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P age 1 March 27, 2001 2:23 pm VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER HR-J4008UM INSTR UCTIONS LPT0533-001A P rinted in Mala ysia COPYRIGHT © 2001 VICTOR COMP ANY OF JAP AN, L TD . 0401 IYV f ID f PJ Dear Customer , T hank you for purc hasing the JVC VHS vi deo cassette recorder . Before use, please read the safety information and precautions to ensure safe use [...]
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P age 2 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm When the eq uipment is insta lled in a cabinet or a shelf, mak e sure that it has suff icient space on all sides to allow for ve ntilatio n (10 cm or m ore on bot h sides, on top and at the rea r). When disca rding batteries, environment al problems m ust be considered and the local rules or laws governing the dispo[...]
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P age 3 March 26, 2001 12: 31 pm Butt ons , Connect ors and Indicat ors Front Panel Rear Panel Casse tt e load ing s lot VIDEO/ A UDIO input connectors Display panel VCR mode indica tor Play i ndicator Record indicator T ime r mode indicator Channel a nd auxiliary input/Clock time Remote sensor A C power cord Lithiu m battery compartme nt HR-J4008U[...]
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P age 4 March 26, 2001 5:23 pm Remote * VPS/PDC is n ot curre ntly av ailable in south Amer ica and not possible with this VCR. Y ou can o per ate JVC ’ s TV Buttons ( TV/VCR , TV PR+/– , POWER 1 , ^ , TV % +/– ) with a small dot on the left side of the name can a lso be used t o operate a JVC’ s TV while holding down TV on the Re mote. T h[...]
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P age 5 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm Basic Connections A Check cont ents Make sure the package co ntains all of the accessories li sted in “ Specifications”. B Situate VC R Place the VCR on a stable, horizontal surface. C Connect VCR to T V RF c abl e (supplied) Back of VC R Flat feede r A C po wer cord Audio/video cabl e (not supplied) T o audio/v[...]
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P age 6 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm RF Connect ion A Disconnect the TV a ntenna from t he TV . B Connect the TV antenna cable to t he ANT . IN term inal on the rear of the VCR . C Connect the supplied RF c able between the R F OUT terminal on the r ear of the VCR and the TV’ s an tenna input term inal. A V Connect ion (improves picture quality durin[...]
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P age 7 March 26, 2001 12: 31 pm Initial Settings Plug&Play Setting A Perf orm Plug &Play se tup Press 1 . ● T he Language Selec t screen appears. B Selec t languag e Press rt to move the highlight bar (arrow) to your desired language (EN GLIS H or E SP AÑ OL) , then pres s OK or e . ● T h e Cloc k Set screen appea rs. C Set tim e Pres[...]
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P age 8 March 26, 2001 12:31 pm T uner Setting Setting c hannels a utomatically — Auto Channel Set P erform Auto Channel Set only if c hannels have not been set correctly by the Plug&Play setting. A Access Main Men u screen, the n T u ner Set scre en Press MENU on the Remote. Press rt to mov e the highl ight bar (ar row) to “TUNE R SET”, [...]
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P age 9 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm Playback Basic P layback A Load a c assette Make sure the w indow side is up, the rear labe l side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the ca ssette is pointing tow ards the VCR. ● Do not apply too much pressure when inserting. ● T he VCR turns on, and the counter on the on-screen display is rese t, au t[...]
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P age 10 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm Playing back tape repeatedly (100 times) — Repeat Play During play back, press and hold PLA Y ( 4 ) for more th an 5 seconds. The pla y indicator ( $ ) on the display panel starts blinking slowly . T o stop pla yback, press ST OP ( 8 ) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT ( 0 ) on the VCR. NOTE: Pressing PLA Y ( 4 ) , REW[...]
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P age 11 March 26, 2001 12:31 pm Recording Features Specifying recording length — Instant Ti mer Recording (ITR) During recordi ng, press REC ( 7 ) on the VCR repeatedly until the recording length you want appears on the display panel. T he record indi cator ( 䡬 ) on the display panel starts blinking. ● Each t ime you p re ss the bu tton , re[...]
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P age 12 March 26, 2001 12: 31 pm A Press PROG on the Remote to access the Prog ram screen. B Press ST ART+ /– , STOP+/– , DAT E +/ – or PR+/– repeatedly to ent er the start time, stop ti me, date or ch annel. ● Press and hold ST AR T+/ – or ST OP+ /– to increase t he time in 30-minute in tervals. ● T o set the tape spe ed, press SP[...]
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P age 13 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm Program overlap warning display If “P ROGRAM NO T COMP LETED PROGRAM O VERLAP” appears, you ha ve another program o verlapping the program you ha ve just ma de. T he Program Ch eck screen appea rs and conflicting pro grams will start blink ing. Example: Progr am 1 (you hav e just m ade) and Program 4 ov erlap e[...]
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P age 14 Marc h 26, 2001 12:31 pm Function setti ngs Y ou can use the other useful function settings on the Function Set screen. A Access Main Menu scree n, th en Functi on Set screen Press MENU on the R emote. Pr ess rt to move the high ligh t bar (arr ow) to “FU NCT ION SE T”, the n pr ess OK or e . B Selec t Functio n Press rt to move the hi[...]
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P age 15 March 26, 2001 12:31 pm Editing Y ou can use your VCR as the playbac k or re cording VCR. Y ou can use a cam corder a s the p la yback VCR and your VCR as the recording V CR. Refer also to t he other com ponents’ in struction manuals for c onnection and its operations. A Make connec tions Example : When us ing thi s VCR as t he pla yba c[...]
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P age 16 March 27, 2001 2:23 pm Specifications Specifications shown are for SP mode unless specified otherwise. E. & O.E. Design and specifica tions subject to change without notice. GEN ERAL P ower requirement : A C 110 V – 220 V d , 50 Hz /60 H z P ower consumption Po w e r o n : 1 4 W P ower off : 2. 0 W T emperature Ope rating : 5°C to 4[...]