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V ideo Cassette Recor der W -707 OWNER’S MANUAL This publication is printed on recycled paper 70971855 PLAY STOP PROG.TV POWER EJECT PAUSE/STILL REC REV FF[...]
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2 WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGES ARE PRESENT INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE. DO NOT OPEN THE CABINET. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY. CAUTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT. Product Name: Video Casset[...]
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3 INTRODUCTION IMPOR T ANT PRECA UTIONS Save Original Packing Materials The original shipping carton and packing materials will come in handy if you ever have to ship your VCR. For maximum protection, repack the set as it was originally packed at the factory. Avoid Volatile Liquid Do not use volatile liquids, such as an insect spray, near the unit.[...]
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4 1. Read owner’s manual After unpacking this product, read the owner’s manual carefully, and follow all the operating and other instructions. 2. Power Sources This product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home, consult your product deal[...]
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5 INTRODUCTION 6. Water and Moisture Do not use this product near water - for example, near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or laundry tub; in a wet basement; or near a swimming pool and the like. 7. Cleaning Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning.[...]
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6 16. Damage Requiring Service Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: a) When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged. b) If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the product. c) If the product has been exposed to rain or water. d) If the product do[...]
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7 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Provides important notes and general explanation of the VCR, including names of the buttons, jacks, etc. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .................... 2 IMPOR T ANT PRECA UTIONS ............. 3 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................................... 4 Contents .............................................. 7 Identi[...]
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8 Fr ont Panel Remote Control INTRODUCTION Identification of Controls See the page in for details. This manual shows the names of buttons in italics. To operate this VCR. To operate your TV. 15 Cassette compartment 19 REC 25 CHANNEL 25 VCR display 9 EJECT 19 POWER PLAY STOP CHANNEL POWER c EJECT REV ( FWD ) PAUSE/STILL REC Remote sensor 10 PLAY 20 [...]
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9 INTRODUCTION Rear Panel LINE IN 1 A UDIO (Rear), 2 (Front) jac ks If the connected equipment is monaural (has one audio output jack), connect the L (MONO) side, the same sound is recorded on both L and R on the Hi-Fi track. Multifunctional indicator REC (Recording) indicator VCR indicator Tape speed indicator (SP/SLP) Cassette indicator Timer rec[...]
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10 Setting up the Remote Contr ol 1 Open the batter y compar tment lid on the rear panel. 2 Install 2 batteries (“AAA” size) f ollowing the polarity diagrams. 3 Close the batter y compar tment lid. 4 P oint the remote control at the VCR and press the buttons within the oper ating range. Distance: within about 7 m from the front of the remote se[...]
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11 PREP ARA TION Antenna/VCR/TV Connection 1 Disconnect the antenna cab le from your TV and connect it to the RF IN terminal on the VCR. 2 Connect the RF OUT terminal to the TV . AUDIO/VIDEO Connections The A UDIO/VIDEO jacks are also a vailab le to connect y our TV . When connected your TV using the AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks T o watch video pictures, [...]
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12 Cable Connection Choose one of the below according to y our usage of the cable bo x. This set-up will enable you to: – record an unscramb led channel. – watch an unscramb led channel while recording it. – record an unscramb led channel while watching another (only when y ou connect a cable- compatible TV). You will need to: • select TV c[...]
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13 PREP ARA TION This set-up will enable you to: – watch an unscramb led or scrambled channel while recording it. – record any channels through the cab le box. You will need to: • set TV channel 3 or 4 to receiv e video signals . (See page 11.) • set VCR channel to the output channel of the cable bo x, and select a desired cab le channel on[...]
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14 Auto Set Up 1 Connect the antenna cable to the VCR (see page 11). Then connect the VCR’ s pow er plug to an A C outlet. “A uto” flashes in the VCR displa y as the VCR automatically tunes in all activ e stations. When A uto Set Up is completed successfully , the current time will be display ed. • If the VCR f ails to set the clock, “–[...]
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15 PREP ARA TION SET UP PROGRAM PRESET PROG H 120 0 16 80 1 OF F O OF F O U AT O U A M EG R FA S P E TA P E LE SAP S E T SI M U L C A S T GT AN T E A LA n nn n n n OF F O n n GUA G X DS I n O F E n ED : n Optional settings on the SET UP screen Other optional settings can be made . Press ENTER while “SET UP” is selected on the MENU screen. The s[...]
