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HR-J341EM

VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER

INSTRUCTIONS

LPT0002-0H6A

PAL NTSC

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REC

1

4

¢

7

STOP

3

PLAY

8

PAUSE

FF

¡

TV

1

2

3

4

5

/ADD TIME

6

7

/

8

/DAILY

0

/AUX

9

/WEEKLY

TV/VCR

(MONITOR)

.

CANCEL

/C.RESET

PROG CHECK

4 TIMER

TV PROG

DATE

STOP

START

PROG

/MENU

OK

C.MEMORY

TV VOL

TV VOL

DISPLAY

2

1

3

EXPRESS PROGRAMMING

PUSH JOG

Press and hold TV button while pressing
, TV PROG. + / –, TV / VCR

REW

q

5

/

8

2

3

TV

PROG

COLOUR
SYSTEM

AUTO SP/LP
TIMER

POWER

SPLPEP

REVIEW

M

INTELLIGENT

PICTURE

EN

CONTENTS

ENGLISH

SAFETY FIRST

2

Safety Precautions ...................... 2

INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 3

Basic Connections ..................... 3

INITIAL SETTINGS

4

Auto Set Up ............................... 4
Video Channel Set ..................... 5
Select Language ......................... 6
Select Television System ............. 7
Clock Set ................................... 8
On-Screen Displays ................... 9

PLAYBACK

10

Basic Playback ......................... 10
Playback Features ..................... 11

RECORDING

14

Basic Recording ....................... 14
Recording Features .................. 15

TIMER RECORDING

16

Timer Programming ................. 16

EDITING

20

Edit To Or From Another Video
Recorder .................................. 20
Edit From A Camcorder ............ 21

INFORMATION ON MULTI-SYSTEM
COMPATIBILITY

22

TUNER SET

24

TROUBLESHOOTING

28

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

30

INDEX

31

SPECIFICATIONS

34

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Summary of Contents for HR-J341EM

Page 1: ...P REVIEW M INTELLIGENT PICTURE EN CONTENTS ENGLISH SAFETY FIRST 2 Safety Precautions 2 INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 3 Basic Connections 3 INITIAL SETTINGS 4 Auto Set Up 4 Video Channel Set 5 Select Language 6 Select Television System 7 Clock Set 8 On Screen Displays 9 PLAYBACK 10 Basic Playback 10 Playback Features 11 RECORDING 14 Basic Recording 14 Recording Features 15 TIMER RECORDING 16 Timer P...

Page 2: ... made with a SECAM L video recorder produce monochrome pictures when played back on this recorder POWER SYSTEM This set operates on voltage of AC110 240 V Rating AC90 260 V Operating 50 60 Hz with automatic switching Warning on lithium battery The battery used in this device may present a fire or chemical burn hazard if mistreated Do not recharge disassemble heat above 100 C or incinerate Replace ...

Page 3: ...n the AUDIO OUT and VIDEO OUT connectors on the rear panel of the recorder and the TV s AV IN terminals Before operating the recorder make sure the TV is set to the VIDEO or AV mode CONNECT RECORDER TO MAINS 4 Plug the end of the mains power cord into a mains outlet NOTE Use the conversion plug depending on the type of your AC wall outlet It s essential that your video recorder be properly connect...

Page 4: ...et Up again If there is a power cut or if you press or MENU while Auto Set Up is in progress Auto Set Up will be interrupted be sure to turn off the recorder power once and try again 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 ATTENTION Once you have performed Auto Set Up even if the recorder s memory backup has expired all the stored stations remain in the recorder s memory and the recorder will not perform Auto Set U...

Page 5: ...is connected to an AC outlet and turn off the VCR power 2 Open the battery cover while pressing the release tab as illustrated 3 Insert a lithium battery with the plus side up and push it in To remove the lithium battery press the latch A down ward using a pointed non metallic object then pull out the lithium battery 4 Close the battery cover until it clicks in place Be sure to connect the power p...

