GoVideo VR4940, User Manual

Page 1: ...DVD Recorder VCR User Manual VR4940...

Page 2: ...thorized change or modification is made REGULATORY INFORMATION FCC Part 15 This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC...

Page 3: ...wider than the other A ground ing type plug has two blades and a third ground ing prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outl...

Page 4: ...ing Antenna Cable 14 Connecting a TV 15 Connecting an Amplifier Receiver 16 Connecting Optional Equipment 17 Connecting a Digital Camcorder 17 Initial Setup 18 29 Setup Menu Overview 18 Setup Menu Nav...

Page 5: ...Timer Recording 41 Stopping a Timer Recording in Progress 41 Timer Recording Troubleshooting 41 Recording from an External Input 42 43 Recording from External Components 42 Recording from a Digital C...

Page 6: ...ALL If you try to play any other discs the message Incorrect region code Can t playback will appear on the TV screen Some DVD discs may not have a region code label even though their playback is proh...

Page 7: ...ed by the DVD Forum in 2000 As a result you may experience problems playing your discs in some older players Symptoms include video artifacts audio and or video dropouts and playback suddenly stopping...

Page 8: ...not record copy protected video using this DVD Recorder VCR Copy protected video includes DVD Video discs and some satellite broadcasts If copy protected material is encountered during a recording rec...

Page 9: ...ce About 23 ft 7 m from the front of the remote sensor z z Angle About 30 in each direction of the front of the remote sensor Remote Control Battery Installation Detach the battery cover on the rear o...

Page 10: ...Tray DVD deck Insert a disc here POWER button and indicator Switches the DVD Recorder VCR ON and OFF Lights green when the DVD Recorder VCR is turned on STOP x Stops playback COPY Copies from DVD to V...

Page 11: ...time title number chapter track number channel etc REPEAT Indicates current Repeat mode REC Indicates that a recording is in progress Indicates that a timer recording is in progress or is programmed S...

Page 12: ...le ZOOM Enlarges DVD video image EJECT Opens and closes disc tray Ejects tape in VCR deck COPY Copies DVD to VCR or VCR to DVD CLEAR Removes bookmarks from Marker Search menu TITLE Displays disc s Tit...

Page 13: ...XIAL Digital Audio Out Connect to an amplifier with a coaxial digital audio input AUDIO OUT L R Connect to a TV or other equipment with audio inputs AV OUT VIDEO L AUDIO R Connect to a TV with video a...

Page 14: ...t just slips over the jack Cable Service Without Cable Box If your cable wire is connected to your TV without a converter or descrambler box unscrew the wire from your TV and attach it to the RF IN FR...

Page 15: ...the DVD Recorder VCR to the left right audio in jacks on your TV using the supplied audio cables A Component Video Connection 1 1 Connect the COMPONENT PROGRESSIVE VIDEO OUT jacks on the DVD Recorder...

Page 16: ...upported by your DVD Recorder VCR MPEG 2 Dolby Digital and DTS Check the receiver manual and the logos on the front of the receiver Caution Due to the DTS Licensing agreement the digital output will b...

Page 17: ...ront panel DV IN jack it is possible to con nect a DV digital camcorder video deck or DVD R RW recorder and digitally transfer DV tapes or DVD R RW discs to DVD R RW Use a DV cable not supplied to con...

Page 18: ...Use v V to select the tuning band option TV or CATV then press ENTER TV If you are using a standard antenna to receive channels CATV If you are using basic cable to receive chan nels Auto Channel Set...

Page 19: ...ces information XDS updates the clock using the Coordinated Universal Time 7 7 Use v V to choose your Time Zone You can set your local Time Zone manually When Time Zone is set to Auto the DVD Recorder...

Page 20: ...on a conventional analog TV or monitor Factory Setting If you wish you can reset the DVD Recorder VCR to its original factory settings Select SET then press ENTER The Initialize menu will appear Use...

Page 21: ...ls to 48 kHz so your system can decode them If your receiver or amplifier is capable of handling 96 kHz signals select 96 kHz The DVD Recorder VCR will pass each type of signal through without any fur...

