Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 13VR10B Hitachi
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 1 HITA CHI TV/VCR Co mbina tion 13VR10B Owner's Manual Your C omplete Guide to TV/VCR Combinati on Viewing and Recording This T V/VCR Comb ination will displa y television clo s e d captio n ing ( or ), in accordance w ith paragr aph 15, 119 of the FCC rules.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 TA BLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................... 2 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 INDEX SEA RCH ............................................................................................................... 38 TO CA NCEL THE INDEX SEA RCH .........................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 The caution marking is located on the rear of the cabinet..
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 5 IMPO RTANT SA FEGUARDS 1. Read instructions -Al l the safety and operating i nstructions should be read before the appliance is oper ated. 2. Retain Instructions -The safety and oper ating instructions should be retained for future reference.
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 6 other sources, refer to the operati ng instructions. 11. Grounding or Polarization -This v ideo product is equi pped with a polariz ed alternating -current li ne plug (a plug having one bl ade wider than the other). This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way .
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS 7 f. W hen the TV/VCR exhibits a di stinct chang e in performance-this indicates a need for servi ce. 20. Replacement Parts -W hen replacement parts ar e required, be sure the servi ce technician has used replacement parts speci fied by the manufacturer or have the same char acteristics as the orig inal part.
PRECAUTIONS 8 P R E C A U T I O N S LOCA TION For safe operation and satisfactory performance of your uni t, keep the following in mind when sel ecting a place for its install ation: Shield it from dir ect sunlight and keep it aw ay from sources of intense heat.
PRECAUTIONS 9 WA RNING : Moisture condensati on may occur inside the uni t when it is moved from a cold place to a war m place, or after heating a cold r oom or under conditions of high humidity . If a tape is played in a TV/VCR which has mois ture, it may damag e the tape and TV/VCR.
FEATURES 10 F E A T U R E S • Rotary 4-head record/playback sy stem • Infrared remote control • Bilingual on screen menu display selectable in Eng lish or Spanish • Real time tape counter - This shows the elapsed recor ding or play back time in hours, minutes, and seconds.
FEATURES 11 • OTR (One Touch Recording ) - Instant timed recordi ng from 30 to 480 minutes is possibl e at the push of the REC/OTR button. • 1 Year, 8 ev ents (including Daily and W eekly Timer Recording ) - The built-i n timer all ows you to r ecord up to 8 programs at di ff erent times on different channels up to 1 year in advance.
VIDEO CASSETTE 12 V I D E O C A S S E T T E This TV/VCR will operate with any cassette that has the VHS mark. For best results w e recommend the use of high-qual ity tapes. Do not use poor quali ty or dam aged tapes. PRECA UTIONS • Avoid moi sture, whic h can condense on the tape if it is moved from a cold place to a war m place.
VIDEO CASSETTE 13 the hole wi th plastic tape..
OPERATING CONT ROLS AND FUNCT IONS 14 OPERA TING CO NTROLS A ND FUNCTIONS FRONT VIE W illustra tion REMOTE CONT ROL VIEW illustra tion 1 A UDIO IN j ack - Connect to audio output jack of your audio equipment or another VCR. 2 VIDEO IN j ack - Connect to video output j ack of your v ideo camera or another VCR.
OPERATING CONT ROLS AND FUNCT IONS 15 +100 button - Pr ess to select cable channels whi ch are equal or g reater than number 100. (To select channel 125, firs t press "+100" button then press "2" then "5"). 25 A DD/DELETE button - Press to delete or add channel numbers in the Channel Set Up mode ( See page 12).
PREPARATION FOR USE 16 P R E P A R A T I O N F O R U S E CA BLE CONNECTIONS VHF/UHF COMBINED A NTENNA The VHF/UHF Rod Antenna ( not supplied) is detachabl e. Push the stem of the antenna into the hole w hich is located on the upper back cabi net of the unit.
