Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto VRB411AT del fabbricante Magnavox
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Introduction 3 Features • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Clock Setting with Time Zone • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic Operation Features • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Blue Ba.
4 Table of Contents Setting Up Your VCR Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
● Use only tapes with the mark. ● Remove any light adhesive stick-on notes from the video cas- sette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removable labels can jam the VCR. ● Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel- lent performance.
R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT OR CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT 75 V ANT / CABLE OR 75 V ANT / CABLE 6 Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below.
R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT 75 V ANT / CABL.
8 Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection: ● You may view any channel. ● You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. Channels cannot be changed at the VCR.
Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT IN OUT 75 V ANT / CABLE With this connection: ● You may watch one channel while recording another. ● You may not record scrambled channels.
10 Hookups with a Stereo TV ● Audio and Video cables are not supplied. 1 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of the VCR. 2 Connect a video cable to the yellow VIDEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR. Then, connect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on your TV.
1 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button. The VCR light and the PWR. (power) light will appear on the dis- play panel. 2 Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR. The display shown below will appear.
12 Automatic Channel Setup 2 Press the MENU button . SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT • You can not enter the TUNER SET UP menu when you are in Line Input mode (channel 001 or 002). When you select channel 001 or 002, AV REAR or AV FRONT will appear on the screen briefly.
Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 2 Press the MENU button . SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 124 DELETED 125 DELETED 1 → DELETED 2 ADDED 3 ADDED TO END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.
14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 4 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select CH MEMORY REVIEW, then press the F.FWD/ B button. A list of programmed channels will appear on the screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t fit on the screen, press the F.
Setting the Clock 15 2 Press the MENU button . There are two ways to set the clock. With manual clock setting, you tell the VCR the current time. With automatic clock setting, the VCR gets the current time from your local PBS station. It keeps track of the time by constantly referring to the time broad- casted by your PBS station.
TIME 02 :15 PM MONTH – – / – – /– – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT TIME 02 :15 PM DATE 07/ 01 / 00 SAT. TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 5 Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) and two Number buttons for the minute(s). Then press 1 for AM or 2 for PM.
Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 4 ● If you want the VCR to locate a local PBS station from which to take the time, press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET PBS CH. AUTO. Then press the F.FWD/ B button. When the current time appears on the screen, you’re finished.
18 Setting the Clock (cont’d) Time Zone When using the AUTO CLOCK function, you can specify your time zone. That way, the VCR will update the clock according to your time zone. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button . 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.
2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the STATUS/EXIT button.
20 Language Selection 2 Press the MENU button . Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays and menus. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select LANGUAGE, then press the F.
Setting the Remote to Operate a TV 21 • The remote control may only operate some features of your TV. For exam- ple, the remote control may turn on the TV power, but it may not change channels at the TV. • If you can not change the channels at the TV using the Number but- tons, press the ENTER button after you press the Number buttons.
• The remote control may only operate some features of your Cable Box/DBS. For example, the remote control may turn off the Cable Box/DBS power, but it may not change channels at the Cable Box/DBS. • If you can not change the channels at the Cable Box by using the Number buttons, press the ENTER button after you press the Number buttons.
Remote Control Buttons 23 VOL CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH ALT. CH PAUSE/STILL MUTE TV CBL/DBS VCR F.FWD REW PLAY STOP VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR ENTER SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP).
24 Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) CLEAR Button Press to erase incorrect data when programming VCR functions. Also, press to reset the real-time counter.
SELECT op CHOOSE B → STATUS [ON] COUNTER ONLY [OFF] TO END PUSH EXIT On-Screen Status Displays 25 • You may not access a status display when viewing a still picture, during slow motion playback, or during a search. • A status display may not be avail- able when you are watching TV if Blue Background is set to OFF.
26 VCR Display Panel Cassette Compartment Insert a tape here. VCR Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. This light does not appear when the VCR is in TV position. REC(ord) Light This light appears during a record- ing. It flashes when a recording is paused.
Front Panel 27 PAUSE Button While recording, press to pause the recording. Press again to resume recording. Details are on page 30. You can not pause a One-Touch Recording. During tape playback, press to freeze the picture. Press again to resume playback.