Page 22: ...scene is available on the disc The alternative must have the same rating or a lower one If no suitable alternative is found playback will stop You must enter the 4 digit pass word or change the rating...

Page 23: ...rm your Country Code selection then press SETUP to exit the menu RECORD Settings DISC Record Mode You can set the default DVD recording quality to SP Standard 2 hrs disc LP Low 4 hrs disc or XP High 1...

Page 24: ...or VR mode to enable advanced edit ing features If you load a DVD RW that has already been used you can change between Video mode and VR mode by erasing the disc using the DISC Initialize feature 1 1...

Page 25: ...er you can Unfinalize it by choosing Unfinalize from the Finalize menu After doing this you can edit and re record onto the disc You cannot unfinalize a DVD R disc DISC Protect When a DVD RW disc is f...

Page 26: ...se characters Symbols Selects a keyboard with all symbols OK Confirms the name you have entered Cancel Deletes all characters and exits the Keyboard menu Space Inserts a space at the cursor position D...

Page 27: ...lar to the following Changing TV Channels If no disc is playing you can change TV channels using the 0 9 or CH buttons on the remote control or CH v V buttons on the front panel ote Antenna channels a...

Page 28: ...e and changes the setting Selection Method b B or 0 9 ENTER b B or 0 9 ENTER 0 9 ENTER b B b B b B b B 1 6 4 26 ABC OFF NORMAL 1 3 5 1CH 1 ENG DVD Title 1 4 Chapter 3 28 0 06 32 2 12 10 DVD Shows the...

Page 29: ...number Shows the current chapter number and total number of chapters and skips to the desired chapter number Shows the elapsed playing time and skips to the desired time Shows the current sound mode a...

Page 30: ...will not play discs with Region codes different from the DVD Recorder VCR The Region code for this DVD Recorder VCR is 1 one ote Unless stated otherwise all operations described use the remote contro...

Page 31: ...tion only works with DVD Karaoke discs or video CDs without PBC z On a Video CD with PBC you must set PBC to OFF in the DISC Settings menu to use the Random func tion See page 25 Repeat DVD Video Disc...

Page 32: ...kmark up to six scenes during DVD or VCD playback and start playback from those scenes with the MARKER and SEARCH button 1 During disc playback press MARKER when you see the scene you want to bookmark...

Page 33: ...ect select NORMAL Subtitles Press SUBTITLE then press b B repeatedly during playback to select among all available subtitle lan guages Finding Locations on a Disc Use the SEARCH button to access virtu...

Page 34: ...s on MP3 Recordings About MP3 z z An MP3 file is audio data compressed using the MPEG1 audio layer 3 file encoding scheme Files that have the mp3 file extension are called MP3 files z z The DVD Record...

Page 35: ...e no display Random 1 Press RANDOM during Play or Stop mode The DVD Recorder VCR automatically begins Random Playback and RANDOM appears on the menu screen 2 To return to normal playback press RANDOM...

Page 36: ...nd resume nor mal playback select a track on the List and press PLAY N PRG indicator disappears from the front panel display Repeat Programmed Tracks Press REPEAT to select the desired Repeat mode TRA...

Page 37: ...e Show 5 Press STOP to stop the Slide Show and return to the Photo menu ote Use the MARKER button to select multiple files Notes on JPEG Recordings z z Depending on the size and number of JPEG files i...

Page 38: ...se bars will appear on the TV screen This is normal z The audio is automatically muted during special playback modes so there is no sound during search slow motion etc z During high speed picture sear...

Page 39: ...touch of a button 1 1 Follow steps 1 4 under Recording from TV 2 2 Press REC z repeatedly to set the length of the recording Recording starts after the first press Each subsequent press increases the...

Page 40: ...ch Copy VHS to DVD You can copy the contents of a VHS tape to a DVD R or DVD RW using the COPY button This allows you to archive your old VHS tapes to DVD ote If the VHS videotape you are attempting t...

Page 41: ...m the recorded program If two timer recordings are set to record sequentially one right after the other the very beginning of the later program may not be recorded Checking Timer Recording Details Pre...

