Panasonic NV-F66A, Operating Instructions Manual

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Page 2: ...SEARCH 38 CAMERARECORDING 39 DUBBTNG COPYtNG 41 INSERT EDITING 42 AUDIO DUBBING 43 BEFORE REQUESTING SERVICE 45 SPECIFICATIONS IMPORTANT Your attention is drawn to the tact that recording ot pre recorded tapes or discs or other publishedor broadcastmaterial may inlringe copyright laws WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIREOR SHOCK HAZARD DONOTEXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TORAIN ORMOISTURE FORYOURSAFETY I DO ...

Page 3: ... Wipethe VTR witha clean dry cloth Neverusecleaning fluid or otherchemicals Anddo notusecompressed airto remove dust Placethe VTR in a horizontal position and do not place anything heavyon it The video headsare the means by which the recorder placespicturesignalson the tape duringrecording and readspicture signals fromthetapeduringplayback lfthese headsbecomedirtyandclogged fromlonguse thesignals ...

Page 4: ... r r n lil lta ll ll l l l r No Description O Microphone Input Socket O NoiseFjlter Edit Selector vtn on ottS itchwithIndicato 1 0 O i 4PX Filter Switch O Headphones Socket O Hi Fi Normal l ix Switch 41 Headphones OutputLevelControl D QA t1r r r1 D D AEI Picture Sharpness Control 19 4 O Cassette compartment 1 7 ...

Page 5: ...n Timer Record Button D Rewind Review Bu on Play Button FastForward CueO Button 19 D Eject Button t Channel Selection UpandDownButtons orRonButtons otR ottautons AudioDubbjng Button InsertEdrting Button E VideoPlayback Channet Setector Description Page 1 9 Stop Button t Record Button O RFOutput Socket Audio Input Sockets VideoInputSocket Audio Output Sockets D Video Output Socket 10 1 0 1 0 1 4 AC...

Page 6: ...Indicator Audio LevelMeter Recording Indicator Posilion Indicator TapeSpeedIndicator Memory Indicator Insert Editing Indicator 41 Repeat Indicator Simulcast Indicator Search Indicator 1 9 Timer Programme Number Clock Counter Display 1 1 oateoisptay 11 writeIndicator Counter lvlode Indicator ChannelDisplay 1 3 a r a t a a a t a a a a i a r r a r r a r a r r a r a a a i a a a a r r r a r r a r a r r...

Page 7: ...nnel Display Checklndicator a 9 rransmrflrng beclon PowerSourcefor theRemote Controller DigitalScanner I The Bemote Controlleris poweredby three IEC R6 Digital Scanner 4lEC B03 sizebatteries The lifeof the batteriesis aboutone year however it dependson the frequencyol use Inspectand il necessary replace the batteriesoncea year CAUTION FORBATTERYREPLACEMENT Load the new batterieswith their polariti...

Page 8: ...ppear Place theDigital Scanner vertically ontheSmallBox Tracethe barcodequicklyinthedirectionof the arrow Treat the Programming Sheetwithcare lf the sheet geis dirlyor scratched the bar code readingmay becomeimpossible Protect the DigitalScannerlrom strongshocksand vibration Keep it away from water and placeswith hightemperature andhumidity lf the bar code is tracedslowly it cannotbe read correctl...

Page 9: ...e Conneclthe AC MainsLeadto the AC l 4ains Socketof lheVTRtothemainsoutlet lftheTV setis equjpped withseparate videoandaudio inputsockets jtis recommended to connect theVTRto theTV setwithseparatevideoandaudiocables StereoAmplitier Optional Connectthe Audiolnput Socketson the VTR 1othe RECOUTSockets ontheStereo Amplifier Connect the AudioOulputSocketson the VTR to the PLAYBACK Sockets ontheStereo ...

