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2 EN Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the JVC S-VHS video cassette recorder. Before use, please read the safety information and precautions contained in the following pages to ensure safe use of your new VCR. Declaration of Conformity CAUTIONS Model Number :HR-S9800U Trade Name :JVC Responsible Party :JVC Americas Corp. CAUTION Address :1700 Valley Road Wayne, RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN N.J. 07470 Telephone Number :973-315-5000 CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. T
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EN 3 5. Ventilation IMPORTANT PRODUCT Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked or SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS covered. • Do not block the openings by placing the product on a bed, Electrical energy can perform many useful functions. But sofa, rug or other similar surface. improper use can result in potential electrical shock or fire • Do not place the product in a bui
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4 EN USE SERVICING 1. Accessories 1. Servicing To avoid personal injury: If your product is not operating correctly or exhibits a marked • Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, change in performance and you are unable to restore normal bracket, or table. It may fall, causing serious injury to a child operation by following the detailed procedure in its operating or adult, and serious damage to the product. instructions, do not attempt to service it yourself as opening or
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CONTENTS EN 5 INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR 6 Express Timer Programing .......................... 42 Checking program settings .......................................44 Basic Connections ..................................6 Canceling or changing program settings ..................44 When programs overlap each other .........................45 INITIAL SETTINGS 8 Plug & Play Setting ....................................... 8 VIDEO NAVIGATION 46 Auto Clock/Auto Tuner Set ...................................
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6 EN INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR Basic Connections ANTENNA IN Antenna or cable (Antenna or cable input) Coaxial cable Flat feeder Matching transformer (not supplied) AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT Back of VCR AC Power Cord S VIDEO OUT TV OUT AC Outlet Audio/video cable (supplied) To Audio/video input connectors S-video cable (supplied) To S-video input connector RF cable (supplied) To 75 W terminal TV HR-S9800U-EN01-22 6 00.3.29, 7:25 PM
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EN 7 Check contents Final preparation for use 1 5 Make sure the package contains all of the Turn on the VCR and set the CH3-CH4 switch on the rear (shown below) to either CH3 or CH4 correctly. accessories listed in “SPECIFICATIONS” (Z pg. c The CH3–CH4 switch is preset to the CH3 82). position. Set to CH4 if CH3 is used for broadcasting in your Situate VCR area. (To view the picture from this VCR through 2 Place the VCR on a stable, horizontal surface. this channel, select the same channel on th
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8 EN INITIAL SETTINGS This VCR sets the clock and tuner channels automatically when AC power cord is first connected to Plug & Play an AC outlet. The antenna cable must be connected for the Plug & Play setting. The time and date can be set automatically by the clock Setting setting data 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. Auto Clock Set/Auto Tuner Set Perform Plug & Play setup 1 Connect the an
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EN 9 This VCR offers you the language choice to view menus and some messages — in English, Spanish or French. Language Select the desired language using the following procedure. The default setting is “ENGLISH”. Setting Access Main Menu screen 1 Press MENU. Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV. Access Initial Set screen 2 MAIN MENU On the front panel: Press CH5° to move FUNCTION SET TUNER SET the highlight bar (arrow) = INITIAL SET 2 3 to “INITIAL
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10 EN INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) Perform clock setting only if the clock has not been set correctly by the Plug & Play setting or if you use a cable Clock Setting box. Access the Clock Set screen to perform the Semiauto or Manual Clock Set. Each procedure starts from step 4 Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR after preparation steps below are finished. channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV. If you use a cable box, set the clock manually. (Z pg. 12) Preparations 2 – 7 Access Main Menu sc
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EN 11 Setting clock semiautomatically Select D.S.T. mode 6 You have three choices: — Semiauto Clock Set AUTO– Select if you want to adjust your VCR’s You can change the host channel/D.S.T. /time zone clock automatically by the incoming setting manually. signal from the host channel. (Auto First follow steps 1 to 3 on page 10, then go to the Daylight Saving Time*) following steps. ON– Adjustment will be made by the built-in clock itself. Set Auto Clock to ON OFF– Select when Daylight Saving Time
