Hitachi VT-FX601A manual

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS

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Video Deck

VT-FX601A

Owner's Manual

Your Complete Guide

to Videocassette Viewing and Recording

Using these quality features:

Rotary 4-head Record/Playback System

Bilingual on-screen menu display selectable in English or Spanish

Infrared remote control

Real time tape counter

181 channel capability PLL frequency synthesizer tuner with direct station call

Auto power on and off system

Auto counter reset

Auto rewind when the end of a tape is reached

Direct Button Operation

2 Step Picture Search Operation

Still

Digital Auto Tracking (DTR)

Auto Repeat

Rental Play Mode

Three different tape speeds (SP/LP/SLP)

IRT (Instant Recording Timer)

1 Year, 7 events (including Daily and Weekly Timer Recording)

Auto Return

Time Search/Blank Search/Index Search

Just-In-Time Recording

Remaining Tape Running Time Display

Slow Motion


HITACHI HOME	HITACHI SALES		HITACHI (HSC)
ELECTRONICS	CORPORATION		CANADA INC.
(AMERICA), INC.	OF HAWAII, INC.		6740 Campobello Road,
3890 Steve Reynolds Blvd.,		3219 Koapaka St.	Missasauga, Ontario
Norcross, Georgia 30093	Honolulu, HI 96819		L5N 2L8
Tel. 770-279-5600	Tel. 808-839-3621		Tel. 905-821-4545
QR17731 ©Hitachi, Ltd. 1997			Printed in China

Contents

Using these quality features: HITACHI HOME HITACHI SALES HITACHI (HSC) ELECTRONICS Page Page WARNING: CAUTION: The caution marking is located on the rear of the cabinet IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Read Ventilation Power Sources Grounding or Polarization LOCATION POWER SUPPLY AVOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE WARNING Page PRECAUTIONS THREE DIFFERENT TAPE SPEEDS INSERTING A CASSETTE REMOVING A CASSETTE ERASE PREVENTION PAUSE Frame Advance function POWER VCR/TV CABLE CONNECTIONS SETTING A VIDEO CHANNEL CONNECTING TO INPUT JACKS INPUT SELECT A/V TERMINALS INSTALLING THE BATTERIES AUTOMATIC CHANNEL PRESET (Without a Cable Box) TO SELECT A DESIRED CHANNEL SETTING THE CLOCK Make sure •You must use the remote control for this procedure Page TO CHANGE CLOCK SETTING TO DELETE PRESET CHANNELS Page CHANNEL PRESET AGAIN SELECTING THE LANGUAGE NORMAL PLAYBACK If a tape is already in the VCR with power off 2A) Using button on the VCR 2A) 2B) PICTURE SEARCH STILL PICTURE COUNTER MEMORY TO EXIT THE COUNTER MEMORY AUTO REPEAT PLAYBACK TO EXIT THE AUTO REPEAT MODE RENTAL PLAYBACK TO EXIT THE RENTAL PLAY MODE INDEX SEARCH TIME SEARCH BLANK SEARCH VIEWING AND RECORDING THE SAME PROGRAM SKIPPING SOME MATERIALS DURING RECORDING RECORDING ONE PROGRAM WHILE VIEWING ANOTHER TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF YOUR RECORDING IRT (Instant Recording Timer) Page AUTOMATIC TIMER RECORDING For once recording: For daily recording: For weekly recording: Page Page TO CORRECT AN AUTOMATIC TIMER PROGRAM TO STOP AN AUTOMATIC TIMER PROGRAM WHICH HAS ALREADY STARTED TO CANCEL OR CHECK THE START/END TIME HINTS FOR TIMER RECORDING AUTO RETURN WATCH THE RECORDED PROGRAM JUST-INTIME RECORDING SETTING THE REMAINING TIME REMAINING TAPE RUNNING TIME DISPLAY TO MONITOR THE RECORDING REAL TIME TAPE COUNTER AUTO REWIND REMOTE CONTROL OF THE TV PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE CONTROL OF THE TV CONTROLLING THE TV REMOTE CONTROL OF THE CABLE CONVERTER PROGRAMMING THE REMOTE CONTROL OF THE CABLE CONVERTER TO OPERATE THE CABLE BOX ONCE THE REMOTE IS PROGRAMMED FOR IT SERVICING CABINET CLEANING HEAD CLEANING •Design and specifications subject to change without notice CABLE CHANNEL DESIGNATIONS