Panasonic NV-HS820 Series, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...0 Satellite or Digital Receiver 13 Timer Recording 14 Search Functions 16 Editing 16 Connecting a Decoder 17 Connecting a Stereo Amplifier 17 Manual Tuning 18 Setting the VCR s Clock 20 Various Settings 20 Other Function 22 Before Requesting Service 23 Index 25 Specifications 26 Please read through all these operating instructions especially the safety information before connecting or operating th...

Page 2: ...oing so may cause noise to adversely affect the picture and sound Do Wipe the VCR with a clean and dry cloth Install the VCR in a horizontal position Keep the VCR TV and other equipment switched off until you have finished all connections Condensation may form in the following cases The VCR is brought from cold surroundings into a well heated room The VCR is suddenly brought from cool surroundings...

Page 3: ...LUME STILL ALBUM REPLAY REC VCR DATE CANCEL RESET AUDIO OSD DISPLAY AV LINK SP LP EP r s r s r s ON OFF TV SV V AV MENU EXIT OK PROG CHECK TIMER Á SEARCH INDEX 1 2 3 7 8 0 9 4 5 6 INPUT SELECT Í DIRECTTV REC TV ASPECT TV TEXT TRACKING V LOCK VOLUME STILL ALBUM REPLAY REC VCR DATE CANCEL RESET AUDIO OSD DISPLAY AV LINK SP LP EP r s r s r s ON OFF TV SV V AV MENU EXIT OK PROG CHECK TIMER Á SEARCH IN...

Page 4: ... Child Lock function is automatically cancelled after the power backup time of approximately 60 minutes has elapsed If you cannot cancel the Child Lock function press the EXIT button and perform the operation Menu Operation Cursor buttons To select items on the menu MENU button To display the Main menu EXIT button To exit the menu OK button To comfirm or store the selection TV Operation Only Panas...

Page 5: ... connected to the matching pin of the plug on the other end of the cable If the TV set is equipped with a 21 pin Scart socket that features Y C signal separation set the Normal S Video Output switch on the rear panel to S VIDEO OUT so that you can play back with high picture quality and use a fully wired 21 pin Scart cable not supplied to connect the VCR to the TV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Connectin...

Page 6: ...tch the TV on The TV starts to tune all available TV stations and to adjust the clock When the TV has finished its own auto setup the VCR is automatically switched on and the downloading of the setup data from the TV to the VCR starts Applicable to TVs with Q Link or DATA LOGIC function If your TV is equipped with the Easy Link Megalogic or SMARTLINK function the Country setting menu appears on th...

Page 7: ...es to Press the OK button to conclude the setting To cancel the Auto Setup before it has finished Press the EXIT button When the clock setting menu appears after Auto Setup has finished Press the Cursor buttons 3421 to set the correct time and date Press the OK button to conclude the setting To confirm that the TV stations have been tuned correctly by the Auto Setup function See page 18 When no st...

Page 8: ... the RF output channel Enter a channel number which differs by 2 or 3 from the one initially set number For example as the original number is 36 enter 39 Retune your TV to the VCR s new RF output channel Press the OK button to conclude the setting To cancel the Auto Setup before it has finished Press the EXIT button When the clock setting menu appears after Auto Setup has finished Press the Cursor...

Page 9: ...de the picture may be in black and white When you play back a tape recorded in the EP mode the picture and the sound may be distorted However these are not malfunctions REPLAY To Play back a Recorded Part Repeatedly Press the Play button on the remote control for more than 5 seconds The R indication appears on the TV screen If OSD is set to OFF See page 20 the R indication will not appear in repea...

Page 10: ...R without EP mode function On the other VCR even with EP mode function when you play back the tape recorded in the EP mode the picture may be distorted However this is not a malfunction To Display the Approximate Remaining Tape Time See page 20 to set the tape length Press the OSD DISPLAY button repeatedly until the remaining tape time appears on the VCR display Pressing the OSD DISPLAY button onc...

Page 11: ... you want to record copy onto this VCR When that point is reached press the Pause Slow button again to start recording the new picture and sound from the playback unit To record copy additional scenes press the Pause Slow button to put this VCR in the recording pause mode and then perform above step again At the point where you want to stop recording press the Stop button to finish recording Hint ...

Page 12: ...n so that the S VHS ET indicator is lit Recording is performed in the S VHS picture quality When a cassette that was recorded using S VHS ET function is played back on a VHS VCR without S VHS quasi playback function noisy playback picture will appear Notes We recommend that you use cassettes other than type E300 When receiving SECAM signals or when you set Video system on the Manual tuning menu or...

Page 13: ...e a satellite receiver with a timer function is connected to the AV2 socket of this VCR by a 21 pin cable it is possible to control the recording of the VCR from this equipment Make sure that AV2 is set to EXT LINK 1 or EXT LINK 2 See page 21 Timer programming has to be done on the external equipment and switch to the timer recording standby mode refer to its operating instructions Press the EXT L...

