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INDEX

ANT. IN Connector

pg. 3

RF OUT Connector

pg. 3

Mains Power Cord

pg. 3

Lithium Battery Compartment

pg. 5

AUDIO/VIDEO OUT Connectors

pg. 3, 22

FRONT VIEW

POWER

Button

pg. 5

Cassette Loading Slot

COLOUR SYSTEM Button

pg. 24

Rewind [REW] Button

pg. 10, 11

PLAY Button

pg. 10

Fast Forward [FF] Button

pg. 10, 11

VIDEO/AUDIO Input Connectors

pg. 23

SP/LP/EP Button

pg. 14

B.E.S.T. PICTURE Button

pg. 16

B.E.S.T. PICTURE Indicator

pg. 16

Display Panel

pg. 35

Infrared Beam Receiving Window

TV PROG +/– Buttons

pg. 14

RECORD Button

pg. 14

STOP/EJECT Button

pg. 10

PAUSE Button

pg. 11

REAR VIEW

POWER

VIDEO

AUDIO

SP/LP/EP

B.E.S.T. PICTURE

TV PROG

COLOUR
SYSTEM

REVIEW

3 4

9 0

7 8

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ANT. IN

RF OUT

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

Summary of Contents for HR-J351EM

Page 1: ... CONTENTS ENGLISH SAFETY FIRST 2 Safety Precautions 2 INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 3 Basic Connections 3 INITIAL SETTINGS 4 Video Channel Set 4 Auto Set Up 6 On Screen Displays 8 Select Language 9 Clock Set 9 PLAYBACK 10 Basic Playback 10 Playback Features 11 RECORDING 14 Basic Recording 14 Recording Features 15 B E S T Picture System 16 TIMER RECORDING 18 Express Timer Programming 18 EDITING 22 E...

Page 2: ...h might spill on top of the recorder or remote control 5 AVOID violent shocks to the recorder during transport MOISTURE CONDENSATION Moisture in the air will condense on the recorder when you move it from a cold place to a warm place or under extremely humid conditions just as water droplets form in the surface of a glass filled with cold liquid Moisture condensation on the head drum will cause da...

Page 3: ... and VIDEO OUT connectors on the rear panel of the recorder and the TV s AV IN terminals CONNECT RECORDER TO MAINS 4 Plug the end of the mains power cord into a mains outlet NOTE Use the conversion plug not provided in certain areas depending on the type of your AC wall outlet It s essential that your video recorder be properly connected Follow these steps carefully THESE STEPS MUST BE COM PLETED ...

Page 4: ...isplay panel shows the following SELECT TV SYSTEM 2 Press TV PROG or to set appropriate TV system that matches the system of TV being used refer to the table below TEST SIGNAL The channel on which the screen to the left appear clearly in step 3 is your Video Channel To view picture signals from the video recorder set your TV to the Video Channel IMPORTANT Before performing the following steps make...

Page 5: ...ny channel between 28 and 60 consult your JVC dealer EXIT VIDEO CHANNEL SET MODE 4 Press to finish the setting With AV Connection IMPORTANT Before performing the following steps make sure the recorder s power is off and there is no cassette inserted in the recorder ACCESS VIDEO CHANNEL SET MODE 1 Hold down STOP EJECT on the recorder until the display panel shows the following SET VIDEO CHANNEL 2 P...

Page 6: ...is in progress If you perform Auto Set Up successfully during installa tion there s no need to separately perform the Language Select Clock Set or Channel Set procedures but if adjustments become necessary they can be performed as follows To change the selected language Z pg 9 To reset or adjust the time Z pg 9 To add delete channels manually Z pg 27 To reset the tuner after moving to a different ...

Page 7: ...mpanies the picture on some channels that have been stored by Auto Set Up the TV system setting for those channels may be incorrect Select the appropriate TV system for those channels Z TV System Selection When you see the picture but hear no audio on page 29 DO NOT press any button on the recorder or remote control while Auto Set Up is in progress SELECT TV SYSTEM 6 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the...

Page 8: ...r press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to O S D and press OK or PUSH JOG to set to OFF RETURN TO NORMAL 5 Press MENU The superimposed indication on the TV screen tells you what the recorder is doing 1 Operation mode indicators 2 Channel position number Aux indicator F 1 3 Cassette loaded mark 4 Clock display 5 Current day month year 6 Tape direction 7 Tape position indicator Z pg 13 8 Count...

