JVC HR-S3800U - page 5

CONTENTS

TIMER RECORDING 30

VCR Plus+® Timer Programing..................... 30

Changing VCR Plus+ Setting........................ 32

Express Timer Programing.......................... 34

Checking program settings .................................. 36

Canceling or changing program settings................ 36

When programs overlap each other...................... 37

THER USEFUL FUNCTIONS 38

Useful Function Settings ..............................38

7 VIDEO CALIBRATION.................................... 39

7 PICTURE CONTROL ...................................... 39

7 AUTO TIMER................................................. 39

7 SUPERIMPOSE............................................... 39

7 AUTO SP=EP TIMER ..................................... 40

7 VIDEO STABILIZER......................................... 40

7 BLUE BACK................................................... 40

7 2ND AUDIO RECORD ................................... 40

7 AUDIO MONITOR......................................... 41

7 S-VHS MODE................................................ 41

7 AV COMPU-LINK ..........................................41

7 REAR AUX INPUT.......................................... 42

7 FRONT AUX INPUT (ONLY FOR HR-S4800U)... 42

7 EDIT FUNCTION (ONLY FOR HR-S4800U)....... 42

Child Lock................................................... 43

EDITING 44

Edit From Camcorder .................................. 44

Edit To Or From Another VCR ......................46

Audio Dubbing (ONLY FOR HR-S4800U)...... 47

Insert Editing and AV Dubbing

(ONLY FOR HR-S4800U)........................... 48

ULTI-BRAND REMOTE CONTROL 50

TV Brand Setting......................................... 50

Cable Box Brand Setting............................. 51

DBS Receiver Brand Setting......................... 52

Changing Remote Control Code................... 53

TROUBLESHOOTING 54

Questions and answers....................................... 57

INDEX 58

List of terms ...................................................... 58

Front panel ....................................................... 59

Front display panel ............................................ 59

Rear panel ........................................................ 60

On-screen display.............................................. 60

Remote ............................................................ 61

S PECIFICATIONS 62

FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.) 63

WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) 64

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

Cable Box Control Setting ...........................15

Installing Controller ........................................... 15

Setting cable box output channel & brand............. 16

DBS Receiver Control Setting .......................18

Installing Controller ........................................... 18

Setting DBS receiver output channel & brand ........ 19

BASIC PLAYBACK AND

RECORDING 21

Basic Playback ...........................................21

Basic Playback Features ............................. 22

Changing display information.............................. 22

Checking tape position....................................... 22

Playing back tape repeatedly — Repeat Play ......... 22

Adjusting tracking condition

— Tracking Adjustments.................................. 23

Selecting monitor sound — Audio Monitor............ 23

Automatic operations after rewinding

— Next Function Memory ............................... 23

Locating beginning of recordings — Index Search .. 24

Locating beginning of timer recordings

— Instant Review ........................................... 24

Basic Recording ..........................................25

Basic Recording Features ............................26

Changing display information.............................. 26

Specifying recording length

— Instant Timer Recording (ITR) ....................... 26

Watching one program while recording another .... 26

Showing on-screen display.................................. 27

Recording on VHS tapes with S-VHS quality

— Super VHS ET ............................................ 27

PECIAL EFFECT PLAYBACK 28

Special Effect Playback.......................................... 28

Locating particular scene rapidly — Picture Search .. 28

7 High-Speed Picture Search............................ 28

7 Variable-Speed Picture Search....................... 28

Viewing still picture — Still Picture Playback......... 29

Skipping unwanted portions — Skip Search........... 29

Viewing still picture frame by frame

— Frame-by-Frame Playback ........................... 29

Viewing slow motion picture

— Slow Motion Playback ................................ 29

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