Page 14: ...sor buttons 3421 to set VPS PDC to ON or OFF jjj See page 15 for VPS PDC recording Press the OK button to conclude the setting Press the TIMER button to switch the VCR over to the timer recording standby mode Check that Á is lit on the VCR display If it is flashing check the timer recording details again See page 15 To Programme with the ShowView Function The ShowView numbers make it extremely eas...

Page 15: ...g start and stop with the actual broadcasting start and stop of the TV programme Press the Cursor buttons 3421 to make the ON indication appear ON must be displayed under VPS PDC on the TV screen The TV station must broadcast VPS PDC signals The programme starting time must be set correctly to the starting time listed in the newspaper magazine To Check Change or Cancel Timer Recording Programmings...

Page 16: ... programme that you want to locate and play back Press the SEARCH button to start the search for the beginning of the selected programme After the desired recorded programme has been found playback starts automatically If after playback has started you want to search for the beginning of the same or another programme press the SEARCH button Playback stops and the Programme List menu appears To Can...

Page 17: ...screen the TV is also automatically switched to the VCR mode however the VCR indication does not appear in this case When you start playback on the VCR the TV is automatically switched to the VCR mode However during playback it is not possible to switch the TV back to the TV mode If a Pay TV station has been selected on the VCR when you switch to the TV mode the picture on the TV is scrambled when...

Page 18: ...ion you can set it up manually Press the MENU button to display the Main menu on the TV screen Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select Tuning Press the OK button to display the Tuning menu on the TV screen Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select Manual Press the OK button to display the list of tuned TV stations Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select the TV station that you want to tune manually Press ...

Page 19: ...OK OK MENU OK OK To Delete Add or Move a Programme Position Press the MENU button to display the Main menu on the TV screen Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select Tuning Press the OK button to display the Tuning menu on the TV screen Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select Manual Press the OK button to display the list of tuned TV stations Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select the desired TV station ...

Page 20: ...s the MENU button to display the Main menu on the TV screen Press the Cursor buttons 34 to select Clock setting Press the OK button to display the Clock setting menu on the TV screen Confirm that Clock setting is set to MAN and then press the OK button Use the Cursor buttons 3421 to set the date and time Instead of the Cursor buttons 3421 you can also use the Numeric buttons to set the date and ti...

Page 21: ...s connected EXT LINK 1 When a digital receiver which transmits a special control signal recordings via the 21 pin Scart cable for example the F U N receiver TU DSF30 S3 is connected for the linked timer recordings See page 13 EXT LINK 2 When an external equipment with a timer function is connected for the linked timer recordings See page 13 EXT When another VCR or a satellite receiver is connected...

Page 22: ...either L nor R indication is displayed 4 Tape speed indicator 5 Tape running display 6 Present time Tape counter Remaining tape time Index Search One Touch Recording OTR Playback Off Timer Function Present time 17 24 31 Tape counter 2 35 47 Remaining tape time REMAIN 2 34 Index Search 5 02 One Touch Recording OTR OTR 60 Playback Off Timer Function 30 Notes If OSD is set to OFF none of the above in...

Page 23: ...me reason you want to record a stereo bilingual or NICAM TV programme intentionally in mono on the Hi Fi audio tracks set Mono to ON for the programme position on which the desired programme is broadcast as described on page 18 Before Requesting Service On Screen Display Messages The error messages are given in brackets Please insert video tape You pressed the REC button REC OTR button the DIRECT ...

Page 24: ...se However this is not a malfunction Recording Is Not Possible or Does Not Work Properly When recording is attempted the 1 indication flashes A video cassette with a broken out erasure prevention tab is used Use a cassette with an intact tab or if you want to erase the previously recorded contents on the cassette cover the tab hole with two layers of adhesive tape The playback picture of a recorde...

Page 25: ...enu 4 MESECAM 18 21 Mono 18 NICAM 23 NTSC playback 22 OSD 20 22 OTR 10 PAL 18 21 Playback 9 Playback off timer 9 Pos 15 18 Power save 21 Programme list search 16 Page Q Link 5 Recording 10 Remaining tape time 10 Repeat 9 Replay 9 Reset 4 Review 9 Rewind 9 RF 5 7 8 Satellite receiver 13 Scart cable 5 7 Shipping condition 19 ShowView 14 Slow playback 9 SP 10 14 15 Stereo 22 Still album 16 Still play...

Page 26: ...nance FM azimuth recording Colour signal converted subcarrier phase shift recording Input Level 1 0 Vp p 75 ohm terminated Output Level 1 0 Vp p 75 ohm terminated RF Modulated UHF channel 21 69 75 ohm AUDIO Input Level j6 dBV more than 10 kohm Output Level j6 dBV less than 1 kohm Video Horizontal Resolution Colour more than 240 lines VHS SP Colour more than 400 lines S VHS S VHS ET S Video socket ...