Hitachi 13VR3B, 20VR4B manual

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1HITACHI

TV/VCR Combination

13VR3B/20VR4B

OPERATING GUIDE

Your new HITACHI TV/VCR Combination incorporate a host of features designed to give you excellent performance if you follow the instructions in this manual. We recommend that you read the following instructions and "IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS" notice before turning on your TV/VCR Combination for the first time.

This TV/VCR Combination will display television closed captioning ( or ), in accordance with paragraph 15, 119 of the FCC rules.

EDITION ANGLAISE (L'edition francaise est imprimee a l'envers.)

Contents

Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page IMPORTANT SAFETY TIPS CAUTION: FOR YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY PROTECTION AND LOCATION OF YOUR SET OPERATION OF YOUR SET IF THIS SET DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY FOR SERVICING AND MODIFICATION Page HOOK-UPCABLES AND CONNECTORS Notes: DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 13VR3B) Front 13VR3B DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 20VR4B) Front 20VR4B DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS Rear TV/VCR UNIFIED REMOTE CONTROL HOW TO USE YOUR REMOTE CONTROL INSTALLING BATTERIES CAUTIONS ON SCREEN DISPLAY VCR STATUS DISPLAY OSD MENU SCREEN To Set the Closed Caption Mode Recording and Playing Back a Closed Caption/Text Program Selecting the Proper Mode SETTING THE CLOCK Page AIR/CABLE AUTO PROGRAM CHANNEL MEMORY Audio Mute Sleep Timer PICTURE FUNCTIONS Page Types Safety Tabs Prevent Erasure Loading and Ejecting Tape Storage To Fine Tune the Picture Rewinding the Tape Manual Rewind Movie Return AUTO REPEAT Still Playback (Pause) Frame advance Skip Playback Variable-SpeedSlow Motion Playback Visual Search Searching with the Time Counter Marking with the Time Counter Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO Jump to an index mark with INDEX Basic Recording Steps To Skip Commercials To Change the Channel Being Recorded To Leave Index Marks on the Tape Using the Instant Recording Timer (IRT) Before You Begin DELAYED RECORDING STEPS Page OFF TIMER ON TIMER HEAD CLEANING RECEPTION PROBLEMS BEFORE REQUESTING SERVICE Power Correction Monitor VCR Page SPECIFICATIONS Display General