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HR-J255EA

VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER

INSTRUCTIONS

LPT0108-001A

PAL

POWER

SP/LP

B.E.S.T. PICTURE

TV PROG

DISPLAY

VIDEO

AUDIO

REVIEW

PROG.
CHECK

PROG.

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

/AUX

/DAILY

/WEEKLY

TV/VCR

CANCEL

START

REW

PLAY

REC

STOP

TV PROG +

TV PROG –

TV VOL

PAUSE

STOP

DATE

TV PROG

C.RESET

TIMER

PUSH JOG

EXPRESS PROGRAMMING

CONTENTS

ENGLISH

SAFETY FIRST

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

INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 3

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

INITIAL SETTINGS

Video Channel Set ..................... 4
Auto Set Up ............................... 6
Clock Set ................................... 8
On-Screen Displays ................... 9

PLAYBACK

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

RECORDING

Basic Recording ....................... 14
Recording Features .................. 15
B.E.S.T. Picture System ............. 16

TIMER RECORDING

G-

CODE

Setup ........................... 18

G-

CODE

Timer Programming...... 20

Express Timer Programming ..... 22

EDITING

Edit To Another Video
Recorder .................................. 26
Edit From A Camcorder Or
Another Video Recorder ........... 27

TUNER SET

TROUBLESHOOTING

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

INDEX

SPECIFICATIONS

Summary of Contents for HR-J255EA

Page 1: ...TENTS 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 Clock Set 8 On Screen Displays 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 G CODE Setup 18 G CODE Timer Programming 20 Express Timer Progr...

Page 2: ...me temperatures or humidity in direct sunlight in a dusty environment in an environment where strong magnetic fields are generated on a surface that is unstable or subject to vibration 2 DO NOT block the recorder s ventilation openings 3 DO NOT place heavy objects on the recorder or remote control 4 DO NOT place anything which might spill on top of the recorder or remote control 5 AVOID violent sh...

Page 3: ...b Connect an optional AV cable between the AUDIO OUT 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 It s essential that your video recorder be properly connected Follow these steps carefully THESE STEPS MUST BE COM PLETED BEFORE ANY VIDEO OPERATION CAN BE PER FORMED INSTALL...

Page 4: ...ntil the display 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 ...

Page 5: ... any 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...

Page 6: ...ress any buttons on the recorder or remote that are not directly related to the step you are performing while Auto Set Up is in progress If you perform Auto Set Up successfully during installa tion there s no need to separately perform the Clock Set or Channel Set procedures but if adjustments become necessary they can be performed as follows To reset or adjust the time Z pg 8 To add delete channe...

Page 7: ...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 If you want to set the tuner manually such as to add or skip channels to swap channel positions or to fine tune channels Z pg 29 31 DO NOT press any button on the recorder or remote control while Auto Set Up is in progress START AUTO CHANNEL SET 5 Press OK or PUSH JOG The...

Page 8: ...appears SET TIME 5 Press PUSH JOG fi to set the time then press OK or PUSH JOG Press and hold either button to delay or advance the time by 30 minutes SET DATE 6 Press PUSH JOG fi to set the date then press OK or PUSH JOG Press and hold either button to change the date by 15 days SET YEAR 7 Press PUSH JOG fi to set the year START CLOCK OPERATION 8 Press MENU fi CLOCK SET TIME DATE YEAR 0 00 01 01 ...

Page 9: ...ppear 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 C...

Page 10: ...10EN 1 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 5 9 ...

Page 11: ...layback press PLAY Still Picture 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 rele...

Page 12: ...pe plays 50 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 FF PAUSE P L A Y REW PUSH JOG TV PROG S T O P REVIEW NTSC Playback Your video recorder is equipped with NTSC circuitry that can play back NTSC tapes LOAD A CASSETTE 1 Insert a cassette recorded in NTSC START PLAYBACK 2 Press PLAY Some ...

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: ...14EN 1 2 3 4 0 6 ...

Page 15: ...cording 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 RECORD button on the recorder s front panel RECORD TV...

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 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 You can also turn on off the B E S T system by simply ...

Page 17: ...uto 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 onl...

Page 18: ...p time data when setting the timer record function Simply key in the G CODE number for the TV programme you wish to record found in most TV listings and the recorder s timer is automatically programmed You have to set GUIDE PROG numbers which are assigned to each station for purposes of G CODE timer programming for all the stations stored in your recorder s memory to get proper results Before G CO...

