Hitachi 13VR3B, 20VR4B TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................	2
IMPORTANT......................................................................................................................	4
SAFETY TIPS.....................................................................................................................	5
HOOK-UP CABLES AND CONNECTORS ...................................................................	10
ANTENNA CONNECTIONS ..........................................................................................	10
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 13VR3B) ...................................................	12
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 20VR4B) ...................................................	13
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS.....................................................................................	14
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS TV/VCR UNIFIED REMOTE CONTROL...............	15
HOW TO USE YOUR REMOTE CONTROL.................................................................	16
ON SCREEN DISPLAY...................................................................................................	17
VCR STATUS DISPLAY.................................................................................................	18
OSD MENU SCREEN......................................................................................................	19
CLOSED CAPTION SYSTEM ........................................................................................	20
To Set the Closed Caption Mode ..................................................................................	20
Recording and Playing Back a Closed Caption/Text Program .....................................	20
Selecting the Proper Mode ............................................................................................	20
SETTING THE CLOCK...................................................................................................	21
AIR/CABLE......................................................................................................................	23
AUTO PROGRAM...........................................................................................................	24
CHANNEL MEMORY.....................................................................................................	25
TO WATCH TV................................................................................................................	26
Audio Mute ...................................................................................................................	26
Sleep Timer ...................................................................................................................	26
PICTURE FUNCTIONS...............................................................................................	26
ABOUT VIDEOCASSETTE TAPES...............................................................................	28
Types .............................................................................................................................	28
Safety Tabs Prevent Erasure .........................................................................................	28
Loading and Ejecting ....................................................................................................	28
Tape Storage..................................................................................................................	29
VIEWING A VIDEOCASSETTE TO PLAY BACK A RECORDED TAPE.................	30
To Fine Tune the Picture...............................................................................................	30
Rewinding the Tape ......................................................................................................	30
Manual Rewind .............................................................................................................	30
VCR MODE......................................................................................................................	31
Movie Return.................................................................................................................	31
AUTO REPEAT............................................................................................................	31
SPECIAL PLAYBACK EFFECTS ..................................................................................	32
Still Playback (Pause)....................................................................................................	32
Frame advance...............................................................................................................	32
Skip Playback................................................................................................................	32
Variable-Speed Slow Motion Playback ........................................................................	32
TO FIND SPECIFIC SECTIONS ON A TAPE ...............................................................	33
Visual Search.................................................................................................................	33
Searching with the Time Counter..................................................................................	33
Marking with the Time Counter....................................................................................	33
Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO ....................................................................	33
Jump to an index mark with INDEX.............................................................................	34
RECORDING A PROGRAM...........................................................................................	35
Basic Recording Steps...................................................................................................	35
To Skip Commercials....................................................................................................	35
To Change the Channel Being Recorded ......................................................................	35
To Leave Index Marks on the Tape ..............................................................................	35
Using the Instant Recording Timer (IRT) .....................................................................	36
SETTING THE VCR TO RECORD LATER...................................................................	37
Before You Begin..........................................................................................................	37
DELAYED RECORDING STEPS ...................................................................................	38

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