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OF CONTENTS 1HITACHI TV/VCR Combination 13VR10B Owner's Manual Your Complete Guide to TV/VCR Combination Viewing and VCR plus + Auto return Sleep timer Auto clock setting Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc.Hitachi Sales Corporation of Hawaii 3890 Steve Reynolds Blvd 3219 Koapaka - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 2
AGAIN 20 SELECTING THE LANGUAGE 21 DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME 21 TO CANCEL THE DAYLIGHT-SAVING TIME 22 SETTING THE CLOCK (AUTO/MANUAL 22 AUTO CLOCK SETTING 22 MANUAL CLOCK SETTING 24 TO CHANGE CLOCK SETTING 25 ON SCREEN DISPLAY...26 SPECIAL FEATURES ...27 DEGAUSSING ...27 AUTO REWIND-EJECT 27 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 3
PLUS TIMER RECORDINGS......... 52 AUTO RETURN...52 SLEEP TIMER ...54 TO CANCEL THE SLEEP TIMER 54 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE 55 MAINTENANCE...57 CABINET CLEANING ...57 HEAD CLEANING ...57 SERVICING...57 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 58 CABLE CHANNEL DESIGNATIONS pg. 34 59 WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS The caution marking is located on the rear of the cabinet. 4 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 5
-All operating and use instructions should be followed. 5. Cleaning-Unplug this video product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. EXCEPTION: A product that is meant for uninterrupted service and, that for some - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 6
to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire on the video product. 18. Servicing-Do not attempt to service this TV/VCR yourself as opening or the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 7
part. Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire, electric shock or other hazards. 21. Safety Check-Upon completion of any service or repairs to this TV/VCR, ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the TV/VCR is in proper operating condition. 22. Heat-This TV - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 8
it by the plug. If, by accident, water is spilled on your VCR, unplug the power cord immediately and take the unit to an Authorized Service Center for servicing. Do not put your fingers or objects into the TV/VCR cassette holder. Do not place anything directly on top of the VCR. 8 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 9
frequency energy. Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in the instruction manual. The user could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made. IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 10
FEATURES FEATURES • Rotary 4-head record/playback system • Infrared remote control • Bilingual on screen menu display selectable in English or Spanish • Real time tape counter - This shows the elapsed recording or playback time in hours, minutes, and seconds. The "-" indication will appear when the - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 11
plus+ - You can program the timer for automatic recording using the VCR Plus+ numbers that are printed in most newspaper TV listings and TV Guide> • Auto return - After timer recording is finished, the beginning of the recorded program(s) can be searched. • Sleep timer - Allows you to turn off the - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 12
VIDEO CASSETTE VIDEO CASSETTE This TV/VCR will operate with any cassette that has the VHS mark. For best results we recommend the use of high-quality tapes. Do not use poor quality or damaged tapes. PRECAUTIONS • Avoid moisture, which can condense on the tape if it is moved from a cold place to a - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 13
VIDEO CASSETTE the hole with plastic tape. 13 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 14
to rapidly advance the tape, or to view the picture rapidly in forward during the Play mode. (Forward Search) 10 REC button - Press to begin manual recording. OTR button - Press to activate One Touch Recording. (used on the TV/VCR only) 11 VOLUME / buttons - Press to adjust the volume level. 12 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 15
OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS +100 button - Press to select cable channels which are equal or greater than number 100. (To select channel 125, first press "+100" button then press "2" then "5"). 25 ADD/DELETE button - Press to delete or add channel numbers in the Channel Set Up mode (See page 12 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 16
PREPARATION FOR USE PREPARATION FOR USE CABLE CONNECTIONS VHF/UHF COMBINED ANTENNA The VHF/UHF Rod Antenna (not supplied) is detachable. Push the stem of the antenna into the hole which is located on the upper back cabinet of the unit. Connect the VHF/UHF Rod Antenna or VHF/UHF Combination Antenna - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 17
to the grounding system of the building as close to the poing of cable entry as practical. CABLE WITH CONVERTER/DESCRAMBLER BOX If your cable service supplies you with a converter box you can use the basic connection shown here. With this connection you can record and view any channel including - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 18
