Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit VT-UX617A du fabricant Hitachi
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VIDEO CASSETT E RECORDER VT-UX617A Ow ner's manual Using these q uality features: • Tape navigation feature allows you to a utomatically loca te a program y ou w ant to view, and also allows you t o list the recorded contents on t he TV screen fo r every tape you have recorded on this VCR.
Hitachi Home Electronics (A merica), Inc. HITACHI (HSC) CA NA DA INC 3890 Steve Rey nolds Blvd., Norc ross, GA 30093 3300 T rans Canada Highway , Pointe Claire, Tel. 770-279- 5600 Quebec, H9R 1B1, CANADA Tel. 514-697- 9150 HITACHI SA LES CORPORA TION O F HA WA II, INC 3219 Koapaka Str eet, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 Tel.
TA BLE OF CONTENTS FOR YOUR SAFET Y ............................................................................................................................. 5 IMPORTANT SAFEG UAR DS ................................................................
DSS BOX SE TUP ................................................................................................................................. 34 (Hookups [H] or [I].) .................................................................................
Tape data men u ................................................................................................................................68 Precauti ons ...........................................................................................
WA RNING: Many television program s and film s are copyrighted. In certain circum stances , copy right law m ay apply to private in-hom e videotaping of c opy righted m aterials. WA RNING: T O PREVENT FIRE O R ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOIST URE.
operating instruc tions. 6 Overload ing -- Do not overload wall outlets and extens ion cords as this can result in a risk of f ire or electric shock . Overloaded AC outlets and extens ion cords are dangerous , and so are frayed power cords, dam aged or crack ed wire insulation and brok en plugs.
other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. W hen installing an outside antenna system, ex treme car e should be taken to k eep from touching or approaching s uch power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal.
VCR Customer Controls Item No. Function Page 1 Infrared tr ansmitter 27 2 POW ER button 2 3 EJECT button 9 4 Cassette com partm ent 9 5 STOP button 25 6 Shuttle ring 38 7 PLAY/STILL button 34 8 REC/IR.
Tape re maining or 40 VCR mode indic ator 32 PLAY - play back 32 SRCH - double-speed play 34 and visual searc h ["-" appears during revers e direction viewing] SLOW - slow play - REW - r ewi.
Item No. Function Page 1 Trans miss ion w indow 8 2 POW ER button 24 3 GUIDE - to rec all OSD menu 24 4 VCR/TV m ode select button 44 5 CLEAR - clears tim e counter 41 6 DISPLAY - to recall on-sc reen.
14 PAUSE button 34 15 Shuttle ring 38 16 LIGHT button - illuminates key function buttons f or a few seconds 8 17 CA SKIP button 36 18 STOP button - stops play/ record f unction 25 19 F.
3 Slide the cov er in the directio n of the arrow to close it. Operating in the remote control Operating the VCR: 1 Make su re there is no obst acle between th e remote control an d VCR's infrared receiver. Note: You cannot operate the VCR if there is an obstacle (for ex ample, cof fee table, sof a, etc) between the VCR and rem ote control.
A bout the illuminated buttons: • If a button on the rem ote control is pr essed, one of the VCR, CAM and T V buttons lights so that you know which device you are now operating. CA SSETTE TA PES Ty pes Only use video cassettes with the mark in this VCR.
Removal Press the EJ ECT button on the VCR. The c assette will com e partially out of the com partm ent so you can pull it out. • The "T ape-In" indicator turns off . • The cas sette can be ejected with the power on or off . BA SIC A NTENNA HOOKUP [A ] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN.
Display the channel which is not used by a comm ercial channel in your area. A DVA NCED A NTENNA HOOKUP -A V HOOKUP [B] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT CH AVAILABLE TV CHANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE SAME CHANNEL • RECORD ONE CHANNEL AND W AT CH ANOTHER Hookup B Illus tration BA SIC CA BLE HOOKUP [C] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN.
Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its video signal can com e into y our T V on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appropr iate channel. • Turn on the power of both the TV and the VCR. Press the ANT. OUT button on front of the VCR.
