Page 1: ... purchasing this AKAI video cassette recorder To ensure optimum performance ol this unit please read this operator s manual thoroughly Operator s Manual f t l fll lE r vvur l c NES HIGH QUALITY PAT Akai Creative At Heart ...
Page 2: ...s in serted Auto rewind The video tape is automatically rewound when the end of the tape is reached during the play recording or quick finder for waro mooe Auto tape reiect lf a videotape with its recording defeattab removed is loaded the VCR willautomatically eject it when the record ortimer but ton rs presseo Auto play ll the video tape s recording defeat tab has been removed playback will begin...
Page 3: ... never by the cord Only let a qualified professional repair or reassemble the video cassette recorder An inexperienced person might touch the internal parts and get a serious electric shock Never put anything especially metal into the video cas sette recorder Use a household AC power source only Never use a DC power source Do not place anything heavy on top of the VCR ll water is spilled on the VC...
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Page 5: ... video tape Also to start forward quick fin der during playback POWER standby button To turn the VCR on or off standby mode CHANNEL button To select TV channels SPEED button To set the tape speed for recording ll Pause still button To set the VCR to the recording pause mode lrom the recor ding or stop mode or to freeze the playback picture l HO button To improve picture quality during recording or...
Page 6: ...ving time AUTO TRACKING button To correct tracking automatically COUNTER BESET button To reset the tape counter AUDIO DUBBING button To set the VCR to the audio dubbing mode NEXT button To display the nexFmode POWER ON STANDBY button To turn the VCR S power on or oif standby mode W VCR button To watch a different TV programme than the one you are rec ordrng A Eiect button To eject the video tape f...
Page 7: ...hatthe remote controlwillnot operate both VCFIS at the same time This gives you the freedom to control each VCR separately The VCR is initially set to code A so please make sure that the remote control is set to code A otherwise the VCR can not be operated with the remote control To change the VCR code I From the standby mode power of0 press the stop r button on the lront panel for a tew seconds E...
Page 8: ...to transmit data the clock will stop and all programme data in the remote controlwill be can celled after a short time After replacing the batteries use the remote control to reset the clock and programme data lf the batteries are replaced quickly after removing the old batteries the clock and pro gramme modes may not be cancelled While changing the batteries do not press any of the remote control...
Page 9: ...ction cord to the VCF S RF OUT terminal Connect the other end of the provided connection cord to the T s antenna terminal lf your Tv has audio video lN terminals connect them totheVCF s VIDEO AUDIO OUT terminals with an audio video cable for better sound and picture quality this cable is optional and is available trom your audio video dealer Connect the provided powercableto the ACsocket Connect t...
Page 10: ...record but ton is pressed after the 5 minute period there will be a short time before the VCR resoonds I Press the r 4 stop eiect button When theVCR is in the stop mode pressthe button once to eject the tape the eject button on the remote control can also be used Duringthe playback or record mode press the button twice once to stop the tape and twice to elect it To prevent accidental erasure ot pr...
Page 11: ...hannel number appears when the VCR S power is on When a tape is playing the elapsed time ol the tape is shown in hours minutes and seconds The remain time of the tape is also shown here Also indicated are the modes below fl ij When recording from an external source 5 When using the intro scan and index search modes BEMAIN indicator Lights when showing the remaining time of a tape LP indicator Ligh...
Page 12: ...el x7 il Audio dubbing pause x5 Ouick finder reverse 5 and 7 times normal speed tt Audio dubbing x 7 a Play Reverse play x3 rK3 lndex search forward and indgx number lndex search revers and index number D t Slow forwa d Slow reverse frD s lntro scan forward and index number W stitl Reverse still Dl Blank search ll Fast forward Rewind Note Additional indicators which appear on the TV screen are exp...
Page 13: ...nections setting the video channelis not necessary in this case simply set the TV s TV VCR switch to VCR To confirm that the video channel is propefly set I Press the PROG LIST button on the remote con trol SIART lf the video channel has been properly set the pro gramme clock screen will be displayed on the TV ll the programme clock screen is nol clearly displayed finer tuning of the video channel...
Page 14: ...reset TV stations PS CANCEL To cancel preset TV stations CLOCK SET To set the clock MODE To select the SPEED BSP oSD AV MUTE TV VCB DIMMER and AUTO OFF modes SEARCH To select the BLANK SEARCH and INTRO SCAN modes Detailed information appears in the respective sections later in the manual 1 Press the MENU REVIEW bution I IIENU LANGUAGE P3 PRESET PS CAI CEL CL K SEI rcoE SEAACH 3 4 Select wwith the ...