PREPARATION FOR USE INSTALLING THE BATTERIES 1) Open the battery compartment cover by pressing the cover on the remote unit in the direction of the arrow. 2) Insert 2 "AA" penlight batteries into the battery compartment in the direction indicated by the polarity (+/-) markings. 3) Replace the cover. - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 19
PRESET FOR USE PRESET FOR USE The first time you may want to selct language (English or Espanol=Spanish) and preset the tuner to scan only the channels you receive in your area. You must use the remote control for the following steps. NOTE: Channel memory programming is not needed when using a - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 20
PRESET FOR USE DELETING (OR ADDING) PRESET CHANNEL The channels you no longer receive or seldom watch can be deleted from the memory. (Of course, you can add the deleted channel into the memory again.) 1 Select "CHANNEL SET UP" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "CHANNEL SET UP". Then, press - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 21
PRESET FOR USE 1 Select "CHANNEL SET UP" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "CHANNEL SET UP". Then, press SELECT button. 2 Select "TV" or "CATV" Select [TV] or [CATV] using CH or button. 3 Begin auto preset Press MENU button to point to "AUTO PRESET". Then, press SELECT button. The tuner scans - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 22
your area, follow "AUTO CLOCK SETTING". If it is not, follow "MANUAL CLOCK SETTING". AUTO CLOCK SETTING You can have the TV/VCR set the date being broadcast by the PBS station in your area, using a new service called Extended Data Service (XDS). Make sure... • Press POWER button to turn on the TV/ - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 23
turn off the TV/VCR for searching the local PBS station. The power must remain off during this search. If you enter the channel number manually, • It may take a few minutes for this search to be completed. If you choose [AUTO], • The TV/VCR must search through all the available channels - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 24
Select "SETTING CLOCK" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "SETTING CLOCK". Then, press SELECT button. 2 Select "MANUAL CLOCK SET" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "MANUAL CLOCK SET". Then, press SELECT button. 3 Select the month Press CH or button repeatedly until your desired month - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 25
in your area or on your cable system, in step 2 above, select "AUTO CLOCK" and press CH or button to show [OFF], then adjust clock manually. 25 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 26
ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON SCREEN DISPLAY To check the Counter, Clock and Channel number on the TV screen, press SELECT button on the remote control. Each time you press the SELECT button on the remote control, the TV screen will change as follows: When the Closed Caption mode is OFF: • In the Counter - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 27
SPECIAL FEATURES SPECIAL FEATURES DEGAUSSING Magnetism from nearby appliances might affect the color of the TV picture. If this happens, move this unit away from the appliance. If the color is still not correct, disconnect power cord from AC outlet then reconnect it after 30 minutes. AUTO REWIND- - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 28
TV OPERATION TV OPERATION WATCHING A TV PROGRAM 1 Turn on the TV/VCR Press POWER button to turn on the TV/VCR. 2 Select the channel number Press CHANNEL or button to select your desired channel number. 3 Adjust the volume Press VOLUME or button to adjust the volume. GAME MODE This function enables - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 29
TV OPERATION 3 Exit the Game mode Press MENU button repeatedly until the TV/VCR return to the TV mode. TO CANCEL THE GAME MODE Repeat step [1]. Then, step [2] to select [OFF]. Press MENU button repeatedly to return to TV mode. 29 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 30
TV OPERATION PICTURE CONTROL The TV/VCR's picture controls - BRIGHT, CONTRAST, COLOR, TINT and SHARPNESS - are preset to the factory specification. This is usually best, but if you need to make any further adjustments adjust picture controls for a natural looking image. NOTES: • Procedures must be - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 31
TV OPERATION tapes, etc. with either a dialogue caption or text display added to the program. CAPTION mode: You may watch dramas, movies and news etc. while captioning the dialogues and the contents of news if you want by choosing the caption mode. TEXT mode: You may watch full screen text - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 32
TV OPERATION WHEN THE CLOSED CAPTION MODE IS ON The On Screen Display will disappear after 5 seconds. • This is true even if MUTE button is pressed, or PAUSE/STILL button is pressed while recording. However, On Screen Display will appear for 5 seconds when SELECT button is pressed. 32 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 33