BA SIC CA BLE HOOKUP -W ITH CA BLE BOX [E] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN... • W AT CH AVAILABLE CABLE CHANNELS • RECORD AND W AT CH THE SAME CHANNEL YOU CAN'T... • RECORD ONE CHANNEL AND W AT CH ANOTHER ALL CHANNEL SELECTIO NS MUST BE MADE AT THE CABLE BOX .
W hen the VCR is on, its video signal can com e into y our T V on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appropr iate channel. • Turn on the power of both the TV and the VCR.
TO RECORD, ALL CHANNEL SELECTIONS MUST BE MADE AT T HE CABLE BOX. BE SURE TO CONSULT YOUR CABLE BOX MANUAL FOR THE CABLE BOX OUTPUT CHANNEL. Hookup G Illustration BA SIC DSS HOOKUP [H] WITH THIS HOOKUP YOU CAN.
Switch the RF Channel W hen the VCR is on, its video signal can com e into y our T V on either channel 3 or channel 4. You need to select the appropr iate channel. • Turn on the power of both the TV and the VCR. Press the ANT. OUT button on front of the VCR.
SETTING THE CLOCK -AUTOMA TIC MODE Note: An antenna or cable m ust be connected to the VCR bef ore y ou begin this operation. Tips You'll need to set the clock when f irst hooking up your VCR, and any tim e the power goes out for m ore than 1 hour.
If the VCR is alr eady turned off , press the POW ER button to turn the power on, then press it again to tur n the power off. T he time will appear in the VCR dis play to show that the current tim e has been set. T he automatic clock set procedure m ight take about 5 m inutes.
5 Press the (2) button. This screen appears to s how that the clock is being s et. • It may take about f ive minutes. • Since the VCR is sear ching for a broadc ast station that transm its a tim e signal, the channel indication on the cable box changes automatically.
3 Press the (3) b utton to select your local time zone. Each tim e (3) is pres sed, the option for "SET TIME ZO NE" switches from <AUTO > to <ATLANTIC>, <EASTERN>, <CENT RAL>, <MOUNTAIN>, <PACIF IC>, <ALASKA>, <HAW AII> and back to <AUTO>.
The m ain on-scr een menu will appear on the T V screen. Click to see rem ote control illustr ation. 2 Press the (3) b utton to bring up the "CL OCK SET" menu.
Click to see rem ote control illustr ation 7 Press the number buttons to f ill in the number of the month, then th e day then th e y ear. • For dates with only one number (1-9) pr ess the (0) button f irst, then the date. For exam ple, if today is July 8 1997, press (0)(7) (0)(8)(9) (7).
4 Press the (4) b utton to select the CHA NNEL PRESET operation. 5 Press the (1) b utton to select the type of receiv ing setup you hav e: <ANT> Internal or ex ternal antenna <CATV1> O rdinary c able <CATV2> Alternate cable (If CATV1 doesn't give you the channels you expect).
To add or erase channels The auto c hannel set procedure m ay m emorize channels that are blank , have snowy pictures , or interferenc e. You may skip these c hannels by erasing them . Very w eak stations m ight not be mem oriz ed at all. Y ou may receive these s tations by adding them .
1 Turn on the TV an d select the vid eo channel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou are hooked up with an audio/video cable, s et the TV to AUX or VIDEO. 2 Press the GUIDE b utton. Clic k to see r emote contr ol illustration. The m ain on-scr een menu will appear on the T V screen.
The VCR can be progra mmed to: Automa tically select c hannels on the cable box during a tim er rec ord or VCR Plus+ delayed recording operation. Change channels on rem ote controlled c able boxes with the VCR remote contr ol. BEFORE YOU BEGIN... Make s ure the cable box is pos itioned properly on the VCR.
6 Turn on your cable box and select ch annel 2. Note: Refer to the c able box owner's m anual to identify the cable box output c hannel (usually 3 or 4). 7 Using the VCR re mote, enter the cable box output channel numbers. Click to s ee remote control illustration.
10 Press the GUIDE b utton to enter your cable box brand . The VCR will change the cable box from channel 02 to channel 09 to conf irm that the c orrect code was entered. 11 Cable box chan nel changed to ch annel 9: Press the (1) b utton to end this setting .
DSS BOX SETUP Note: Connect a DSS box to your VCR. (Hookups [H] or [I].) The VCR can be progra mmed to: Automa tically select c hannels on the DSS box during a tim er recor ding operation. BEFORE YOU BEGIN... Make s ure the DSS box is positioned proper ly on the VCR.
