JVC HR-A55U Edit To Another VCR

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Edit ToAnother VCR

You can use your VCR as the player and another VCR as the

recorder.

EDITING

Player Your VCR

VIDEO IN AUDIO IN

Recorder Another VCR

[A35U]

[A55U]

AUDIO OUT

VIDEO OUT

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

Another VCR

Player Your VCR

Recorder

VIDEO IN AUDIO IN

MAKE CONNECTIONS

1

Connect an AV cable between your VCR’s VIDEO OUT

and AUDIO OUT connectors and another VCR’s

VIDEO IN and AUDIO IN connectors.

For HR-A55U owners...

●When connecting to a monaural VCR, connect your

VCR’s AUDIO OUT L connector to the AUDIO IN

connector on the monaural VCR.

For HR-A35U owners...

●When connecting to a Hi-Fi VCR, connect your

VCR’s AUDIO OUT connector to the AUDIO IN L

connector on the Hi-Fi VCR.

LOAD CASSETTES

2

Insert the playback cassette into your VCR and the

cassette to be recorded on into the other VCR.

SET RECORDER’S INPUT

MODE

3

Set the other VCR's auxiliary (AV) input mode.

SELECT “EDIT” FOR PIC-

TURE CONTROL SET MODE

4

Follow the “Picture Control” section on page 21, then

select “EDIT.”

NOTE:

When you select “EDIT” to dub tapes, be sure to select

AUTO or (NORM when AUTO PICTURE is set to OFF)

after you finish dubbing the tapes.

START PLAYER

5

Set to its play mode.

NOTE:

If the player is equipped with a superimpose/OSD

disable feature then set "SUPERIMPOSE" to OFF before

pressing PLAY (

墌

pg. 24).

START RECORDER

6

Set to its record mode.

VIDEO OUT

AUDIO OUT

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

Contents

Main HR-A55U HR-A35U VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER The VCR illustrations appearing in this instruction manual are of HR-A55U. SHUTTLE PLUSSHUTTLE PLUS VIDEO (MONO)LAUDIOR CAUTIONS WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. ATTENTION: CAUTION IMPORTANT PRODUCT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ATTENTION: INSTALLATION 1. Grounding or Polarization 2. Power Sources SERVICING 1. Servicing 2. Damage Requiring Service 3. Replacement Parts 4. Safety Check T E P S T Q I S F W I Basic Connections INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR [A35U] VIDEO [A55U] CHECK CONTENTS SITUATE VCR CONNECT VCR TO TV CONNECT VCR TO POWER SOURCE FINAL PREPARATION FOR USE Plug & Play ATTENTION Auto Clock Set/Auto Tuner Set IMPORTANT PLUG & PLAY SETUP INFORMATION What To Do If Plug & Play Has Failed Language SELECT LANGUAGE Clock Preparation ACCESS CLOCK SET Semi-Auto SET AUTO CLOCK TO ON SELECT HOST CHANNEL There are some PBS channels that do not transmit clock setting data. SELECT D.S.T. MODE **AUTO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SELECT TIME ZONE IMPORTANT SET TIME SET DATE SET YEAR Tuner ACCESS TUNER SET PERFORM AUTO CHANNEL SET At the end of Auto Channel Set, SCAN COMPLETED appears on screen. INFORMATION ACCESS TUNER SET ACCESS MANUAL CHANNEL SET SCREEN ADD OR SKIP DESIRED CHANNEL SIMPLE PLAYBACK AND RECORDING Simple Playback FIND PROGRAM START POINT START PLAYBACK STOP PLAYBACK Usable cassettes Simple SELECT RECORDING CHANNEL START RECORDING PAUSE/RESUME RECORDING STOP RECORDING Playback Features Variable-Speed Search/ Reverse Motion Playback ACTIVATE VARIABLE-SPEED SEARCH Slow Motion/Reverse Slow Motion ACTIVATE SLOW-MOTION PLAYBACK ACTIVATE HIGH-SPEED SEARCH Index Search START SEARCH ACCESS DISTANT CODE An index code is not placed on the tape when recording is paused and then resumed. SELECT AUTO PICTURE Picture Control SELECT PICTURE CONTROL SET MODE ( pg. 20) Select EDIT when you are dubbing tapes. Refer to page 37. Video Stabilizer ACTIVATE VIDEO STABILIZER When you finish viewing the tape, be sure to set it back to "OFF". The Superimpose mode indications may jitter vertically when "VIDEO STABILIZER" is set to "ON". Repeat Playback START REPEAT STOP or STOP REPEAT Pressing PLAY, REW, FF, PAUSE or SHUTTLE PLUS SELECT SUPERIMPOSE SET To recall an indication 1 2 Select The Soundtrack SELECT AUDIO MONITOR SET MODE Record One Program While Watching Another Features SELECT CHANNEL FOR VIEWING RESET COUNTER TO ZERO DISPLAY ELAPSED TIME ON Display Elapsed Recording Time Stereo And SAP (Second Audio Program) ACCESS MAIN MENU SCREEN ACCESS FUNCTION SET SCREEN SELECT 2ND AUDIO RECORD SET MODE RETURN TO NORMAL SCREEN VCR Plus+ Timer Programming (HR-A55U Only) TIMER RECORDING ACCESS VCR PLUS+ SCREEN ENTER PLUSCODE NUMBER CHECK PROGRAM DATA ENGAGE TIMER MODE IMPORTANT To disengage the timer before recording starts, press TIMER again. Pressing once more re-engages it. ATTENTION VCR Plus+ Setup (HR-A55U Only) IMPORTANT VCR Plus+ Guide Channel Matching ACCESS GUIDE CHANNEL SET SCREEN INPUT GUIDE CHANNEL INPUT RECEIVING CHANNEL Express Timer Programming ACCESS VCR PLUS+ SET PROGRAM START TIME SET PROGRAM STOP TIME SET PROGRAM DATE SET CHANNEL NUMBER ENGAGE TIMER MODE ATTENTION Check, Cancel And Revise Programs DISENGAGE TIMER To Cancel Or Revise A Program... Press TIMER. Press TIMER, then press POWER. CHECK SCREEN SELECT AUTO TIMER SET Auto Timer The Auto SP Auto SPEP Timer For Example . . . Instant Timer (ITR) START RECORDING ENGAGE ITR MODE SET RECORDING DURATION Edit To Another VCR EDITING [A35U] [A55U] MAKE CONNECTIONS Edit From A Camcorder Or Another VCR MAKE CONNECTIONS SELECT EDIT FOR PIC- TURE CONTROL SET MODE EDITING (cont.) [A55U] SET RECORDERS INPUT Set to AUX. Press the NUMBER key 0 and/or CH to select F-1. START PLAYER Set the camcorder to its play mode. START RECORDER TROUBLESHOOTING POWER RECORDING TAPE TRANSPORT PLAYBACK TIMER RECORDING OTHER PROBLEMS ATTENTION: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PLAYBACK RECORDING TIMER RECORDING INDEX List Of Terms FRONT VIEW [A55U] FRONT VIEW [A35U] 6$ #!@790 8 INDEX (cont.) 1 6$ #!@790 8 23 4 5 EN 45 REAR VIEW [A55U] 45 6 REAR VIEW [A35U] FRONT DISPLAY PANEL SP P VCR REMOTE CONTROL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.) HOW TO LOCATE YOUR JVC SERVICE CENTER TOLL FREE: 1-800-252-5722 http://www.jvcservice.com Don't service it yourself. ACCESSORIES WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) LIMITED WARRANTY 1 YR 90 DAYS Page Page HR-A55U/35U