JVC HR-A56U manual Basic Recording Features, 20 EN, Specifying recording length

20 EN BASIC PLAYBACK AND RECORDING (cont.)

Basic

Recording

Features

SP EP

VCR

A Changing display information

Press DISPLAY during recording or recording pause. Each time you press the button, the front panel display shows the time counter, channel number and the clock time in sequence.

Time Counter Channel No.

Clock Time

To display the VCR status including the time counter, channel number, and the clock time on the TV screen, see “Showing on-screen display” ( pg. 21).

To reset the time counter, press C. RESET on the Remote. The counter reading becomes “0:00:00”. It is also reset when a tape is inserted.

C –1

4

7

C. RESET

B

A

2 3

2

5 6

8 9

0 4

B Specifying recording length

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)

You can easily specify the recording length from 30 minutes to 6 hours and the VCR shuts off after recording is finished.

During recording, press REC ( ƒ ) on the front panel repeatedly until the recording length you want appears on the front display panel.

The (record) indicator starts flashing.

Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours).

To cancel an ITR, press STOP ( 7 ) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 ) on the front panel.

1

D

C Watching one program while recording another

1 Engage TV mode

During recording...

If you connect the TV and the VCR only using the RF connection ( pg. 7) to view pictures from the VCR

Press TV/VCR on the Remote so that VCR mode indicator goes off from the front display panel. The TV broadcast being recorded disappears.)

If you are using the AV connection ( pg. 7) to view pictures from the VCR, change the TV’s input mode from AV to TV.

2 Select channel for viewing

Select the channel, you want to watch, on the TV.