JVC HR-VP780U - page 5

CONTENTS

TIMER RECORDING 30

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

VCR Plus+ Setup .........................................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 AUTO PICTURE...................................................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 ........................................41

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

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

EDITING 42

Edit From Camcorder .................................. 42

Edit To Or From Another VCR ......................44

ULTI-BRAND REMOTE CONTROL 45

TV Brand Setting......................................... 45

Cable Box Brand Setting............................. 46

DBS Receiver Brand Setting......................... 47

Changing Remote Control Code................... 48

TROUBLESHOOTING 49

Questions and answers............................................ 52

INDEX 53

List of terms .............................................................53

Front panel ..............................................................54

Front display panel ..................................................54

Rear panel ...............................................................55

On-screen display....................................................55

Remote.................................................................... 56

S PECIFICATIONS 57

FOR SERVICING (Only in U.S.A.) 58

WARRANTY (Only in U.S.A.) 59

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

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