Hitachi 19VR7B, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...d remote control Real time tape counter 181 channel capability PLL frequency synthesizer tuner with direct station call Closed caption system Game mode Auto power on and off system Auto rewind when the end of a tape is reached 2 Step picture search operation Still Digital Auto Tracking DTR Rental play mode Auto repeat Time search Index search Three different tape speeds SP LP SLP OTR One Touch Rec...

Page 2: ...s damage to the appliance Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table recommended by the manufacturer or sold with the PORTABLE CART WARNING TV VCR Any mounting of the appliance should follow the manufacturer s instructions and should use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufac turer An appliance and cart com bination should be moved with care Quick stops excessive force and uneven ...

Page 3: ...t parts that could result in a fire or electric shock Never spill liquid of any kind on the TVNCR 18 Servicing Do not attempt to service this TVNCR yourself as opening or removing covers may expose you to danger ous voltage or other hazards Refer all servicing to quali fied service personnel GROUNDING CONDUCTORS NEC SECTION 810 21 GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING _ _1 _ ELECTRODE SYSTEM NEC A...

Page 4: ...AC wall outlet FCC WARNING This equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in the instruction manual The user could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made i ii ill IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Unauthorized rec...

Page 5: ...ON SCREEN DISPLAY 18 SPECIAL FEATURES 18 DEGAUSSING 18 AUTO REWIND EJECT 18 SPECIAL PLAYBACK _ _ _ 22 RENTAL PLAYBACK 22 REPEAT PLAYBACK i 22 SEARCH O _ 23 COUNTER MEMORY 23 TIME SEARCH 23 INDEX SEARCH _i i 24 RECORDING _ i _h _ _ 25 NORMAL RECORDING 25 SKIPPING SOME MATERIALS DURING RECORDING 25 OTR One Touch Recording 26 COPYING A VIDEO CASSETTE Requires another VCR _ 26 TIMER 27 AUTOMATIC TIMER...

Page 6: ...ime for close view ing of a particular scene Only tapes recorded in SLP mode will show a fairly clear still picture Digital Auto Tracking DTR Adjusts the tracking automatically for each tape you play Rental play mode Improves playback picture quality of worn tapes especially rental tapes Auto repeat Allows you to repeat a tape indefinitely without pressing the PLAY button Time search Allows you to...

Page 7: ...uper Long Play The table below shows the maximum recording play back time using T60 T120 or T160 tapes in each mode Recording Playback Time T60 T120 T160 1 hour 2 hours 2 2 3 hours 2 hours 4 hours 5 1 3 hours 3 hours 6 hours 8 hours Tape Speed lMoeof tape SP mode LP mode SLP mode Insert the cassette in the direction as shown Push in gen tly but continuously on the center back of the cassette until...

Page 8: ...CR 5 REWIND button Press to rewind the tape or to view the picture rapidly in reverse during the Play mode Rewind Search 6 PLAY button Press to begin playback of a tape 7 F FWD button Press to rapidly advance the tape or to view the picture rapidly in forward during the Play mode Forward Search 8 REC button Press to begin manual recording OTR button Press to activate One Touch Record ing used on t...

Page 9: ... Press to set the Sleep Timer See page 29 23 18 C MEMORY button Press to set counter memory 24 on and off See page 23 25 i _ ADD DELETE button Press to deiete or add chan nel numbers in the Channel Set Up mode See page 14 Press to cancel a setting program for example setting clock or timer program See page 28 These functions are operative only when the menu is shown on the TV screen _ _ C RESET bu...

Page 10: ...n Needs to be straightened Straight pin VItbTUttF SEPA RA I E A N 1 ENNA S In some areas it will be necessary to use an outdoor an tenna VHF Antenna JHF Antenna Flat twin lead cable CABLE WITHOUT CONVERTER DESCRAMBLER BOX Use this connection if your cable system connects di rectly to your TV VCR without a converter box With this connection you 1 can use your TVNCR Re mote Control to select channel...

Page 11: ... Cable Converter Box Ex CH3 2 Select the channel to be recorded or viewed on the Cable Converter Box Box not supplied From Cable System 75 ohm NOTE When using a cable converter box you can not record one channel and view another 1 Open the battery compartment cover by pressing the cover on the remote unit in the direction of the arrow 2 Insert 2 AA penlight batteries into the battery com partment ...

