Hitachi VT-FX601A - Manual (Page 2)

IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS - 2 -
TABLE OF CONENTS
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS.....................................................................................................4
PRECAUTIONS..........................................................................................................................6
LOCATION..............................................................................................................................6
POWER SUPPLY ...................................................................................................................6
AVOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE ..............................................7
WARNING...............................................................................................................................7
FEATURES ................................................................................................................................8
VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE INFORMATION ................................................................................9
PRECAUTIONS ......................................................................................................................9
THREE DIFFERENT TAPE SPEEDS.....................................................................................9
INSERTING A CASSETTE .....................................................................................................9
REMOVING A CASSETTE .....................................................................................................9
ERASE PREVENTION .........................................................................................................10
OPERATING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS .........................................................................10
PREPARATION FOR USE.......................................................................................................12
CABLE CONNECTIONS.......................................................................................................12
SETTING A VIDEO CHANNEL.............................................................................................13
CONNECTING TO INPUT JACKS........................................................................................13
INPUT SELECT ....................................................................................................................13
A/V TERMINALS...................................................................................................................14
INSTALLING THE BATTERIES ............................................................................................14
PRESET FOR USE ..................................................................................................................14
AUTOMATIC CHANNEL PRESET (Without a Cable Box)....................................................15
TO SELECT A DESIRED CHANNEL....................................................................................16
SETTING THE CLOCK.........................................................................................................16
TO CHANGE CLOCK SETTING...........................................................................................19
TO DELETE PRESET CHANNELS ......................................................................................19
CHANNEL PRESET AGAIN .................................................................................................21
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE.............................................................................................22
NORMAL PLAYBACK...........................................................................................................22
COUNTER MEMORY ...........................................................................................................24
TO EXIT THE COUNTER MEMORY ....................................................................................25
SPECIAL PLAYBACK ..............................................................................................................25
AUTO REPEAT PLAYBACK.................................................................................................26
TO EXIT THE AUTO REPEAT MODE..................................................................................26
RENTAL PLAYBACK............................................................................................................27
TO EXIT THE RENTAL PLAY MODE...................................................................................27
INDEX SEARCH ...................................................................................................................28
TIME SEARCH .....................................................................................................................29
BLANK SEARCH ..................................................................................................................30
RECORDING............................................................................................................................31
VIEWING AND RECORDING THE SAME PROGRAM ........................................................31
SKIPPING SOME MATERIALS DURING RECORDING ......................................................32
RECORDING ONE PROGRAM WHILE VIEWING ANOTHER.............................................33
TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF YOUR RECORDING..................................................33
IRT (Instant Recording Timer)...............................................................................................33
TIMER RECORDING ...............................................................................................................35