Advanced Operations (Second VCR)
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stereo system. Look at the back of your receiver. Probably you have
AUDIO IN and OUT jacks for a second tape deck - labeled Tape 1 and 2,
or AUX 1 and 2. Consult your stereo owner's manual for further
information.
You will need two audio cables - the kind with two color-coded plugs on
each end (for left and right audio channels). With the power off:
Connect the right (red) and left (white) AUDIO OUT on the VCR to the
right and left AUDIO IN on the stereo system.
Connect the left and right AUDIO OUT on the stereo to the right and left
AUDIO IN on the VCR.
The AUDIO IN (left) on the front of the VCR handles the left-channel or
monaural sound. If you connect an audio source only to AUDIO IN (left),
both left and right hi-fi tracks record as monaural.
Recording from Your Stereo System
With the hookup just shown, you can use your VCR to record a custom
program of selections from your stereo library. The videotape recording
will give you excellent stereo quality and a long-running tape. In this case
no video will be recorded, so you can do the whole thing without turning
on the TV.
Assemble the selections you want to record on the stereo, and insert a
blank VHS cassette into the VCR. Be sure that HIFI is selected in the
Initial Setup screen of the Easy Guide System.
Press DISPLAY, then press 5 on the remote control to select SP or EP.
The EP setting gives you reasonable quality and a longer tape program.
Press AVX on the remote control to turn the LINE (L1) indicator on.
Press REC/IRT on the VCR and start the stereo playing.
To stop recording, press STOP. To play back the recording, rewind the
tape and press PLAY.
Advanced
Operations
(Second
VCR)
Integrating a Second VCR
With another VCR hooked up, you can copy videotapes as needed, and
you can get fancy with multimedia programming. For this discussion, we
refer to the model VT-F381A Hitachi as VCR2 and the other unit as VCR1.
Hookup
To hook up a second VCR, you need:
A video cord with a single jack on each end,
and
An audio cord with two jacks on each end,
or
A three-way cord that has both audio and video jacks
Study the back of VCR2 (VT-F381A) to find the three color-coded jacks
that are labeled IN. The yellow jack is for video, red and white are for
audio. Locate similar jacks on VCR1. Then, with the power off.
Connect VIDEO OUT on VCR2 to the yellow VIDEO IN on VCR1.
Connect the AUDIO OUT jacks (left and right) on VCR2 to the AUDIO
IN
jacks (left and right) on VCR1. Be sure to match left to left (white) and
right to right (red).
Second VCR Hookup
Copying from One VCR to Another (Dubbing)
Consider VCR1 the recording VCR, and VCR2 (VT-F381A) the playback
VCR. You will play a tape on VCR2 and record it on VCR1. To begin
copying:
Insert the videotape you wish to record in VCR2.
