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—1— December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 1 ENGLISH Master P age: Cov er VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER HR-J790EU HR-J794EU INSTR UCTIONS LPT0627-001A Printed in Malaysia COPYRIGHT © 2001 VICT OR COMP ANY OF J AP AN, L TD . 1201 MNV f ID f PJ SAFETY FIRST ................. ................. .................... ................ ......... 1 Buttons, Connect[...]
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December 22, 2001 4:33 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 g[...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 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 status on the screen. T o clear the on-screen displa y , press OK /[...]
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December 22, 2001 5:03 pm 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 automaticall[...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 5 —5— Master P a ge: Right When you connect the recorder to y our TV via a fully-wired 21-pin SC ART cable, the following functions are av ailable. Y ou can use these functions only with a TV offering T-V Link, etc.* F or details, refer to the instr uction manual of your TV . * Compatib le with TVs offerin g T -V[...]
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December 26, 2001 10:23 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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December 26, 2001 10:23 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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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 8 —8— Master P a ge: Right W atching one programme while recording another Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to set the channel controls on the TV for the station you wish to view . ● T he programme selected with the TV’ s channel controls appears on the screen, while the one selected with [...]
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December 22, 2001 5:05 pm 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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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 10 —1 0— Master P a ge: Right 24 Hour Express T imer Programming Y ou can programme a timer recording that starts within 24 hours. A Press 24H EXPRESS # . T he start time indicator ( ) starts blinking on the display panel. B T urn the JOG dial to the left or right to set the start time. ● One click stop of the [...]
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December 22, 2001 5:06 pm 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 connecti[...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 12 —1 2— Master P a ge: Right NOTE: When you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe for country setting, you cannot use decoder with this recorder . Connecting to a satellite receiver Connect the decoder to the satellite receiver’ s connector if you ha ve a decoder , L-1 IN/OUT connector to TV’ s conne[...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 13 —1 3— Master P a ge: Right F or example , recording a programme of 210 minutes in length onto a 180 minute tape. NOTES: ● If you ha ve programmed the recorder to timer -record 2 or more programmes, do not use this function, but c hange the tape speed manually during timer programming. ● T here may be some [...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 14 —1 4— Master P a ge: Right C Select language Press rt to place the pointer next to the desired language. D Perform Auto Channel Set Press OK twice. When Auto Channel Set is completed, “SC AN COMPLETED” is displa yed on the screen for about 5 seconds, then the Confirmation screen appears. ● When you selec[...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 am P age 15 —1 5— Master P a ge: Right E Return to normal sc reen Press MENU . 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 s[...]
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December 21, 2001 9:51 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 interferen ce appears in the TV picture after you ha ve moved to a different area or[...]