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16 Setting the Clock Example: T o set the clock to 2:30 p .m. on A ugust 25 (summer time) 2000. 1 Press PROG . The MENU screen appears on the TV . 2 Select “PRESET” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT , and press ENTER . 3 Press ENTER to select “CLOCK SET”. 4 Select “A UT O” or “MANU” using CURSOR UP or CURSOR DO WN . AU TO : The VCR [...]
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17 PREP ARA TION Incoming Antenna/Cable (CA TV) Signals The VCR scans through all receivab le TV and CA TV channels and stores only the activ e ones in your area into the memory . Once the storing is finished, y ou can select a desired channel using CH . Preparation • Turn on the TV, and select the video channel (3 or 4), or the video input mode [...]
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18 To add channels To erase channels Adding or erasing channels Adding channels If a desired channel cannot be scanned automatically because of a weak signal, it can be added to the memor y . Erasing channels Y ou can erase a stored channel from the memory if it is unnecessar y . 1) F ollow steps 1 to 3 of “Incoming Antenna/CA TV Signals”. 2) S[...]
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19 PREP ARA TION V ideo Cassette Use Loading a cassette Push the cassette into the cassette compar tment with the window side f acing up and the label side tow ards the front. The VCR is automatically turned on. The indicator will appear in the VCR display . Ejecting a cassette Press EJECT . The cassette is ejected from the cassette compar tment. W[...]
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20 Adjusting the tracking When pla yback star ts, the VCR automatically adjusts the trac king for clear pictures and sound (Digital A uto T rac king). The “DT” indicator blinks during the adjusting. If the VCR cannot locate the best possible trac king point, hold down one of CH/TRK to adjust the trac king manually . • T o resume the digital a[...]
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21 PLA YBA CK PLA YBA CK V ariable Speed Playbac k You can play back a tape at various tape speeds. Picture Search A tape runs at 5 times or 7 times the nor mal playbac k speed so that you can quic kly locate a par ticular scene. 1 Press FF or REW dur ing pla yback. The tape runs at 5 times the nor mal pla yback speed. 2 T o change the tape speed t[...]
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22 Frame Advance A picture adv ances frame by frame . 1 Press PLA Y dur ing still pla yback. Each time you press PLA Y , the picture advances one fr ame. If you press and hold PLA Y , the tape runs at 1/30th the nor mal pla yback speed. To resume normal playback Press P A USE/STILL . Double Speed Playback A tape runs at twice the nor mal speed. 1 P[...]
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23 PLA YBA CK Counter Function Y ou can view the cloc k, linear time counter or tape remaining time in the VCR display or on the TV screen. 1 Each time y ou press REMAIN/COUNTER , the VCR display changes in sequence as f ollows: The indication abov e will also appear on the TV screen by pressing DISPLA Y . The y are switchab le with REMAIN/COUNTER [...]
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24 Index Search Function The VCR can find a point where a registered index signal is on a tape and pla y back f or about 5 seconds. Y ou can easily locate the desired progr am by inputting the inde x signal. Registering index signals Each time a recording star ts, an inde x signal is automatically registered. T o register it somewhere else, press I[...]
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25 RECORDING W atching a TV program while recording another 1) While recording, press TV/VCR to tur n off “VCR” indicator . 2) Choose another channel using the channel selector on the TV . Skipping unnecessary scenes while recording Press P A USE/STILL to stop recording momentarily . T o resume recording, press P A USE/STILL again. Note The VCR[...]
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26 Timer Pr ogramming Procedure Example : T o record cable channel 25 in the SP tape speed from 9:30 p .m. until 10:00 p .m. on A ugust 30. T oda y is August 25. 1 Load a cassette with the saf ety tab attached. 2 Press PROG to displa y the MENU screen. 3 Select “PR OGRAM” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT , and press ENTER . 4 Mov e to the ne x[...]
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27 RECORDING 5 Move to the next using CURSOR RIGHT , and set the recording date using CURSOR UP or CURSOR DO WN . The date changes as follows: [WKL YSU] … [WKL YSA]: Y ou can record TV progr ams on the same channel on the day and time every week. [MO~FR]: Y ou can record TV programs on the same channel on the da y and time Monday through F r ida [...]