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12 EN INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) Setting clock manually — Manual Clock Set 4 – 7 First follow steps 1 to 3 on page 10, then go to the following steps. Set time 4 On the front panel: CLOCK SET Press CH5° until the TIME DATE YEAR desired time appears, – –:– –AM 1/ 1 00 AUTO CLOCK : ON then press OK. HOST CH : AUTO (CATV) D.S.T. : AUTO On the Remote: TIME ZONE : AUTO 8 4 – 6 Press %Þ until the PRESS (5,°), THEN (OK) PRESS (MENU) TO END desired time appears, then press OK or #. c Holding CH 5° or %Þ
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EN 13 Setting channels automatically Tuner Setting — Auto Channel Set Use Auto Channel Set only if channels have not been set correctly by the Plug & Play setting. If you want to add Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR or delete channels, and want to use the ghost reduction channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV. function, use Manual Channel Set (Z pg. 14). Access Main Menu screen 1 Press MENU. Access Tuner Set screen 2 3 2 On the front panel: MAIN MENU Press CH5° to move FUNCTION SET
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14 EN INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) Access Manual Channel Set screen 2 – 4 3 On the front panel: TUNER SET Press CH5° to move BAND CATV the highlight bar (arrow) AUTO CHANNEL SET =MANUAL CHANNEL SET to “MANUAL GHOST REDUCTION (GR) ON CHANNEL SET”, then press OK. SELECT WITH (5,°) AND (OK) PRESS (MENU) TO END On the Remote: Press %Þ to move the highlight bar (arrow) to 1 5 2 – 4 “MANUAL CHANNEL SET”, then press OK or #. Add or skip desired channels 4 To add channels MANUAL CHANNEL SET On the Remote
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EN 15 Setting ghost reduction What is a “ghost”? Double images of a TV program, or a “ghost”, is a This VCR is equipped with the ghost reduction function. common problem with TV reception in urban areas. A It reduces the ghosts using a GCR (Ghost Canceller broadcasting signal, reflected from some surfaces (building, Reference) signal sent from a TV station. The ghost mountain, etc.), arrives slightly later than the signals reduction mode can be set for each channel arriving directly from the TV
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INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) 16 EN The following procedure is required if you receive your TV channels through a cable box (descrambler). The Cable Box Controller allows the VCR to automatically switch the cable box channel during timer recording. The Controller is effective for recording broadcasts that have Control been programmed using VCR Plus+ (Z pg. 38) or Express timer programing (Z pg. 42). Setting Installing Controller Suggested location Place the cable box on top of the VCR. Attach the VCR
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EN 17 Setting cable box output Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV. channel & brand After installation, set the cable box output’s channel and its brand correctly; otherwise, the Controller cannot work correctly. 3 4 Turn on cable box 1 Select a channel other than channel 9 on your cable box. Access Main Menu screen on VCR 2 Press MENU. Access Initial Set screen 3 3 4 2 On the front panel: Press CH5° to move the highlight bar (arrow) to “INITIAL S
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INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) 18 EN Select cable box output channel 5 5 Your selection depends CABLE BOX SET on how your cable box is connected to your OFF VCR. c If your cable box is connected to your PRESS (5,°), THEN (OK) VCR’s ANTENNA IN PRESS (MENU) TO END terminal on the rear Press CH 5° on the front panel or %Þ on the 6 7 Remote until the channel number representing the cable box’s output (CH2 – CH9) appears on the screen. c If your cable box is connected to your VCR’s AUDIO/VIDEO IN connect
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EN 19 CABLE BOX BRAND LIST If the VCR’s clock has not been set (with AUTO BRAND CODE CLOCK set to ON) “CABLE BOX USERS SET CLOCK MANUALLY” appears for ARCHER 1, 5, 17 about 5 seconds when you press OK in step 6, then the CABLETENNA 1, 17 CABLEVIEW 15, 16, 17, 21, 25 Clock Set screen appears. CITIZEN 15, 16, 17, 21, 25 Perform Manual Clock Set on page 12. If you press MENU CURTIS 2, 8 after the clock has been set, the Cable Box Brand Set DIAMOND 1, 17 screen appears. EASTERN 19 GC BRAND 15, 16, 1
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20 EN INITIAL SETTINGS (cont.) The following procedure is required if you receive satellite channels through a DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) DBS Receiver receiver. The Controller allows the VCR to automatically switch the DBS receiver’s channels during timer recording. Control Setting NOTES: c The VCR can automatically change the DBS receiver channels using the Controller when the VCR has been Suggested location programed using Express timer programing (Z pg. 42). Place the DBS (Direct Broadc