Page 15: ...o select another wave band for presetting V H for example p ess the button then use the button to choose the band that you want Then press the button to return to the tuning position Ii PflESET t PSi PS PNESET PSi i2 TPTY PS PFESET PSt PS PBESET r Tune in the station by pressing the button L lf a band is not selected TV scanning willstan on the VHF low band and proceed through the VHF high and UHF...
Page 16: ...be displayed on the TV screen Select the channel that you want to cancel with the CHANNEL buttons 2 3 PS CArcEL PS9 Press the CANCEL button to cancelthe preset station The channelnumber willbe replaced by the next highest preset channel number PS CAI CEL PS Pg CANCEL 4 5 To continue cancelling stations repeat steps 2 and 3 Press the MENU REVIEW button when you have fin ished cancelling the station...
Page 17: ...utton lo start the clock t The clock will start and the transmit indicator will flash Clock data can now be tlansmitted to the VCR E B l5 lry Il g1 Pointthe remote controlatthe VCR S remote sensor window and press the OK button to transmit the clock dala The time will appear on the VCR s FL display Press the CLOCK CH button twice to return the remote control to the normal mode Note Steps 2 to 6 ca...
Page 18: ...s the CLOCK CH button twice to return to the a normal mode lf you set the VCR S clock via the TV screen the VCR S and remote control s clock may not be synchronized j Press the MENU REV EW button select CLOCK SET I with the or buttons and press OK The flashing cursor indicates the point that is ready for dataentry lfthe clock is already set press the button to start the data llashing CLOCK SEI l o...
Page 19: ...ss OK The mode screen will appear 3PEED 9P 8AP OFF oao otl AV IUrE Ofl DITTEF I AUTOOFF OfF 3 t Selectthe mode that you wantwiththe or but tons and use the or button to set the mode to ON or OFF etc Press the MENU REVIEW button to return to normal l oDeration SPEED To set the speed for recording SP LP BSP Automatically rewinds and starts playback of tapes that have the recording defeat tab removeo...
Page 20: ...re feature can be used to freeze the playback picture The picture can then be advanced one frame at a time I Press the PAUSE STILL MK button during playback to lreeze the Dicture I Press the PAUSE STILLIU button repeatedlyto ad vance the frames Each time the button is pressed the stillpicture will advance one frame I Press the play button to resume playback Note lf noise bars appear on the screen ...
Page 21: ...Tu n the iog dial clockwise forward playback or 4 counterclockwise reverse playback to advancethe tape field by field or in slow motion Turning the dial one click position will advance or reverse the tape one field Turning the dialat4 rotations per second willadvance or reverse the tape at normal playback Speed Press the play button to return to the normal play v back mode Note The jog dial can al...
Page 22: ...utomatically rewound to the beginning ot the tape The blank space at the beginning ol the tape is skipped and playback begins automatically from the recorded section When the movie is finished and the unrecorded space at the end is reached the tape will be rewound to the beginning ejected and the power switched off l Press the MENU REVIEW button select MODE with I the r or rz button and Press OK O...
Page 23: ...The tape counter appears on the TV screen Press the play button when you tind gramme that you want to play back the pro Use the index search mode to go directly to the beginning of any recorded section marked by an index code You can skip as many index codes in the forward or reverse direction as you like until you find the section you wish to view within 99 sectionsof your starting point Playback...
Page 24: ...dicator appears on the FL display The l HO indicator on the FL display will tlash while the AutoTapeTuning process isin operation When the pro cess is completed the indicator will stop flashing and re main lit The VCR will then be in the recording pause mooe To start recording press the REC button until the recording indicator lights on the FL display The REC button must be pressed slightly longer...
Page 25: ...f you make a mistake during OTR setting keep the OTR button held down and the VCR will return back to the ordi nary recording mode Instep2 if youpressthebuttonuntil END lightsonthe FL display the VCR will record to the end of the tape eject it and then turn the power off When OTR recording is completed or the tape runs out the power will be automatically turned off and the tape eiected During reco...
Page 26: ... clock and tape counter can also be displayed on the TV screen Current time Tape counter Remaining time I Press the DISPLAY button once to display the tape counter and remaining tape time I Press the button twice to display the clock I Press the button three times to display the tape counter remaining tape time and clock I Press the button once more to return to the normal screen Forthe FL display...
Page 27: ...aged mode press any ot the VCR S 1 playback to end of tape i Rewind 9 Eject power off operation buttons 2 playback to end ol tapel t continuous playback Note 3 Playback to end of tape i Return to zero J Stop lf you make a mistake when setting lhe next mode press From the stop fast forward and rewind modes the NEXT button again and reselect the correct number with the or buttons Some next modes wil...
