JVC HR-J790EU Showview System Setup, Specifying recording length Instant Timer Recording ITR

Watching one programme while recording another

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 on the recorder repeatedly until the desired recording length appears on the display panel. “” on the display panel starts blinking.

●Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours).

●The recorder turns off after recording is finished.

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

Receiving stereo and bilingual programmes

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.

When the channel is changed, the type of broadcast being received will be displayed on the screen for a few seconds.

	Type of broadcast being received	On-screen display
A2	Stereo	ST
A2	Bilingual	BIL.
Regular Monaural		(none)
NICAM Stereo		ST NICAM
NICAM Bilingual		BIL. NICAM
NICAM Monaural		NICAM

●To listen to a stereo programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L j h R” appears on the screen.

●To listen to a bilingual programme, press AUDIO until “HIFI L j” or “HIFI h R” appears on the screen.

●To listen to the standard (regular monaural) audio while receiving a NICAM broadcast, press AUDIO until “NORM” appears on the screen.

NOTE:

Set “O.S.D.” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen. ( 12)

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:

●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, refer to “Selecting Soundtrack” ( 6).

SHOWVIEW® System Setup

Set the Guide Program numbers manually only in the following cases:

●When you select a country in Central or Eastern Europe for country setting.

OR

●When timer-programming with the SHOWVIEW system, the channel position, where the station you wish to record is received on your recorder, is not selected.

OR

●When you add a channel after Auto Set Up, Preset Download or Auto Channel Set has taken place.

OR

●When you wish to timer-record a satellite programme with the SHOWVIEW system.

Guide Program Number Set

“Guide Program (GUIDE PROG) number” refers to the assigned TV station numbers, according to broadcast area, for the SHOWVIEW timer recording. The Guide Program numbers can be found in most TV listings.

●If the Guide Program numbers are not set properly when you timer-record a TV programme using the SHOWVIEW system, the recorder will record a TV programme of a different station. When programming the timer using the SHOWVIEW system, be sure to check the desired channel is selected correctly.

AAccess Main Menu screen, then Initial Set screen

Press MENU. Press rt to place the pointer next to “INITIAL SET”, then press OK or e.

BAccess Guide Program Set screen

Press rt to place the pointer next to “GUIDE PROG SET”, then press OK or e.

C Input Guide Program number

Press rt to select the Guide Program number as shown in the TV listing, then press OK or e.

DInput receiving channel number

Press the number key “0” to select “TV PROG” or “SAT”.

Press rt to select the number of the channel on which the Guide Program number’s broadcast is received, then press OK or e.

●To timer-record a satellite programme with the SHOWVIEW system, you need to install an optional Satellite Controller and

perform the procedure described in “Satellite Receiver Control Set” ( 5).

●Repeat steps 3 – 4 as necessary.

EReturn to normal screen

Press MENU.

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