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VC-MH770SM

VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER

OPERATION MANUAL

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IGR Hi-Fi

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6 HEAD EXTENDED PLAY

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SHARP SUPER PICTURE

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AUTO TUNING

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Page 1: ...VC MH770SM VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER OPERATION MANUAL IGR Hi Fi 6 HEAD EXTENDED PLAY SHARP SUPER PICTURE AUTO TUNING Downloaded from http www usersmanualguide com ...

Page 2: ...ay consist of copyrighted works which must not be recorded without the authority of the owner of the copyright Please refer to the relevant laws in your Country No part of this publication may be reproduced stored or transmitted in any form without prior permission from SHARP Electronics UK Limited THIS MANUAL COVERS A RANGE OF MODELS ALL OF THE FEATURES MENTIONED MAY NOT NECESSARILY APPLY TO YOUR...

Page 3: ...T FORWARD 11 STOP 12 TAPE SPEED 13 SLOW 28 DPSS SLOW SPEED 2 TV INPUT SELECT 6 MENU 18 SET 20 CLEAR 10 RECORD 17 SKIP SEARCH 14 BASIC SHARP TV CONTROLS 1 STANDBY 4 TIMER ON OFF 7 SV V TIMER 24 INPUT SELECT 29 TV VCR VCR FRONT PANEL REMOTE CONTROL EQUIVALENT FUNCTIONS If you prefer or if remote control batteries fail you will need to use the VCR front panel controls The only differences in function...

Page 4: ...ape 16 Checking the amount of tape remaining 16 Playing back a video tape repeatedly 16 LCD Display 17 Tape counter and zero back 17 Searching the video tape 18 Skip searching the video tape 18 Digital programme search system DPSS 18 Recording from other equipment 19 Colour 20 Blue mute 20 SPECIAL FEATURES ON YOUR VCR Child lock 21 Decoder switching operation 21 CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION Manually tu...

Page 5: ... VCR unplug immediately and contact your SHARP dealer Do not use the VCR insert or drop anything into the tape compartment or through the air vents as this could result in serious damage fire or an electric shock POWER SOCKETS To avoid overheating or even fire insert the plug correctly into the socket DO NOT overload power sockets this may cause a fire or electric shock pull the power cord to disc...

Page 6: ...emote Control Remote Control must be pointed towards the VCR to operate Do not expose to liquid or shock May not function if the VCR is in direct sunlight or any other strong light Replace both alkaline batteries type AA R6 UM3 if the remote control fails Remove the batteries and keep in a safe place if you do not plan to use the VCR for several months Remove and dispose of flat batteries safely a...

Page 7: ...ead to LINE 2 IN DECODER socket on the VCR Connect the VCR to the mains Optional SCART not supplied If you have a scart lead connect it to your TV and LINE 1 IN OUT socket on the VCR Connect your TV to the VCR using the supplied RF Connection Cable i e connect the VCR RF OUT socket to the TV AERIAL IN socket AERIAL OR CATV CABLE DECODER UNIT OR SATELLITE SYSTEM BACK OF TELEVISION Downloaded from h...

Page 8: ... menu screen appears 5 Press SET to store the RF channel setting and continue with the installation If the above screen does not appear follow the procedure RESET THE VCR NOTE The TV is tuned to the VCR If the clear button is pressed at this point it will not allow the TV to be tuned to the VCR Refer to RF through ON OFF below If you have a preferred channel the RF channel can be set manually 21 6...

Page 9: ...ENU to exit If the clock is not automatically set the clock screen will appear refer to MANUALLY SETTING THE CLOCK If you wish to customise the channel order refer to MANUALLY SORTING CHANNELS All the programmes should now be correctly tuned in and the clock set Refer to the CUSTOMISED INSTALLATION chapter if Your VCR could not tune automatically due to for example poor reception You wish to re ar...

Page 10: ...is fails you will need to have the heads cleaned by a SHARP Service Facility Please note if cleaning is necessary it is not covered by the guarantee Use video tapes which carry the mark HOW TO PLAYBACK A VIDEO TAPE PLAYBACK 1 Switch on your TV and select the video channel 2 Carefully push a pre recorded video tape into the tape compartment This will switch the VCR on 3 To start playback press PLAY...

Page 11: ... of a video tape Press CHANNEL K or L to position picture interference off the TV screen Manual Tracking Press CHANNEL K and L buttons together to start Auto Tracking PAUSING AND SLOW MOTION 1 Press PLAY X2 w to start the video tape playing 2 To pause the video tape press PAUSE STILL II To minimise jitter whilst in pause mode press CHANNEL K or L Press PLAY X2 w to resume playback 3 To playback in...