Page 10: ...Your TV is now readytoreceive theRFoutputsignalfrom theWR orrrlElrou TESTSIGNAL To check playbacka pre recorded tapeand confirm picture quality Insomecases further linetuningis required inorderto getoptimum coiourandsound Notethatthetestsignal isonlya guide o o o o oFF rl Llllr oN TESTSIGNAL o o Turnthe TV set on and select position or another programme occupied byanyTVstation O Press theVTROn Off...

Page 11: ...hefollowing order YEAR MONTH DATE HOUR I 4INUTE ln caseof a powerfailure thetimerback up system maintainsthe clock operationand timer contentfor at least60 minutes However dependingon the charging timeandthe memory content theback up timemaybe considerably longer However it takes more than 60 minutesfor the back uDcircuitto becomeoperational afterthe VTR is connected to themains The TimerRecordFun...

Page 12: ...p beep soundindicates that lhetimesetting iscompleted set tne oigitatscannerOn OtfSwitchto OFF lf the transmissionwas not receivedcorrectly the Beep Beep Beep Beep soundfromthe VTR willwarn you Inthiscase perform transmission again lf the DigitalScanner is lelt with no operationper formed formorethan4 minutes itwillautomatically switch overto lhe power saving standby condition andthe lamp in the r...

Page 13: ...dditional TV broadcasts channels followthe TuningProcedure oetow PressthePreseVFine Normal Button ontheVTR The indication on the Multi Function Displaychanges fromthe clockindication to the oositionindication Pressthe ChannelUp or Down Buttonto selecta programme position channel whichyouwantto tune to a TV station o Press theBand AFC Button to select the 1 lll or U position Display oftheprogramme ...

Page 14: ...Button to select a programmeposition channel which you do not want to tuneto a TV station Pressthe ClearButton will be displayed in lhe Programme Position Indication Repeat stepsO and O for any programmepositions on which no slations are to be tuned Afterwards these programme positionswill be skipped during Up Downselectionof the programmeposition Pressthe PresevFine Normal Buttontwice Press lhePr...

Page 15: ...When settjng more than 2 channels repeat the steps G O above o o o t l t t t z 5 t ll t t t t f P iE O Tracethe PRESETON barcode t_ lf no operationsare performedwithin more than 4 minutes the Digital Scannerwillautomatica y turn itselfoff PresstheTransmit Button to transmit totheVTR Tracethe BAND barcode Pressthe TransmitButtonto transmitto the WR and to selectthedesiredband At everypushof the but...

Page 16: ...g Up Down selection oftheprogramme positions Trace the CLEAR ON barcode o o o l t t l l t T F tii 2 f f t t t t Press theTransmit Button totransmit totheVTR Trace the PBESET OFF barcode Press theTransmit Button Perform theoperation steps tO O above Trace thebarcodelortheprogramme position thathas beenblanked untilnow O Trace the CLEAR OFF barcode Perform theoperation stepsGt Gtabove y r l l l l l ...

Page 17: ...es When a videocassettewithbrokenout erasureprevention tab for example a pre recordedtape is inserted play backwillstartimmediately Use EE videocassettetapesonly We recommend the Panasonic Hi Fi highgradevideo cassette lapesforimproved picture andsoundquality O Press theEject Button A Erasure Prevention Tab Toprevent accidental erasure Break otfthetabwith ascrewonver Coverlheholewith adhesivetap T...

Page 18: ... singlebutton onthe Remote Controller O BepeatPlayback Whenthe BepeatButtonis pessed the R Markin the Multi Function Display ontheVTRwilllightupandplayback willstart Whenthe tapereaches the endof its recorded portion it will automatically be rewound to the beginning and playback will then startagain This processwill be performed repeatedly To stoptheRepeat Playback press theStopButton MemoryPlayba...