Page 9: ...ER ON 1 Press ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN 2 Press MENU ACCESS INITIAL SET SCREEN 3 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to INITIAL SET then press OK or PUSH JOG ACCESS CLOCK SET SCREEN 4 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to CLOCK SET then press OK or PUSH JOG The Clock Set screen appears fi CLOCK SET TIME DATE YEAR 0 00 01 01 98 5 MENU EXIT INITIAL SET CLOCK SET LANGUAGE 5 MENU EXIT f...

Page 10: ...ically Z pg 14 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 BEST appears blinking in the recorder s display panel during automatic tracking Z pg 16 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 VI...

Page 11: ...ture 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 still...

Page 12: ...emote to re engage automatic tracking NOTE When a new tape is inserted the recorder enters the automatic tracking mode automatically Repeat Playback Your video recorder can automatically play back the whole tape 50 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 tap...

Page 13: ... power comes on rewinds and begins playback of the last timer recorded programme If you have several programmes recorded you can easily access any of them NOTE Before starting make sure that the recorder is off and that the Timer mode is disengaged ACTIVATE INSTANT REVIEW 1 Press REVIEW The recorder power comes on and the recorder searches for the index code indicating the start of the last timer ...

Page 14: ...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 To prevent accidental recording on a recorded cassette remove its safety tab To record on it later cover the hole with a...

Page 15: ...in increments and shuts the recorder off after recording is finished START RECORDING 1 Press RECORD on the recorder ENGAGE ITR MODE 2 Press RECORD again blinks and 0 30 appears on the front display panel SET RECORDING DURATION 3 If you want to record for more than 30 minutes press RECORD to extend the time Each press extends recording time by 30 minutes NOTE You can only perform ITR using the RECO...

Page 16: ...4 Place the pointer next to B E S T by pressing PUSH JOG fi then press OK or PUSH JOG to set to ON or OFF RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 5 Press MENU MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5 MENU EXIT PUSH JOG MENU OK RECORD RECORDING cont RECORD FUNCTION SET AUTO TIMER OFF O S D ON B E S T ON AUTO SP LP TIMER OFF 5 MENU EXIT fi fi PLAY PLAY PAUSE B E S T P I C T U R E B E S T PICTURE Indicator You...

Page 17: ...g Auto Tracking BEST appears blinking on the recorder s display panel NOTES When watching a tape recorded with B E S T set to ON it is recommended that you leave B E S T on during playback as well When watching a rental tape or one recorded on another video recorder or when using this recorder as the player for editing set B E S T to your preference by performing steps 1 through 5 on page 16 BEST ...

Page 18: ...ing 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 3 Press STOP to enter the time you want recording to stop Press and hold STOP to move in 30 minute increments or press and release repeatedly to move 1 minute at a time ENTER PROGRAMME DATE 4 Press DATE The current date appears on screen The date yo...

Page 19: ...r press TIMER again To Timer Record Weekly Or Daily Serials anytime during steps 2 through 7 press WEEKLY NUMBER key 9 for weekly serials or DAILY NUMBER key 8 for daily serials Monday Friday Either WEEKLY or DAILY appears on the screen Pressing the button again makes the corresponding indication disappear NOTE You can programme this recorder to timer record as many as 8 programmes If you try to p...

Page 20: ...rogramme To replace a programme press the appropriate button START STOP DATE TV PROG SP LP EP RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 5 Press PROG CHECK as many times as necessary If there are still some programmes remaining go on to step 6 RETURN TO TIMER MODE 6 Press TIMER TIMER RECORDING cont PR START STOP CH DATE 1 8 00 10 00 3 24 12 2 10 00 10 45 2 25 12 3 11 30 13 00 1 25 12 4 5 6 7 8 PROG CHECK NEXT P1 STA...

Page 21: ...AUTO SP LP TIMER to ON In this case make sure the mode is not engaged then set the tape speed manually during timer programming In order to ensure that the recording fits on the tape this feature may leave a slight non recorded section at the end of the tape There may be some noise and sound disturbance at the point on the tape where the recorder switches from SP to LP or EP mode The Auto SP LP Ti...

Page 22: ...ayed back in the NTSC PAL mode Z p 25 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 24 If you do not want to record the superimposed indication on the editied tape be sure to set O S D to OFF before you start editing Z pg 8 Another recorder Recording deck RF Cable provided VIDE...

