRESET FOR USE - 25 - INITIALIZE 3 Selec t "CHA NNEL SE T UP " Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "CHANNEL SET UP". Then, press SELECT button.
PRESET FOR USE - 26 - 6 Delete it from memory Press ADD/D ELETE button so that "DELETE" f l ashes on the TV screen. ADD/DELETE CH 02 ( TV) –DELETED– • To delete another channel, repeat steps [5] and [6]. • If you press ADD/ DELETE button again, the channel is memorized again.
PRESET FOR USE - 27 - TIMER PROG RAMMING VCR SET UP INITIALIZE 2 Select "INITIA LIZE" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "INITIALIZE".
PRESET FOR USE - 28 - 5 Begin channel preset Press SELECT button once. After scanning, the tuner stops on the l owest memoriz ed channel. DA YLIGHT-SA VING TIM E Select this feature and the VCR's clock automatically will adv ance one hour in Apri l, then rever se one hour in October.
PRESET FOR USE - 29 - 3 Select "D.S.T." (Day light-Sav ing Time) to [ ON] Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "D.S.T.". Then, press SELECT button repeatedly until [ON] appears. INITIALIZE CHANNEL SET UP SETT ING CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT D.
PRESET FOR USE - 30 - Make sure ... • Confirm that the antenna connections are cor rect. • The cable converter box must be turned on i f your VCR i s connected directly to it. (See NOTES) • You must use the remote contr ol for the following procedure.
PRESET FOR USE - 31 - CHANNEL SET UP SETT ING CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT D.S.T. 4 Selec t "AUTO CLOCK" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "AUTO CLOCK".
PRESET FOR USE - 32 - Press POW ER button to turn off the VCR for searching the l ocal PBS station. The power must remain off during this search. If you enter the channel number manually at step 5, • It may take about a few mi nutes for this search to be completed.
PRESET FOR USE - 33 - 3 Select "S E TTING CLOCK" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "SET T IN G CLOCK". Then, press SELECT button. INITIALIZE CHANNEL SET UP SETT ING CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT D.S.T. 4 Select "MA NUA L" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "MANUAL".
PRESET FOR USE - 34 - SETT ING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR 03 / - - - - - - HOUR MINUTE AM/PM - - : - - - - 6 Select the day Press CH/SET or button repeatedly until your desir ed day appears.
PRESET FOR USE - 35 - HOUR MINUTE AM/PM 05 : - - - - 9 Select the minute Press CH/SET or button repeatedly until your desir ed minute appears. (Ex ample: 40) SETT ING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR 03 / 01 FRI .
PRESET FOR USE - 36 - 1) Press MEN U button. 2) Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "IN ITIALIZE". Then, press SELECT button. 3) Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "SETTING CLOCK". Then, press SELECT button. 4) Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "M ANUAL".
ON SCREEN DISPLAY - 37 - 4 Select "ENGLISH" or "ESPA ÑOL" Select "ENGLISH" or "ESPAÑOL=Spanish" using CH/SET or button. LANGUAGE SELECT ENGLISH [ON] ESPAÑOL 5 Exit the Language select Press MENU button to return to TV mode.
PLAYBACK - 38 - PLA YBA CK NORMAL PLA YBACK Make sure... • Turn on the TV and set the TV channel to the same v ideo output channel as located on the back of the VCR. (CH 3 or 4) • Press VCR/TV button on the remote control so that "VCR" appears on the display .
PLAYBACK - 39 - automatically swi tch to the Stop mode. VERTICA L HOLD CONTROL W hen the picture begins to vibrate v ertically, stabiliz e the picture by pressing CHANNEL (or CH/SET) or button in the Still mode. NOTES: • W hen the picture is distorted or rolling vertically , adjust the vertical hold control on your TV.
PLAYBACK - 40 - • W hen the Counter Memory is activated, the tape w ill rewind to the 0:00:00 and the VCR will be in the Stop mode. JOG A ND SHUTTLE FUNCTION You can v iew the pl ayback pictur e at a high speed or adv ance one frame using the Jog and Shuttle function.
