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VQT8779

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Video Cassette Recorder

NV-SJ407EE

Operating Instructions

Instrukcja obsługi

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Page 1: ...VQT8779 Before attempting to connect operate or adjust this product please read these instructions completely Video Cassette Recorder NV SJ407EE Operating Instructions Instrukcja obsługi ...

Page 2: ...hat can be received in the area are automatically tuned and stored in memory Do not turn off the VCR halfway See page 10 Plug in Auto Tuning is completed Aerial On Screen Display May we take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing this Panasonic Video Cassette Recorder We would particularly advise that you carefully study the Operating Instructions before attempting to operate the unit and th...

Page 3: ...2 3 4 6 5 7 L K J M N P O Q R S 8 9 p H G F E D C A B o INPUT SELECT I POWER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 AV 0 VOLUME SEARCH OSD DISPLAY PICTUREMODE D K 6 L MENU 2 1 CANCEL SPEED DATE ON VCR TV RESET REPEAT AUDIO OUT ENTER INDEX REC TV VCR Í i J I J I j i j i j 3 OFF j 4 CH N 6 PROG CHECK TIMER REC Á i W U V T INPUT SELECT Keep this page open as you read through the Operating Instructions Refer to it for the...

Page 4: ...l this equipment in a confined space such as a book case or similar unit IMPORTANT Your attention is drawn to the fact that the recording of pre recorded tapes or discs or other published or broadcast material may infringe copyright laws WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE FOR YOUR SAFETY ª ª ª ª ª DO NOT REMOVE OUTER COVER To prevent...

Page 5: ... people to operate the VCR To Activate the Child Lock Function 1 Hold down the ENTER and the OFF i buttons W simultaneously until the hold indication appears in the VCR display If you press a button while the Child Lock function is on the hold indication appears in the VCR display to inform you that no operation is possible To Cancel the Child Lock Function 1 Hold down the ENTER and the OFF i butt...

Page 6: ... cover Notes for Battery Replacement The service life of the batteries is approximately 1 year However it varies considerably depending on the frequency of use When they are exhausted replace them with two AA UM3 or R6 size batteries When the batteries are exhausted remove them immediately and dispose of them correctly Make sure that the batteries are inserted with the polarity and correctly align...

Page 7: ...CR TV switch R to TV Operations 1 Find the manufacturer number of your TV while referring to the following table 2 While holding down the POWER button 1 use the Numeric buttons 2 to enter the manufacturer number This completes the settings for the TV manufacturer Be sure to enter the number in two digits Example 1 01 3 To confirm the correct settings were made check whether the TV can be operated ...

Page 8: ... cable and the mains lead Plug in Auto Tuning starts automatically Basic Connections The following connections are required to record and play back the video cassette through the TV Important Information In order to prevent electromagnetic interference from the power supply install the accessory clamp filter on the AC Mains Lead as shown in the figure on the right After passing the AC Mains Lead t...

Page 9: ...to be connected BG PAL B G H SECAM B G I PAL I DK PAL D SECAM D K K1 3 Press the MENU button V To Change the RF output Channel In some rare cases after tuning the TV to your VCR interference may be visible on the picture To get rid of this interference you can manually adjust the RF output channel a few channels up and down from the current setting The procedure is described below Operations 1 Hol...

Page 10: ...aximum and memorizes every tuned programme position If you turn the VCR off during Auto Tuning Auto Tuning will stop halfway If the VCR starts playback during Auto Tuning Auto Tuning will stop halfway To Cancel Auto Tuning Mid Operation Press the MENU button V during Auto Tuning Auto Tuning is cancelled To Restart Plug in Auto Tuning 1 Press the EJECT button Y and remove the video cassette 2 Keep ...

Page 11: ...ogramme position you want to tune to a station 8 Press the MENU button V three times to exit the On Screen Display Preparations Confirm that the TV is on and the VCR viewing channel is selected Turn on the VCR and select any programme position except A1 or A2 Set the VCR TV switch R to VCR Manual Audio System Setting Procedure 1 Select desired programme position by pressing the Channel button P 2 ...

Page 12: ...er you want tuned by pressing the Cursor buttons 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 T 4 Press the Cursor buttons 34 34 34 34 34 T to select FINE then press the Cursor buttons 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 T to obtain the best tuning condition Press the ENTER button U to return the tuning to its former state 5 Press the MENU button V to exit the On Screen Display µ END MENU CH2 AFC ENTER FINE µ Blanking of Unused Programme...