Page 23: ...ss NUMBER key 0 so that F 1 appears on the display panel START SOURCE PLAYER 3 Engage its Play mode START RECORDING DECK 4 Engage its Record mode Recording deck Your recorder 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 SECAM and NTSC camcorders can be used as a player for...

Page 24: ...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 25: ...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 26: ...morise all necessary stations in channel positions in 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 Auto Channel Set TURN ON THE RECORDER 1 Press ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN 2 Press MENU MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5 MENU EXIT TUNE...

Page 27: ...ress PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to CONTINUE then press OK or PUSH JOG Channel search will resume If you want to store the detected station Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to STORE then press OK or PUSH JOG The Channel List appears again The blueback screen and the TV picture currently being broadcast appear alternately for 8 seconds each If you want to store another channel ...

Page 28: ...nnel Positions Example To swap CH03 and CH09 ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN 1 Perform steps 1 3 of Auto Channel Set on page 26 ACCESS CHANNEL LIST 2 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to CH EDIT then press OK or PUSH JOG SELECT POSITION e g 03 3 Press PUSH JOG fi until the section of CH 03 begins blinking then press OK or PUSH JOG Only 03 will blink SELECT POSITION e g 09 4 Press NUMBER keys to ...

Page 29: ...BG 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 26 ACCESS CHANNEL LIST 2 Press PUSH JOG fi to place the pointer next to CH EDIT then press OK or PUSH JOG SELECT CHANNEL 3 Press PUSH JOG fi until the channel you want to change its TV system be...

Page 30: ...re has a loss of colour 8 No sound accompanies the playback picture POSSIBLE CAUSE If you re using the RF OUT connec tion the TV receiver 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 mo...

Page 31: ...ding is in progress Wait until it finishes Load a cassette with the Record Safety tab intact or cover the hole using adhesive tape Remove the cassette and cover the hole with adhesive tape or insert a cassette with the Record Safety tab intact Check the programmed data and re program as necessary then press TIMER again The programme may not have been recorded in its entirety Next time make sure yo...

Page 32: ...g or howling is heard from the TV during camcorder record ing 2 When scanning channels some of them are skipped over 3 The channel cannot be changed 4 Channel settings that were made manually seem to have changed or disappeared 5 No channels are stored in the recorder s memory 6 is displayed on the front display panel after a power outage POSSIBLE CAUSE The camcorder s microphone is too close to t...

Page 33: ...he 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 tape runs out during recording A The video rec...

Page 34: ...1 5 PLAY Button Z pg 10 6 Fast Forward FF Button Z pg 10 11 7 VIDEO AUDIO Input Connectors Z pg 23 8 SP LP EP Button Z pg 14 9 B E S T PICTURE Button Z pg 16 0 B E S T PICTURE Indicator Z pg 16 Display Panel Z pg 35 Infrared Beam Receiving Window TV PROG Buttons Z pg 14 RECORD Button Z pg 14 STOP EJECT Button Z pg 10 PAUSE Button Z pg 11 REAR VIEW POWER VIDEO AUDIO SP LP EP B E S T PICTURE TV PROG...

Page 35: ...dicators 3 Tape Speed Indicators Z pg 14 4 Timer Indicator Z pg 19 5 Channel Display Clock Display 6 Instant REVIEW Indicator Z pg 13 7 Cassette Loaded Mark 8 Counter Display 9 Mode Display F 1 STILL SLOW RECORD RECORD PAUSE PLAY VARIABLE SHUTTLE SEARCH 7 8 2 1 5 6 3 4 9 REVIEW SP ...

Page 36: ...low 5 Recording Speed SP LP EP Button Z pg 14 6 TV Muting Button See below 7 CANCEL Button Z pg 20 Counter C RESET Button Z pg 15 8 START Button Z pg 18 9 STOP Button Z pg 18 0 Rewind REW Button Z pg 10 PLAY Button Z pg 10 Record REC Button Z pg 14 MENU Button Z pg 8 OK Button Z pg 4 PROG CHECK Button Z pg 20 POWER Button Z pg 5 NUMBER Buttons Z pg 14 DAILY Timer Recording Button Z pg 19 WEEKLY Ti...

Page 37: ...ields 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 Tuning system Frequency synthesized tuner Channel coverage VHF Low 42 175 MHz High 175 470 MHz UHF 470 870 MHz...

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