Page 12: ...REVERSE VISUAL SEARCH 1 During playback for continuous search mode press FAST FORWARD q REWIND e on the remote control or on the VCR front panel 2 To decrease the speed press FAST FORWARD q REWIND e on the remote control or VCR front panel again 3 Press PLAY X2 w to resume playback NOTE There will be picture interference and possibly a change to black and white picture using Visual Fast Forward Re...

Page 13: ...ape into your VCR 2 Select the channel you wish to record on the VCR 3 To start recording press REC 쏹 4 To pause during recording press PAUSE STILL II 5 To continue recording press REC 쏹 6 To stop recording press STOP r once SIMPLE TIMED RECORDING 1 To specify a stop time press REC 쏹 2 Each additional press of REC 쏹 will delay the stop time by 10 minutes 3 To stop recording at any time press STOP ...

Page 14: ...ilable timer record entry Press SET to confirm this The display will automatically show today s date Either If this is the date you wish to make the recording on press SET to confirm this Or enter the recording date using the K L or the NUMBER BUTTONS Enter two digits for the day then two for the month For example for July 9th press 0 9 9th then 0 7 July 5 Then press SET to confirm 6 If you want t...

Page 15: ...s repeat this procedure 12 When you have completed entering timer settings press MENU to remove the menu from the TV screen 13 Press TIMER ON OFF once to place the VCR in TIMER STAND BY mode will be shown on the display NOTES If flashes a video tape has not been inserted into the VCR If the video tape is ejected when the VCR tries to record the record protection tab has been removed During recordi...

Page 16: ... press SET 3 Press H J to highlight the setting to be changed and correct it by using the K L or the NUMBER BUTTONS 4 When all corrections are complete press SET then press MENU CANCELLING A RECORDING 1 Follow steps 1 to 4 of CHECKING A RECORDING 2 If you wish to cancel a delayed recording press K L to highlight the recording to be cancelled then press CLEAR 3 Press MENU NOTE If there are some pro...

Page 17: ...TH speakers L and R will disappear from the VCR display Pressing AUDIO OUT a fourth time normal Hi Fi stereo sound will be heard L and R will appear on the VCR display IGR Hi Fi STEREO SOUND Your VCR can receive and record IGR sound The VCR is normally set so that IGR sound is possible if it is present on the receiving signal otherwise the VCR will automatically switch to receive the mono signal N...

Page 18: ...ur VCR to audio equipment When connected in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers RF OUT SORTIEANTENNE ANTENNAIN ENTREE BACK OF EXISTING AERIAL CABLE RF CONNECTION CABLE RF OUT AUDIO OUT AMPLIFIER L and R TELEVISION AERIAL IN AUDIO PHONO LEADS NOT SUPPLIED Downloaded from http www usersmanualguide com ...

Page 19: ...VCR display in hours and minutes For example In Standard Play 1 hour 23 minutes is left on the tape In Long Play 2 hours 46 minutes is left on the tape In Extended Play 4 hours 9 minutes is left on the tape NOTES PLAYING BACK A VIDEO TAPE REPEATEDLY You can set your VCR to automatically rewind at the end of playing a video tape and replay the entire tape again REPEAT will appear on the on screen d...

Page 20: ...on until tape counter appears for example 2 To identify the current position on a video tape press the CLEAR button and the tape counter will appear When you wish to return to this position on the video tape press ZERO BACK The tape will rewind advance to this point NOTE DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS The LCD display brightness can be changed to suit the ambient lighting in the room Switch on the VCR ensure t...

Page 21: ...d the video tape into the VCR 2 Press DPSS three times DPSS 3 will appear on the on screen display and the VCR will fast forward to locate the third recording after the current one 3 Press DPSS once DPSS 1 will appear on the on screen display and the VCR will rewind to locate the beginning of the current recording 4 To cancel the search before it has finished press STOP r or PLAY X2 w NOTES Record...

Page 22: ...urce connected to LINE 1 IN OUT select L1 4 If you wish to record from a source connected with audio phono leads to the sockets on the front of the VCR and S VIDEO connection lead select L3 5 Press REC to start the recording NOTES There are many different ways of connecting external equipment to your VCR Please refer to your equipment operation manuals for further information Optional SCART connec...

Page 23: ...ess H J to select AUTO PAL or MESECAM 6 Press SET and then MENU to return to the normal screen BLUE MUTE The TV screen will be blue if a TV channel with no signal is selected an unrecorded section of tape is played or the quality of the recording on the tape is poor Select OFF to disable this feature 1 Follow steps 1 to 3 from COLOUR 2 Press K L to select BLUE MUTE 3 Press H J to select OFF 4 Pres...