Page 13: ...Press the Cursor buttons 34 34 34 34 34 T to select CH ADD DELETE then press the ENTER button U 3 Press the Cursor buttons 34 34 34 34 34 T to select the desired programme position example CH3 then press the Cursor button 2 2 2 2 2 T to select DELETE Deleting a channel shifts the programme positions of Channel 8 to Channel 12 down as shown in the list above The list of the programme positions do n...

Page 14: ...V screen 2 Press the Cursor buttons 34 34 34 34 34 T to select CLOCK SET then press the ENTER button U 3 When the current clock display on the VCR is between 11 58 00 and 12 01 59 press the MENU button V as soon as you hear the 12 00 00 signal This resets the time to 12 00 00 LANGUAGE CLOCK SET TUNER PRESET CH ADD DELETE SYSTEM OPTION MENU LANGUAGE CLOCK SET TUNER PRESET CH ADD DELETE SYSTEM OPTIO...

Page 15: ...s Using the On Screen Display 7 Colour system indicator Any selected colour TV system except AUTO appears on screen display See pages 11 15 and 18 8 Picture mode indicator At each press of the PICTURE MODE button J the selected picture mode is set and following picture mode indicators appear Example STANDARD For TV Programme recorded DYNAMIC For Scenery Sports SOFT For Rental soft tape CARTOON For...

Page 16: ...gth to Display the Approximate Remaining Tape Time TAPE SELECT 1 Press the MENU button V to display the Main menu on the TV screen 2 Press the Cursor buttons 34 34 34 34 34 T to select OPTION then press the ENTER button U 3 Press the Cursor buttons 34 34 34 34 34 T to select TAPE SELECT then select the corresponding video cassette tape length by pressing the Cursor buttons 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 T E1...

Page 17: ...ar when the VCR is off It will not operate in the Timer standby mode After recording all programmed data the VCR will go into Power save mode OFF This setting does not save power when the VCR is off 4 Press the MENU button V twice to exit the On Screen Display NTSC INPUT SELECT AUTO NTSC PB SELECT onPALTV TAPE SELECT E180 NTSC CONVERTER OFF POWER SAVE OFF OPTION NTSC INPUT SELECT AUTO NTSC PB SELE...

Page 18: ... 4 43 B G I DK 5 5 6 0 6 5 Quasi PAL B G I DK 5 5 6 0 6 5 SECAM B G I DK 5 5 6 0 6 5 PAL PAL B G I DK 5 5 6 0 6 5 Quasi PAL NTSC 4 43 NTSC 3 58 SECAM PAL MESECAM NTSC AUTO PAL MESECAM NTSC 1 OSD On Screen Display setting See page 15 2 OSD On Screen Display setting See page 16 3 If the picture lacks colour when AUTO is set set to PAL MESECAM or NTSC 4 OSD On Screen Display setting See page 11 5 OSD...

Page 19: ...low button 7 or the PAUSE STILL button To return to normal playback press the Play button I the Pause Slow button 7 or the PAUSE STILL button For Slow Playback During playback keep the Pause Slow button 7 or the PAUSE STILL button pressed for 2 seconds or more To return to normal playback press the Play button I Fast forwarding or Rewinding the Tape To fast forward the tape Press the Fast Forward ...

Page 20: ...NTSC INPUT SELECT to be in the AUTO or 3 58 position see page 16 however if NTSC INPUT SELECT is in this position when recording a NTSC 3 58 signal no colour is available for the PAL TV Once the recording is completed you then need to select on PAL TV to view the recording in colour on PAL TV When playback the PAL tapes You do not need to set NTSC PB SELECT Note for only NTSC Playback on PAL syste...

Page 21: ...ILL button during recording Press it again to continue recording To Display the Approximate Remaining Tape Time The remaining tape time can be displayed in the VCR display 1 Select TAPE SELECT from the on screen display and select the corresponding video cassette tape length See page 16 2 Press the DISPLAY button N repeatedly until the Remaining Tape Time appears on the VCR display For certain cas...