5 Press the (2) b utton t o answer "DSS" to the question "WHICH SYSTEM DO YO U USE?" • Press the ( 3) button for norm al T V view ing. Also pr ess (3) to releas e the CABLE BOX or DSS BOX setting after you have set it up. 6 Turn on your DSS box and select ch annel 100.
DSS box did n ot tune to channel 999: Press the ( 2) button to return to st ep 8, and enter a dif ferent code number. If the codes y ou entered do not work; • Try repositioning the DSS box on top of the VCR and reentering the codes. • Try entering all code num bers (00 - 03) .
4 Press the ST OP button to end playback. Rew inding the tape When the v ideo cassette reaches the end of the tape, the VCR w ill stop automatically and rewind th e tape. • If you press the POW ER button while the tape is rewinding, the power will not shut off until the tape has been com pletely rewound.
Press either the or buttons until picture is clear . SPECIA L PLA YBA CK EFFECTS Variable speed play back Still Playback (Pause) Press the PA USE button on th e remote control or PLA Y /STILL on the VCR to still t he tape during play. The pic ture will "freeze".
• After 1 m inute in the PAUSE mode, the VCR autom atically switches to STO P mode to protect the tape. • If noise bar s appear on the TV sc reen during the PAUSE mode, f irst set the VCR to the SLOW m ode by using the shuttle ring and then press the CH ( or ) button on the rem ote control to m inimize the noise bars ( see page 38).
1 Press the GUIDE b utton. 2 Press the (2) b utton to select the VCR SETUP o peration. 3 Press the (4) b utton to select "HIFI" or "LINEA R". • Select Hi-Fi to playback sound rec orded on the Hi-Fi track and for nor mal use. The L and R indic ators will light in the VCR's display panel.
Refer to the f ollowing for details. 1 Press the GUIDE button. T he main on-screen menu will appear on t he TV screen. 2 Press the (6) b utton to select "CM ADV.". The "CO MM ERCIA L ADVA NCE" menu w ill appear on the TV screen. Commercial A dvance M arking: Confirm that "CM SEARCH <ON>" is specified for item 1.
The VCR will not mark com merc ials. To p lay back tapes recorded using Co mmercial A dv ance: Press the (2) b utton to select <A UT O> or <M A NUAL>. Select < AU T O > to play the m arked c omm ercials in the f orward search m ode automatic ally .
Precautions Position of tape afte r commercials were ma rked: After m ark ing comm ercials, the VCR f ast forwards the tape to the end of recording to be ready for the next recordi ng.
[B] Turn the ring in the stop mode to fas t forward or rewind the tape. • The tape c ontinues to be wound even after y ou release the dial. Note: • If noise bar s appear on the TV sc reen during t.
The index screen appears on T V. 2 Press the (7) button f or rewind or the (9) bu tton for f orward t o begin the in dex search. • The tape rewinds or f ast for w ards until an index mar k is detected. Dur ing this search, the word INDEX is displayed at the top left corner of the screen.
Press the DISPLA Y button a second time to see just the time counter. Notes: • The linear tim e counter oper ates only if there is something r ecorded on the tape. • The counter changes to 0:00:00 when the tape is ejected. Press the DISPLAY button a t hird time to see th e tape remaining time.
3 A t the p oint that you w ant to go b ack to, press the CLEAR button. This r esets the counter to 0:00:00. 4 Press the STOP button when you are done recording or playing back the tape. 5 Press the REW b utton to rewind th e tape. It will automatically stop at the stop where you cleared the counter in step 3.
Basic recording steps Note: You may use a blank tape or you may record over a previous ly recorded ( erasable) tape. 1 Turn on TV and select the video chan nel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou ar e hooked up with an audio/video cable, set the T V to AUX or VIDEO.
• An indicator on the VCR's dis play shows which speed is selected. 5 Press the CH ( / ) button or the number buttons to select the channe l you want to record. Example: Select chan nel 8. • 100/ENT and (2) and (4) for c hannel 124. 6 Press the REC but ton on the remo te control or the REC/IRT butto n on the VCR.
automatic ally and m ark the com m ercials. "CM SEARCH" will flash in the VCR's display . • Press the button ( 2) to cancel the m arkings . Note: Do not press buttons during rewinding the tape to mark com merc ials. To canc el mark ing during rewinding, press the ST OP button.
