Panasonic NV-HV61 manual

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    Warning and Im portant Informati on 2 Controls and Comp onents 3 Connections 4 Tuning the TV to Your VCR 5 Storing TV Broadcas ts in Your VCR 5 Setting the Clock of Your VCR 7 Settings Us ing the On Scr een Display 7 Option Setting 8 Playback 9 Recording 10 Timer Recording 13 Search Fun ctions 15 Before Requesting Service 17 Specifications 19 Video[...]

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    2 Warning and I mportant Information Important Your att ention is drawn to the fact t hat the rec ording of pre-recorde d tape s or disc s or ot her publis hed or broadcas t material may infri nge copy right law s. For your safety Do not remo ve outer c over. Touching internal parts o f the VCR i s dangerou s, and m ay serious ly damage it. To prev[...]

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    3 Controls and Componen ts VCR AV CH TRACKING/V -LOCK CANCEL PROG MENU JET REW INDEX TIMER REC REC MODE ST A TUS/ NA VI CHECK NA VI CHECK I-TIMER INPUT SEL A UDIO PROG PLA Y CH VOL TV 123 456 789 0 ENTER -/- - TIMER P A USE/SLOW REPEA T RESET VIDEO 2 2 2 IN OUT AC IN ~ RF 2 2 IN (AV1) OUT L AUDIO R TIMER REC EJECT STO P PLA Y / I REC/OTR CHECK TIME[...]

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    4 Setting the Remote Control to Operate Your TV You can o perate t he TVs of th e manufa cturers listed b elow with the rem ote cont rol after se tting it. This settin g procedure all ows you to operate the TVs of some manufac turers u sing the supplied remote c ontrol. Preparation • Turn on the TV. Operat ions 1 Find the manufactu rer number o f[...]

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    5 Tuning the TV to Your VCR The VCR s upplies a signal to the TV via the RF coaxia l cab le on chann el A U28-69 or NZ21 -69. If yo u ha ve connecte d the VCR to th e TV through the A udio/ Video inp ut soc ke ts, the n yo u do not n eed to f ollow the procedure below . To view the pic tures from the VCR, s et to the AV mod e on the TV with [AV] (2[...]

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    6 If Auto Tuning s tops halfwa y by turning th e VCR off or a power failure, Or if the VCR is turned on without t he aerial con nected and all channels a re skipped: 1 Disconnect the mains lead and then reconnec t it. 2 Turn off the VC R and then turn it on. • Auto T uning c ommenc es. A uto T uning Using the O n Screen Displa y Introduction The [...]

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    7 Setting the Clock of You r VCR In the ev ent of a power failu re, the clock wil l operate on its back up s ystem for a m inimum of 3 ye ars. After 3 years, clo ck back up in the ev ent of a power fail ure can only be guarantee d for maxi mum of 1 hour. Preparation s • Confirm tha t the TV i s on and the VCR vi ewing cha nnel i s select ed. • [...]

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    8 4 Tape runni ng display 5 Present tim e/Tape count er/Remaining ta pe time/ Index Search /OTR indicati on/JET Rew ind 6 Tape Mo de/Rec Mode indi cator (SP/LP/E P) 7 Casse tte-in indicato r 8 Colour syste m indicator Any sel ected col our TV sys tem excep t [AUTO] a ppears on screen display . See th e “ To Set the Col our TV System” (page 7). [...]

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    9 OSD REC: To set th e conditi ons for the O SD Reco rdin g func tio n. •P r e s s [ 21 ] (28) to select [O N] or [OFF]. OFF: Ini tially s et at this position. ON: This settin g enab les OSD R ecordin g. (See page 11.) If you select [ON], [JET NAVIGATOR] is set to [OFF ] automat ically. OSD: To selec t the O n Screen Displa y mode. •P r e s s [[...]

