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EN ENGLISH
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
HR-J693U
INSTRUCTIONS
LPT0889-001A Printed in China
COPYRIGHT © 2004 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD. 0104MAR-PR-BJ
Dear Customer,
Caution on Replaceable lithium battery
Thank you for purchasing the JVC VHS video cassette recorder. Before use,
The battery used in this device may present a fire or chemical burn hazard if
please read the safety information and precautions to ensure safe use of
mistreate
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 2 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM 2. Lightning IMPORTANT PRODUCT SAFETY For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable INSTRUCTIONS system. This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. But improper and power-line surges. use can result in potentia
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 3 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM SERVICING How to use the Remote 1. Servicing Before use, insert the lithium If your product is not operating correctly or exhibits a marked battery — CR2032 — change in performance and you are unable to restore normal correctly, with the plus(+) operation by following the detailed procedure in its operating side up into the battery instructions, do not attempt to service it yourself as opening or compartment. To open it, R
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 4 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM Buttons, Connectors and Indicators Front Panel Cassette loading slot REC PAUSE PLAY STOP/EJECT VIDEO/AUDIO Infrared beam input connectors receiving window Display panel Timer mode indicator Play indicator VCR mode indicator Record indicator Channel and auxiliary input/Clock timer Rear Panel AC power cord CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE — 4 — Page 4 January 15, 2004 10:38 am
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 5 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Buttons, Connectors and Indicators – Remote On-screen display If you press OSD (OK) on the Remote when “SUPERIMPOSE” is set to “ON”( pg. 14), you can see the current VCR status on the TV screen. Press OSD (OK) again to exit on-screen display. The indications are not recorded even if the VCR is in the recording mode. A L CH125 RECORD K B THU 12:00 AM PAUSE STEREO –WARNING– SP J C SAP TIMER RECORDING CANCEL TIMER TO
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 6 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM D Perform Plug&Play setup Connections and Plug the AC power cord into an AC outlet. Do not turn on the VCR. The clock and tuner channels will be set automatically. The time and date can be set automatically by the clock setting data Plug&Play Setting transmitted from one of the regular TV broadcast channels. We call this TV channel the “host channel” and it is a PBS channel in your area. A Check contents ATTENTION: Make sure
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 7 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Connections and Plug&Play Setting – E Set VCR channel Initial Settings The VCR channel is the channel on which you can watch the picture from the VCR on the TV when only using the RF connection. To reset the VCR channel, perform the following steps: A Press POWER to turn off the VCR, then press STOP/EJECT Language Setting (0) on the VCR for more than 5 seconds. “CH3” appears The default setting is “ENGLISH”. on the display p
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HR-J693U_EN.fm Page 8 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:54 AM – Initial Settings – Setting clock semiautomatically Setting clock manually — Semiauto Clock Set — Manual Clock Set You can change the host channel/D.S.T. (Daylight Saving Time)/ First follow steps 1 to 2 in “Preparations” ( pg. 7), then go to time zone setting manually. First follow steps 1 to 2 in the following steps. “Preparations” above, then go to the following steps. A Set time, date and year CLOCK SET NOTE: TIME DATE YEAR Pres
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 9 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Initial Settings – Setting channels manually Playback — Manual Channel Set You can add the channels you want or delete the channels you do not want manually. Basic Playback A Access Main Menu screen, then Tuner MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET Set screen TUNER SET Turn on the VCR and TV, and select the VCR channel (or AV INITIAL SET Press MENU on the Remote. Press rt to mode). move the highlight bar (arrow) to “TUNER SET”, then press
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 10 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Playback – Selecting monitor sound — Audio Monitor While playing back a tape on which stereo sound or SAP sound is recorded, press A. MONITOR on the Remote. Each time you press the button, sound changes. HI-FI: Normally select this. Hi-Fi sound is played back. Reverse Forward HI-FI L: Sound on the left Hi-Fi channel is played back. Reverse HI-FI R: Sound on the right Hi-Fi channel is played back. Reverse Slow Forward Reverse
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 11 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Playback – Locating beginning of recordings Recording — Index Search It may be unlawful to record or play back copyrighted material When recording on this VCR, index codes are placed on the tape without the consent of the copyright owner. at the beginning of each recording. Accidental erasure prevention A While the tape is not running, press 2 or 6 on the To prevent accidental recording on a Remote to start search. recorded
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 12 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Recording – Recording Features Timer Recording Up to 8 timer recording programs can be made using express Turn on the VCR and TV, and select the VCR channel (or AV timer programing method as far as a year in advance. Remember, mode). the clock must be set before you can program the timer. Specifying recording length Turn on the VCR and TV, and select the VCR channel (or AV mode). — Instant Timer Recording (ITR) During record
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 13 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Timer Recording – To use the VCR while it is in timer Program overlap warning display If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED PROGRAM OVERLAP” recording standby mode appears, you have another program overlapping the program you have just made. The Program Check screen appears and Press TIMER, then press POWER. After you use the VCR, press conflicting programs will start blinking. TIMER again to put the VCR into timer recording standby mod
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 14 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM C Change setting Other Functions Press OK or e. The default setting is bold in the following table. Press MENU to return to normal screen. After a power failure occurs, Function Settings will be reset to Checking tape position its default setting. When you change the VCR operation mode from the stop mode to fast forward PICTURE CONTROL — NORM/EDIT/SOFT/SHARP or rewind mode, or when you perform an This function helps you to
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 15 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM – Other Functions – VIDEO STABILIZER — ON/OFF Editing When this function is set to “ON”, you can automatically correct vertical vibrations in the picture when playing back unstable You can use your VCR as the playback or recording VCR. You can recordings made on another VCR. use a camcorder as the playback VCR and your VCR as the NOTE: recording VCR. Refer also to the other components’ instruction To watch recordings with c
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HR-J693U_EN-new.fm Page 16 Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:38 AM TUNER Specifications Tuning system : Frequency-synthesized tuner Channel coverage VHF : Channels 2–13 GENERAL UHF : Channels 14–69 Power requirement : AC 120 Vd, 60 Hz CATV : 113 Channels Power consumption RF output : Channel 3, 4 or – (off) (preset to Power on : 13 W Channel 3 when shipped) 75 ohms, Power off : 1.4 W unbalanced Temperature Operating : 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) TIMER Storage : –20°C to 60°C (–4°F to140°F)
