Hitachi 13VR3B, Operating Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 2
IMPORTANT...................................................................................................................... 4
SAFETY TIPS..................................................................................................................... 5
HOOK-UP CABLES AND CONNECTORS ................................................................... 10
ANTENNA CONNECTIONS
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DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 13VR3B) ................................................... 12
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 20VR4B) ................................................... 13
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS..................................................................................... 14
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS TV/VCR UNIFIED REMOTE CONTROL............... 15
HOW TO USE YOUR REMOTE CONTROL................................................................. 16
ON SCREEN DISPLAY................................................................................................... 17
VCR STATUS DISPLAY................................................................................................. 18
OSD MENU SCREEN...................................................................................................... 19
CLOSED CAPTION SYSTEM ........................................................................................ 20
To Set the Closed Caption Mode .................................................................................. 20
Recording and Playing Back a Closed Caption/Text Program ..................................... 20
Selecting the Proper Mode ............................................................................................ 20
SETTING THE CLOCK................................................................................................... 21
AIR/CABLE...................................................................................................................... 23
AUTO PROGRAM ........................................................................................................... 24
CHANNEL MEMORY..................................................................................................... 25
TO WATCH TV................................................................................................................ 26
Audio Mute ................................................................................................................... 26
Sleep Timer ................................................................................................................... 26
PICTURE FUNCTIONS............................................................................................... 26
ABOUT VIDEOCASSETTE TAPES............................................................................... 28
Types ............................................................................................................................. 28
Safety Tabs Prevent Erasure ......................................................................................... 28
Loading and Ejecting .................................................................................................... 28
Tape Storage.................................................................................................................. 29
VIEWING A VIDEOCASSETTE TO PLAY BACK A RECORDED TAPE................. 30
To Fine Tune the Picture............................................................................................... 30
Rewinding the Tape ...................................................................................................... 30
Manual Rewind ............................................................................................................. 30
VCR MODE...................................................................................................................... 31
Movie Return................................................................................................................. 31
AUTO REPEAT............................................................................................................ 31
SPECIAL PLAYBACK EFFECTS .................................................................................. 32
Still Playback (Pause).................................................................................................... 32
Frame advance............................................................................................................... 32
Skip Playback................................................................................................................ 32
Variable-Speed Slow Motion Playback ........................................................................ 32
TO FIND SPECIFIC SECTIONS ON A TAPE ............................................................... 33
Visual Search................................................................................................................. 33
Searching with the Time Counter.................................................................................. 33
Marking with the Time Counter.................................................................................... 33
Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO .................................................................... 33
Jump to an index mark with INDEX............................................................................. 34
RECORDING A PROGRAM........................................................................................... 35
Basic Recording Steps................................................................................................... 35
To Skip Commercials.................................................................................................... 35
To Change the Channel Being Recorded ...................................................................... 35
To Leave Index Marks on the Tape .............................................................................. 35
Using the Instant Recording Timer (IRT) ..................................................................... 36
SETTING THE VCR TO RECORD LATER................................................................... 37
Before You Begin.......................................................................................................... 37
DELAYED RECORDING STEPS ................................................................................... 38