Page 19: ...ur recorder s auxiliary channel F 1 select F 1 for the channel position Repeat steps 4 and 5 as necessary RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 6 Press MENU Guide Program Number Guide Program GUIDE PROG number refers to the assigned TV station numbers according to broadcast area for G CODE timer recording The Guide Program numbers can be found in most TV listings G CODE SET UP GUIDE PROG TV PROG 2 2 0 9 OR 5 SE...

Page 20: ... ERROR appears on the screen and Err appears on the display panel Press CANCEL and input a valid G CODE number If the GUIDE PROG SET screen appears see ATTENTION Regarding Guide Program Number Set on page 21 SET TAPE SPEED 4 Press SP LP to set the tape speed P1 G CODE 123456789 START STOP 21 00 22 00 SP DATE TV PROG 25 12 1 OK G CODE Timer Programming Before performing G CODE Timer Programming Be ...

Page 21: ...EN 21 1 2 3 4 0 6 7 8 5 9 1 4 3 2 RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 5 Press ...

Page 22: ...t 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 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 5 Press DATE The current date appears on screen The date you enter app...

Page 23: ...er press TIMER again To Timer Record Weekly Or Daily Serials anytime during steps 2 through 8 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 ...

Page 24: ...OGRAMME 4 Press CANCEL to cancel a programme To replace a programme press the appropriate button START STOP DATE TV PROG SP LP 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 PressTIMER 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 ...

Page 25: ...N 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 mode The Auto SP LP Timer feature is not availabl...

Page 26: ...T MODE 2 Set the recording deck s external input mode START SOURCE PLAYER 3 Press PLAY on the source player START RECORDING DECK 4 Engage its Record mode NOTES All necessary cables can be obtained from your dealer 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 9 Another recorder Recording deck RF Cable provided...

Page 27: ...EN 27 ...

Page 28: ...s broadcasting in your area Your recorder needs to memorise 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 MAIN MENU FUNCTION SET TUNER SET INITIAL SET 5 MENU EXIT TUNER SET CH EDIT...

Page 29: ...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 30: ...nel you want to delete begins blinking DELETE CHANNEL 4 Press CANCEL To re store it simply press Repeat steps 3 4 as necessary RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN 5 Press MENU CH FRQ CH FRQ 01 150 07 229 02 165 08 237 03 195 09 355 04 205 10 365 05 213 11 374 06 221 12 384 5 CANCEL DELETE 5 EDIT MENU EXIT CH FRQ CH FRQ 01 07 229 02 165 08 237 03 195 09 355 04 205 10 365 05 213 11 374 06 221 12 384 5 ADD MENU ...

Page 31: ...Channel Positions Example To swap CH03 and CH09 ACCESS TUNER SET SCREEN 1 Perform steps 1 3 of Auto Channel Set on page 28 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 ...

Page 32: ...order cannot be powered 3 The remote control won t function CORRECTIVE ACTION Connect the mains power cord Press the TIMER button to turn the indicator off Replace the dead batteries with new ones SYMPTOM 1 The tape does not run during recording 2 The tape will not rewind or fast forward CORRECTIVE ACTION Press PLAY to turn the indicator off Check the cassette SYMPTOM 1 The playback picture does n...

Page 33: ...its Record Safety tab removed TIMER has been pressed when there are no programs in memory or the timer record information has been programmed incorrectly The end of the tape was reached during timer recording The recorder s channel positions have been set incorrectly CORRECTIVE ACTION Position the camcorder so its microphone is away from the TV Turn the TV s volume down If you need the skipped cha...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...0 11 5 PLAY Button Z pg 10 6 Fast Forward FF Button Z pg 10 11 7 VIDEO AUDIO Input Connectors Z pg 27 8 SP LP Button Z pg 14 9 B E S T Picture Button Z pg 16 B E S T Picture Indicator Z pg 16 0 Display Panel Z pg 36 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 B E S T PICTURE TV PROG DI...

Page 36: ...e Indicators 3 Tape Speed Indicators Z pg 14 4 Timer Indicator Z pg 21 23 5 Channel Display Clock Display 6 Instant REVIEW Indicator Z pg 13 7 Cassette Loaded Mark 8 Count Display 9 Mode Display F 1 STILL SLOW RECORD RECORD PAUSE PLAY VARIABLE SHUTTLE SEARCH 7 8 2 1 5 6 3 4 9 SP REVIEW ...

Page 37: ...tton See below 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 22 9 STOP Button Z pg 22 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 2...

Page 38: ...noise ratio 45 dB Horizontal resolution 250 lines 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 Aerial output UHF channels Adjustable 28 60 Memory backup time Approx 6 months Estimated figure...

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