Page 28: ... y eject lhe tape and turn itself off G CODE IS A TRADEMARK APPLIED FOR BY GEMSTAB DEVELOPMENT CORP G CODE SYS TEM IS MANUFACTUREO UNDER LICENCE FROM GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 4 5 Press the OK button The programme date start stop time will be displaved Err will appear if a non recognizable code is enlere d In this case re enter the correct code lf the programme is on every day or once every ...
Page 29: ... Et t P5 Using the example mentioned above enter 00 with the 1 0 buttons Now G CODE guide channel 28 SBS preset channel 0 PSo on your VCR 6 fim I H0 E P5 00 4 Press the OK button T To continue memorizing guide channels repeat steps 2 lo 4 I lf FULL appears in the display it means thatthe mem ory is full To continue setting the guide channelnumbers search tor an unwanted programme with the REVIEW b...
Page 30: ...e minutes and stop time hour and minutes with the n and v buttons When lhe or button is pressed continuously the minutes will increase or decrease at 5 minute intervals lE 10 l i 00 D I Press the button The date will flash Set the dale for recording with the or buttons When the button is oressed the date will advance untilit reachesthe same day otthe next month followed by weekly recording E MON e...
Page 31: ...operations of the VCR will be suspended except for the clock until the VCR is re leased from the timer mode The Super l HQ feature works automatically during timer recordrng lf the loaded video tape s recording defeat tab has been removed the tape will automatically be ejected when the TIMER button is oressed lf a tape is not loaded the VCR will not enter the timer mode and will return to the norm...
Page 32: ...date will advance day by day untilthe same day ofthe next month Then the display will change to once a week recording E SUN Every Sunday etc then daily recording MON FRl N londay through Friday MON SUN Monday through Sunday When the button is pressed the order will reverse As the month is set automatically if you want to set it ma nually move the cursor to the PS positionandthen press the button T...
Page 33: ... 20 00 O SU 7 12 la WEO 2 NOV 94 STAAT STOP OATE 9 00 10 30 NOV 23 00 23 O 20 llOV 9 00 r0 x 2 DEc 1a OO 16 a5 E WEO 12 00 12 30 E SAT 19 OO 20 I lX O SU 12 14 lryED 2 llOV 94 You can change timer programming data by usingthe Programme list screen 1 Press the PROG LIST button t Press the button The cursor will appear Select the programme that you want change r with the or button 4 Press the OK but...
Page 34: ... recording pause mode 7 tart playback ofthe prerecorded tape with the ptay_ back side VCR lf the playback VCR has the Super l HO feature it shoutd be switched on during playback I lr theREC bution untit the recording indicaror v rights on the FL display When recording has finished press the CHANNEL buttons to release the VCR from the external mode When this VCR is being used as the playback deck d...
Page 35: ...ere you want audio dubbing to begin 1 Playback and set the videotape to the point where I you want audio dubbing to stop Press the COUNTER RESET button 4 The tape counter will be reset to 00H00N400S Rewind the videotape to the point where you want to L start audio dubbing 1 Press the AV button T The AU indicator will light on the FL display 6 Select the source that you want to record micro v phone...
Page 36: ...icture quality in the LP mode During recording When you press the record button and the FHQ button the Auto Tape Tuning process begins This takes about 15 sec onds Thisoperation optimizes the tapes fullpolential and the tapes characteristics are stored in the microprocessor s memory untilthe tape is ejected or the power supply is cutofftrom the VCR During playback When you play back a tape using t...
Page 37: ...ity with adhesive tape The record button must be Dressed for a few seconds lo start recor drng ls the AU indicator on the FL display lit lf so press the CHANNEL buttons lo cancel it The VCR does not operate using the remote con trol Replace the batteries in the remote control Poor quality ot all TV stations Chgck that the TV is properly tuned to the video channel Check the antenna connections ls t...
Page 38: ...irty tape is used dirt will accumulate on the video heads This will cause disturbances on ths TV screon which cannol be eliminated with the VCR S lracking control or the rysline tuning control It this should occuj the heads as well as other internalparts must bo cleaned VCR cleaning must be don6 byaqualitied service shop or an authorized AKAlservice csntre This VCR is a finely prscisioned inslrum ...
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Page 41: ...splay des Fernbedienung anwdhlen konnen in Schritt 6 wenden Sie bei der Aufnahme eines Programmes von Monlag bis Sonnlag MON SUN bitte den Betrieb Programmieren mit dem Fernse hbildsch irm und nicht den Betrieb Programmieren mit der Fernbedienung an IMPORTANTE DI SEGUITO E RIPORTATA UNA CORREZIONE DEL VOSTRO MANUALE DELL OPERATORE Nella sezione Registrazione attivata con il timer Anche se d possib...