Page 12: ... set in HIFI stereo mode HIFI ap pears on the TV VCR screen with PLAY When PLAY disappears from the TV VCR screen HIFI disappears from the TV VCR screen as well While TV VCR is set in monaural MONO mode HIFI dis appears from the TV VCR screen NOTE If you play non HIFl tapes while the TV VCR is set in HIFI HIFI will not appear on the TV VCR screen and the TV VCR will play automat ically in monaural...

Page 13: ...NO MODE You can change the selection to MoNo1 if you want to listen to HIFI tapes in normal audio playback 1 Press MENU button repeatedly to point to USER S SET UP Then press SELECT button 2 Press MENU button repeatedly to point to VCR AUDIO 3 Press CH or button repeatedly until MONO appears 4 Press MENU button to return to the TV mode TO SELECT STEREO SAP OR MONO MODE You must select the recordin...

Page 14: ...hannels you can se lect the desired channel directly with the remote control number button or CH or V TO RETURN TO TV MODE WHEN SCANNING Press MENU button in scanning mode The channels you no longer receive or seldom watch can be deleted from the memory Of course you can add the deleted channel into the memory again 1 Select CHANNEL SET UP Then UP toPress point MENU press to SELECT CHANNEL button ...

Page 15: ...t ically will advance one hour in April then reverse one hour in October When Daylight Saving Time is ON the clock will change automatically as follows First Sunday of April from 2 00AM to 3 00AM summer time When programmed recording starts between 2 00AM 2 59AM on this day the TV VCR will start recording at 3 00AM Last Sunday of October From 1 00AMto 2 00AM When programmed recording ends between ...

Page 16: ...on repeat i edly until ON appears U OCLOCKAUTOCLOCKOH t_ MANUAL CLOCK SET _ D ST OFF 3 Enter the channel num ber for the PBS station Press MENU button Then press CH or button re peatedly until the channel num ber for your local PB S station ap pears If you do not know the PBS chan nel number remain on AUTO II_ SETTING CLOCK AUTO CLOCK _ _ CTA OC s J The TV VCR will automatically search all availab...

Page 17: ...on repeat edly until your desired year ap pears Example 1996 Then press SELECT button MANUALCLOCK SET MONTH DAY S3 01 HOUR iii I I I 6 Select the hour Press CH or button repeat edly until your desired hour ap pears Example 5 PM Then press SELECT button i i r i ii iiiiiii _ MANUALCLOCKSET MONTH DAY YEAR 0S 01 FRI 1905 _lm05 m IPM m _ 1 _l 7 Select the minute Press CH or button repeat edly until the...

Page 18: ... button is pressed or PAUSE STILL button is pressed while recording However the On Screen Display will appear for 5 seconds when SELECT button is pressed OFF mode Clock Counter mode CH2 J SPECIAL FEATURES I Ilfll III IIi J KII II 1 Magnetism from nearby appliances might affect the color of the TV picture If this happens move this unit away from the appliance If the color is still not correct disco...

Page 19: ...ols BRIGHT CON TRAST COLOR TINT and SHARPNESS are pre set to the factory specification This is usually best but if you need to make any further adjustments adjust pic ture controls for a natural looking image NOTES Procedures must be followed within 5 seconds Oth erwise the Picture Control mode will be cancelled When setting the Picture Control the Game mode will be automatically set to OFF Make s...

Page 20: ...worn VCR tapes f If the TV VCR displays a black box on the TV screen this means that the TV VCR is set to the TEXT mode To clear screen select CAPTION1 CAPTION2 or OFF Make sure You must use the remote control unit for the follow ing steps Power must be turned on _ iiiiii i 1 Select CAPTION Press MENU button repeatedly to point to CAPTION _rlr nllrn l II IIII ii _ IIp MENU TIMER PROGRAMMING PICTUR...

Page 21: ... Slow tracking adjustment will not be set automatically Note In Still mode press SLOW button and press CHANNEL or button until the streaks disap pear To return to Still mode press PAUSE STILL button again PICTURE SEARCH This feature is useful in finding or skipping over a par ticular scene on a tape In this mode the sound will be muted 1 You may view a video tape at ahigh speed in either a forward...

Page 22: ... are two selections for Auto Repeat Playback ALL REPEAT repeat playback from the beginning to the end of the tape BLANK REPEAT repeat playback from the beginning to the blank part which has no more than 10 seconds of recorded information NOTE No buttons except POWER and STOP buttons will work during Repeat Playback Always set the Repeat Playback to OFF when this function is not being used 1 Select...

Page 23: ...le to quickly advance the tape to your desired position from any po sition by entering the exact amount of playback time of the part that you want to skip NOTES Time Search is setup to 9 hours 50 minutes 9 50 byl0 minutes at a time This function is not operative in recording mode Counter Memory function is not operative in this mode This function is not operative when a Cassette tape is not insert...