Page 19: ...ssed whiletheVTRis in the playback mode thetapewillbe played backathighspeed inforward direction Whenthe Rewind ReviewB Buttonis keptpressed whiletheVTRis in the playback mode thetapewittbe played backathighspeed inreverse direction To makepossible Cueor Review playback without having to keep the respective buttonpressed first pressthe Memory Repeavsearch Bulton Remote Controller sothat the Search...

Page 20: ...e To return tonormal playback press thePlayButton The following may happenexcept during Slow and Normalplaybackinforwarddirection Whenthepicture rolls vertically adjust thevertical holdcontrol onthe TVset Horizontal noise barsmayappear in thepicture as snown a00ve or thetopofthe prcture may become distorted StillandSlowPlayback Depending on the TV set used it may not be possibleto obtaina properpi...

Page 21: ...Reviewplayback modes Thisis notan indicationot a malfunction The top of the picturemay becomedistortedin the Cue Reviewor SuperStill LP mode Thisis notan indication of a malfunction When the picturerolls verticallyin the Cue or Reviewmode adjustthe verticalholdcontrolon the TV set ln LP modeonly 1 Duringany playbackmode otherthan normal playback the picturemay havesomenoisebars thecolourmaybe unst...

Page 22: ...ed partis longerthan4 seconds When the picture is distorted by noisebars press the Tracking Buttonto selectmanual trackingand adjustwith thesetwo buttons The Digital Tracking Indicator goesout Tochange back to Digital Tracking press theTracking Buttons simultaneously FEw 9 PLAY E FF EEE Pressthe Rewind Review Buttonto rewindthe taoe Pressthe FastForward Cue O Buttonto windthe tapeforward rapidly E...

Page 23: ...AEPEAI INDEX E Etg 6 Ec o o l lc a n E O E E f f The Memoryfunctionmakesit simpleand fast to find a certain position on thetapelateragain simplyby pressing the ResetButtonat that positionto set the tape counterto 0 00 00 and by pressingthe l 4emory Repeavsearch Button DuringRewindor FastForward the tapewillthen stopat approximately the desiredposition Even iftheClock Counter Display is switched ov...

Page 24: ...ethe VTR is in the pause mode picture distortionwill occur at the switching pointduringplayback Note The picturequalityin the LP mode is not as goodas that in theSPmode Q Selecton the VTR the programme position channel to be recorded In order to confirm proper receptjon turn on the TV set and selecl the video playback cnannet Pressthe RecordButton O Press the Pause Still Button ll againto continue...

Page 25: ...hangesas follows r Stereo Left Right Normalaudiotrack t andthe Leftand RightIndicators showwhichsoundmode is selectedinthefollowingway Stereo BoththeLeftandRightIndicators arelit Left The LeftIndicatoris lit Right TheRightIndicator islit Normal BoththeLeftandRightIndicators arenotlil lf a videocassetterecordedon this VTB wilh stereo or bilingual soundis playedbackon a conventional VHS videorecorde...

Page 26: ...mooth transitions between adjoining recordings seenoteson page39 Press for playbackof both mono and stereorecordings the Audio Output Mode Selector Button Remote Controller repeatedlyso thatthe Left and Right Audio Playback modeIndicator lightup To startthe playback pressthe PlayButton To reproducestereosound the AudioOutputSocketson the Hi Fi VTR must be connected to the Audio InDUt Socketson a s...

Page 27: ...l TI _ i i i o l i i r i i i io i i i i i i o Press theOTROff or Button to settheOTR ending time to11 00 When quickly andrepeatedly pressing theoTR on or Buttonor the OTR Off or Button the corresponding timeindication changesin 1 minute steps When it is kept pressed the indicationchanges in 10 minute steDs After settingthe OTR startingtime in stepO the OTR Off or Buttonmustbe pressedwithinI second...

Page 28: ...ereaches its endduringan OTRthe VTRwillturnitself off Make sure that the OTB Function One Touch TimerRecording doesnotoverlap a programmed timerrecording AnOTRalways takesprecedence overatimerrecording lt isposslble tochange theOTRstarting timeorthe ending t mebefore therecording starts lt is possible to pertorm anyVTRoperation except timerrecording untilthe recording starts lt is possible to chan...

