JVC HR-A56U - page 5

CONTENTS

TIMER RECORDING 24

Express Timer Programing.......................... 24

Checking program settings.......................................26

Canceling or changing program settings ..................26

When programs overlap each other......................... 27

THER USEFUL FUNCTIONS 28

Useful Function Settings ..............................28

7 AUTO PICTURE...................................................29

7 PICTURE CONTROL............................................29

7 AUTO TIMER.......................................................29

7 SUPERIMPOSE.....................................................29

7 AUTO SP=EP TIMER ..........................................30

7 VIDEO STABILIZER..............................................30

7 BLUE BACK .........................................................30

7 2ND AUDIO RECORD ........................................31

7 AUDIO MONITOR.............................................. 31

EDITING 32

Edit To Or From Another VCR ......................32

TROUBLESHOOTING 33

Questions and answers............................................ 35

INDEX 36

List of terms .............................................................36

Front panel ..............................................................37

Front display panel ..................................................37

Rear panel ...............................................................38

On-screen display....................................................38

Remote.................................................................... 39

S PECIFICATIONS 40

FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.) 41

WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) 42

INSTALLING YOUR NEW VCR 6

Basic Connections ..................................6

INITIAL SETTINGS 8

Plug & Play Setting....................................... 8

Language Setting.......................................... 9

Clock Setting............................................... 10

Preparations.............................................................10

Setting clock semiautomatically

— Semiauto Clock Set.......................................... 11

Setting clock manually — Manual Clock Set ...........12

Tuner Setting ..............................................13

Setting channels automatically

— Auto Channel Set.............................................13

Setting channels manually

— Manual Channel Set ........................................14

BASIC PLAYBACK AND

RECORDING 15

Basic Playback ...........................................15

Basic Playback Features ............................. 16

Changing display information.................................. 16

Checking tape position............................................ 16

Playing back tape repeatedly — Repeat Play ...........16

Adjusting tracking condition

— Tracking Adjustments.......................................17

Selecting monitor sound — Audio monitor.............. 17

Automatic operations after rewinding

— Next Function Memory....................................17

Locating beginning of recordings — Index Search ...18

Locating beginning of timer recordings

— Instant Review................................................. 18

Basic Recording ..........................................19

Basic Recording Features ............................20

Changing display information.................................. 20

Specifying recording length

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR)...........................20

Watching one program while recording another...... 20

Showing on-screen display ......................................21

PECIAL EFFECT PLAYBACK 22

Special Effect Playback ...............................22

Locating particular scene rapidly — Picture Search....22

7 High-Speed Picture Search ...............................22

7 Variable-Speed Picture Search.......................... 22

Viewing still picture — Still Picture Playback...........23

Skipping unwanted portions — Skip Search.............23

Viewing still picture frame by frame

— Frame-by-Frame Playback ...............................23

Viewing slow motion picture

— Slow Motion Playback..................................... 23