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28 If a power failure occurs during the timer program recording (including VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system recording (page 31)) • When a pow er f ailure has occurred, “- -:- -” appears in the VCR displa y . Since the progr ammed contents ha ve been cleared, reset the clock and timer prog ramming. • When pow er has failed f or a shor t time, the col[...]
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29 RECORDING RECORDING The flow char t below will giv e y ou an idea as to what must be done to use the VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system feature. Setting the Clock (page 16) ↓ Cable Box Set-up (page 33) ↓ Storing Channels on the VCR (page 17) ↓ VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system Set-up ↓ VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system Recording (page 31) * With the VCR Plus+ C 3 ® s[...]
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30 Guide Channel Setting 1 Press PR OG . 2 Select “PRESET” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT , and press ENTER . 3 Select “CH MEMOR Y” using CURSOR UP or CURSOR DO WN , and press ENTER . 4 Set “TV/CA TV” to “TV” or “CA TV” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT . 5 Press PR OG to retur n to the PRESET screen. 6 Select “GUIDE CH” [...]
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31 RECORDING VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system Pr ogramming 1 Press VCR Plus+ . The VCR Plus+ screen appears. 2 Enter a PlusCode ® programming number . Example : T o record a program with the PlusCode ® programming number 36295 (fictitious code). Press number b utton 3, 6, 2, 9 and 5 . Confirm that the number is entered correctly . T o correct a mistake , [...]
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32 Confirming the VCR Plus+ C 3 ® system timer pr ograms Before the VCR enters the timer standby mode (TIMER indicator not lit) 1) Press PR OG to displa y the MENU screen. 2) Press ENTER to select “PROGRAM”. Check the progr ammed data. 3) Press PR OG to e xit. During the timer standby mode (TIMER indicator lit) Press PR OG . The screen f or co[...]
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33 RECORDING Cable Box Set-up The VCR can directly control channel selecting of the connected cable box. RECORDING Cable Box Contr ol This VCR needs to be connected to a cab le bo x equipped with an infrared wireless remote control. Y ou can select cable channels from the cab le box b y operating this VCR. It is also possible to automatically chang[...]
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34 Cable Box Set-up (continued) Cable Box Set-up 1 Press PR OG. to displa y the MENU screen. 2 Select “PRESET” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT , and press ENTER . 3 Select “CABLE BO X/DSS” using CURSOR UP or CURSOR DO WN , and press ENTER . 4 Select “NO” or “C.BO X” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT according to y our connection t[...]
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35 RECORDING VCR display Cable box display Cable channel number 7 Select “BRAND TYPE” using CURSOR DO WN , and enter a brand code of y our cable bo x using number b uttons . Ref er to the table on the next page. Example : For a T OSHIBA cab le box, identified b y number 36. Make sure that the channel displa y of your cable bo x has changed to 9[...]
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36 T able of cable box brand codes Toshiba 36 Anvision 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 58, 62, 84 Archer 1, 20, 21, 29, 42, 44, 63, 88, 91 Cablestar 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 58, 62, 84 Cableview 30, 42, 44, 52, 63, 88 Citizen 30, 42, 44, 52, 63, 88 Curtis 8, 9, 56, 61 Diamond 1, 20, 21, 29, 42, 44, 63, 88, 91 Eagle 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25[...]
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37 RECORDING DSS ® Satellite Receiver Set-up The VCR can directly control channel selecting of the connected DSS ® satellite receiver. RECORDING DSS ® Satellite Receiver Control This VCR needs to be connected to a DSS ® satellite receiv er equipped with an infrared wireless remote control. Y ou can select satellite channels from the DSS ® sate[...]
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38 DSS ® Satellite Receiver Set-up (continued) DSS ® Satellite Receiver Set-up 1 Press PR OG. to displa y the MENU screen. 2 Select “PRESET” using CURSOR RIGHT or CURSOR LEFT , and press ENTER . 3 Select “CABLE BOX/DSS” using CURSOR UP or CURSOR DO WN , and press ENTER . 4 Select “DSS” using CURSOR RIGHT . 5 Select “OUTPUT CH” usi[...]
