BASIC PLAYBACK AND RECORDING

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Basic

Playback

Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV.

 

2

SHUTTLE

POWER

ring

 

 

 

 

REW

 

 

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO (MONO)L—AUDIO—R

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK

SP

EP

CH

 

 

 

 

VCR

REC

STOP/EJECT

PAUSE

 

 

 

 

SP/EP

 

 

STOP/EJECT

( 7 / 0 )

POWER

1 2 3

2

4 5 6

7 8 9

0 4

2

1

REW ( 1 ) FF ( ` )

STOP ( 7 )

This VCR can check the tape condition during playback (and recording), and realizes the best possible pictures.

1 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.

Do not apply too much pressure when inserting.

The VCR turns on automatically.

The counter is automatically reset to “0:00:00”. If the cassette’s record safety tab has been removed, playback begins automatically.

2Start playback

Press PLAY ( 3 ).

Tape speed (SP or EP) is automatically detected. If “VIDEO CALIBRATION” is set to “ON” (default setting: pg. 39), “VIDEO CALIBRATION” appears on the screen, and this VCR checks the tape condition during automatic tracking.

To stop playback

Press STOP ( 7 ) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 ) on the front panel.

To rewind the tape

Press REW ( 1 ) (or turn the SHUTTLE ring on the front panel to the left).

To fast-forward the tape

Press FF ( ` ) (or turn the SHUTTLE ring on the front panel to the right).

To eject the tape

Press STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 ) on the front panel when the tape is not running.

You can also eject the cassette with the VCR turned off.

To turn off the VCR

Press POWER.

INFORMATION

This VCR is equipped with SQPB (S-VHS QUASI PLAYBACK) that lets you watch tapes recorded in the S- VHS format with regular VHS resolution.

SQPB does not deliver Super VHS resolution. S-VHS recording is not possible with this VCR.

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.)

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JVC HR-VP783U manual Basic Playback, Load a cassette, Start playback

HR-VP783U specifications

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