The recorder illustrations appearing in this instruction manual are
of the HR-J645EK.
CONTENTS
SAFETY FIRST 2
Safety Precautions ...................... 2
Some Do's And Don'ts ............... 3
INSTALLING YOUR NEW RECORDER 4
Basic Connections ...................... 4
INITIAL SETTINGS 6
Video Channel Set...................... 6
Auto Set Up ............................... 8
Video Plus+ Setup .................... 10
PLAYBACK 12
Basic Playback ......................... 12
Playback Features..................... 13
RECORDING 18
Basic Recording ....................... 18
Recording Features ................... 19
B.E.S.T. Picture System ............. 20
TIMER RECORDING 22
Video Plus+ Timer Recording ... 22
Regular Timer Programming ..... 24
EDITING 28
Edit To Or From Another Video
Recorder .................................. 28
Edit From A Camcorder ............ 30
SYSTEM CONNECTIONS 31
Connection To A Stereo System
(HR-J645EK/ES only)................. 31
Connection To A Satellite
Receiver ................................... 32
SPECIAL FEATURES 34
TUNER SET 36
Auto Channel Set ..................... 36
Manual Channel Set ................. 38
CLOCK SET 44
TROUBLESHOOTING 46
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 48
SPECIFICATIONS 49
INDEX 50
HR-J645EK
(Hi-Fi)
HR-J645ES
(Hi-Fi)
HR-J245EK
(Monaural)
HR-J246EK
(Monaural)
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
INSTRUCTIONS
LPT 0002-055B
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PAL
SEE
QUICK SET UP GUIDE
ON REAR SIDE
SEE
QUICK SET UP GUIDE
ON REAR SIDE
INDEX
SP/ LP
q
TIMER
STANDBY/ON
TV PROG
COUNTER
RESET
¢
¢
1
¡
¶
REC
1
REW
4¢
7
STOP
3
PLAY
8
PAUSE
REW
¡
TV
123
45
/ADD TIME
6
7
/
8
/DAILY
0
/AUX
9
/
WEEKLY
TV/VCR
(MONITOR)
CANCEL
/C.RESET
PROG CHECK
4 TIMER
TV PROG
DATESTOPSTART
PROG
/MENU
OK
C.MEMORY
TV VOL+
TV VOL–
DISPLAY
2
1
3
EXPRESS PROGRAMMING
PUSH JOG
Press and hold TV button while pressing
, TV PROG. + / –, TV / VCR
