Sanyo VHR-VX400, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL Video cassette recorder s ywM VHR VX400 G CODE PAL NTSC443 ...

Page 2: ... an AV cable user go to o VCR TUNING If you are not an AV cable user start from m VIDEO CHANNEL SETTING VIDEO CHANNEL SETTING 1 Turn on your TV and set your TV to VCR or the position designated for VCR use always a position where no TV programme is received 9 Turn off the VCR using the 0 1 button 34 Press the PRESET button for more than 3 seconds The VCR display shows the RF output channel 4 Tune ...

Page 3: ...ber will be tuned on your TV screen CLOCKSETTING Call up the CLOCK SET screen using the E I Set the now setting day month year and time using the numeric O 9 buttons CLOCK SET 01 12 1999 15 00 I CH l TIMESHIFT CLEAR 1 TOCORRECT OK I ENTER 3 To store the setting press the OK button Programme position 2 7 9 10 28 TV station AS CH2 AS CH7 AS CH9 AS CH1O AS CH28 A Auto tuning Duringthe autotuning oper...

Page 4: ... RECORDING OPTIONS 14 Notesontimer recording 14 JUST REC function 14 G cooETIMERRECORDING 15 Programming on screen 15 Programming using the VCRdisplay 15 MANUALTIMER RECORDING 16 TIMERRECORDINGWITHOUTUSINGTHE REMOTECONTROL 17 CONFIRMATION CANCELLING APROGRAMMEDTIMERRECORDING 18 TAPELIBRARY DELUXESYSTEM 19 TAPELIBRARY DELUXETIMERRECORDING 20 Newrecording programming 20 Recording programming reusing...

Page 5: ...ure to use this VCR only in a temperature range of 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 105 F and at less than 80 humidity Do not use the unit under the following conditions in locations with high humidity in presence of excessive dirt or dust in areas subject to strong vibrations near strong magnetic fields e g transmitting antennas motors fluorescent lights etc Do not stack anything on top of your VCR or block t...

Page 6: ...e the remote control unit within a range of approx 30 and approx 6m 20 ft from the front of the VCR o w Power on standby ECO PLAY Playback mode FF Fast forward Q REC Recording Forward search PAUSE STILL Recording pause CHANNEL Programme selection Still picture Picture adjustment REW Rewind STOP EJECT Tape stop Reverse search Cassette ejection VCR display Rllmml Display Mode n Cassette in D IPlayba...

Page 7: ...input plug Audio output plug Antenna output plug Direct programme selection for various input Clears data G CODE timer programme set Recording type set DPC Digital Picture Control function onloff Recording tapa speed selection Tape remaining time Tuner preset Data settings entry On screen operation Programme position day time tape remaining time display Counter reset Counter zero 0 00 00 return In...

Page 8: ...The clock and the programme position are displayed Saving energy ECO mode The ECO mode reduces the electricity consumption by turning off the VCR display and other components while the VCR is in standby mode To set the ECO mode 1 Press the 0 1 button to turn the VCR standby mode 2 Press and hold the 0 1 button for more than 3 seconds The ENERGY SAVER indicator comes green And nothing is displayed ...

Page 9: ... the VCR display to a vacant channel number applicable to your area For Australia Using the CH button change the RF output channel number RF output channel range is 28 69 llihimm s ra If necessary return to 28 using the CH button Then press the CH button For New Zealand Press the CH button to display 26 on the VCR display Then using the CH button change the RF output channel number RF output chann...

Page 10: ...ns available in your area will be automatically preset in order starting from programme position number 01 Tuning confirmation Confirm the channel tuning has been performed using the CH or button And to sort the TV stations refer to Sorting the TV stations on page 8 Clock setting 1 2 3 Call up the CLOCK SET screen using the MENU V button F I 0 91 INPUT CLEAR 1 TO CORRECT MENU 1 TV Set the now sett...