Page 29: ...0 30to 11 45 on programmeposition channel 12 on timer programme number 2 Present date October 10 1999 f Press theCheck Programme Button to select thenext unoccupied timer programme number Press the TaoeSoeedSelector Buttonuntilthe Indicator ofthedesired lapespeed SP or LP is litinthelvlulti Function Disolav r 1l r ri olEt Press the or Button to select theprogramme position channel onwhich theTVpro...

Page 30: ... numbers 1 8 Perform theoperation stepsO to O Pressthe Buttonrepeatedly untilthe SU In dicator Sunday islit 7 Ol l r l TRACKING Perform theoperation stepsO to 9 For EverydayRecording you have the choice between3 differentmodes MondaythroughFriday Mondaythrough Saturday andSundaythroughSaturday MO TU WE IH FR_ ___O M0TU WEIHFR SA suM0 ruwE rHFR sA Forexample Programme timetortimerrecording everyday...

Page 31: ...displayed andonlythetimeris leftoperatlng lf no cassetteis insertedinthe VTR the Mark willflash After the programmedtimer recording has been made set the Timer Record Function to Off otherwisetheVTRcannotbeoperatednormally Duringrecording theprogramme position channel on theVTR cannotbe changed When you want to watch TV after setting a timer recording selectlhe desiredchannelontheTV set To cancela...

Page 32: ...i E TIMER RECORDING BYUSING THE DIGITAL SCANNER Example When programming a timer recordingfor a programme that will be broadcast on channel posjtion 4 on the3rd of the month from7 02to 7 30 trace the bar codes in the order of the numbered arrows shownbelow Set the DigitalScannerOn OffSwitchto ON D Tracethebarcodefor CHANNEL ruur etr rrrilnrn gr rlrrniirir t llllllll t ro n nllll ro tr oEffi Erm ON...

Page 33: ...ndthe timerrecording standby condition AfterusingtheVTR be sureto presstheTimerRec Buttonagain otherwise the timerrecordino willnotbe made Afterprogramming a timerrecording theVTRjs inthetimer recordingstandbymode and cannotbe usedfor any other operation such as playback lf some other operationis desired first trace the T N4ER ON OFF bar code and transmit ittotheVTRwiththeTransmit Button To laterr...

Page 34: ...tandby mode indication is h To cancela programmed timerrecording itsdatamustbedisplayed m lhe Muni Function Display lf theyarenolonger displayed fu lracethe CHECK bar codeandperform transnissbn several times ifnecessary untiltheprogramme youwan io cancel isdisplayed Then within 12 seconds O Trace the CANCEL barmde O Perform transmission To programme a newtimerrecording perform the programming from...

Page 35: ...edlybeenmadeonthe same tape portion the VHS IndexSearchfunctionmay notworkcorrectly The VHS IndexSearchfunction canonlycountthe addresses correctly if theindexsignals arespaced at least2 minutes SP mode and 5 minutes LP mooe lf the VHS lndex Search function is started ex tremelyclose to the beginningof the next pro gramme place where an address signal is recorded or fromthebeginning of thetape the...

Page 36: ...s in the playback mode pressthe Memory Repeavsearch Buttonso that the RS In dicator lights up Whenthenextindexsignalistound thetapewillbe rewound Whentheindexsignal wheretheplayback is to start is found the playback willrestart In this way automatically repeated playback can be per tormed lora tapeportion asdelined bythenumber ot index signals thatareskipped To stopthe IndexRepeatplayback pressthe...

Page 37: ...gnated timeand theplayback willthenstart lf the time searchfunctionis activated duringplayback a timeof uptoI minutes 59 seconds canbeinput The numbersin the Tape Counterdo not change during parts of the tape on which there is no recording When the tape is inserted the Tape Counterwill automatically beresetto 0 00 00 When no time is input for the time search a 2 minute lapesegmentis skipped andthe...

