Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product HR-J381EM JVC
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VIDEO CASSETTE RECOR DER HR-J381EM INSTR UCTIONS LPT0592-001C Pr inte d in Mal aysia COPYRIGHT © 2001 VICT OR COMP ANY OF JA P AN, L TD . 0501 MNV f PJ f PJ EM Safety Precautions T he rating plate and the safet y caution are on the rear of th e unit.
When the eq uipment is i nstalled i n a cabinet or a shelf, make sure that it has suff icien t space on a ll sid es to al low for v entilati on (10 cm or more on both sides, on to p and at t he rear).
Remote control * Not funct ion with this recorder . On-screen display If you press OK on the remote control when “ O.S .D. ” i s se t to “ ON ” , you ca n see the current recorder status on the TV screen. After about 5 seconds, indications o ther than the time counte r disappear .
Initial Settings Video Channel Set V i deo channel (RF output channel) is the channel on whic h your TV receiv es picture and sound signals from the video recorder through the RF cable. Before performing the f ollowing step s , make sure the recorder ’ s power is off and there is no cassett e inserted in the recorder .
Language Setting A Access Main Menu scree n, then Initial Set scre en Press MENU on the remote c ontrol. P ress rt to place the pointer next to “ IN ITIAL SET ” , then pre ss OK or e . B Access Lan guage Se lect scr een Press rt to place the pointer next to “ LANG UAGE ” , th en pre ss OK or e .
Playback Features Adjusting tracking condition — tracking adju stment Automatic tracking adjustment Whenever you insert a tap e and start playback, automatic tracking starts working and continuously anal yzes the signal to enable optimum picture quality during playback.
Recor ding Accid e ntal era sure pr event ion T o prevent acci dental re cording on a recorded casse tte, remove its record safe ty tab. T o recor d on it lat er , cov er the hole with adhesive tape. Basic Re cordi ng A Load a cassette Make sure th e record safe ty tab is int act.
Timer Recor ding Up to 8 ti mer recording programs can be m ade using Expre ss timer programing method as far as a year in adv ance . Remember , the clock must be set before you can program the timer . NOTES: ● If all the 8 progr ams have alr eady been set, “ PROGR AM FULL ” appears on the TV screen.
Program overlap warning display If “ PROGRAM OVERLAPPED ” appears, you ha ve another program overlapping th e program you hav e just made. T he Program Check screen appear s and conflicting prog rams will start blinking. Example: Progr am 1 (you hav e just made) and Program 4 o verlap each other .
䡵 B.E.S.T . — ON / OFF When B.E.S.T . (Bic onditional Equal ized Signal T racking) syste m is set to “ ON ” , this record er checks the condition of the tape i n use during playback and re cording, and compensa tes to provide the highest -possible picture s.
Multi-Brand Remote Control T his remot e control can control some functions of remote con troll able TV s, cabl e bo xes, sate llite r ecei vers or D VD sets listed below . Without setting, you can control a JVC TV . NOTES: ● Some unit ’ s br ands have more than one code.
Changing Remote Control C o de T his remote control is capable of transmitting two control codes; one set to respond to A code control signals and another set to respond to B code control signal s. T his remote cont rol is preset to sen d A c ode si gnals becaus e you r re corder i s initia lly set to respond to A code signals.
Inf ormation on Multi-System Compatibility Off-Ai r Reco rdin g T he built-in multi-syst em tuner is cap able of r eceiving P AL B/G, I and D/ K, and SECAM B/G and D/ K broadcast s.
T ape-T o-T ape Editing T her e are 4 different types of recorded tape , depending on the signal recorded. T uner Setting IMPORT ANT P erform the following steps only if auto channel set has not been set correc tly by Auto Set Up func tion or if you ha ve moved to a different a rea or if a new station st arts broadca sting in your area.
E Set desired station T he scre en to the right appears when a stat ion is dete cted. If y ou do not wa nt to store the detected station... Press rt to place the pointe r next to “ CON TINUE ” , the n pre ss OK or e . Chan nel sear ch w ill r esume.
Specifications Specifi cations shown are for SP mod e unless specifi ed otherwise. E. & O.E. Design an d specific ations s ubject to chang e withou t notice.
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