JVC HR-S8600EK setup guide Load a Cassette, Point, Start Playback, Stop Playback

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BASICOPERATIONS

Playback

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

The easiest, most basic operation possible with your video recorder is tape playback. Already-recorded signals on a video tape are read by your video recorder and displayed on your TV just like a TV programme.

LOAD A CASSETTE

Making sure the window side is up, the rear label side

is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette

1 is pointing towards the recorder. Don’t apply too much

4	STOP/EJECT
		1

1– –:– –

2

1 2 3

4 5 6

3

PLAY	JOG
		8
PAUSE	SCAN SHUTTLE
	TIME	2
TV/VCR

	pressure when inserting.
	● The recorder power comes on automatically and the
	counter is reset to 0:00:00.
	● If the record safety tab has been removed, playback
	begins automatically.
	FIND PROGRAMME START
2	POINT
	If the tape is advanced past the start point, press REW
	or turn the TIME SCAN SHUTTLE ring to the left.
	To go forward, press FF or turn the TIME SCAN
	SHUTTLE ring to the right.
3	START PLAYBACK
	Press PLAY. "BEST" appears blinking in the recorder's
	display panel during automatic tracking (☞ pg. 22).
	● Playback picture quality of LP recordings will not be
	as high as SP recordings.

7 8 9

0

1

3 2

LAY

2 REW

4	STOP
	￿

3

4

4

3

FF 2

PAUSE

STOP PLAYBACK

Press STOP on the remote or STOP/EJECT on the

recorder’s front panel. Then press STOP/EJECT to

4 remove the cassette.

INFORMATION

When using the AV connection (☞ pg. 6), initiating playback causes the VCR indicator to light and the TV to automatically enter AV mode. To return the TV to TV mode after playback is complete, press TV/VCR so that the VCR indicator turns off.

*Depending on the type of TV used, TV/VCR button does not always function as described above.

Tape Position Indicator

The tape position indicator appears on screen when, from the Stop mode, you press FF, REW or perform an Index Search. The position of “5” in relation to “0” (beginning) or “+” (end)

shows you where you are on 0 + the tape.

”O.S.D.” (☞ pg. 47) must

be set to “ON”, or the

indicator will not appear. Beginning

3

+ +

1:23:45 REMAIN 2:35

End

Usable cassettes

● Compact VHS camcorder recordings can be played on

this video recorder. Simply place the recorded cassette

into a VHS Cassette Adapter and it can be used just like

any full-sized VHS cassette.

● This video recorder can record on regular VHS and

Super VHS cassettes. While only VHS signals can be

NOTE:

Depending on the type of tape used, there may be times when the indication is not correct.

recorded on regular VHS cassettes, both VHS and Super

VHS signals can be recorded and played back using

Super VHS cassettes.