Hitachi VT-MX211A manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Video Deck

VT-MX211A

Owner's Manual

Your Complete Guide

to Videocassette Viewing and Recording

Using these quality features:

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


HITACHI HOME	HITACHI SALES		HITACHI (HSC)
ELECTRONICS	CORPORATION		CANADA INC.
(AMERICA), INC.	OF HAWAII, INC.		3300 Trans Canada Hwy.
3890 Steve Reynolds Blvd.,		3219 Koapaka St.	Pointe Claire, Quebec
Norcross, Georgia 30093	Honolulu, HI 96819		H9R 1B1, CANADA
Tel. 770-279-5600	Tel. 808-839-3621		Tel. 514-697-9150
QR13224 ©Hitachi, Ltd. 1996			Printed in Hong Kong

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Contents

Using these quality features: HITACHI HOME HITACHI SALES HITACHI (HSC) ELECTRONICS TABLE OF CONTENTS WARNING: CAUTION: The caution marking is located on the rear of the cabinet IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Page Page LOCATION POWER SUPPLY AVOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE WARNING Page PRECAUTIONS THREE DIFFERENT TAPE SPEEDS INSERTING A CASSETTE REMOVING A CASSETTE Page OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 1.Cassette Compartment REW button PLAY button F.FWD button SELECT button Status function COUNTER MEMORY button ADD/DELETE button COUNTER RESET button CABLE CONNECTIONS SETTING A VIDEO CHANNEL A/V TERMINALS CONNECTING TO INPUT JACKS INPUT SELECT INSTALLING THE BATTERIES Note to CATV system installer: AUTOMATIC CHANNEL PRESET (Without a Cable Box) TO RECALL A DESIRED CHANNEL TO DELETE PRESET CHANNEL Page CHANNEL PRESET AGAIN SETTING THE CLOCK Page Page TO CHANGE CLOCK SETTING SELECTING THE LANGUAGE ON SCREEN DISPLAY NORMAL PLAYBACK Page NOISE CANCEL (in the Still mode) VERTICAL HOLD CONTROL TRACKING ADJUSTMENT AUTO REWIND Page AUTO REPEAT PLAYBACK TO EXIT THE AUTO REPEAT MODE RENTAL PLAY TO EXIT THE RENTAL PLAY MODE COUNTER MEMORY TO EXIT THE COUNTER MEMORY VIEWING AND RECORDING THE SAME PROGRAM Page 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: 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 TO MONITOR THE RECORDING 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 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SERVICING CABINET CLEANING HEAD CLEANING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS • Design and specifications subject to change without notice