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—1— March 8, 2002 10:00 am P age 1 ENGLISH Master P age: Cov er VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER HR-J690EU HR-J691EU HR-J693EU HR-J694EU INSTR UCTIONS LPT0628-001B Pr inted in Ger many COPYRIGHT © 2002 VICT OR COMP ANY OF J AP AN, L TD . 0302 MNV f ID f JVE SAFETY FIRST ................. ................. .................... ................ .........[...]
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March 8, 2002 2:21 pm P age 2 —2— Master P a ge: Right When the equipment is installed in a cabinet or a shelf, make sure that it has sufficient space on all sides to allow for ventilation (10 cm or more on both sides, on top and at the rear). When discarding batteries, environmental problems must be considered and the local rules or laws gover[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 3 —3— Master P a ge: Right Remote control * PDC recording is not possib le in Central and Easter n Europe. On-screen display If you press OK / on the remote control when “O .S.D.” is set to “ON” ( 墌 12), you can see the current recorder statu s on the screen. T o clear the on-screen displa y , press OK[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 4 —4— Master P a ge: Right After the 1 is pressed for the first time to power on the recorder , the recorder starts Auto Set Up or Preset Download. A TTENTION: If you ha ve connected the recorder to a TV offering T -V Link via a fully-wired 21-pin SC ART cable and if the TV is turned on, the recorder automatical[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 5 —5— Master P a ge: Right B Select your country Press rt to place the pointer next to your country , then press OK or e . C Select language Press rt to place the pointer next to the desired language. ● Y ou do not hav e to press OK ; pressing OK enters A UT O SET/T-V LINK scree n. D Return to normal sc reen P[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 6 —6— Master P a ge: Right Basic Playback A Load a cassette Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you and the arro w on the front of the cassette is pointing tow ards the recorder . ● Do not apply too much pressure when inserting. ● T he recorder turns on, and the counter is reset, a[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 7 —7— Master P a ge: Right Playing back tape repeatedly (100 times) — Repeat Playback During pla yback, press and hold 4 for more than 5 seconds. “ $ ” on the displa y panel starts blinking slowly . T o stop playbac k, press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder . NOTE: Pressing 4 , 3 , 5 or 9 also [...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 8 —8— Master P a ge: Right W atching one programme while recording another If your recorder is connected to the TV via the A V connection, press TV/VCR . T he recorder’ s VCR indicator and the TV broadcast being recorded disappear . Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to set the channel contro[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 9 —9— Master P a ge: Right Up to 8 timer recording programmes can be made. Before starting: ● If you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe for country setting, perform “Guide Program Number Set” ( 墌 8). ● Set the clock properly . ( 墌 13) ● Set “COLOUR SYSTEM” to the appropriate mode. ( [...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 10 —1 0— Master P a ge: Right Checking, canceling or changing programme settings A Disengage timer recording standby mode Press # , then press 1 . ● When “ AUT O TIMER” is set to “ON” ( 墌 12), press only 1 . B Access Program Check screen Press " . C Access Progra m screen Press " again. Ea [...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 11 —1 1— Master P a ge: Right Editing with another video recorder or a camcorder Y ou can use your recorder as the sour ce play er or the recording deck. Y ou can use a camcorder as the sour ce pla yer and y our recorder as the recording deck. Refer also to the other components’ instruction manuals for connect[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 12 —1 2— Master P a ge: Right Mode Set Y ou can change v arious mode settings. ● T ur n on the recorder and the TV , an d set your TV to its A V mode or video channel. A Access Main Menu screen, then Mode Set screen Press MENU . Press rt to place the pointer next to “MODE SET”, then press OK or e . B Selec[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 13 —1 3— Master P a ge: Right 䡵 L-2 SELECT — A/V / DECODER / SA T Select the appropriate mode depending on the type of u nit connected to the L-2 IN/DECODER connector o f the recorder . A/V : T o use the recorder as the recording deck with the play er connected to the L-2 IN/DECODER connector , or to use the[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 14 —1 4— Master P a ge: Right Manual Channel Set Store channels that were not stored during A uto Set Up, Preset Download or Auto Channel Set. A TTENTION: Guide Program numbers are not set when c hannels are stored manually . P erform “Guide Program Number Set” ( 墌 8). A Access Main Menu screen, then Confi[...]
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F ebruary 13, 2002 9:59 am P age 15 —1 5— Master P a ge: Right Changing station name (A) A Access Confirmation sc reen Pe r f o r m s t e p 1 1 1 1 of “Manual Channel Set” ( 墌 14). B Select position Press rt w e until the desired channel begins blinking, then press OK twice. T he Manual Channel Set screen appears. C Select station name Pr[...]
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March 8, 2002 10:00 am P age 16 —1 6— Master P a ge: Right Video Channel Set V ideo channel (RF output channel) is the channel on w hich y our TV receiv es picture and sound signals from the recorder through the RF cable. P erform the following steps only if — — Video Chennel Set has not been done correctly by the A uto Set Up function ( ?[...]