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39 RECORDING Buttons to control a remote- controllable DSS ® satellite receiver Once you complete the set-up f or a remote controllable DSS ® satellite receiv er , y our DSS ® satellite receiver can be controlled b y the follo wing buttons on the remote control of the VCR. • POWER (CABLE BOX) T o tur n the DSS ® satellite receiver on or off .[...]
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40 MTS Broadcast Compatibility This VCR can receive or record MTS (Multichannel TV Sound) broadcasts. By connecting the VCR to your stereo system or stereo TV, you will experience the SAP or stereo sound. Preparation Connect a stereo TV or stereo system to the AUDIO OUT jacks of the VCR. Recording the SAP/Stereo Br oadcast 1 On the SET UP screen (p[...]
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41 RECORDING Simulcast Recording When TV program such as MTV, HBO or MAX is being simulcast in FM stereo in your area, the VCR can also record the simulcast sound from an FM stereo tuner or receiver onto the Hi-Fi track and normal track. Preparation • Connect the TV and stereo system to the VCR as below. • Turn on the connected FM tuner and tun[...]
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42 Setting Control Codes 1 Press TV to set the remote control operating y our TV . 2 While holding down PROG , enter the two digits of y our TV’ s brand code (listed right) using number b uttons . 3 Release PROG . 4 P oint the remote control at your TV and use each button listed belo w to make sure that your TV is operated correctly . TV PO WER T[...]
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43 ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION Toshiba 01 Bell & Howell 09 Carver 10 Celebrity 03 Citizen 12 Curtis Mathes 09, 12 Dumont 14 Electro band 03 Emerson 09, 11 Fisher 09 GE 02, 07, 11 Gibralter 14 Goldstar 11 Hallmark 11 Hitachi 06 Infinity 10 JBL 10 JCB 03 JVC 05 LXI 01, 02, 09, 10, 11 Magnavox 10 Marantz 10 Megatron 06, 11 Memorex 04, 09, 11 MGA 04, 1[...]
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44 No power . • The power cord is not plugged in. – Plug the power cor d into the outlet firmly . Although the power is on, the VCR will not work. • There is no cassette. – Load a cassette. (page 19) The clock does not work. • There has been a power failure. – Reset the cloc k. (page 16) The timer does not work properly . • The time i[...]
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45 ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION The remote control does not work properly . • The batteries are exhausted. – Replace all batteries. (page 10) • The remote control is operated beyond the operating range. – Make sure the remote control is within 30° of the remote sensor on the VCR. (page 10) • Too far from the VCR. – Use the remote control wi[...]
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46 Specifications Power supply: 120 V AC, 60 Hz Power consumption: 19 W External dimensions: 430 × 96.5 × 281 mm (W.H.D.) Mass: 3.8 kg Channels received: VHF: Channels 2–13 UHF: Channels 14–69 CATV: Channels 1–125 Antenna input/output terminals: UHF/VHF: 75 Ω F type connector Signal system: Standard NTSC Recording/Playback system: Recordi[...]
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47 ADDITIONAL INFORMA TION LIMITED W ARRANTY T OSHIB A VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc. (“TACP”) and Toshiba Hawaii Inc. (“THI”) make the following limited warranties. These limited warranties extend to the original consumer purchaser or any person receiving this set as a gift from the original consumer purcha[...]
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LIMITED W ARRANTY (continued) How to Obtain Warranty Service (1)Refer to the troubleshooting guide in your owner's manual. This check list may solve your problem. (2)Call the TACP toll free number 800-631-3811 within (30) days after you find a defective product or part. (3)Arrange for the delivery of the product to the Authorized TACP/THI Serv[...]
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SECTION 2 ADJUSTMENT PR OCEDURES 1. MECHANICAL ADJUSTMENT 1-1. Mechanical Parts Location 1-2. Servicing Jig List 1-3. Ma in Par ts Ser vicing Time 1-4. Mechanism Check Method 1-5. M echanical Deck Removing and Mounting Method 1-6. Main Parts Replacement 1-7. C heck and Adjustment 1-8. Self-Check Function 2. ELECTRICAL ADJUSTMENT 2-1. PIF Circuit 2-[...]