Playback

Basic Playback

Turn on the TV and select the AV mode or video channel.

A Load a cassette

Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is pointing towards the recorder.

●Do not apply too much pressure when inserting.

●The recorder turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.

●If the cassette’s record safety tab has been removed, playback begins automatically.

BStart playback

Press 4.

●If the tape reaches its end during playback, the recorder stops playback, rewinds the tape and ejects the cassette, then enters the standby mode automatically.

Reverse

 

Forward

 

Forward

 

slow

 

search

Reverse play

Normal play

search

motion*

2 steps

 

 

2 steps

 

1 step

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* HR-J590/J593/J599EU only

 

 

 

When the tape is not running

Rewind/fast-forward at high speed

Press 3 or 5.

●If you press and hold 3 or 5 during rewinding or fast- forwarding, you can see the picture on the screen. Releasing it cancels the picture search and resume rewinding and fast- forwarding.

Eject the cassette

Press

 

.

OR Press 0 on the recorder.

 

 

 

 

●You can also eject the cassette when the recorder is standby mode.

Turn off the recorder

Press 1 on the remote

OR Press 1on the recorder. The

control. The recorder turns

recorder enters in the

off.

standby mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Playback Features

 

During playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stop playback

 

 

Adjusting tracking condition

Press 8 on the remote

OR Press 0 on the recorder.

 

 

Automatic tracking adjustment

 

control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When a new cassette is loaded, the recorder enters the automatic

Pause playback and view still picture

 

tracking mode.

 

Press 9.

 

 

Manual tracking adjustment

 

● The recorder enters Pause mode after moving 2 or 3 frames.

 

If automatic tracking cannot eliminate noises well during

● If there is vertical jitter, use the PR+/– to correct the picture.

 

playback, adjust the tracking manually.

● Press 4 to resume normal playback.

 

Press and hold PR + or – to eliminate the noises.

● Still picture playback stops automatically after about 5 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

to protect the heads.

 

 

Selecting Soundtrack (HR-J590/J593/J599EU only)

Pause and Frame-by-Frame playback

 

 

Your recorder is capable of recording four soundtracks (STEREO,

(HR-J590/J593/J599EU only)

 

 

 

 

LEFT, RIGHT and MONO) and plays back the one you select. Set

Press 9 to pause, then press 9 repeatedly.

 

“AUDIO” to the appropriate mode. ( 5)

● Press 4 to resume normal playback.

 

NOTE:

 

High-Speed Search

 

 

Set “OSD” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen.

Press 3 or 5.

 

( 5)

 

 

 

 

● Press 4 to resume normal playback.

 

Rewind Power Off

 

● High-speed search stops automatically after about 3 minutes to

 

 

protect the heads, then normal playback resumes.

 

When the tape is not running, press 3, then press 1. “REW”

Variable Speed Search (including slow-motion*)

 

blinks on the screen. The recorder enters the standby mode

Press w or e repeatedly.

 

 

automatically after rewinding the tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

● Press 4 to resume normal playback.

 

Ez (Easy) Power Off

 

● Each time you press w or e, the playback speed changes. To

 

 

decrease the speed during picture search, press the opposite

 

During playback, press

 

 

 

. The recorder stops playback,

 

 

 

 

direction button repeatedly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rewinds the tape and ejects the cassette, then enters the standby

● If there is vertical jitter, use the PR+/– to correct the picture.

 

 

mode automatically.

 

* HR-J590/J593/J599EU only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

● During still picture, press e to start forward slow motion

 

Playing back selected scene repeatedly

playback. If you press 9, still picture resumes.

 

 

— Ez (Easy) Repeat Playback

● Slow motion playback stops automatically after about 30

 

seconds to protect the heads, then still picture resumes.

 

During playback, press and hold

. The recorder starts the

 

 

 

reverse search. Release this button at the point you want repeat

ATTENTION:

 

 

 

 

playback to start. The recorder repeats the selected scene twice.

In the search, still, slow-motion or frame-by-frame playback

 

● During Ez repeat playback, “EZ REPEAT” appears on the screen.

mode,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

● the picture will be distorted

 

 

Skipping unwanted portions

● the noise bars will appear

 

 

 

 

— Skip Search

 

● there will be a loss of color with an LP-recorded tape (HR-

 

 

J590/J593/J599EU only)

 

 

Press 30 SEC once to 6 times during playback. Each press

 

 

 

 

 

 

initiates a 30-second period of high-speed playback (up to

 

 

 

3 minutes). When the specified portion of the tape is skipped,

 

 

 

normal playback resumes automatically. To return to normal

 

 

 

playback during Skip Search, press 4.

 

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JVC J599EU HR-J290, HR-J590, J293EU, J593 specifications Basic Playback
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J293EU, HR-J590, J593, J599EU HR-J290 specifications

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