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VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
(Hi-Fi)
HR-A54U
(Monaural)
HR-A34U
TV operation – Press and hold
TV button, then press POWER,
TV CH +/–, VOL +/–, TV/VCR
PROG. POWER
TV 1 PROG. CHECK
DISPLAY12 3
2
TV/VCR45 6
SP/EP78DAILY 9WEEKLY
CANCEL ENTER0AUX 4 TIMER
C.RESET OSD
START STOP DATE CH
REW PLAY FF
REC STOP PAUSE
TV CH + REW PLAY FF
MENU
POWER
3 OK
TV TV
VOL – + VOL
TV CH –
MENU POWER TV/VCR TIMER REC MTB
VIDEO (MONO)L–AUDIO–R
CH REC STOP/EJECT PAUSE
OK
The VCR illustrations appearing in this
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2 EN Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the JVC VHS video cassette recorder. Before use, please read the safety information and precautions contained in the following pages to ensure safe use of your new VCR. Failure to heed the following precautions may result in damage to the VCR, remote control or video cassette. CAUTIONS 1. DO NOT place the VCR . . . ... in an environment prone to extreme temperatures or CAUTION humidity. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK ... in direct sunlight. DO NOT OPEN ... in
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EN 3 5. Ventilation IMPORTANT PRODUCT Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked or SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS covered. • Do not block the openings by placing the product on a bed, Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. But sofa, rug or other similar surface. improper use can result in potential electrical shock or fire • Do not place the product in a bui
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4 EN USE SERVICING 1. Accessories 1. Servicing To avoid personal injury: If your product is not operating correctly or exhibits a marked • Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, change in performance and you are unable to restore normal bracket, or table. It may fall, causing serious injury to a child operation by following the detailed procedure in its operating or adult, and serious damage to the product. instructions, do not attempt to service it yourself as opening or
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CONTENTS EN 5 NSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR 6 DITING 33 I E Edit To Another VCR .................................... 33 Basic Connections ..................................6 Edit From A Camcorder Or Another VCR ...... 34 NITIAL SETTINGS 8 I ROUBLESHOOTING 35 T Language ..................................................... 8 Power ........................................................ 35 Clock ............................................................ 9 Tape Transport................................
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INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR 6 EN Basic Connections ANT. IN (Antenna or Cable input) Antenna or Cable Coaxial Cable Flat Feeder Matching Transformer (not supplied) AC Power Cord ANT. IN OUT R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO CH3 CH4 Back of VCR RF OUT AC Outlet TV RF Cable (supplied) Audio/Video Cable (not supplied) 75 ohm terminal Back of VCR CH3 CH4
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EN 7 NOTES: CHECK CONTENTS c The VCR channel is the channel on the TV which will display Make sure the package contains all of the accessories the audio and video signals from the VCR. The VCR's CH3- listed in “SPECIFICATIONS” (Z pg. 41). CH4 switch, on the back of the VCR, sets the VCR channel to 1 CH3 or CH4. c The CH3–CH4 switch is preset to the CH3 position. Set to CH4 if CH3 is used for broadcasting in your area and SITUATE VCR set the channel on the TV to correspond to the VCR's CH3– Place
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% % INITIAL SETTINGS 8 EN This VCR offers you the choice to view on-screen messages in English, Spanish or French (not including messages superimposed on the TV picture). Select the desired language using this Language procedure. The default setting is "ENGLISH". TURN ON THE VCR Turn on the TV and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV Press POWER. mode). 1 ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 2 ACCESS INITIAL SET SCREEN At the Main Menu screen, MAIN MENU move the highlight bar 3 (arrow) to “INITIA
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% % % % % % EN 9 TURN ON THE VCR Press POWER. Clock 1 ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Turn on the TV and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV Press MENU. mode). 2 ACCESS INITIAL SET SCREEN At the Main Menu screen, move the highlight bar (arrow) to “INITIAL SET” by pressing CH5° or %Þ, 3 then press OK or . ACCESS CLOCK SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar (arrow) at the Initial Set screen 5 % to “CLOCK SET” by pressing CH ° or Þ, then press 4 OK or . c "GUIDE CHANNEL SET" will appear with HR-A54U only
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% % INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) 10 EN Set Receivable Channels Tuner TURN ON THE VCR Press POWER. Turn on the TV and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV 1 mode). ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 2 ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar MAIN MENU (arrow) to "TUNER SET" by FUNCTION SET 3 pressing CH5° or %Þ, = TUNER SET then press OK or . INITIAL SET PRESS (5,°), THEN (OK) PRESS (MENU) TO END PERFORM AUTO CHANNEL 1 SET POWER Move the highlight bar 12 3 TUNER SET (arrow) to "AUTO 2 4 CHA
