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Summary of Contents for VP-1000

Page 1: ... Use of controls or adjustments or per formance of procedures other than those speci fied here in may result in hazardous radiation exposure WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDI DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOI STURE CONTENTS SAFET Y INSTRUCTIONS 2 FEATURES 3 REAR PANEL FACILITIES 4 CONNECTIONS 5 FRONT PANEL FACILITIES 7 TOP PANEL FACI LITIES 8 BEFORE OPERATION 9 OPERATION 10 TROUBL...

Page 2: ...g instructions or as marked on the appliance GROUNDING The precautions that should be taken so that the grounding of an appliance is not defeated POWER CORD PROTECTION Power supply cords should be routed to that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particular attention to cords at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from...

Page 3: ...ion we re commend that a hi fi stereo system one from Pioneer for example is used to take full advantage of the hi fi sound quality of the laser disc Both standard play CAV and extended play CLV laser disc can be played and VP l000 automatically detects these laser discs and play accordingly The standard play disc also known as the CAV or constant angular velocity disc spins at the same constant s...

Page 4: ...et We suggest also that you connect your VHF antenna lead directly to the ANTENNA IN ter minals 7 or 8 on VP l000 this will allow automatic switching between laser disc playback and regular TV re ception When you turn on VP 1000 the laser d isc signal will be sent to your TV set and when you turn off VP 1000 TV VHF broadcasts will be received G AUDIO OUTPUT T hese jacks provide the left and right ...

Page 5: ...eparation 1 Cu t OU t the cen ter port ion 2 Twist the lead w ire 3 Unscrew the terminal cap and wind the wire arou nd the stud between the toothed washer and the hose 4 Tighten the terminal cap AN TENNA IN 750 UNBAL I I I I L __ J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ l 75 ohms F type plug preparation 1 Strip the end of the cable 2 Slip the accessory ring over the coaxial cable and then bend back the shield 3 Insert ...

Page 6: ... Strip the end of the cable as shown in step 1 2 Prepare the end as shown in steps 2 and 3 3 Loosen the three screws insert the cable 4 Tighten th e three screws firmly Fig 5 Connections to a standard TV set 3 Next set your TV to channel 3 or 4 whichever is not used for commercial TV broadcasts in your area Then set VHF CHANNEL SELECTOR on VP 1000 to the same channel accordingly as shown in fig 6 ...

Page 7: ...the optional remote control unit RU l000 CD SPINDLE Place the laser disc over this spindle The spindle is coupled directly to the motor which rotates the disc at desired re volution DI SC CLAMP When you close the lid the magnetic clamp holds the disc on the spindle automatically to ensure stable rotation OBJECTIVE LENS Th is is the key part of the player that reads the signals recorded on the lase...

Page 8: ...ors on these keys light up to show that the audio channels are being reproduced FAST x 3 Press the right end of this key for triple speed forward play press the left end for triple speed reverse play Audio is not reproduced while this key is pressed J SCAN Use this key to quickly locate a specific part of the program that you want to see Press the right end of the key for for ward scanning press t...

Page 9: ... some time is requir ed for the player to switch to a next commanded function mode For example when the PLAY key is pressed after REJECT during the SEARCH mode during the return period in the auto repeat mode OPENING THE LID The power must be turned on before the REJECT OPEN key is pressed in order to open the lid Never try to force the Iid to open REMOVING THE SHIPPING SCREW To prevent possible d...

Page 10: ... lid as described above hold the disc by both edges and lift it off the spindle Replace the laser disc in its jacket after use NOTE Only open the lid when it is necessary to remove and to install the laser discs Otherwise leave the lid closed to keep out dust and dirt STARTING THE PLAYER 1 Turn on the power on the player TV set and stereo sys tem if you are reproducing the audio signal through a s...

Page 11: ...on The red indicators on both AUDIO keys light up at the same time In special cases such as bilingual program you do not want to reproduce both channels simultaneously press either the Li1 or R 2 key to turn off the sound from the channel you are not using This will also turn off the indicator light on the key Press the same key again to turn on the sound from that channel again the indicator will...

Page 12: ...mber from the screen Frame numbers are not displayed for extended play CLV laser discs Instead the time elapsed since the beginning of the program is displayed digitally The first one digits show hours and the second two digits show minutes PICTURE STOP Even though this would be a rare case there is a function called picture stop which freeze the frame by a specially re corded code in the laser di...

Page 13: ...order Fig 18 b 1 3 Check to see that your desired frame number is correctly displayed on the TV screen Then press the SEARCH key again While the player is searching for your frame the TV screen is blank and the STANDBY indicator flashes on and off When the desired frame is found it is reproduced in the STILL mode NOTE If you decide to get out of the search mode after beginning the input procedure ...

Page 14: ...l 3 or 4 Player VHF CHANNEL SELECTOR is at wro ng setti ng Player is in the PAUSE mode Make correct connections Set TV to the channel 3 or 4 that is not used for TV broadcasting in you r area Set to same channel Press the PLA Y key Pictu re quality is Bad connections between player and TV set Check all co nnections particularly F type bad Player VHF out channel is different from TV channel TV fine...

Page 15: ...ore than 60dBp comply with FCC specifications Impedance 75 ohms unbalanced Terminal F type jack Audio Characteristics Audio Output Two channels stereo or two individual channels Level 650mV nominal 1kHz 100 mod 50 kilohms terminated Impedance Less than 2 2 kilohms unbalanced Terminal Stereo pinjacks Total harmonic distortion Less than 0 3 1kHz 75 mod Signal to noise ratio More than 55dB 1kHz 100 m...

Page 16: ...C h orne M eguro ku T okyo 153 J a pan UNIVERSAL PIONEER CORPORATION 4 1 Meguro 1 Chorne MegurO ku Tok y o 153 Japan U S PIONEER ELECTRONICS CORPORATIO 8 5 Oxford D r iv e Mo o nachie New Jersey 07074 U S A 80J06MON07 Printed in Japan V RB 002 C ...

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