Page 6: ...nter next to LANGUAGE SELECT then press OK SELECT LANGUAGE 5 Place the pointer next to the language of your choice English or Russian or Arabic by pressing PUSH JOG fi then press OK RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 6 Press MENU Select Language Turn on the TV and select the VIDEO channel or AV mode MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5 MENU EXIT INITIAL SET CLOCK SET LANGUAGE SELECT TV SYSTEM SELEC...

Page 7: ...ENU Select Television System MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5 MENU EXIT INITIAL SET CLOCK SET LANGUAGE SELECT TV SYSTEM SELECT 5 MENU EXIT Turn on the TV and select the VIDEO channel or AV mode TV SYSTEM SELECT B G D K I 5 MENU EXIT Major Countries TV System Kuwait U A E Indonesia Singapore Thailand Malaysia Iran Saudi Arabia B G Egypt Morocco Lebanon Iraq China Mongolia Russia D K H...

Page 8: ... minutes SET DATE 6 Press STOP to set the date Press and hold either button to change the date by 15 days SET YEAR 7 Press DATE to set the year START CLOCK OPERATION 8 Press MENU Clock Set Turn on the TV and select the VIDEO channel or AV mode 4 1 4 7 3 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 2 1 3 MENU OK PUSH JOG START STOP DATE MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5 MENU EXIT NOTE If the year digits are ...

Page 9: ...ays to appear press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to OFF then press OK RETURN TO NORMAL 6 Press MENU OK The superimposed indication on the TV screen tells you what the recorder is doing 1 Operation mode indicators 2 Channel position number Aux indicator AUX 3 Cassette loaded mark 4 Clock display 5 Current day month year 6 Tape direction 7 Tape position indicator Z pg 13 8 Counter display i...

Page 10: ...s automatically FIND PROGRAMME START POINT 2 If the tape is advanced past the start point press REW To go forward press FF START PLAYBACK 3 Press PLAY STOP PLAYBACK 4 Press STOP on the remote or STOP EJECT on the recorder s front panel Then press STOP EJECT to remove the cassette Turn on the TV and select the VIDEO channel or AV mode 4 1 4 7 3 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 2 1 3 q 5 8 2 3 P L A Y REW FF S...

Page 11: ...cture Frame By Frame Playback PAUSE DURING PLAYBACK 1 Press PAUSE If there is vertical jitter use the TV PROG buttons to correct the picture ACTIVATE FRAME BY FRAME PLAYBACK 2 Press PAUSE OR Press PUSH JOG or To resume normal playback press PLAY Slow Motion ACTIVATE SLOW MOTION PLAYBACK 1 During still picture press and hold PAUSE for 2 seconds then release Press and release again to return to stil...

Page 12: ...back the whole tape 20 times repeatedly START PLAYBACK 1 Press PLAY ACTIVATE REPEAT PLAYBACK 2 Press PLAY and hold for over 5 seconds then release The Play indicator on the display panel blinks slowly The tape plays 20 times automatically and then stops STOP PLAYBACK 3 Press STOP at any time to stop playback NOTE Pressing PLAY REW FF or PAUSE also stops Repeat Playback Intelligent Picture To get a...

Page 13: ... 00 00 Then press C MEMORY and M appears in front of the counter digits ACTIVATE COUNTER MEMORY 2 When you wish to return to the designated point press STOP and then REW or FF The tape rewinds or fast forwards and stops at about 0 00 00 automatically To cancel Counter Memory press C MEMORY again Instant ReView Simply by pressing a single button the recorder power comes on rewinds and begins playba...

Page 14: ... recorder display panel to confirm the selected tape speed START RECORDING 4 Press and hold RECORD and PLAY on the remote control or press RECORD on the recorder PAUSE RESUME RECORDING 5 Press PAUSE Press PLAY to resume recording STOP RECORDING 6 Press STOP on the remote control or STOP EJECT on the recorder Then press STOP EJECT to remove the cassette NUMBER PLAY PAUSE STOP RECORD PLAY TV PROG ST...

Page 15: ...heck the exact time of a recording SET COUNTER DISPLAY 1 Press DISPLAY until a counter reading appears on the dispay panel By pressing the DISPLAY button you can change the display to show the counter reading channel position or clock time channel position is not displayed during playback RESET COUNTER 2 Press C RESET before starting recording or playback The counter is reset to 0 00 00 and shows ...