2 Press the CH ( / ) button or number buttons to c hange the channel to the one you prefer . 3 Press the PAUSE button to continue reco rding. A utomatic In dexing Your VCR will automatic ally c reate an invisible "INDEX" m ark every time you press the REC button while recording.
2 Press the (2) b utton to select the VCR SETUP o peration. 3 Press the (6) button t o set the SAP option to "O N". 4 Press the (5) button t o set the ST EREO/MO NO option t o "STEREO". 5 Press the GUIDE b utton to end the settin g.
1 Follow the steps 1 through 5 on " Basic re cording steps" on page s 42 and 43. 2 Press the REC/IRT button t wice to ind icate the recording t ime on the display. • You may increase the recording tim e by 30 minutes each tim e y ou press the REC/IRT button.
DELA YED RECORDING Setting the VCR to record later Note: The c assette safety tab must be in place in order to record. W ith the delayed recording featur e, y ou c an set this VCR so that it autom ati.
Types of Delay ed Recordings ONE T IME Records one s how at a particular date and time. DAILY Records a s how at the same tim e every day of the week, Monday through Fr iday .
• If you mak e a mistak e when entering digits, press the CLEAR button repeatedly to display "-" for the incorr ect digit, then reenter the cor rect digit. 6 Enter the st art time by pressing (0), (6), (0) and ( 0) for 6:00. 7 Press the (2) button f or PM.
11 Press the PROGR A M button to set the prog ram in memory. 12 Press the POW ER button t o turn off t he VCR. The delayed recording indic ator will display on the VCR. This tells y ou that the VCR will automatic ally r ecord at the tim es and dates you have programm ed.
1 Press the PROG RA M butt on twice. 2 Press the (1) button. 3 Press the (1), ( 2), (0) butt on to select chan nel 120. • You can select one of DSS or CATV channels 100- 125. 4 Press (1) to record the DSS chann el. DSS channel 120 is s elected. "DSS" will appear under the channel indication.
special code is easy to find in your favorite T V program guide or daily newspaper. Here's a s ample page f rom TV Guide s howing PlusCode numbers next to each program .
(received on c hannel 38). These two channels must be as signed. EA SY DELA YED RECORDING W ITH THE VCR PLUS+ S YSTE M This setup should be perfor med if you are using an Antenna or Cable without a cable box.
4 Press the (4) button t o select VCR PLUS+ SETUP. A sm all arrow points to a blank "- -" in the CHANNEL colum n. Note: If your broadcast channel num ber is the s ame as the VCR Plus + Channel in y our TV listing do not enter any num ber.
• W hen a cas sette without its safety tab is inserted, playback star ts automatic ally and VCR Plus+ recor ding won't operate. 2 Press the PROGR A M butto n to select VCR PLUS+ RECORDING . 3 Press the num ber button s to enter the Plu sCode number of the program you w ant to record .
5 Press the numb er buttons (1) , (2) or (3) to select ONE TIM E, DA ILY or WEEKL Y RECORDING Note: Program ming does not take eff ect unless you select one of these options . 6 Press the (5) button to choose recording speed SP (standard play ) or EP (extended play).
Important: Y our tim ed recording s ettings take ef fect when y ou turn off the power on the VCR. Caution of VCR Plus+ Recording After enter ing a PlusCode number, c heck the inf ormation dis play ed with the "PROGRAM REVIEW ". If there is (are) any unnecessary program (s), please c ancel or correc t it (them) .
TA PE NA VIGATION Tape navigation and dir ector y screen W henever this VCR records a pr ogram, s pecific inf ormation is automatically stored in the VCR m emor y . T his inform ation can be displayed on the TV scr een in a directory, and used to locate a recorded pr ogram you want to watch, or the beginning of a non-r ecorded section of the tape.
Understanding the Dir ectory Tape Num ber Identifies the tape in the VCR. Number of Program s Shows the num ber of pr ograms r ecorded on the tape. Tape Bar Shows the length of a rec orded program and its location on the tape. Recording T ime Shows the actual rec ording time.
