VHS SET UP FUNCTION SET UP
INITIAL SET UP

 

SUBSIDIARY SETTINGS EN 73

Mode Set (VHS Deck)

NOTES:

● When watching a tape recorded with “VIDEO CALIBRATION” set to

 

“ON”, it is recommended that you leave “VIDEO CALIBRATION” on

● Turn on the unit.

during playback as well.

● When watching a rental tape or one recorded on another video

● Turn on the TV and select the AV mode.

recorder, or when using this unit as the player for editing, set “VIDEO

 

 

CALIBRATION” to your preference.

VHS

● The Video Calibration works for both SP and EP modes only after a

tape has been inserted and the Record mode is first initiated. It does

 

not work during recording.

 

● The Video Calibration does not work while Automatic Satellite

 

Program Recording is in progress. ( pg. 35) In the case of timer

 

recordings, the Video Calibration works before recording is initiated.

 

● Once the cassette is ejected, the Video Calibration data is cancelled.

 

The next time the cassette is used for recording, Video Calibration is

 

re-performed.

ENTER

rtwe

SET UP

Various modes of this unit are categorized into menus nested in 2 levels shown in the following table. To change the settings of these modes, find the desired mode in the menu (for details on each menu, see page 73), then follow the procedure below.

VHS SET UP
( pg. 73)

 

 

FUNCTION SET UP*

VIDEO IN/OUT ( pg. 23, 71)

* Common settings with DVD

RECORDING SET ( pg. 71)

DISPLAY SET ( pg. 71)

deck

OTHERS ( pg. 72)

 

 

 

INITIAL SET UP*

TUNER SET ( pg. 22)

* Common settings with DVD

CLOCK SET ( pg. 21)

 

deck

 

 

 

●The procedure below shows how to set the desired option of the “VIDEO CALIBRATION” mode as an example.

1 Press VHS so that the VHS lamp lights up on the unit. 2 Press SET UP to access the Main Menu screen.

3 Press w e to select “VHS SET UP”, then press t.
4 Press rt to select “VIDEO CALIBRATION”, then press

ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VHS ] DVD DUBBING

 

TAPE END

 

 

5 Press rt to select the desired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO CALIBRATION

 

 

OFF OFF

 

 

 

AUDIO SP ] EP TIMER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON

 

 

option, then press ENTER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO STABILIZER

 

 

OFF

 

 

6 Press SET UP to complete the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE COUNTROL

 

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting.

SET UP

OK

SELECT WITH [CURSORS]

EXIT

SELECT

THEN PRESS [ENTER]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The boldface settings below indicate the settings at your purchase.

8VHS]DVD DUBBING — 1 PROG / TAPE END

Set to the appropriate mode when you perform the dubbing from VHS tape to DVD disc. For details, refer to page 36 –37.

1 PROG: Dubbing stops when the unit decodes the index code (VISS signal).
TAPE END: Dubbing stops when the end of the tape reached.

8VIDEO CALIBRATION — ON / OFF

8 AUTO SP]EP TIMER — ON / OFF

When this function is set to “ON”, the unit automatically switches to EP mode to allow complete recording if there is not enough tape to record the entire program while timer-recording in SP mode.

For Example:
Recording a program of 140 minutes in length onto a 120-minute tape.

Approximately 110 minutes

Approximately 30 minutes

 

 

SP mode
EP mode

 

 

Total 140 minutes

Make sure you set this function to “ON”, before the timer-recording starts.

NOTES:

●If you have programed the unit to timer-record 2 or more programs, the second program and those thereafter may not fit on the tape if you set “AUTO SP]EP TIMER” to “ON”. In this case, make sure the mode is not engaged, then set the tape speed manually during timer programing.

●In order to ensure that the recording fits on the tape, this feature may leave a slight non-recorded section at the end of the tape.

●There may be some noise and sound disturbance at the point on the tape where the unit switches from SP to EP mode.

●The “AUTO SP]EP TIMER” feature is not available during ITR (Instant Timer Recording), and the feature will not work properly on the following tapes: T(ST)-30, T(ST)-60, T(ST)-90, and T(ST)-120.

8 VIDEO STABILIZER — ON / OFF

When this function is set to “ON”, you can automatically correct vertical vibration in the picture when playing back unstable recordings made on another recorder.

NOTES:

●When you finish viewing a tape, be sure to set this function to “OFF”.

●Regardless of the setting, this function has no effect during recording and during special effects playback.

●To watch recordings with close-caption, set this function to “OFF”.

8PICTURE CONTROL — AUTO (NORM) / EDIT / SOFT /
SHARP

This feature helps you to adjust the playback picture quality according to your preference. Normally select “AUTO (NORM)”. AUTO (NORM): Picture quality is adjusted automatically.

EDIT: Minimizes picture degradation during editing (recording and playback).

SOFT: Reduces image coarseness when viewing overplayed tapes containing a lot of noise.

SHARP: Clearer, sharper-edged picture when viewing images with lots of flat, same-colored surfaces such as cartoons.

NOTES:

●When you select “EDIT”, “SOFT” or “SHARP”, the selected mode will not change until you select another mode.

●When you select “EDIT” to dub tapes, be sure to select “AUTO (NORM)” after you finish dubbing the tapes.

●When “VIDEO CALIBRATION” is “OFF”, “PICTURE CONTROL” switches automatically from “AUTO” to “NORM”.

You can set the Video Calibration to “ON” or “OFF”.