Hitachi 20VR4B User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS....................................................................................................2
IMPORTANT......................................................................................................................4
SAFETY TIPS.....................................................................................................................5
HOOK-UP CABLES AND CONNECTORS ...................................................................10
ANTENNA CONNECTIONS ..........................................................................................10
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 13VR3B) ...................................................12
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS (MODEL 20VR4B) ...................................................13
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS.....................................................................................14
DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS TV/VCR UNIFIED REMOTE CONTROL...............15
HOW TO USE YOUR REMOTE CONTROL.................................................................16
ON SCREEN DISPLAY...................................................................................................17
VCR STATUS DISPLAY.................................................................................................18
OSD MENU SCREEN......................................................................................................19
CLOSED CAPTION SYSTEM........................................................................................20
To Set the Closed Caption Mode ..................................................................................20
Recording and Playing Back a Closed Caption/Text Program .....................................20
Selecting the Proper Mode............................................................................................20
SETTING THE CLOCK...................................................................................................21
AIR/CABLE......................................................................................................................23
AUTO PROGRAM...........................................................................................................24
CHANNEL MEMORY.....................................................................................................25
TO WATCH TV................................................................................................................26
Audio Mute ...................................................................................................................26
Sleep Timer ...................................................................................................................26
PICTURE FUNCTIONS...............................................................................................26
ABOUT VIDEOCASSETTE TAPES...............................................................................28
Types.............................................................................................................................28
Safety Tabs Prevent Erasure .........................................................................................28
Loading and Ejecting ....................................................................................................28
Tape Storage..................................................................................................................29
VIEWING A VIDEOCASSETTE TO PLAY BACK A RECORDED TAPE.................30
To Fine Tune the Picture...............................................................................................30
Rewinding the Tape ......................................................................................................30
Manual Rewind .............................................................................................................30
VCR MODE......................................................................................................................31
Movie Return.................................................................................................................31
AUTO REPEAT............................................................................................................31
SPECIAL PLAYBACK EFFECTS ..................................................................................32
Still Playback (Pause)....................................................................................................32
Frame advance...............................................................................................................32
Skip Playback................................................................................................................32
Variable-Speed Slow Motion Playback ........................................................................32
TO FIND SPECIFIC SECTIONS ON A TAPE ...............................................................33
Visual Search.................................................................................................................33
Searching with the Time Counter..................................................................................33
Marking with the Time Counter....................................................................................33
Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO ....................................................................33
Jump to an index mark with INDEX.............................................................................34
RECORDING A PROGRAM...........................................................................................35
Basic Recording Steps...................................................................................................35
To Skip Commercials....................................................................................................35
To Change the Channel Being Recorded......................................................................35
To Leave Index Marks on the Tape ..............................................................................35
Using the Instant Recording Timer (IRT).....................................................................36
SETTING THE VCR TO RECORD LATER...................................................................37
Before You Begin..........................................................................................................37
DELAYED RECORDING STEPS...................................................................................38

Hitachi 20VR4B Specifications