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    10 To Play back S-VHS Cassette Ta pe (SQPB= S-VHS Quas i Play back) It is als o possible to play b ack tape s recorded in the S-VHS syste m. • Some pict ure noi se may o ccur dep ending on the ty pe of tape used . • It is not pos sible to fully obta in the hig h reso lution tha t S- VHS is capa ble of. • It is not pos sible to record in t he [...]

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    11 To Display the Approxim ate Remaining Tape Time The rem aining tape ti me can be display ed in t he VCR displa y. 1 Select [TAPE SELECT] from the On Screen Displ ay and select th e corresponding video cas sette tape le ngth. See page 8. 2 Press [STATUS/ NAVI CHECK] (32) repeate dly until th e Remaining Tape Time a ppears on the VCR display. For [...]

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    12 Recording from an external source This func tion can be used to make up a n edite d tape from other reco rdings or video sources. A new sc ene can be added to the end of prev ious one . Preparation s • Connect a v ideo mo vie cam era or anoth er VCR to th is VCR as show n. • Display the VC R picture on the TV. • Insert the casset te on wh [...]

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    13 Timer R ecordi ng Easy Timer Programming Up to 16 timer programmes, includin g week ly and da ily programm es, can be reco rded u p to one mont h in adv ance by setting t he tim er. Preparation s • The VCR mu st be turn ed on, or in time r recording stand by mode. • Confirm tha t the TV i s on and the VCR vi ewing cha nnel i s select ed. •[...]

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    14 Setting other Progra mmes in Su ccession Repeat ste ps 1 - 9 of Easy Tim er Programming (p age 13). Programming a Timer Recording of a TV Programme Until its End (Rec Mode Auto Chang e Function) If the VCR determi nes that the remain ing ta pe time is insuffic ient to rec ord the pro gramme to its e nd during a timer recording performed in the S[...]

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    15 Search Functions Jet Navi gator This VC R can disp lay a lis t of th e recorded programm es on the inse rted vi deo cass ette on th e TV screen . You c an then sel ect th e desir ed pro gram me, a nd the VC R will q uick ly loc ate its begi nning and start p layback . Condition s for correc t operatio n of the J et Navi gator funct ion: • The [...]

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    16 To Demonstrate the Je t Navigator Function Keep [NAVI] (25) pressed fo r more than 5 se conds withou t insertin g a cassett e tape. T o Cance l the Demonst ration of Je t Navigator Fun ction: Press [MENU] (9) . To Check the Recorded Programming Data (Time Stamp Function) When pla yback s tarts after s earch ing with Jet Nav igator fun ction or i[...]

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    17 Before Requesting Service Message of On Screen Display The e rror messag e is indica ted i n brac kets [ ] . [PLEASE PUT IN A VIDEO CASSETTE. ] • [REC/OTR] (38) ([REC] (15) ) or [TIMER (REC)] (14) has been pr essed wit hout a v ideo ca ssette in serted. # Inse rt a vid eo cass ette . [PLEASE STOP THE TAPE.] • [TUNER PRESET] has been selecte [...]

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    18 Crysta l View C ontrol The crys tal vi ew control function ensure s that you always obtain th e optim um pict ure qualit y so t hat you ge t the b est pictur e automa ticall y. Adjusting the Playback Picture Under no rmal condit ions, the VCR aut omatical ly adjus ts the playbac k pi cture f or optimu m quali ty. H owever , in som e ca ses it ma[...]

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    19 Specificatio ns NV -HV61GL/GN Mass and dimensions shown are appr oximat e . Spec ifications a re subject to c hange without notice. Po w e r S o u r c e : P ower Co nsumption: 220–240 V A C 50/60 H z 13 W Video Reco rdin g System: 2 rotary heads, helic al scanning system Video Head s: 4 heads A udio Head s: 2 heads (Hi-Fi) T ape Spe ed: P AL S[...]

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    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. W eb Site: http:// www .panason ic.co .jp/globa l/ NV-HV61GL_GN.book 20 ペ ージ 200 4年2月19日 木 曜日 午後1時26 分[...]