PREPARATION FOR USE 17 CA BLE WITHOUT CONV E RTER/DESCRAMBLER BOX Use this connection i f your cable system connects di recly to y our TV/VCR without a conv erter box . W ith this connection you, 1) can use y our TV/VCR Remote Contr ol to select channels, 2) program one or more unscr ambled channel s for Automatic Timer Recordin g.
PREPARATION FOR USE 18 INSTA LLING THE BA TTERIES 1) Open the battery compartment cover by pressing the cov er on the remote unit in the dir ection of the arrow. 2) Insert 2 "AA" penli ght batteries into the batter y compartment in the direction i ndicated by the polari ty (+/- ) markings .
PRESET FOR USE 19 P R E S E T F O R U S E The first time you may want to selc t language (Eng lish or Espanol= Spanish) and preset the tuner to scan only the channels you r eceive in y our area. You must use the remote control for the follow ing steps.
PRESET FOR USE 20 DELETING (OR A DDIN G) PRESET CHA NNEL The channels you no long er receiv e or seldom watch can be del eted from the memory. ( Of course, you can add the deleted channel i nto the memory again.) 1 Select " CHANNEL SE T UP" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "C HANNEL SET UP".
PRESET FOR USE 21 1 Select " CHANNEL SE T UP" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "C HANNEL SET UP". Then, press SELECT button. 2 Select "TV" or "CATV" Select [TV] or [CATV] using CH or button. 3 Begin auto pr eset Press MENU button to point to "AUTO PRESET".
PRESET FOR USE 22 follo ws: • First Sunday of A pril: from 2:00AM to 3:00A M (summer time): W hen progr ammed recording starts betw een 2:00AM - 2:59AM on thi s day, the TV/VCR will start reco rd ing at 3: 0 0AM.
PRESET FOR USE 23 • The cable converter box must be turned on if your TV/VCR is connected directly to it. (See NOTES:) • You must use the remote control for the f o llowing steps. NOTES: • Auto clock setting onl y has to be done one time. You may set the clock only i f the clock's time has become incorr ect f or some reason.
PRESET FOR USE 24 could take up to 2 hours if the local PBS stati on is on a high numbered channel in y our area or on your cable system. You may want to star t this channel search at nig ht when the unit is not i n use.
PRESET FOR USE 25 5 Select the year Press CH or button repeatedly until your desi red year appear s. (Ex ample: 1996) Then, press SELECT button. 6 Select the hour Press CH or button repeatedly until your desi red hour appears. (Examp le : 5, P M) Then, press SELECT button.
ON SCREEN D ISPLAY 26 O N S C R E E N D I S P L A Y To check the Counter, Clock and Channel number on the TV screen, press SELECT button on the remote control.
SPECIAL FEATURES 27 SPECIA L FEAT URES DEGA USSING Magnetis m from nearby appliances mi ght affect the color of the T V picture. If this happens, move this unit away from the appliance. If the color is still not correct, disconnect pow er cord from AC outlet then reconnect i t after 30 minutes.
TV OPERATION 28 T V O P E R A T I O N WA TCHING A TV PROGRAM 1 Turn on the TV/VCR Press POW ER button to turn on the TV/VCR. 2 Select the channel number Press CHANNEL or button to select y our desired channel number. 3 Adjust the vol ume Press VOLUME or button to adjust the v olume.
TV OPERATION 29 3 Exit the Game mode Press MENU button repeatedly until the TV/VCR return to the TV mode. TO CA NCEL THE GA ME MODE Repeat step [1]. Then, step [2] to select [OFF].
TV OPERATION 30 PICTURE CONTROL The TV/VCR's picture controls - BRIGHT, CONTRA ST, COLOR, TINT and SHA RPNESS - are preset to the factory specification. This i s usually best, but if you need to make any f urther adjustments adjust picture contr ols for a natural looki ng image.