Page 22: ...om that moment on for 30 minutes 30 min 240 min 180 min 120 min 60 min Counter display normal recording mode To Stop the OTR Recording Before the End Press the Stop button 9 Notes The OTR function works during normal recording When the tape reaches its end during OTR the VCR will turn itself off To Select the Recording Duration and Perform Timer Recording OTR Recording OTR means One Touch Recordin...

Page 23: ...picture and sound quality Regarding the A indication refer to page 24 When you play back a tape recorded in the EP mode the monaural sound may be unstable 7 Press the TIMER REC button D to switch the VCR over to the timer recording standby mode The PROGRAMME IS COMPLETE message appears The VCR will be set to the timer recording stanby mode after about 1 minute if the TIMER REC button D is not pres...

Page 24: ...es that the remaining tape time is insufficient to record the programme to its end during a timer recording performed in the SP mode this function automatically changes the tape speed to ensure that the whole programme will be recorded The tape speed will change as follows PAL system SP LP NTSC system SP EP This function cannot change the recording speed to the EP mode for PAL system Depending on ...

Page 25: ...r cancellation by the user the programmed timer recording data will be cancelled from the memory by 4 A M two days later However if the timer recording function is activated at that time the programmed timer recording data will not be cancelled 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CH DATE ON OFF 2 27TH 20 02 21 30 SP 1 SU SA 10 30 11 00 LP 14 SU 15 00 16 00 SP 5 19WE 22 15 23 30 LP A1 28FR 20 02 21 30 SP 4 30SU 19 10 ...

Page 26: ...ven after a search has been commenced To stop the search at any time Press the MENU button V and clear the PROGRAMME LIST SEARCH screen Notes This function does not work during timer recording standby mode This function works only for video cassettes containing timer recorded programmes Since this function works only for the currently loaded video cassette all the programming list details will be ...

Page 27: ... decreases by 1 every time an index signal is located Searching while Checking the Video Cassette Contents Intro Jet Scan This VCR automatically records special index signals on the tape every time a recording starts The Intro Jet Scan function makes use of these index signals to play back the beginning of each programme recorded on the cassette one after another at high speed This lets you quickl...

Page 28: ...tart playback 2 At the point where you want to join a new scene press the Pause Slow button 7 to put it in the still playback mode 3 Press the REC button K to put it in the recording pause mode 4 Start playback on the source unit and search for the point from which you want to record copy onto this VCR 5 When that point is reached press the Pause Slow button 7 again to start recording the new pict...

Page 29: ...on this VCR to put it in the still playback mode 3 Press the A DUB button on this VCR to put it in the recording pause mode 4 Start playback on the source unit so that you can hear the sound 5 When you reach the point from which you want to start audio dubbing press the Pause Slow button 7 on this VCR again to start recording the new sound or start your narration 6 At the point where you want to s...

Page 30: ...ted in quotations The VCR display is not illuminated The mains lead has not been connected Connect the mains lead to the mains supply Power save setting is ON Set POWER SAVE to OFF See page 17 The VCR display is illuminated but the VCR will not operate The VCR is in the timer mode Press the TIMER REC button D to operate the VCR manually Safety devices are operating Disconnect the mains lead and wa...

Page 31: ...r beam is not reaching the VCR Ensure that the remote control is being pointed at the VCR and that the transmitter beam is not obstructed The distance is too far Use the remote control within 7 m of the VCR The batteries are exhausted Replace the batteries Note the precautions for replacement on page 6 The batteries are incorrectly fitted with reversed Fit the batteries correctly as shown on page ...

Page 32: ...er Keep the VCR away from flower vases tubs sinks etc If liquids are spilled into the VCR serious damage could occur If you spill any liquid into the VCR consult qualified service personnel Lightning To avoid damage by lightning disconnect the aerial plug from the VCR Cleaning the VCR Wipe the VCR with a clean dry cloth Never use cleaning fluid or other chemicals Do not use compressed air to remov...

Page 33: ...e than 47 kohm Output Level AV1 j6 dBV less than 1 kohm Audio Track 1 track Normal mono only Video Horizontal Resolution Colour more than 240 lines SP Signal to Noise Ratio Video more than 43 dB SP Audio more than 43 dB SP Audio Frequency Response 80 Hz 8 kHz SP Operating Temperature 5uC 40uC Operating Humidity 35 80 Weight 3 5 kg Dimensions 430 W a87 H a283 D mm Standard Accessories 1 pc RF Coaxi...

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