Page 24: ...NE 2 terminal to the decoder The decoder then outputs the descrambled signal back to LINE 2 terminal and the signal can be recorded The VCR outputs the descrambled signal to your TV through the LINE1 terminal and you can watch the descrambled picture When making recordings using a separate decoder connected as shown remember to leave the decoder function ON If you connect a decoder unit to the VCR...

Page 25: ... a channel is received If it is not the desired channel press H J to continue tuning 7 Press K L to select FINE TUNING Press and hold H J until the sharpest colour picture is obtained 9 Press K L to select SKIP The SKIP function determines whether the channel can be selected when using the CHANNEL K L instead of the NUMBER BUTTONS Press H J to select ON or OFF for this option 10 Press SET to confi...

Page 26: ...on cable will be tuned regardless of the setting Station Real Station Real Signals Channel Signals Channel Numbers Numbers 2 A CH 02 S01 S21 CH 75 3 B CH 03 S02 S22 CH 76 4 CH 04 C S03 S23 CH 77 V 5 D CH 05 S24 CH 78 H 6 3 CH 06 S25 CH 79 F 7 F CH 07 C S1 CH 80 8 CH 08 A 55 CH 65 9 G CH 09 T M1 S1 CC 01 10 H CH 10 V MS S2 CC 02 11 H1 CH 11 12 H2 CH 12 M10 S10 CC 10 S11 CH 13 U1 S11 CC 11 21 CH 21 ...

Page 27: ...at procedure from step 5 8 When all the channels are in your preferred order press CLEAR to return to the CHANNEL SORT menu or press MENU to return to a normal screen NOTE If when moving channels the picture becomes unclear and the on screen display is unreadable the MODE OSD button can be used to toggle between a blue background and the normal picture The blue background will be shown until eithe...

Page 28: ... press CLEAR to return to the CHANNEL SORT menu or press MENU to return to a normal screen NOTE If when deleting channels the picture becomes unclear and the on screen display is unreadable the MODE OSD button can be used to toggle between a blue background and the normal picture The blue background will be shown until either another channel is selected or the MODE OSD button is pressed again CANC...

Page 29: ...t CLOCK Press SET to confirm 3 Press K L to select either 12 or 24 hour clock 4 Press H J to select TIME Enter the time using the NUMBER BUTTONS or K L If the minutes are less than 10 enter the leading 0 If using the 12 hour clock enter AM or PM by pressing on the remote control 5 Press H J to select DATE Enter the date using the NUMBER BUTTONS or K L For example for 1st April enter 01 04 6 Press ...

Page 30: ...ur VCR is connected to your TV with a scart lead when you start to play a video tape the VCR will automatically switch its output so that the playback picture is shown on the TV In this case VCR will appear on the VCR display You can manually override this by pressing TV VCR on the remote control Now the TV broadcast channel will be seen on the TV screen and VCR will disappear from the VCR display...

Page 31: ...ve features will also be shown on screen 3 COUNTER this display will show the tape counter and amount of tape remaining 4 DISPLAY OFF this will remove the display from the screen NOTES The default time and date will not be displayed if the clock has not been set The VCR will return to display 1 each time it is switched on If you are recording from this VCR to another make sure you remove the displ...

Page 32: ...E 240 video cassette in Extended Play EP mode Tape width 12 7 mm Tape speed 23 39 mm s Standard Play SP 11 70 mm s Long Play LP 7 8 mm s Extended Play EP Antenna 75 Ω unbalanced Reception channels VHF channel 2 12 S1 S41 UHF channel 21 69 RF output signal UHF channel 21 69 Power requirement AC 230V 50 Hz Power consumption 17 W approx Standby 2 5 W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C Storage temperat...

Page 33: ...operate appears in VCR display Press the TIMER ON OFF button to disengage timer VCR will not respond to any commands Check CHILD LOCK is not engaged Safety device operating unplug VCR for 2 hours PLAYBACK No picture appears Make sure the TV is set to the video channel Check all connecting cables Playback picture is snowy Adjust the tracking using CHANNEL K L buttons Try another tape The video head...

Page 34: ...ot be selected The channel position has been set to be skipped Cancel the SKIP mode for that channel No colour or poor TV picture on normal viewing Make sure all the cables are connected properly Make sure the VCR power cord is properly plugged in Not possible to view picture or playback through RF OUT Make sure the RF OUTPUT has not been switched off Refer to note on RF THROUGH ON OFF in the TUNI...

Page 35: ...ront panel for 3 seconds 3 Wait for a flashing channel number to appear on the VCR display 4 The channel number can now be changed by using the CHANNEL K L buttons 5 Press the SET button to store 6 Your TV will now require tuning to the new channel White text with blue background RF THROUGH ON OFF If you wish to connect your VCR to the TV with only a scart lead the RF Output on your VCR can be tur...

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