SPECIAL PLAY BA CK - 41 - NOTE: W hen noise lines appear on the still picture, change to slow mode and adjust tracking as described in Slow Tracking. SPECIA L PLA Y BA CK Make sure... • VCR pow er must be turned on. • Turn on the TV and set the TV channel to the same v ideo output channel as located on the back of the VCR.
SPECIAL PLAY BA CK - 42 - AUDIO OUT TV STEREO [ON] SAP 4 Begin A uto repeat play back Press SELECT button so that [ON] will appear next to "REPEAT PLAY " on the TV screen. Repeat playback w ill start automatically. NOTES: • Once you select the r epeat play mode, it stay s in effect even after you turn off the VCR.
SEARCH - 43 - 3 Select "RENTA L" Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "RENTAL". Then, press SELECT button. VCR SET UP TAPE SELECT ~T130 REPEAT PLAY RENTAL AUTO RETURN AUDIO OUT TV STEREO [ON] SAP 4 Select "RENTA L" to [ON ] Press SELECT button so that "RENTAL ON" will appear on the TV screen.
SEARCH - 44 - This feature can be used to memoriz e a beginning point that you w ant to revi ew. And y ou can search it easily by rewindi ng or fast forwardi ng. • Insert a prerecor ded tape. • If the counter is not display ed, the Counter Memory w ill not be activated.
SEARCH - 45 - position to forw ard direction. 1 Selec t "TIME S EA RCH" mode Press TIME S EARCH button. 2 Enter y our desired time Press CH/SET or button repeatedly until your desir ed time appears. (Exampl e: "2:50" for 2 hours 50 minutes) TIME SEARCH 2 : 50 3 Begin Time Search Press REW or F.
SEARCH - 46 - Example: You are w atching pr ogram number 4 and w ant to f ast forw ard to progr am number 7. You must skip thr ee programs. 1 Selec t "INDE X SEA RCH" mode Press INDEX SE A RCH button. 2 Enter y our desired number Press CH/SET or button repeatedly until the number of programs that you w ant to skip appears.
RECORDING - 47 - in the forwar d direction. • Tape must be fully rew ound. 1 Selec t "BLA NK SEARCH" mode Press BLANK S E ARCH button. The VCR begins fast forw arding to the beg inning of the blank part of the tape. BLANK SEARCH 2 A fter Blank Search The V CR w ill autom atically stop.
RECORDING - 48 - NOTE: W hen you record w ith a cable conv erter box , the VCR channel must be selected to 3 or 4 then the actual channel that y ou wish to record must be selected on the cable conv erter box . 2 Select the t ape speed Press TAPE SPEED button on the remote control to sel ect the desired tape speed (SP/LP/SLP).
RECORDING - 49 - PAUSE Press PAUSE or R EC button to resume recording . NOTE: To prevent tape damage, after f iv e minutes, the VCR will automatically swi tch to the Stop mode. You may r eview the time remai ning w ith " " marks on the TV screen.
RECORDING - 50 - 5 Select the channel on th e TV Set the TV to the channel you w ant to watch. TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF YOUR RECORDING 1 Select the VCR mode Press VCR/TV button on the remote contr o.
TIMER RECORDING - 51 - CH/SET) or button. 2 Begin IRT Press REC/IR T button on the VCR as many times as needed. The recording length w ill be determined by the number of times you press REC/IRT button. Each additional push will increase the recording time by 30 minutes.
TIMER RECORDING - 52 - SETTING TIME: from 7:30PM to 8:30PM CHANNEL: CH16 TAPE SPEED: SP PROGRAM NO: No. 1 NOTE: You must use the remote control for this procedure. Make sure... • VCR Pow er must be turned on. • Turn on the TV and set the TV channel to the same v ideo output channel as located on the back of the VCR.
TIMER RECORDING - 53 - 3 Select y our desired program number (1 ~ 7) Progr am number whi ch is not set up flashes. Press CH/SET or button repeatedly until your desir ed program number appears.