Page 16: ...s ENTER PROGRAMME START TIME 3 Press START to enter the time you want recording to start Press and hold START to move in 30 minute increments or press and release repeatedly to move 1 minute at a time ENTER PROGRAMME STOP TIME 4 Press STOP to enter the time you want recording to stop ENTER PROGRAMME DATE 5 Press DATE The current date appears on screen The date you enter appears in its place ENTER ...

Page 17: ...icator ENGAGE AUTO SP LP TIMER 1 Press AUTO SP LP TIMER on the recorder front panel The AUTO SP LP TIMER indicator lights up For Example Recording a PAL broadcast program of 210 minutes in length onto a 180 minute tape After the recorder s Timer mode is engaged make sure the AUTO SP LP TIMER indicator is still lit if not press AUTO SP LP TIMER so that the indicator lights Approximately 60 minutes ...

Page 18: ...TIMER SCREEN 3 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to AUTO TIMER then press OK SELECT MODE 4 Press PUSH JOG fi to select either ON or OFF RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 5 Press MENU NOTE For safety when Auto timer is set to OFF all other recorder functions are disabled while the Timer mode is engaged To disengage the timer press TIMER TIMER RECORDING cont MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL ...

Page 19: ...appears If All Information Is Correct programming is completed If You Wish To Revise Data with the recorder s power turned on go to step 2 If You Wish To Cancel A Program with the recorder s power turned on press CANCEL All information you input is deleted REVISE PROGRAMME INFORMATION 2 Input the appropriate data using the START STOP DATE and TV PROG buttons on the remote control 4 1 4 7 3 8 1 2 3...

Page 20: ...C tapes being played back in the NTSC PAL mode Z p 23 cannot be dubbed to another recorder When you dub an NTSC tape using your recorder as the playback deck select NTSC 3 58 or NTSC 4 43 with the COLOUR SYSTEM button Z p 22 Another recorder Recorder Player Another recorder RF Cable provided VIDEO CHANNEL Your recorder Player TV Receiver Recorder Your recorder TV Receiver RF Cable provided VIDEO C...

Page 21: ... panel START CAMCORDER 3 Engage its Play mode START RECORDER 4 Engage its Record mode 4 1 4 7 3 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 2 1 3 NUMBER 0 TV PROG IMPORTANT To edit both the player and the recorder must be of the same colour system Press your recorder s COLOUR SYSTEM button to select the appropriate colour system PAL and SECAM camcorders can be used as a player for editing For more information on multi ...

Page 22: ...ode which allows NTSC tapes to be played back and viewed on PAL TVs NOTES In the AUTO mode NTSC signals will be automatically recorded as NTSC 3 58 In the AUTO mode NTSC tapes will be played back as NTSC 3 58 SECAM signals will always be recorded as MESECAM Select the AUTO or the MESECAM mode when recording SECAM signals When playing back a SECAM tape select the AUTO or the MESECAM mode The playba...

Page 23: ...und on some TVs This cannot be corrected if the TV does not have a V HOLD control During search still or frame by frame playback the picture will be distorted and there may be a loss of colour ATTENTION When this recorder is connected to a multi system TV the audio signal may not be heard or may be noisy if the colour system select switch of the TV is adjusted to the AUTO position In such a case s...

Page 24: ...order to record TV programmes Auto Channel Set automatically assigns all receivable stations in your area so that you can call them up with the TV PROG buttons without going through any vacant channels 4 1 4 7 3 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 2 1 3 MENU OK PUSH JOG TV PROG Auto Channel Set TURN ON THE RECORDER 1 Press ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN 2 Press MENU twice MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5...

Page 25: ...he pointer next to MANUAL CH SET then press OK SELECT BAND 3 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to the band of your choice then press OK to initiate Manual Channel Set SET DESIRED STATION 4 The screen to the right appears when a station is detected To store the detected station place the pointer next to STORE by pressing PUSH JOG fi then press OK If you do not want to store the station pr...