other than your own, noise lines (black and white streaks) may appear on the playback picture. If this occurs, you can adjust the tracking control manually by pressing CH or button until the streaks disappear. To return to the DTR function, stop the tape once and start playback again. • You can - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 34
NORMAL PLAYBACK PICTURE SEARCH This feature is useful in finding or skipping over a particular scene on a tape. In this mode, the sound will be muted. 1) You may view a video tape at a high speed in either a forward or reverse direction by pressing F.FWD or REW button. (in the SP/LP/SLP modes) 2) - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 35
SPECIAL PLAYBACK SPECIAL PLAYBACK Make sure... • You must use the remote control for the following steps. • Power must be turned on. • Insert a prerecorded tape. • Before playback, follow steps below. RENTAL PLAYBACK This function enables you to improve the picture quality when playing back worn - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 36
SPECIAL PLAYBACK REPEAT PLAYBACK The TV/VCR has an auto repeat function that allows you to repeat a tape indefinitely without using the PLAY button. There are two selections for Auto Repeat Playback. ALL REPEAT: repeat playback from the beginning to the end of the tape. BLANK REPEAT: repeat playback - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 37
SEARCH SEARCH Make sure... • You must use the remote control for the following steps. • Power must be turned on. • Insert a tape. COUNTER MEMORY This feature can be used to memorize a beginning point that you want to review. And you can search for it easily by rewinding or fast forwarding. NOTE: • - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 38
SEARCH TIME SEARCH The Time Search function makes it possible to quickly advance the tape to your desired position from any position by entering the exact amount of playback time of the part you want to skip. NOTES: • Time Search is set up to 9 hours 50 minutes (9:50) by 10 minutes at a time. • This - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 39
SEARCH • The index mark will be made automatically when the REC button is pressed. It will also be marked at the starting point of Timer recording and OTR. • The index mark is not recorded if the PAUSE/STILL button is pressed and released during recording. • The time gap between making the index - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 40
SEARCH Press REW or F.FWD button. The TV/VCR begins rewinding or fast forwarding then goes into the Play mode at the beginning of desired program. NOTE: Every time an index signal is skipped, the number in the program indicator decreases by one. 4 After Index Search When the preset program is - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 41
RECORDING RECORDING Make sure... • Power must be turned on. • Insert a cassette tape with its erase prevention tab in place. (If necessary, rewind or fast forward the tape to the point at which you want to begin recording.) NORMAL RECORDING You can only watch the same TV program that is being - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 42
RECORDING • To prevent tape damage, after five minutes, the TV/VCR will automatically return to the Recording mode. • When in the Pause/Still mode, a display showing 5 " " marks will appear on the screen. Each " " mark represents one minute of Pause time. You may refer to this display for remaining - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 43
RECORDING • Recording stops when 0:00:00 is reached. • Please note that in the SLP mode maximum recording time, assuming the tape is started at the beginning, is 8 hours using T-160 (or 6 hours using T120). • If the tape runs out before the end time, the TV/VCR will switch to the Stop mode - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 44
RECORDING COPYING A VIDEO CASSETTE (Requires another VCR) Connect your TV/VCR and a Source (Playing) VCR using the following diagram. 1) Insert a pre-recorded video cassette into the Source (Playing) VCR. 2) Insert a blank video cassette, or one you want to record over, into the TV/VCR's cassette - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 45
10:00AM - for PROGRAM 1 1 Select "TIMER PROGRAMMING" Press MENU button to point to "TIMER PROGRAMMING". Press SELECT button> • If you did not set the clock, "MANUAL CLOCK SET" appears. If so, follow page 15 to set the clock and repeat from step [3]. 2 Select your desired program number (1 ~ 8) 45 - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 46
TIMER The program number which is not set up flashes. Press CH or button repeatedly until your desired program number appears. (Example: 4) Press SELECT button. 3 Select once, every day or weekly recording For once recording: Press CH (up) button repeatedly until your desired date appears. (Example: - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 47
TIMER 5 Set start minute Press CH or button repeatedly until your desired minute appears. (Example: "30" for 7:3 0PM) Press SELECT button. 6 Set end hour Press CH or button repeatedly until your desired hour appears. (Example: "8, PM" for 8:50PM) Press SELECT button. 7 Set end minute Press CH or - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 48