Page 42: ...remote If you connect a second DVD recorder using a DV cable you cannot control the second recorder from this one You cannot control the DVD Recorder VCR remotely from a component connected to the DV...

Page 43: ...y occur if the source component pauses playback or plays an unrecorded section of tape or if the power fails in the source component or if the DV cable becomes dis connected If DV Record Audio is set...

Page 44: ...he start and end point display During Playlist playback you may notice a momen tary pause between edits This is not a malfunction Adding Chapter Markers You can add a chapter marker anywhere in a Play...

Page 45: ...opies the title to a VHS tape 4 4 Press RETURN O repeatedly to exit the Original Title menu ip Press DISPLAY to display more detailed title information for the selected title Using the Original Chapte...

Page 46: ...y to display the Playlist Title menu 2 2 Use v V b B to choose the title you want to view on the Playlist Title menu then press ENTER The options appear on the left side of the Playlist Title menu 3 3...

Page 47: ...ter markers that appear in the Original However if you add more chapter markers to the Original later these will not be automatically copied over into the Playlist title You can add up to 999 chapter...

Page 48: ...apter or title is deleted After pressing ENTER the new updated menu is displayed 6 6 Repeat steps 2 5 to continue to delete from the menu 7 7 Press RETURN O repeatedly to exit the menu Adding Title Ch...

Page 49: ...eated by erasing a part from an original title If two chapters created from different titles If two chapters created by moving an order from an original title Moving a Playlist Chapter Use this functi...

Page 50: ...t you want to erase The End Point option is selected 6 6 Use PLAY PAUSE STEP FF REW and Slow Motion playback to find the ending point 7 7 Press ENTER at the ending point of the section you want to edi...

Page 51: ...ncrease When erasing a title from a DVD RW disc the remaining time available for recording will only increase if it is the last title on the disc 1 1 Press DISC MENU LIST to display the Title List 2 2...

Page 52: ...09 CROWN 09 CURTIS MATHES 01 03 08 33 35 37 44 DAEWOO 16 38 39 40 41 42 43 DAYTRON 01 08 EMERSON 01 09 16 17 18 19 FISHER 28 29 FUNAI 46 47 GENERAL ELECTRIC 03 10 11 13 37 44 GRADIENTE 01 56 57 63 67...

Page 53: ...n 7585 Kurdish 7679 Laothian 7665 Latin 7686 Latvian Lettish Code Language 7678 Lingala 7684 Lithuanian 7775 Macedonian 7771 Malagasy 7783 Malay 7776 Malayalam 7784 Maltese 7773 Maori 7782 Marathi 777...

Page 54: ...Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan LA Laos LB Lebanon Code Country LC Saint Lucia LI Liechtenstein LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia LS Lesotho LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia LY Libya MA Morocco MC Monaco MD M...

Page 55: ...nu z Camcorder is off z DVD Recorder VCR s source is not set to AV1 AV2 COMP AV2 S V or DV IN z The disc was recorded in Video mode z Some players will not play even a finalized disc recorded in Video...

Page 56: ...rmatted disc for copy once material z Set clock to correct time See Clock Auto or Clock Manual on page 19 z Reprogram Timer See Timer Recording on page 41 z Reprogram Timer z No solution z No solution...

Page 57: ...head helical scan azimuth system Timer 12 hour display type with AM PM Tape speed SP 33 35 mm sec LP 16 67 mm sec SLP 11 12 mm sec Tape width 12 7 mm Rewind time About 65 seconds T 120 Antenna 75 ohm...

Page 58: ...Audio output optical audio Optical connector x 1 Audio output analog audio 1 1 Vrms 1 kHz 6 dB 600 RCA jack L R x 2 RF OUT Channel 3 or 4 Switchable Accessories Video cable 1 Audio cable 1 RF 75 Coax...

Page 59: ...eo service center Other Warranty Coverage Commercial Industrial or Educational use has the same warranty coverage as stated in this warranty What are the Exceptions This warranty does not cover 1 Norm...

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