Page 38: ...the lnputSignalSelectorto Line Audio lnsert a video cassettewith the erasure Dreventiontab intacl When a video cassetteis alreadyinsidethe VTR press theVTROniOffSwitchto turn iton Adjust theaudiorecordinglevelas describedon page24 Set theTaoeSpeedSelector to SP or 1P O Turn tne Camera AC Adaptor on and make the necessaryadjustments on lhe camera Relerto the operatinginstructionsof the camerayou ar...

Page 39: ...EO IN Stereo TypePHONO Cable Supplied VTRlor Recording Preparation Make the necessary connections asshownintheconnec tiondiagram PresstheVTROn OffSwitches to turnbothVTRSon Set the InputSignalSelector to Line Audio Recording VTR Adjusttheaudiorecording levelas described on page24 Recording VTR Make surethatthe NoiseFilter Edit Selector of boththe recordingand playbackVTRS if equipped are in the ED...

Page 40: ...theconnec tiondiagram Set theEditSwitch Noise Filter Edit Selector onboththe Movie Camera andonthisVTRto ON or EDlT ON Q PuttneVtR intherecording pause mode O PuttheMovie Camera inthestillplayback mode Put the Movieat the pointwhereyou wanlto slarl editing intothestillplayback mode O Press thePause Still Button ontheVTR The l 4ovie Camerachangesoverto the playback modeandthedubbing willstartautoma...

Page 41: ...trollerso that the Memorv Indicator M markwilllightup PresstheInsertEditing Button TheInsertEditing Indicator lights up ll youwantto replacethe soundon the normal audio track too presstheAudioDubbing Button TheAudioDubbing indicator lights up Afterthe pictureto be insertedis prepared presslhe Pause Still Button l l Theinserteditingwillstart The inserteditingwillendat the pointwheretheTape Counter ...

Page 42: ...se StillButton l l onceagainto release the tape from pause and at the same time start the operation of the audiosource The audjodubbingwill sIan To interrupl the audiodubbing pressthe Pause Still Button The VTBwillstopinthe stillplaybackmode Thesoundinserted during audiodubbing is recorded onthe normalsoundtrack lf the HiFi soundtracks STEREO LEFT RIGHT are selected the original sound before the a...

Page 43: ...ion One Touch TimerRecording cannot be performed Clockisflashing 0 00 Setclockto present time Unattended timerrecording cannot beperformed Recording startor recording stoptime setting isincorrect Setrecording startandrecording stoptime correctly TheTimerRecord Function issetto Off SeltheTimerRecord Funclion to On Clockshowsincorrect time Adjust clockto present time Clockisflashing at 0 00 Setclock...

Page 44: ...exhausted Replacebatteries Battery polarities arereversed lnsertbatteriescorrectlv BarcodereadingwithDigital Scanner isimpossible The DigitalScanneris inthe power saving standbycondition Setthe DigitalScannerOn OtfSwitchto OFF andthento ON again The barcodehasbeeniracedtoo slowlv Tracethe barcodequickly The barcodewasnottracedallthe wav fromtheSmallBoxDastthelastbar Tracethe barcodecorrectly The b...

Page 45: ...uminance Flvlazimuth recording Coloursignal convertedsubcarrierphaseshiftrecording vrDEo rN PHONO vrDEo ouT PHoNo RFModulated 1 0 Vp p 1 0 Vp p VHF channel0 or 1 75ohm terminated 75ohm terminated 75ohm terminated morethan50 kohm lessthan1 kohm I ohm AUDIOlN PHONO morethan 10dBV MICROPHONE 70 dBV AUDIoOUT PHONO j 8 dBV HEADPHONES 30dBV 1track Normalmono only 2 channels Hj Fi sound stereo Colourjmor...

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