Manual Tracking

Your video recorder is equipped with automatic tracking control. During playback, you can override this and adjust the tracking manually by pressing the TV PROG. buttons.

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Repeat Playback

Your video recorder can automatically play back the whole tape 20 times repeatedly.

OVERRIDE AUTOMATIC

TRACKING

1

Press

on the remote to engage manual tracking.

 

ADJUST TRACKING

2

MANUALLY

Press TV PROG. + or to adjust tracking.

 

RETURN TO AUTOMATIC

 

TRACKING

 

Press

on the remote to re-engage automatic

3 tracking.

 

NOTE:

When a new tape is inserted, the recorder enters the automatic tracking mode automatically.

Instant ReView

Simply by pressing a single button, the recorder power comes on, rewinds, and begins playback of the last timer-recorded programme. If you have several programmes recorded, you can easily access any of them.

NOTE:

Before starting, make sure that the recorder is off and that the Timer mode is disengaged.

ACTIVATE INSTANT

REVIEW

1 Press REVIEW. The recorder power comes on and the recorder searches for the index code indicating the start of the last timer-recorded programme. Once it’s found, playback begins automatically.

The front display panel tells you how many programmes have been recorded. If you have, for example, 3 programmes, “REV 3” appears and blinks. To watch the first of the 3 programmes, press REVIEW three times. The recorder searches and begins playback automatically. You can access a programme as far as 9 index codes away from the current tape position.

NOTES:

Instant ReView is not possible while the recorder is in the Timer mode.

If you own the A237E or A437E, the number displayed to the right of "REV" may not match the actual number of timer- recorded programmes when one or more of them is a PDC/ VPS recording (pg. 19).

1

 

START PLAYBACK

 

Press PLAY.

 

 

ACTIVATE REPEAT

2

 

PLAYBACK

 

Press PLAY and hold for over 5 seconds, then release.

 

The Play indicator ( ) on the display panel blinks

 

 

 

 

slowly.

 

 

The tape plays 20 times automatically, and then

 

 

stops.

 

 

 

3

 

STOP PLAYBACK

 

Press STOP at any time to stop playback.

 

 

 

NOTE:

Pressing PLAY, REW , FF or PAUSE also stops Repeat Playback.

NTSC Playback

Your video recorder is equipped with NTSC circuitry that can play back NTSC tapes.

1

 

LOAD A CASSETTE

 

Insert a cassette recorded in NTSC.

2

 

START PLAYBACK

 

Press PLAY. “NT” appears on the display panel.

 

 

 

Some TVs shrink the picture vertically and place

 

black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. This is

 

 

not a malfunction on the part of either the video

 

 

recorder or the TV.

 

 

The picture may roll up and down. This can be

 

 

corrected using the V-HOLD control found on some

 

 

TVs. (This cannot be corrected if the TV does not

 

 

have a V-HOLD control.)

 

 

The counter and elapsed tape time readings will be

 

 

incorrect.

 

 

During search, still, or frame-by-frame playback, the

 

 

picture will be distorted, and there may be a loss of

 

 

colour.

 

 

Depending on the type of TV, the top and bottom

 

 

portions of superimposed displays may be cut off

 

 

during NTSC playback.

 

 

 

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JVC HR-A230E Override Automatic Tracking, Adjust Tracking, Manually, Return to Automatic, Activate Instant Review

HR-A430E, HR-A233E, HR-A237E, HR-A437E, HR-A230E specifications

The JVC HR-A433E, HR-A230E, HR-A437E, HR-A237E, and HR-A233E are part of JVC's esteemed lineup of VHS video cassette recorders that were popular in the late 1990s to early 2000s. Each model brought forward a unique array of features and cutting-edge technologies that catered to the needs of home video enthusiasts.

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