Page 24: ...o seventh program program number 7 You must skip three programs CURRENT PLAYBACK PROGRAM Beginningof tape End of tape IPro 11 Pro 21P o 3 Pro Pro 6 Pro 7 I r4 3 2 1 1 2 3 INDEX MARK 1 Select INDEX SEARCH mode Press MENU button repeatedly to point to INDEX SEARCH Then press SELECT button IIP MENU TtMER PROGRAMMING PICTURE CONTROL SETTING CLOCK CNANNEL SET UP USER S SET UP LANGUAGE ENGUSHI CAPTION I...

Page 25: ...ss RECORD button The J REC indicator flashes t I I III I I I 4 Stop recording Press STOP button when reco_rding is completed Press PAUSE STILL button to cp usE temporarily stop recording The l s REC indicator blinks Press PAUSE STILL or RE CORD button to resume record ing NOTES To prevent tape damage after five minutes the TV VCR will automatically return to the Recording mode When in the Pause St...

Page 26: ...s when 0 00 is reached Please note that in the SLP mode maximum record ing time assuming the tape is started at the begin ning is 8 hours using T 160 or 6 hours using T 120 If the tape runs out before the end time the TV VCR will switch to the Stop mode immediately eject the tape and the TV VCR power will be turned off Connect your TV VCR and a Source Playing VCR us ing the following diagram Conne...

Page 27: ...MMING Press MENU button to point to TIMER PROGRAM MING Press SELECT button If you did not set the clock MANUAL CLOCK SET appears If so follow page 17 to set the clock and repeat from step 3 Ill MENU TIMER PROGRAMMING PICTURE CONTROL SETTING CLOCK CHANNEL SET UP USER S SET UP LANGUAGE ENGLISH CAPTION CAPTION1 TIME SEARCH INDEX SEARCH 2 Select your desired program number 1 8 p _ 1 I I 1 The program ...

Page 28: ...M END TIME Oa SO PM CHANNEL ql _l LT_E SPEEO _ m 10 Exit the program mode Press SELECT button Program 4 is now completed To set another program repeat steps 1 to 10 11 Set the timer Press POWER button to set automatic timer recording The TIMER REC indicator lights up You must turn off the TV VCR to activate automatic timer recording If power is not turned off and you continue watching TV TIMER REC...

Page 29: ...ET UP CHANNELSET UP USER S SETUP Press SELECT button _U SEoAp_ o _O_TIONE _ _ _ TIME SEARCH INDEX SEARCH 2 Set AUTO RETURN to ON Press MENU button repeatedly to point to AUTO RE TURN I _E USER _ OOE SET O _OE 1 Press CH or button repeat REPEATPLAY ALrTO RETURN edly until ON appears VORA_O O_A_o o _ _EO_J 3 Exit the auto return setting Press MENU button repeatedly until the TV VCR re turns to the T...

Page 30: ...utton repeat edly until your desired time ap pears Example 7 30AM Then press SELECT button TO A CTIVA TE THE ALARMTIM_ER 3 Check the alarm time Confirm the alarmtime is correctly entered et ea tim I 1 ALARM button When ALARM OFF appears on the screen repeat steps 1 21 _ _o Z0t_ ul i ii J i Jll 4 Set ALARM to ON Press ALARM button again ON appears next to the alarm time on the screen The TV VCR wil...

Page 31: ... CR is not plugged into an active AC outlet Antenna is not connected r No channel in memory Direction or condition of antenna is not adequate Picture control is not adequate Volume control on remote control unit or main unit is in minimum position MUTE button on the remote control unit is in the ON position The timer recording is set incorrectly The timer recording is not set to ON The erase preve...

Page 32: ...s use a time compression process to speed up the actual program so that additional advertising time can be given Since the decoder cannot read the compressed information captions will be lost The video tape was either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating company accidentally left out the captioning signals during the copying process You are in the TEXT mode Select CAPTION mode or CAPTION OFF MA...

Page 33: ... sec SLP UHF VHF 75 ohm 181 channel tuning ability 125 cable channels Auto programming frequency synthesis AC120V 60Hz 95 W nominal 19 29 64 W x 19 21 32 H x 18 1 32 D 49 4cm W x 49 95cm H x 45 8cm D 47 4 lbs 21 5 kg 1 remote control unit Part No UREMT32SR0i9 2 AA battenes 1 warranty card Part No 0EMN01165 Check your cable company s compatibility requirements Design and specifications subject to c...

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