JVC HR-5910U, HR-S5900U manual Basic, Playback, Load a cassette, Start playback

BASIC PLAYBACK AND RECORDING							EN 21
Basic						This VCR can check the tape condition during playback
						(and1recording), and realizes the best possible pictures.
Playback						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 VCR.
Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR						Do not apply too much pressure when inserting.
channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV.				2JOG dial		● The VCR turns on automatically.
						● The counter is automatically reset to “0:00:00”.
						● If the cassette’s record safety tab has been
POWER						2removed, playback begins automatically.
						Start playback
				REW	FF	Press PLAY ( 3 ).
POWER				–	+	● Tape speed (SP or EP) is automatically detected.
					CH– /+
					PUSH / TURN	● The S-VHS indicator lights up when you play
REC LINK			A.DUB	24HR QUICK
S VIDEO VIDEO (MONO)L—AUDIO—R						back a tape recorded in S-VHS mode or in S-
				PROGRAM
S-VHS ET			INSERT	REC PAUSE	STOP/EJECT
						VHS ET mode ( pg. 27)
2				STOP/EJECT		● If “VIDEO CALIBRATION” is set to “ON”
						(default setting:  pg. 40), “VIDEO
				( 7 / 0 )
						CALIBRATION” appears on the screen, and this
						VCR checks the tape condition during
						automatic tracking.
				POWER		● If the tape ends during playback or fast-forward
						search, the cassette indication “	” blinks for
						a few seconds and the VCR starts rewinding the
	1	2	3			tape automatically.
			2
	4	5	6			To stop playback
	7	8	9			Press STOP ( 7 ) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 )
		0	4			on the front panel.
						To rewind the tape
						Press REW ( 1 ) (or turn the JOG dial on the front
						panel to the left).
						To fast-forward the tape
1
						Press FF ( ¡ ) (or turn the JOG dial on the front panel
REW ( 1 )				FF ( ¡ )		to the right).
						To eject the tape
						Press STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 ) on the front panel when the
				STOP ( 7 )		tape is not running.
						● You can also eject the cassette with the VCR turned off.

To turn off the VCR

Press POWER.

Clean the video heads using a dry cleaning cassette — TCL-2UX — when:

• Rough, poor picture appears while a tape is played back.

• The picture is unclear or no picture appears.

• “USE CLEANING CASSETTE” appears on the screen (only with “SUPERIMPOSE” set to “ON”:  pg. 39, 40.)