VCR PLUS+ (SETTING USER CHANNELS) You will notice that some stations have guide and local channel numbers that are the same, and other stations have channel DO NOT match, it is necessary for you to memorize user channels to guide channels according to the steps below. NOTE: You must use the remote - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 49
are programming a user channel number Press SELECT button to forward to the next or press ADD/DELETE button to go back one step. (Example: guide channel 05) • If a guide channel you wish to program is not on the TV screen, press SELECT button repeatedly to change the displayed page. 4 Select a user - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 50
timer using the VCR Plus numbers that are printed in most newspaper TV listings and TV guide. You can set 8 programs to record within a 1 year period. NOTE: You must to the TV mode. • If you did not set the clock, "MANUAL CLOCK SET" appears. If so, follow page 15 to set the clock and repeat from step - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 51
TIMER Press number buttons to set a VCR plus+ code of the program you want to record. Press VCR PLUS+ button. NOTE: If the code is not available, it will be cleared automatically. Enter correct code again. 3 Select once, every day or every week recording VCR plus+ timer recording is memorized to - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 52
timer recording. • Recording begins automatically at the set of the Start time. • If you are recording using a Timer mode, you may not operate the unit manually. • The erase-prevention tab on the cassette must be in place (or you must put tape over the hole). • If the erase protection tab is - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 53
TIMER With this feature, after timer recording has finished, the beginning of the recorded program(s) can be located automatically. 1 Select "USER'S SET UP" Press MENU button repeatedly to point to "USER'S SET UP". Press SELECT button. 2 Set "AUTO RETURN" to [ON] Press MENU button repeatedly to - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 54
TIMER SLEEP TIMER The Sleep Timer function makes the TV/VCR turn off without using the POWER button after a desired time period. Press SLEEP button on the remote control repeatedly until your desired sleep time appears. Each additional push will increase the on time by 30 minutes. It is set up to - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 55
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If you have followed the instructions contained in this manual and have difficulty in operating your TV/VCR, locate the SYMPTOM in the left column below. Check the corresponding POSSIBLE CAUSE and CORRECTIVE ACTION columns to remedy the problem. Symptom - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 56
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If a dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure , power lines, thunderstorms, etc. may cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear. My program guide listed a TV show as being closed captioned but none of the captions were displayed information. - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 57
or the usage of rental or worn tapes can cause this problem. In this case, video head cleaning requires highly technical attention, therefore consult the nearest Authorized Service Center. Clean heads only when problems occur. SERVICING • Should your TV/VCR become inoperative, do not try to correct - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 58
0EMN01170) * Check your cable company's compatibility requirements. For information about how to obtain these accessories, please call TOLL FREE 1-800-448-2244 for your nearest Hitachi Authorized Parts Distributor in the continental United States. For ALASKA and HAWAII, please contact the nearest - Hitachi 13VR10B | Owners Guide - Page 59
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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HITACHI
TV/VCR Combination
13VR10B
Owner's Manual
Your Complete Guide to TV/VCR Combination Viewing and Recording
This TV/VCR Combination will display television closed captioning (
or
), in accordance with paragraph 15, 119 of the FCC rules.
Using these quality features:
Rotary 4-head record/playback system
Bilingual on-screen menu display selectable in English or Spanish
Infrared remote control
Real time tape counter
181 channel capability PLL frequency synthesizer tuner with direct station
call
Closed caption system
Game mode
Auto power on and off system
Auto rewind when the end of a tape is reached
2 Step picture search operation
CM skip
Still
Digital Auto Tracking (DTR)
Rental play mode
Auto repeat
Time search
Index search
Three different tape speeds: SP/LP/SLP
OTR (One Touch Recording)
1 Year, 8 events (including Daily and Weekly Timer Recording)
VCR plus +
Auto return
Sleep timer
Auto clock setting
Hitachi Home Electronics (America), Inc.Hitachi Sales Corporation of Hawaii
3890 Steve Reynolds Blvd
3219 Koapaka St.
Norcross, Georgia 30093
Honolulu, HI 96819
Tel. 770-279-5600
Tel. 808-839-3621
OEMN01145 © Hitachi, Ltd. 1996
Printed in
Malaysia