Hitachi VTUX-6450A - Manual (Page 2)

FOR YOUR SAFETY - 2 -
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOR YOUR SAFETY..................................................................................................................4
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS.....................................................................................................5
INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................................5
USE ........................................................................................................................................6
SERVICE ................................................................................................................................7
CUSTOMER CONTROLS ..........................................................................................................8
REMOTE OPERATION ............................................................................................................11
Operating in the remote control.............................................................................................12
CASSETTE TAPES..................................................................................................................13
Types ....................................................................................................................................13
Safety tabs prevent erasure ..................................................................................................13
Insertion ................................................................................................................................13
Removal................................................................................................................................14
BASIC ANTENNA HOOKUP [A]...............................................................................................15
ADVANCED ANTENNA HOOKUP -AV HOOKUP [B] ..............................................................17
BASIC CABLE HOOKUP [C] ....................................................................................................18
ADVANCED CABLE HOOKUP -AV HOOKUP [D] ...................................................................20
BASIC CABLE HOOKUP -WITH CABLE BOX [E]....................................................................21
ADVANCED CABLE HOOKUP -WITH CABLE BOX [F]...........................................................23
ADVANCED CABLE HOOKUP -WITH CABLE BOX AND SPLITTER [G] ...............................24
SETTING THE CLOCK - AUTOMATIC MODE.........................................................................25
Auto clock set function ..........................................................................................................25
Setting the clock automatically - if your VCR's hooked up to an antenna or cable without a
cable box (Hookups [A], [B], [C] or [D]) .................................................................................25
SETTING THE CLOCK -AUTOMATIC MODE WITH CABLE BOX ..........................................26
If your VCR is hooked up to a cable box (Hookups [E], [F] or [G]) ........................................26
SETTING THE CLOCK -TIME ZONE SETTING/DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SETTING ...........28
What to do if the displayed time drifts from the current time by more than an hour ..............28
SETTING THE CLOCK -MANUALLY .......................................................................................30
PRE-TUNING THE VCR TUNER .............................................................................................33
To add or erase channels .....................................................................................................34
Auto blue setting ...................................................................................................................35
CABLE BOX SETUP ................................................................................................................37
PLAYBACK...............................................................................................................................41
Rewinding the tape ...............................................................................................................41
Rewinding the tape ...............................................................................................................41
To remove noise from the picture .........................................................................................41
Rewinding or fast forwarding a tape at high speed ...............................................................42
SPECIAL PLAYBACK EFFECTS .............................................................................................43
Variable speed playback .......................................................................................................43
Still Playback (Pause) ...........................................................................................................43
Frame Advance.....................................................................................................................43
Skip Playback .......................................................................................................................43
Slow Motion ..........................................................................................................................43
Visual Search........................................................................................................................44
Choosing a mode for audio playback....................................................................................44
How to select playback audio................................................................................................44
Locating the start of movie ....................................................................................................45