TV OPERATION 31 tapes, etc. with ei ther a dialogue capti on or text display added to the program. CA PTION mode: You may w atch dramas, movies and new s etc. whil e captioning the di alogues and the contents of news if y ou want by choosi ng the caption mode.
TV OPERATION 32 WHEN THE CLOSED CA PTION MODE IS ON The On Screen Display will disappear after 5 seconds. • This is true ev en if MUTE button is pressed, or PAUSE/STILL button is pressed while recording. How ever, On Screen Display w ill appear fo r 5 seconds when SELECT button is pressed.
NORMAL PLAY BACK 33 NORMAL PLA YBA CK Make sure... • Power must be tur ned on. 1 Insert a prerecor ded tape If the erase-protection tab has been removed, the TV/VCR will start playback automaticall y 2 To begin play back Press PLAY button. 3 To stop playback Press STOP button when play back is completed.
NORMAL PLAY BACK 34 PICTURE SE ARCH This feature is useful in finding or skipping ov er a particular scene on a tape. In this mode, the sound will be muted. 1) You may view a video tape at a hi gh speed in either a forw ard or rev erse direction by pressing F.
SPECIAL PLAYBACK 35 S P E C I A L P L A Y B A C K Make sure... • You must use the remote control for the f o llowing steps. • Power must be tur ned on.
SPECIAL PLAYBACK 36 REPEA T PLA YBA CK The TV/VCR has an auto repeat function that allow s you to repeat a tape indefinitely without using the PLAY button. There are tw o selections for Auto Repeat Play back. A LL REPEA T: repeat playback from the beg inning to the end of the tape.
SEARCH 37 SEA RCH Make sure... • You must use the remote control for the f o llowing steps. • Power must be tur ned on. • Insert a tape. COUNTER MEMORY This feature can be used to memoriz e a beginning point that you w ant to revi ew. And you can sear ch fo r it easily by rewi nding or fast forwarding .
SEARCH 38 TIME SEARCH The Time Search function makes it possible to qui ckly advance the tape to your desi red position from any position by enteri ng the exact amount of playback ti me of the part you want to skip. NOTES: • Time Search is set up to 9 hours 50 mi nutes (9:50) by 10 mi nutes at a time.
SEARCH 39 • The index mark will be made automatically w hen the REC button is pressed. It will also be marked at the starting point of Timer recording and OTR. • The index mark is not recorded if the PAUSE/STILL button is pressed and released duri ng recording .
SEARCH 40 Press REW or F.FW D button. The TV/VCR begins r ewinding or fa st forwardi ng then goes into the Play mode at the beginning of desired progr am. NOTE: Every time an index sig nal is skipped, the number i n the program indicator decr eases by one.
RECORDING 41 RECORDING Make sure... • Power must be tur ned on. • Insert a cassette tape wi th its erase preventi on tab in place. (If necessary, rew ind or fast forward the tape to the point at w hich you w ant to begin recordin g.) NORMA L RECORDING You can only watch the same TV progr am that is being r ecorded.
RECORDING 42 • To prevent tape damage, after five minutes, the TV/VCR will automatically return to the Recor ding mode. • W hen in the Pause/Still m ode, a display show ing 5 " " ma rks will appear on the screen. Each " " mark repr esents one minute of Pause time.
RECORDING 43 • Recording stops when 0:00:00 is reached. • Please note that in the SLP mode max imum recording time, assuming the tape is started at the beg inning, is 8 hour s using T-160 (or 6 hours usi ng T- 120).
RECORDING 44 COPYING A VIDEO CA SSETTE (Requires another VCR) Connect your TV/VCR and a Source (Play ing) VCR using the followi ng diagr am. 1) Insert a pre- recorded video cassette i nto the Source (Playi ng) VCR. 2) Insert a blank v ideo cassette, or one y ou want to record ov er, into the TV/VCR's cassette compartment.