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% % % EN 11 Add Or Delete A Channel ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 1 ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar (arrow) to "TUNER SET" by pressing CH5° or %Þ, then press OK or . 2 ACCESS MANUAL CHANNEL SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar TUNER SET (arrow) to "MANUAL 1 BAND CATV 3 CHANNEL SET" by AUTO CHANNEL SET pressing CH5 or % , ° Þ 12 3 =MANUAL CHANNEL SET then press OK or . 2 45 6 NUMBER SELECT WITH (5,°) AND (OK) 78 9 PRESS (MENU) TO END 0 4 ADD OR SKIP DESIRED CHANNEL Input t
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PLAY SIMPLE PLAYBACK AND RECORDING 12 EN LOAD A CASSETTE Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is Simple facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is 1 pointing towards the VCR. Don’t apply too much pressure when inserting. Playback c The VCR’s power comes on automatically. c The counter is automatically reset to "0:00:00". c If the cassette's record safety tab has been removed, playback begins automatically. Turn on the TV and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode
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CH EN 13 LOAD A CASSETTE Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the Simple hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette. 1 Recording SELECT RECORDING CHANNEL Press CH5°. Or press the appropriate NUMBER keys, Turn on the TV and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV then press ENTER. (The channel changes after a few mode). 2 seconds whether you press ENTER or not.) c If you use the RF connection, by pressing the TV/VCR button, select VCR mode to view the program to be rec
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% Þ % Þ PLAY PLAY PLAYBACK AND RECORDING FEATURES 14 EN Slow Motion Playback ACTIVATE SLOW-MOTION PLAYBACK For forward slow motion during still picture, press and Features hold PAUSE for more than 2 seconds. Press PAUSE 1 again to return to still picture. c Reverse slow motion is not possible with this recorder. To resume normal playback, press PLAY. REW High-Speed Search ACTIVATE HIGH-SPEED SEARCH During playback or still, press FF for forward high- speed search, or REW for reverse high-speed s
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EN 15 Manual Tracking Once playback begins, the VCR’s automatic tracking function is engaged. If tracking noise appears in the picture, you can override this and make the adjustment manually. ENGAGE MANUAL TRACKING MODE During playback, press the CH5 and ° buttons on the VCR's front panel simultaneously to cancel the 1 automatic tracking mode and enable manual tracking adjust. ADJUST MANUAL TRACKING Press CH 5 or on the VCR's front panel or remote. ° Press briefly for fine adjust, or press and
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% % PLAYBACK AND RECORDING FEATURES (cont.) 16 EN Video Stabilizer By activating the Video Stabilizer you can correct vertical vibrations in the picture when playing back unstable EP recordings that were made on another VCR. When this function is set to "ON", vertical vibration will be automatically corrected. *The default setting is "OFF". ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 1 ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar MAIN MENU (arrow) to "FUNCTION = FUNCTION SET 5 2 SET" by pressing CH
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PLAY EN 17 Repeat Playback START REPEAT Press and hold PLAY (until "PLAY" blinks on the screen) during playback, then release. 1 REW c The entire tape is played back 50 times. STOP REPEAT To stop, press STOP at any time. 2 NOTE: Pressing PLAY, REW, FF or PAUSE also stops Repeat Playback. Counter Reset 1 RESET COUNTER TO ZERO POWER Press C.RESET. 12 3 2 1 45 6 78 9 0 4 TIMER Tape Position Indicator C.RESET The Tape position indicator appears on screen when, from the stop mode, you press FF or RE
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% % OSD PLAYBACK AND RECORDING FEATURES (cont.) 18 EN Superimpose This function, switchable between ON and OFF, determines whether or not operational indicators will appear on screen. ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 1 ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar (arrow) to "FUNCTION SET" by 1 pressing CH5° or %Þ, then press OK or . 2 12 3 2 SELECT SUPERIMPOSE SET 45 6 MODE 78 9 HR-A34U HR-A54U 0 4 FUNCTION FUNCTION 3 AUTO TIMER OFF AUTO TIMER OFF = SUPERIMPOSE ON =SUPERIMPOSE ON AUTO
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% % EN 19 Select The Soundtrack (HR-A54U Only) Your VCR can record two soundtracks simultaneously (Normal and Hi-Fi) and play back the selected one, or both together. Or, when viewing a pre-recorded tape that contains two separate Hi-Fi audio programs, you can choose to listen to either one by selecting either "Hi-Fi L" or "Hi-Fi R" in step 3. ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 1 ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN Move the highlight bar (arrow) to "FUNCTION SET" by pressing CH5° or %Þ, then press OK or
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% % PLAYBACK AND RECORDING FEATURES (cont.) 20 EN Auto Picture compensates for variations in tape characteristics to ensure the best possible playback picture. It checks and compensates for the condition of the tape at the beginning of automatic tracking when playback is selected. The default Auto Picture setting is "ON". Turn on the TV and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV Preparation mode). TURN ON THE VCR Press POWER. 1 ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN Press MENU. 2 ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN Press