Page 11: ...dicator Press the OK button Repeat steps 2 to 4 for every programme position number to skip 5 When finished press the PRESET button Manual tuning This tuning mode can be used to modify the settings entered by the Auto tuning function or to manually preset the TV stations to particular programme position numbers 1 Press the PRESET button 2 Using the CH or button select the desired programme positio...

Page 12: ...CK SET TAPE L 1 RARV DELUXE CH l SELECT OK 1 ENTER MENU1 T1 01 12 1999 13 30 O CH o El TYPE TYPE 1 TYPE CLEAR 1 CANCEL OK 1 ENTER PROG SET CLEAR Manual timer recording See page 16 Confirmation cancelling See page 18 mm I 0 91 INPLIT MENU I TV II t CH I i SELEC CLEAR 1 CANCEL MENU TV TYPE 1 TYPE VCR SETUP Selecting the function See page 10 m CH l SELECT OK 1 ENTER NENUI TV CLOCK SET Revising the cl...

Page 13: ... screen and the sound is muted OFF The child lock function is not engaged OFF TIMER Auto power off setting The VCR will be turned off automatically if it is not used for a programmed period time The auto power off delay is timed after any VCR action or operation OFF Not active 2HR The VCR will go off after 2 hours 6HR The VCR will go off after 6 hours Revising the clock 1 2 3 4 Call up the MENU sc...

Page 14: ...ring stop or play for forward search operation Variable playback modes Forward search Press the FF button during playback or fast forward operation Reverse search Press the REW button during playback or rewind operation Still picture Press the PAUSE STILL button during normal playback Frame advance Press the PAUSE STILL button during still picture A During variable playback modes the picture may c...

Page 15: ...r button to reduce the noise interference in the image When the tracking is adjusted using the CH or button the auto tracking mode is cancelled To return to auto tracking mode eject the cassette press the EJECT button then reload it again Noise interference If the CHANNEL and buttons on the VCR are pressed simultaneously in the playback mode the tracking adjustment will move to centre position and...

Page 16: ...hen the desired type has been selected press the OK button The selected recording type is cancelled if the VCR is turned off standby mode or if the cassette tape is ejected TYPE The letter in brackets e g F shows the display on the VCR display 4 5 FILM F Film S ORT S SpOrtS D AMA d Drama M SIC M Music 4 NEWS n News A lMA A Animation cartoon E UC E Educational programme G ME g Game T flll t Thrille...

Page 17: ...rding is completed SP mode I LP mode Approx Approx 150 minutes 60 minutes Desired programme length is 210 minutes A This feature is not available during Quick Start Recording and will not work properly on tapes longer than E 240 or on tapes shorter than E 1 80 If two or more timer recordings are programmed all the programmed may not fit on a single tape In that case make sure the JUST REC mode is ...

Page 18: ...the programme position number the TV station has been preset to That setting will be memorized and set the next time the same TV station is selected If desired make Additional settings on the left to your timer recording a When allthe settings are as desired press the OK button You can programme another recording by repeating steps 2 to 4 Insert a video cassette with erasure prevention tab Make su...

Page 19: ...CH button repeatedly to display the desired recording mode Blank for once M F for daily recording Monday through Friday WK for weekly recording the same programme every week Using the numeric O 9 button enter the desired setting in START and END Recording tape spaed JUST REC mode setting Press the SPILP button repeatedly to display the desired mode SP Standard Play mode LP Long Play mode A JUST RE...

Page 20: ...the 0 1 button to turn the VCR power on Call up timer programming screen using the REC button for about 5 seconds Set the recording as indicated below Exemp e PR Programme position 02 DATE Date 25 December START Starl time 09 30 END End time 11 00 SPEED Tape speed SP Setting method Using the CHANNEL or button on the VCR enter the desired setting Press the FF button to move to the next entry space ...

