JVC HR-S5970E, HR-S5971E When this function is set to on, When this function is set to OFF

PICTURE CONTROL — AUTO(NORM) / EDIT / SOFT

This function helps you to adjust the playback picture quality according to your preference.

AUTO(NORM): Normally select this. Picture quality is adjusted automatically. When “B.E.S.T.” is “OFF”, “NORM” will appear instead of “AUTO”.

EDIT: Minimizes picture degradation during editing (recording and playback).

SOFT: Reduces image coarseness when viewing overplayed tapes containing much noise.

NOTE:

Select “EDIT” when you are editing tapes. After you finish editing, select “AUTO”.

AUTO TIMER — ON / OFF

●When this function is set to “ON”:

The timer recording standby mode is automatically engaged when the recorder is turned off. It is temporarily cancelled when the recorder is turned on. You do not have to press # to engage or disengage the timer recording standby mode.

●When this function is set to “OFF”:

Press # to engage or disengage the timer recording standby mode.

NOTE:

“AUTO TIMER” does not work if “POWER SAVE” is set to “ON”.

O.S.D. — ON / OFF

When this function is set to “ON”, various recorder status information (on-screen display) appears on the screen.

NOTE:

When you use the recorder as the source player for editing a tape, be sure to set this function to “OFF”. Otherwise, the recorder status information will be recorded on the edited tape.

AUTO SP]LP TIMER — ON / OFF

When this function is set to “ON”, the recorder automatically switches to LP mode to allow complete recording if there is not enough tape to record the entire programme while timer- recording in SP mode.

For example, recording a programme of 210 minutes in length onto a 180 minute tape.

Approximately 150 minutes	Approximately 60 minutes
SP mode	LP mode

Total 210 minutes

NOTES:

●If you have programmed the recorder to timer-record 2 or more programmes, do not use this function, but change the tape speed manually during timer programming.

●There may be some noise and sound disturbance where the tape speed switches from SP to LP mode on the tape.

●This function is not available during ITR (Instant Timer Recording), and will not work properly with any tapes longer than E-180 or with some tapes of shorter lengths.

●If you perform timer recording with both this function and VPS/ PDC activated, and the programme goes beyond its originally scheduled length, sometimes the programme cannot be recorded in its entirety.

POWER SAVE — ON / OFF

When this function is set to “ON”, you can reduce the power consumption while the recorder is turned off.

NOTES:

●During Power Save mode,

•the display panel is turned off,

•the Just Clock does not work,

•and the picture may be distorted momentarily when you turn on/off the recorder.

●Power Save does not work in the following cases:

•When “L-2 SELECT” is set to “DECODER” or “SAT”,

•or when the recorder is in the timer recording standby mode,

•or in the Automatic Satellite Programme Recording mode,

•or when the recorder’s power is turned off after timer- recording or ITR (Instant Timer Recording).

VIDEO STABILIZER — ON / OFF

When this function is set to “ON”, you can automatically correct vertical vibrations in the picture when playing back unstable recordings made on another recorder.

NOTE:

To watch recordings with close-caption or when you finish viewing a tape, set this function to “OFF”.

S-VHS — ON / OFF

You can determine which recording mode — either S-VHS mode or VHS mode — is used for recording on S-VHS tapes.

●When this function is set to “ON”, you can record on S-VHS tapes with S-VHS picture quality.

●When this function is set to “OFF”, you can record on S-VHS tapes with VHS picture quality.

NOTES:

●S-VHS mode allows you to make high quality video recordings with horizontal resolution of 400 lines, comparing with the 230 lines of resolution of conventional VHS recordings. To achieve the highest quality picture we recommended to record in S-VHS mode. (But remember that a conventional VHS recorder without SQPB cannot play back S-VHS tapes recorded in S-VHS mode.)

●S-VHS setting does not affect recording on VHS tapes.

Recording on VHS tapes is always performed in VHS mode except when using S-VHS ET mode ( 11).

COLOUR SYSTEM — PAL/NTSC / MESECAM

You can play back PAL, NTSC and MESECAM tapes, or record PAL and SECAM* signals on this recorder. Select the appropriate colour system.

*SECAM signals will be recorded as MESECAM on this recorder; MESECAM is the designation for tapes with SECAM signals that have been recorded on a MESECAM-compatible PAL video cassette recorder.

PAL/NTSC: To record PAL signals, or playback a PAL or NTSC tape.

MESECAM: To record SECAM signals, or play back a MESECAM tape.

NOTES:

About NTSC Playback

●Some TVs shrink the picture vertically and place black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, or cut off the top and bottom portions of superimposed displays. This is not a malfunction.

●The picture may roll up and down. This can be corrected if your TV has the V-HOLD control function.

●The counter and tape remaining time readings will be incorrect.

●During search, still, or frame-by-frame playback, the picture will be distorted, and there may be a loss of colour.

AUTO POWER OFF — 3H / OFF

When this function is set to “3H”, the recorder turns off automatically if no operation is done in 3 hours. “AUTO POWER OFF IN 3MIN” appears on the screen 3 minutes before the recorder is turned off.

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