28 Rear Panel AUDIO IN Jack(s) Connect audio cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 37.
Playing 29 • If the tape you want to play is already in the VCR, make sure the VCR power is on and the VCR is in VCR position. (The VCR light will appear on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) Press the VCR button, then press the PLAY/ o button.
Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4 , whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. 30 Recording 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. 4 If the VCR light appears on the display panel, go to step 5.
2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. (See page 30.) Recording One Channel/Watching Another 31 • If your VCR remote control does not operate your TV, see page 21 for details. • If you use a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System hookup, you may not be able to watch one channel while recording another.
32 One-Touch Recording 1 Press the VCR button, then press the CH(annel) o / p but- ton or the Number buttons to select the channel you want to record. OTR (0:30) CH12 2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button repeatedly until the desired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours) appears on the screen.
DAILY PROGRAM (MON-FRI) PROGRAM -1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8- SELECT PROGRAM NUMBER TO END PUSH EXIT Timer Recording 33 Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro- grams while you’re away from home. The VCR will turn itself on, record, and turn itself off automatically.
ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON – – : – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 6 Press two Number buttons for the hour you want the recording to begin. Press two Number buttons for the minute you want the recording to begin. Press 1 for AM or 2 for PM.
ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON 09:30 PM TIME OFF 11:00 PM REC SPEED SLP SP=1 SLP=2 TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT Timer Recording (cont’d) 35 8 Press the Number 1 button to record in SP speed or the Number 2 button to record in SLP speed.
36 Timer Recording (cont’d) 6 Repeat steps 1 - 4 to make sure you have cleared the cor- rect timer recording. • CLASH may flash on the screen when you finish setting a timer recording. This means that the timer recording you just programmed and another timer record- ing overlap.
1 Make the connections shown above. Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 37 3 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. The VCR must be in VCR position. (The VCR light will appear on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.
38 Repeat Play Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over and over. 2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the F.FWD/ B button so that ON appears beside REPEAT PLAY.
• The MEMORY button does not function if REPEAT PLAY is set to ON. Details are on page 38. • To erase a real-time counter memo- ry, press the MEMORY button until the M disappears from the screen. • You may only set the real-time counter to zero at one location at a time.
40 Time Search Follow the steps below to program the VCR to search forward or backward on a tape a specific length of time. There must be a tape in the VCR. 2 Press the TIME SEARCH button. 3 Within 10 seconds, use the Number buttons to enter the desired length of time you want to skip forward or back- ward.
Special Effects Playback 41 Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD/ B button or the REW(ind)/ { button. A fast forward or reverse picture search will begin. 2 To return to playback, press the PLAY/ o button.
42 Automatic Operation Features The following playback features will always operate. Automatic Playback When you put a tape in the VCR, the power will come on auto- matically.
Multi-Channel Television Sound System (VRB611 only) 43 To record and play back programs broadcast in stereo, even if you have a Single Speaker TV, just use one of the connections shown, then follow the steps on pages 44-45.
6 44 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (VRB611 only) (cont’d) 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TV STEREO or 2ND AUDIO.
VOL CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW REC/OTR SPEED TIME SEARCH ALT. CH PAUSE/STILL MUTE TV CBL/DBS VCR F.FWD REW PLAY STOP VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR ENTER Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (VRB611 only) 45 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button.
1 Press the VCR button. 2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 4 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select BLUE BACKGROUND. Then, press the F.FWD/ B button repeatedly so that OFF (or ON) appears beside BLUE BACKGROUND.
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Tape cannot be inserted. • Insert the tape, window side up, with the record tab facing you. • Make sure a tape isn’t already in the VCR by pressing the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR. • Gently push on the center of the tape when putting it in the VCR.
Glossary 49 AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the front and back of the VCR which are used to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another system (OUT). The VRB411 has a single AUDIO IN jack on the front and back of the VCR. It has a single AUDIO OUT jack on the back of the VCR.
50 Specifications Video Heads Four heads – Hi-Fi (VRB611) Four heads (VRB411) Video Signal EIA standards; NTSC color Antenna VHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output Signal Channel 03.
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IB8183E001 Printed In China 0VMN02401 / H58R0UD, H59R0UD * * * * * S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES The following items are supplied with your VCR; they are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. The following additional items are not provided with your VCR, but they are designed for use with your new VCR.
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