Page 21: ...ect the programme to confirm Press the TYPE button Press the TYPE button again to return to the END display To correct a programmed timer recording first cancel it then reprogrammed it as desired To cancel a programmed timer recording continue with step 3 To return to the normal TV broadcast screen press the MENU button 3 Using the CH button select the programme to cancel a Press the CLEAR button ...

Page 22: ...displayed the next recording data is searched and displayed 19 TAPE LIBRARY DELUXE SYSTEM The settings channel time and date etc of previous timer recordings made on this VCR are memorised as recording data in the TAPE LIBRARY Using the TAPE LIBRARY DELUXE function you can reuse the recording data of previous timer recordings to overwrite the recording of a series programme always broadcast at the...

Page 23: ...W T I MER PROGRAMME BY TAPE L I BRARV DELUXE WILL BE STARTED I I OKI ENTER MENU I TV I 1 Press the OK button TAPE L I BRARY DELUXE PR REMAIN 3 02 DATE START __ __ E SPEED SP I CH 1 DATA INPUT CLEAR 1 TO CORRECT OK 1 ENTER MENU 1 TV z Set the recording as indicated below Examp e PR Programme position 02 DATE Date 25 December START Start time 9 30 END End time 11 00 TYPE Recording type FILM SPEED Ta...

Page 24: ...data to reuse then press the REC button TAPE L I BRARY DELUXE TAPE L I SRARV DELUXE R lTAR1 T lFE1 T lFE iPR I 02 02 g2 12 21 39 I lc DATE 07 12 ol 25rT og Jo y dRT 21 JO 04 30 11 78 OOj NEWS 23 00 TYPE Nuslc REIAA I N FOR REC i 0 00 The date is updated to the following programme occurrence on the same day of the week all the other settings remaining the same To return to the contents list press t...

Page 25: ...Pk_ HAS t J ENi S LIST FSfl 90TH RECORDING P A a QK E Automatic playback using the TAPE LIBRARY DELUXE date n TAPE L I BRARY DELUXE yHig 7A E As CW7EW3 L 1ST FOR PLAYBACK OWLY Automatic playback using normal recording data Press the OK button The recording data is read then the contents list is displayed If the tape recordings data has already been read it will be displayed directly m I BTOP I STO...

Page 26: ...s the STOP button A During endless play please do not press FF REW or PAUSEKTILL button because the endless play will be cancelled The counter zero position is memorised and can be used to return to that positiin on the tape 1 2 At the position you wish to return to press the RESET button to reset the counter reading to O OO OfY After a recording or playback to return to the zero position just pre...

Page 27: ...ng starts automatically as soon as playback commences If playback is stopped the VCR returns to synchro dubbing standby mode To avoid recording an unwanted passage press the PAUSEK3TILL button on the Recording VCR when the unwanted passage is reached The VCR goes into recording pause To continue recording press the REC button a When finished pressthe STOP button on both units The cassette will aut...

Page 28: ...power is on less than 5 minutes before the recording start time this will indicate that the timer recording is about to start When the off timer function is set Approximately 5 minutes before the power is turned off automatically the message is displayed on screen for about 10 seconds to warn the user before turning the power off The programmed recording is longer than the remaining blank portion ...

Page 29: ...hing TV do not set the ECO mode The video channel setting of the TV does not correspond to the video channel presetting of the VCR Interference in playback picture Adjust the tracking control Dust or dirt on video heads Contact your Sanyo authorized service agent RECORDING TROUBLE No recording The erasure prevention tab on the cassette has been removed Timer recording is not possible The starting ...

Page 30: ...Zealand 24 hour indication Approx one hour 1 year 6 programmed with daily Monday through Friday and weekly recording function 220 240 V AC 50Hz 360 x97x 273 mm Approx 3 kg 19 W in operation less than 2 W ECO mode 0 5 2 OV p p 75 5 ohms 1 0 f o 2v p p 75 5 ohms 6 0 dBs more than 47 kohms 8 0 dBs less than 2 2 kohm More than 43 dB More than 240 lines Appearance and specifications are subject to chan...

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