Hitachi 13VR3B TV VCR Combo User Manual


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................2
IMPORTANT......................................................................................................................4
SAFETY TIPS.....................................................................................................................5
HOOK-UP CABLES AND CONNECTORS ...................................................................10
ANTENNA CONNECTIONS ..........................................................................................10
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 13VR3B) ...................................................12
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 20VR4B) ...................................................13
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS..................................................................................... 14
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS TV/VCR UNIFIED REMOTE CONTROL............... 15
HOW TO USE YOUR REMOTE CONTROL.................................................................16
ON SCREEN DISPLAY................................................................................................... 17
VCR STATUS DISPLAY................................................................................................. 18
OSD MENU SCREEN......................................................................................................19
CLOSED CAPTION SYSTEM ........................................................................................20
To Set the Closed Caption Mode .................................................................................. 20
Recording and Playing Back a Closed Caption/Text Program ..................................... 20
Selecting the Proper Mode ............................................................................................20
SETTING THE CLOCK...................................................................................................21
AIR/CABLE...................................................................................................................... 23
AUTO PROGRAM...........................................................................................................24
CHANNEL MEMORY.....................................................................................................25
TO WATCH TV................................................................................................................ 26
Audio Mute ...................................................................................................................26
Sleep Timer ...................................................................................................................26
PICTURE FUNCTIONS...............................................................................................26
ABOUT VIDEOCASSETTE TAPES............................................................................... 28
Types .............................................................................................................................28
Safety Tabs Prevent Erasure ......................................................................................... 28
Loading and Ejecting ....................................................................................................28
Tape Storage.................................................................................................................. 29
VIEWING A VIDEOCASSETTE TO PLAY BACK A RECORDED TAPE................. 30
To Fine Tune the Picture...............................................................................................30
Rewinding the Tape ...................................................................................................... 30
Manual Rewind .............................................................................................................30
VCR MODE...................................................................................................................... 31
Movie Return.................................................................................................................31
AUTO REPEAT............................................................................................................ 31
SPECIAL PLAYBACK EFFECTS ..................................................................................32
Still Playback (Pause).................................................................................................... 32
Frame advance............................................................................................................... 32
Skip Playback................................................................................................................32
Variable-Speed Slow Motion Playback ........................................................................32
TO FIND SPECIFIC SECTIONS ON A TAPE ...............................................................33
Visual Search................................................................................................................. 33
Searching with the Time Counter.................................................................................. 33
Marking with the Time Counter....................................................................................33
Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO .................................................................... 33
Jump to an index mark with INDEX............................................................................. 34
RECORDING A PROGRAM........................................................................................... 35
Basic Recording Steps...................................................................................................35
To Skip Commercials....................................................................................................35
To Change the Channel Being Recorded ......................................................................35
To Leave Index Marks on the Tape ..............................................................................35
Using the Instant Recording Timer (IRT)..................................................................... 36
SETTING THE VCR TO RECORD LATER...................................................................37
Before You Begin.......................................................................................................... 37
DELAYED RECORDING STEPS ...................................................................................38