JVC HR-V616EK User Manual

basic features

Turn the TV on

Tune the TV to your

Video Channel or to its

AV mode

Choose a blank

cassette which has the

record safety tab still in

place

Load the cassette into

the VCR (see page 14)

TV signals being received by the recorder’s built in tuner can be recorded
onto a video tape. You can ‘capture’ a TV programme using your VCR.

Choose a Programme

Press PR     or PR      or  the number keys on the Remote Control or 

PR +/–

 on

the VCR to select the channel that you wish to record.

    Set the Tape Speed

Press /. The current setting for the tape speed appears on the on-screen
display or the VCR display panel for about  5 seconds. Press /again to
change the setting while tape speed is displayed. You can choose Standard Play
(SP) or Long Play (LP). The picture quality on LP recordings will not be as high
as on SP recordings, but the tape will last longer.

    Start Recording

There are two ways to start recording:

  Press and hold T and then press . on the Remote Control.

  Press T on the VCR.

When “DIRECT REC” is set to “ON” (

墌pg. 35), if you press any button just

after pressing T on the VCR (or T and . on the Remote Control), the recorder
may not function properly.

    Pause and Resume During Recording

On either the VCR or the Remote Control, press | to temporarily stop recording
and press . to resume. You cannot change the preset position on the VCR while
it is recording but you can while it is paused (see 

Choose a Programme

of this page).

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