The MENU button will flas h for about 30 seconds , and "120" flashes in the VCR's dis play for about 10 s econds. 2 Press the CLEA R button to choose the type of tape you are using.
3 Press the select or buttons to choose the program you want to w atch. The number selected will be highlighted. 4 If you wan t the selected program t o play automatically, press the PLAY button. The s earch screen will appear while sear ching for the selec ted program .
• Turn the tape data f eature on and off • Turn the pr ogram title f eature on and off • Display tape navigation data • Delete tape navigation data Note: If a cas sette is in the VCR, eject it bef ore y ou select the tape data m enu. Press the GUIDE b utton.
Note: You cannot erase the data of the tape loaded in the VCR. Ej ect the tape before perf orm ing the following. • Press the select or button to specifiy the TA PE NO. you want to delete. Press t he sele ct button to m ove toward the lower numbers ; Press t he sele ct button to m ove toward the higher num bers.
2 Press the select or button to specify the TA PE NO. you want to display . Press t he sele ct to m ove toward the low er numbers . Press t he sele ct to m ove toward the higher num bers. EXA M PLE: Display ta pe number 2. Press t he sele ct or button to m ove up or down through the list until num ber 2 is selected.
Follow the instructions on page 59 to delete data and provide mor e space in the tape data m emory. Dubbing: Tape Navigation does not operate with tapes on which only audio is recorded or dubbed f rom a CDV (c ompact disc video).
To d isplay captions: View ing tape playback 1 Turn on the TV an d select the vid eo channel (3 or 4). Or, if y ou ar e hooked up with an audio/video cable, set the T V to AUX or VIDEO. 2 Insert a tape with a closed caption s ignal into the VCR. 3 Press the PLAY button on the remote co ntrol.
3 Press and ho ld the "TV" b utton. 4 Press the remote button corresponding to your TV brand as shown in the set-up chart. The T V channel will change to confirm that the remote control has been set.
2 Point VCR remote control toward T V. 3 Press buttons corresponding to the functions available on your TV remote control. INTEGRA TING YOUR STEREO SY STEM WITH YOUR VCR Hookup W hen your VCR is connected to a st ereo sy stem , y ou can: • Make high quality "audio only " recordings for up to 6 hours ( on a T-120 video cas sette tape).
3 Press the REC/IRT button on VCR or REC button o n the remote cont rol to start recordin g. 4 Press the ST OP button or remote contro l to stop recordin g. COPYING TA PES FROM A CA MCORDER Hookup You may use y our VCR to copy tapes from any cam corder onto standar d VHS cassette tapes.
2 Press the REC, then PAUSE buttons on the VCR remote control. Th e VCR will go into Record/Pause. 3 Press the PLA Y butt on on the camcorder. You will see th e camcorder tape being play ed on the T V.
To copy fr om one VCR to another VCR 1 Press the AVX button on t he remote control o f VCR-1 so that L 1 (line) appears in t he display. 2 Press the REC, then PAUSE buttons on VCR-1. The VCR w ill go into Record/Pause. 3 Press the PLA Y butt on on VCR-2.
PROBLEM GUIDE Problem gui de No power • Make sure the VCR is plugged into an AC outlet. Remote c ontrol doesn't work • Mak e sure the batteries are fresh, and pr operly installed. W on't r ecord • Safety tab has been removed f rom cassette (VCR will autom atically eject the tape).
Mai ntenance Regular periodic m aintenance is r equired to maintain optim um VCR per form ance. Such m aintenance and adjustm ents should not be attem pted by the user.
Hitachi Service Ho tline Authorized Hitachi service f acilities are available throughout the US and Canada. F or the location nearest to y ou, call the Hitac hi Service Hotline at one of these num bers: In the continental U.
Un point important après l'achat de l'appareil (ou même avant l'achat) est de lire le manuel d'utilisation. Nous devons le faire pour quelques raisons simples:
Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Hitachi VT-UX617A c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Hitachi VT-UX617A - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Hitachi VT-UX617A, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Hitachi VT-UX617A va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Hitachi VT-UX617A, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Hitachi VT-UX617A.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Hitachi VT-UX617A. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Hitachi VT-UX617A ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