TIME R 45 T I M E R A UTOMA TIC TIMER RECORDING You may set the TV/VCR to record whi le you are aw ay. You can set 8 progr ams to record on a specific day, dail y or w eekly w ithin a 1 year per iod.
TIME R 46 The program number which is not set up f lashes. Press CH or button repeatedly until your desired progr am number appears. (Ex ample: 4) Press SELECT button. 3 Select once, ever y day or w eekly r ecording For once recording: Press CH (up) button repeatedly until your desired date appears.
TIME R 47 5 Set start minute Press CH or button repeatedly until your desi red minute appears. (Ex ample: "30" for 7: 3 0 PM) Press SELECT button. 6 Set end hour Press CH or button repeatedly until your desi red hour appears. (Example: "8, PM " for 8 :50 PM ) Press SELECT button.
TIME R 48 Press POW ER button to set automatic timer recor ding. The REC indicator l ights up. • You must turn off the TV/VCR to activate automatic timer recording. If power is not turned off and you continue w atching TV, "TIMER REC STANDBY" starts flashing on the TV screen 2 minutes before the progr ammed start time.
TIME R 49 Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "GU IDE CH". Press SELECT button. 3 Select a gui de channel number (GUIDE) that you are prog ramming a user channel number Press SELECT button to forwar d to the next or press ADD /DELETE button to go back one step.
TIME R 50 If the channel you w ish to check is not on the TV screen, press SELECT or ADD/DELETE button repeatedl y to change the displ ayed page. 3) Press MEN U button to return to the TV mode. VCR PLUS+ TIMER RE CORDING You can prog ram the timer using the VCR Plus numbers that are pr inted in most newspaper TV listings and TV guide.
TIME R 51 Press number buttons to set a VCR plus+ code of the program y ou want to record. Press VCR PLUS+ button. NOTE: If the code is not available, it will be cleared automatically. Enter correct code again. 3 Select once, ever y day or every w eek recording VCR plus+ timer recordi ng is memoriz ed to the low est program number w hich is empty .
TIME R 52 LP) • You cannot use the TAPE SPEED button. 5 Exit the VC R plus+ mode Press MENU or SELECT button. To set another program, repeat steps [1] to [5]. 6 Set the timer Press POW ER button to set VCR plus+ timer recording. The REC i ndicator lights up.
TIME R 53 W ith this feature, after timer recording has finished, the beginning of the recorded prog ram(s) can be located automati cally. 1 Select "USER'S SET UP" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "U SER'S SET UP".
TIME R 54 SLEEP TIMER The Sleep Timer function makes the TV/VCR turn off without using the POW ER button af ter a desired time period. Press SLEEP button on the remote control repeatedly until your desired sl eep time appears. Each additional push will increase the on time by 30 minutes.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 55 TR OUBLE SHOOT ING GUIDE If you have follow ed the instructions contained i n this manual and have difficulty in oper ating your TV/VCR, locate the SYMPTOM in the l eft column below. C heck the corresponding POSSIBLE C AUSE and CORRECTIVE ACTION columns to remedy the problem.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 56 If a dialogue ex ceeds that rate, selectiv e editing is used to insur e that the captions remain up- to-date with the current TV screen dial ogue. My capti ons are scrambled w ith white boxed on the TV. Interference caused by bui lding, power lines, thunderstorms, etc.
MAINTE NANCE 57 MA INTENA NCE CA BINET CLEANING • W ipe the f ront panel and other ex terior surfaces of the TV/VCR wi th a soft cloth immersed i n lukewarm w ater and wr ung dry. • Never use a solvent or alcohol . Do not spray insectic ide liquid near the TV/VCR.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 58 TECHNICA L SPECIF ICA TIONS Format: VHS Television Sy stem: N TSC-M Record/Play back System: Video: 4 heads Tape Speed: 33.
CABLE CHANN EL DESIGNATIONS pg. 34 59 CA BLE CHANNEL DESI GNAT IONS pg. 34.
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