Hitachi VT-MX411AC manual

HITACHI

Video Deck

VT-MX411AC

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/Edit 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.	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
QR15332 ©Hitachi, Ltd. 1996		Printed in Hong Kong

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Contents

Video Deck HITACHI HOME HITACHI SALES HITACHI (HSC) ELECTRONICS Page WARNING: CAUTION: The caution marking is located on the rear of the cabinet IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Power Cord Protection Outdoor Antenna Grounding Antenna ground diagram Replacement Parts Safety Check Heat LOCATION POWER SUPPLY AVOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE WARNING Page Page Slow Motion VIDEO CASSETTE Page OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS 1.Cassette Compartment REW button PLAY button F.FWD button Status function COUNTER MEMORY button ADD/DELETE button COUNTER RESET button MUTE button CABLE CONNECTIONS SETTING A VIDEO CHANNEL A/V TERMINALS CONNECTING TO INPUT JACKS INPUT SELECT INSTALLING THE BATTERIES AUTOMATIC CHANNEL PRESET (Without a Cable Box) TO RECALL A DESIRED CHANNEL TO DELETE PRESET CHANNEL CHANNEL PRESET AGAIN SETTING THE CLOCK Page Page TO CHANGE CLOCK SETTING SELECTING THE LANGUAGE Page ON SCREEN DISPLAY NORMAL PLAYBACK VERTICAL HOLD CONTROL TRACKING ADJUSTMENT SLOW MOTION 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 TIME SEARCH INDEX SEARCH BLANK SEARCH Page VIEWING AND RECORDING THE SAME PROGRAM SKIPPING SOME MATERIALS DURING RECORDING EDIT SEARCH 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 JUST-INTIME RECORDING Notes: SETTING THE REMAINING TIME REMAINING TAPE RUNNING TIME DISPLAY 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 SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION PROBLEM Page SERVICING CABINET CLEANING HEAD CLEANING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS • Design and specifications subject to change without notice