Page 26: ...U EXIT Swap Channel Positions Example To swap CH03 and CH09 5 ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN 1 Perform steps 1 3 of Auto Channel Set on page 24 ACCESS CHANNEL LIST 2 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to CH EDIT then press OK SELECT POSITION e g 03 3 Press PUSH JOG fi until the section of CH 03 begins blinking then press OK Only 03 will blink SELECT POSITION e g 09 4 Press NUMBER keys to input 0...

Page 27: ...G 11 374 BG 06 221 BG 12 384 BG 5 FINE TUNING SELECT SYSTEM MENU EXIT TV System Selection When you see the picture but hear no audio ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN 1 Perform steps 1 3 of Auto Channel Set on page 24 ACCESS CHANNEL LIST 2 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to CH EDIT then press OK SELECT CHANNEL 3 Press PUSH JOG fi until the channel you want to change its TV system begins blinking...

Page 28: ...r s channel selector is not set to the VIDEO channel the recorder s VIDEO channel has not been correctly set If you re using the AV connection the TV receiver is not set to the AV mode This is normal The automatic tracking mode is engaged The automatic tracking mode is engaged The video heads may be dirty The wrong colour system is selected for the tape being played back The wrong colour system wa...

Page 29: ...assette is automatically ejected the power shuts off and and won t stop blinking POSSIBLE CAUSE The clock and or the timer have been set incorrectly The timer is not engaged Timer recording is in progress The timer is engaged but there s no cassette loaded The loaded cassette has had its Record Safety tab removed TIMER has been pressed when there are no programs in memory or the timer record infor...

Page 30: ...recording the end of the recording before the pause is overlapped by the beginning of the continuation of recording Why does this happen A This is normal It reduces distortion at the pause and resume points Q Can the video recorder indefinitely remain in the Record Pause mode A No The video recorder goes to its Stop mode auto matically after 5 minutes to protect the heads Q What happens if the tap...

Page 31: ...ndicator Z pg 17 8 Display Panel Z pg 32 9 Infrared Beam Receiving Window 0 TV PROG 5 Buttons Z pg 14 COLOUR SYSTEM Button Z pg 22 RECORD Button Z pg 14 STOP EJECT Button Z pg 10 INTELLIGENT PICTURE Button Z pg 12 REAR VIEW ANT IN RF OUT 40 32 OUT IN AUDIO VIDEO 5 3 2 7 6 1 4 5 ANT IN Connector Z pg 3 6 RF OUT Connector Z pg 3 7 RF Output Channel Adjustment Screw Z pg 5 1 Mains Power Cord Z pg 3 2...

Page 32: ... 3 Counter Memory Indicator Z pg 13 4 Channel Mode Display Z pg 14 Channel position 1 will be displayed as CH 1 Clock Display Z pg 8 5 Instant REVIEW Indicator Z pg 13 6 Cassette Loaded Mark 7 Tape Speed Indicators Z pg 14 8 Counter Display Z pg 15 STILL SLOW RECORD RECORD PAUSE PLAY FF REW VARIABLE SHUTTLE SEARCH ...

Page 33: ... TIMER TV PROG DATE STOP START PROG MENU OK C MEMORY TV VOL TV VOL DISPLAY 2 1 3 EXPRESS PROGRAMMING PUSH JOG Press and hold TV button while pressing TV PROG TV VCR REW 9 u y 3 5 4 1 6 2 o i e r t 7 8 p q w 0 Installing Batteries 1 Open the battery compartment cover 2 Insert 2 R6 UM 3 size batteries provided in the correct directions 3 Replace the cover How To Use The remote control can operate mo...

Page 34: ...525 lines 60 fields Recording system Rotary two head helical scan system Signal to noise ratio 45 dB Horizontal resolution 250 lines PAL MESECAM 220 lines NTSC Frequency range 70 Hz to 10 000 Hz Input Output RCA connectors IN x 1 OUT x 1 TUNER TIMER TV channel storage capacity 99 positions AUX position AU Tuning system Frequency synthesized tuner Channel coverage VHF Low 42 175MHz High 175 470MHz ...

Page 35: ...EN 35 MEMO ...

Page 36: ...EN COPYRIGHT 1997 VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN LTD EM Printed in Japan 0997HOV UN YP VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN LIMITED HR J341EM ...

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