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P age 1 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER HR-FS1U INSTR UCTIONS LPT0510-001B Printed in China COPYRIGHT © 2000 VICT OR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, L TD . 1100 IYV f ID f BJ Dear Customer , T hank you for pur chasing the JVC VHS video casse tte recorder . Before use, please read the safety information and precautions to ensure safe use of yo[...]
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P age 2 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm IMPOR T ANT PRODUCT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. But improper use can result in potential electrical shock or fire hazards. T his product has been engineered and manufactured to assure your personal safety . In o rder not to defeat the built-in safeguards, observe the foll[...]
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P age 3 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm SERVICING 1. Servicing If your product is not opera ting correctly or exhibits a marked change in performance and you are unable to restore normal operation by following the detailed pr ocedure in its operating instructions, do not attempt to service it yourself as opening or removing cov ers may expose y ou to dang[...]
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P age 4 December 13, 2000 3:04 pm Remote On-screen display If you press OSD on the Remote when “ SU PERIMPOSE ” is set to “ ON ” , you can see the current VCR status on the TV screen. Press OSD again to exit on-screen displa y . T he indications are not recorded even if the VCR is in the recording mode. A Channel and auxiliary input B Da y [...]
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P age 5 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm E Perform P lug&Play setup Plug the A C power cord into an AC outlet. Do not turn on the VCR. T he clock and tuner channels will be set automatically . The time and date can be set automatically by the clock setting data transmitted from one of the regular TV broadcast channels. W e call this TV channel the “ [...]
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P age 6 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm A Set Auto Clock to ON Press OK or e on the Remote repeatedly to move the highlight bar to “ AU TO CLOCK ” , then press rt so that “ ON ” is selected. B Select host channel Y ou can either select “ AU TO ” or enter a PBS channel number . Press OK or e to mov e the highlight bar to “ HOST CH ” , then [...]
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P age 7 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm Playback Basic Playback A Load a cassette Make sure the window side is facing to the left, the rear label side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is pointing towards the VCR. ● Do not apply too much pressure w hen inserting. ● T he VCR turns on, and the counter on the on-screen display is r[...]
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P age 8 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm Playing back tape repeatedly (100 times) — Repeat Play During pla yback, press and hold PLA Y ( 4 ) for more than 5 seconds. T he “ PLA Y ” display on the on-screen display starts blinking. T o stop pla yback, press ST OP ( 8 ) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT ( 0 ) on the VCR. Locating beginning of recordings — [...]
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P age 9 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm Recording Features Specifying recording length — Instant Ti mer Recording (ITR) During recording, press REC ( 7 ) on the VCR repeatedly until the recording length you w ant appears on the display panel. T he REC indicator on the display panel starts blinking. ● Each time y ou press the button, recording length i[...]
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P age 10 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm VCR Plus+ ® T imer Programing T he PlusCode programing numbers are the numbers next to the program in most TV listing. Load a cassette with the record safety tab intact. The VC R turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically . A Press PROG. on the Remote to acces s the PlusCode No. screen. B Press the appropri[...]
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P age 11 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm T o use the VCR while it is in timer recording standby mode Press TIMER , then press POWER . After y ou use the VCR, press TIMER again to put the VCR into timer recording standby mode. Checking, canceling or changing program settings A Disengage timer Press TIMER , then press POWER . ● When “ AU TO T I M E R ?[...]
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P age 12 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm C Change setting Press OK or e . T he default setting is bold in the following table. Press MENU to return to normal screen. 䡵 PICTURE CONTROL — NORM /EDIT/SOF T/SHARP T his function helps you to adjust the pla yback picture quality according to y our preference. NORM : Normally select this. Picture q uality is[...]
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P age 13 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm Multi-Brand Remote Control T his Remote can control some functions of remote controllable TVs, cable boxes or DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) receivers listed below . Without setting, you can control a JVC TV . NOTES: ● Some unit’ s brands ha ve more than one code. If the unit does not function with a specifie[...]
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P age 14 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm Editing Y ou can use your VCR as the pla yback or recording VCR. Y ou can use a camcorder as the pla yback VCR and your VCR as the recording VCR. Refer also to the other compon ents ’ instruction manuals for connection and its operations. A Make conn ections Example: When using this VCR as the pla yback VCR ● W[...]
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P age 15 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm FOR SER VICING (Only in U.S.A.) HO W T O LOCA TE Y OUR JVC SER VICE CENTER JVC SER VICE & ENGINEERING COMP ANY OF AMERICA A CCESSORIES Don’t service the pr oduct you rself . T OLL FREE: 1-800-537-5722 http://www .jvc.com Dear Customer , In order to receive the most satisfaction from your purchase , please rea[...]
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P age 16 December 7, 2000 2:19 pm W ARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) REFURBISHED PRODUCTS CARR Y A SEP ARA TE W ARRANTY , THIS W ARRANTY DOES NOT APPL Y . FOR DET AILS OF REFURBISHED PRODUCT W ARRANTY , PLEASE REFER TO THE REFURBISHED PR ODUCT W ARRANTY INFORMA TION P ACKA GED WITH EACH REFURBISHED PR ODUCT . LIMITED W ARRANTY CONSUMER VIDEO 1-90 JVC COMP [...]