TIMER RECORDING - 54 - W EEKLY For weekly recording: To record a TV progr am at the sam e tim e on the same channel ever y week. (Exampl e: every Monday on channel 7 at 5:00PM) Press CH/SET or button repeatedly to point to "W EEKLY". Then, press SELECT button.
TIMER RECORDING - 55 - First, press CH/SET or button repeatedly until your desired hour appears. (Ex ample: 07) Next, enter a minute. (Ex ample: 30) Then, press CH/SET or button to point to AM or PM.
TIMER RECORDING - 56 - Press CH/SET or button repeatedly until your desir ed tape speed appears. (Ex ample: SP) ONE T IME PROGRAM DATE 05 / 06 MON START TIME 07 : 30 PM END TIME 08 : 30 PM CHANNEL 16 REC SPEED SP SP LP SLP AUT O • "AUTO" is av ailable only wi th Program N o.
TIMER RECORDING - 57 - 1) Repeat steps [1] to [2] prev ious page. 2) Select a prog ram number y ou want to check using CH/SET or button. The details of selected progr am appears on the TV screen. You may cancel the entire prog ram by pressing AD D/DELETE button.
TIMER RECORDING - 58 - TAPE SELECT ~T130 REPEAT PLAY RENTAL AUTO RET URN AUDIO OUT TV STEREO [ON] SAP 4 Selec t "A UTO RETURN" to [A UTO] Press SELECT button so that [AUTO] will appear next to "AUTO RETURN".
SETTING THE REMAINING TIME - 59 - Notes: • Set the tape remainder sw itch ("~T60", "~T130" or "T140~") to the tape loaded. See "Setting the R emaining Time" on nex t page. • Even if SLP mode is sel ected, just-in time r ecording cannot compensate for a tape length w hich may be too short.
SETTING THE REMAINING TIME - 60 - TIMER PROGRAMMING VCR SET UP INITIALIZE 3 Select "~T60" , "~T130" or " T140~" Press SELECT button so that your desired time appears .
COPYING A VIDE O TAPE - 61 - Note: • In the Remain Time Mode calculating will start when the cassette tape is inserted and PLAY button is pressed. W hile calculating, the TV screen shows as illustrated.
CONTROLLING YOUR TV WITH THE VCR'S REMOTE - 62 - 1) Insert a pre- recorded v ideo cassette into the source (play ing) VCR. 2) Insert a blank v ideo cassette, or one y ou want to recor d over, i nto the editing (recor ding) VCR cassette compartment.
CONTROLLING YOUR TV WITH THE VCR'S REMOTE - 63 - to progr am the remote for your TV. Every TV that comes with a r emote control is set up to detect cert ain infrared sig nals. You need to prog ram the VCR's r emote control to send signals that your TV w ill recognize and respond to.
CONTROLLING YOUR TV WITH THE VCR'S REMOTE - 64 - Toshiba 7 Gold Star 2 8 Panasonic 2 9 RCA 0 Panasonic 1 CH/SET (up ar row) Mitsubishi CH/SET (dow n arrow ) JVC 100/ENT Sharp 1 MEMOR Y Sharp2 SELECT CONTROLLING THE TV Once progr ammed, the VCR's remote control is ready to control the TV.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE pg. 36 - 65 - Jerrold 1 1 Jerrold 2 2 Jerrold 3 3 Hamlin 4 Zenith 5 Scientific Atlanta 6 Pioneer 7 Philips 8 TO OPERA TE THE CABLE BOX ONCE THE REMOTE IS PROGRA MM ED FOR IT. 1 Press CA TV and then the button of the funct ion y ou w ant.
MAINTENANCE - 66 - Center. Playback pi cture is partially noisy. • The tracking control i s not set correctly. • Adjust tracking control for a better picture. On-the-air TV programs cannot be seen. • Connections are not correctly made. • The TV and/or VCR is in VCR mode.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS - 67 - NOTES: • Remember to read the i nstructions included w ith the head cleaner before use. • Clean heads only when pr oblems occur.
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