JVC J593, HR-J590, J293EU Basic Recording, Recording Features, Memory Stop Facility

Recording

Accidental erasure prevention

To prevent accidental recording on a
recorded cassette, remove its record
safety tab. To record on it later, cover
the hole with adhesive tape.	Record safety tab

Basic Recording

Turn on the TV and select the AV mode or video channel.

ALoad a cassette

Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette.

●The recorder turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.

BSelect recording channel

Press PR+/– or the number keys.

●You can select channel in the stop mode or recording pause mode.

CSet tape speed (HR-J590/J593/J599EU only)

Press SP/LP (p). The current setting for the tape speed appears on the screen for about 3 seconds. Press SP/LP (p) again to change the setting while tape speed is displayed.

DStart recording

Press 7.

●If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recorder stops recording, rewinds the tape and ejects the cassette, then enters the standby mode automatically.

During recording

Pause recording

Press 9.

●Press 9 to resume recording.

●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.

●There will be a loss of color, or the picture will be distorted where the channel is changed.

Stop recording

Press 8 on the remote OR Press 0 on the recorder. control.

Recording Features

Tape Position/Time Counter

Press OK repeatedly to display the tape position and time counter on the screen. To reset the time counter, press 0000.

NOTES:

●Set “OSD” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen. ( 5)

●Depending on the type of tape used, the tape position may not appear right away.

Memory Stop Facility

The recorder stops automatically when rewinding the tape and the counter reaches “M 0:00:00”. If you set the counter to

“M 0:00:00” before the playback or recording, you can easily access the pre-selected position by using the time counter.

APress OK repeatedly to display the counter on the screen.

BPress 0000 to reset the counter before playback or recording.

CStart playback or recording.

DPress 3 after playback or recording. The tape rewinds and stops automatically when the counter reaches to “M 0:00:00”.

Watching one programme while recording another

If your recorder is connected to the TV via the AV connection, press TV/VCR.

Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to set the channel controls on the TV for the station you wish to view. The programme selected with the TV’s channel controls appears on the screen while the one selected with the PR+/– is recorded on the tape.

●If a decoder is connected to the recorder, you can select a scrambled channel as well with the TV channel controls.

Specifying recording length

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)

During recording, press 7 (ITR) repeatedly until the desired recording length appears on the screen.

●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 9 hours).

●The recorder enters the standby mode after recording is finished.

●To cancel an ITR, press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder.

Receiving stereo and bilingual programmes (HR-J590/J593/J599EU only)

Your recorder is equipped with a Sound-Multiplex decoder (A2) and a Digital stereo sound decoder (NICAM) as well, making reception of stereo and bilingual broadcasts possible.

●To listen to a stereo programme, set “AUDIO” to “STEREO”. ( 5)

●To listen to a bilingual programme, set “AUDIO” to “LEFT” or “RIGHT”. ( 5)

●To listen to the standard (regular monaural) audio while receiving a NICAM broadcast, set “AUDIO” to “MONO”. ( 5)

NOTE:

Set “OSD” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen. ( 5)

To record stereo and bilingual programmes (A2)

●Stereo programmes are automatically recorded in stereo on the Hi-Fi audio track (with the normal audio track recording mixed L and R channel sound).

●Bilingual programmes are automatically recorded in bilingual on the Hi-Fi audio track. The main soundtrack is recorded on the normal audio track.

To record NICAM stereo and bilingual programmes

The NICAM audio programme is recorded on the Hi-Fi audio track, and the standard audio programme on the normal audio track.

NOTES:

●Set “NIC” to “AUTO”. ( 5)

●If the quality of stereo sound being received is poor, the broadcast may be received in monaural with better quality.

●Before playing back a programme recorded in stereo, or a

bilingual programme, set “AUDIO” to the appropriate mode. ( 5)

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