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INITIALSETTINGS(cont.)

On-Screen Displays

Turn on the TV and select the VIDEO channel (or AV mode).

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OK

MENU

PUSH JOG

You can choose whether or not to have various operational indicators appear on screen, by setting this function ON or OFF.

TURN ON THE RECORDER

1 Press

 

 

 

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ACCESS MAIN MENU

 

 

SCREEN

 

 

2 Press MENU.

 

 

 

ACCESS FUNCTION SET

 

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SCREEN

 

 

Place the pointer next to "FUNCTION SET" by pressing

PUSH JOG , then press OK or PUSH JOGÞ.

 

 

ENABLE/DISABLE

 

 

ON-SCREEN DISPLAY

 

 

The default setting is

FUNCTION SET

 

 

“ON”, so if you want on-

 

 

O.S.D.

ON

4 screen displays, leave the

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTO TIMER

OFF

 

setting as it is and go to

B.E.S.T.

ON

 

step 5. If you don’t want

AUTO SP=LP TIMER

OFF

 

the displays to appear,

 

 

 

press PUSH JOG to

[5/°] =

 

 

place the pointer next to

[MENU] : EXIT

 

 

"O.S.D." and press OK or

 

 

 

PUSH JOGÞto set to "OFF".

 

 

"AUTO SPLP TIMER" appears only with the HR-J458EE.

RETURN TO NORMAL

5 Press MENU.

NOTES:

When you use this recorder as the player for editing, be sure to set "O.S.D." to "OFF" before starting.

During playback, the operation mode indicators may be disturbed depending on the type of tape being used.

The superimposed indication on the TV screen tells you what the recorder is doing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1– Operation mode indicators

2– Channel position number/Aux. indicator (F-1) 3– Cassette loaded mark

4– Clock display

5– Current day/month/year 6– Tape direction

7– Tape position indicator (pg. 13) 8– Counter display

9– Colour system indicator (pg. 24) 10– Tape speed SP/LP/EP (HR-J458EE only)

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JVC HR-J255EE On-Screen Displays, Turn on the Recorder, Access Main Menu Screen, ENABLE/DISABLE ON-SCREEN Display

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