Hitachi VT-MX4530A manual

VT-MX4530A

HITACHI

Video Deck

VT-MX4530A

Owner's Manual Your Complete Guide

to Videocassette Viewing and Recording

Using these quality features:

nRotary 4-head Record/Playback System

nBilingual on-screen menu display selectable in English or Spanish

nInfrared remote control

nReal time tape counter

n181 channel capability PLL frequency synthesizer tuner with direct station call

nDigital Display

nAuto power on and off system

nAuto counter reset

nAuto rewind when the end of a tape is reached

nDirect Button Operation

n2 Step Picture Search Operation

nStill

nDigital Auto Tracking (DTR)

nAuto Repeat

nPicture Select

nThree different playback tape speeds : SP/LP/SLP

nTwo different recording tape speeds : SP/SLP

nIRT (Instant Recording Timer)

n1 Year, 7 events (including Daily and Weekly Timer Recording)

nTime Search/Quick-Find/Index Search

nSlow Motion

nS-VHS Quasi Playback (SQPB)

nAuto Clock Setting

HITACHI AMERICA, LTD.	HITACHI CANADA LTD.
HOME ELECTRONICS DIVISION	DIGITAL MEDIA DIVISION
1855 Dornoch Court,	6740 Campobello Road,
San Diego, Ca 92173	Mississauga, Ontario
	L5N 2L8
Tel. 1-800-HITACHI	Tel. 1-800-HITACHI
(1-800-448-2244)	(1-800-448-2244)
QR32286 ©Hitachi, Ltd. 2000	Printed in China

Contents

HITACHI TABLE OF CONTENTS Page IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Page PRECAUTIONS LOCATION POWER SUPPLY AVOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE WARNING FEATURES VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE INFORMATION PRECAUTIONS TWO DIFFERENT TAPE SPEEDS INSERTING A CASSETTE REMOVING A CASSETTE OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS Page PREPARATION FOR USE ANTENNA/CABLE CONNECTIONS RECORDING HINTS Page SETTING THE CH3/CH4 SWITCH A/V TERMINALS CONNECTING TO INPUT JACKS Page INSTALLING THE BATTERIES SET UP FOR USE CHANNEL SET UP (Automatic) TO SELECT A DESIRED CHANNEL CLOCK SET UP AUTO CLOCK SETTING MANUAL CLOCK SETTING Page Page DAYLIGHT-SAVINGSTIME Page TO CANCEL THE DAYLIGHT-SAVINGSTIME TO DELETE OR ADD CHANNELS CHANNEL SET UP AGAIN SELECTING THE LANGUAGE PLAYBACK NORMAL PLAYBACK PICTURE SEARCH STILL PICTURE VERTICAL HOLD CONTROL TRACKING ADJUSTMENT SLOW MOTION COUNTER MEMORY TO EXIT THE COUNTER MEMORY SPECIAL PLAYBACK AUTO REPEAT PLAYBACK INDEX SEARCH QUICK-FIND TO SKIP TO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT PROGRAM TO VIEW AT NORMAL SPEED TIME SEARCH RECORDING VIEWING AND RECORDING THE SAME PROGRAM SKIPPING UNWANTED SCENES DURING RECORDING RECORDING ONE PROGRAM AND VIEWING ANOTHER TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF YOUR RECORDING IRT (Instant Recording Timer) Page TIMER RECORDING AUTOMATIC TIMER RECORDING Page Page HINTS FOR TIMER RECORDING TO CHECK THE AUTOMATIC TIMER PROGRAM TO CORRECT OR CANCEL AN AUTOMATIC TIMER PROGRAM TO STOP A STARTED AN AUTOMATIC TIMER PROGRAM COPYING A VIDEO TAPE pg TO MONITOR THE RECORDING ON SCREEN DISPLAY DIGITAL DISPLAY SPECIAL FEATURES REAL TIME TAPE COUNTER AUTO REWIND CONTROLLING YOUR TV OR CABLE CONVERTER WITH THE VCR'S REMOTE 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 REMOTE CONTROL OF THE TV CONTROLLING THE TV TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE MAINTENANCE SERVICING CABINET CLEANING HEAD CLEANING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS