User manual AKAI DR4

[. . . ] An inexperienced person might touch the internal parts and get a serious electric shock. Never put anything, especially metal, into the video cassette recorder. Power requirements Power requirements for electrical appliances differ from areato area. Please ensure thatyour appliance meets the Power requirements in your area. The operating voltage of this appliance is fixed at AC 240 V, 50 Hz. 2-En This equipment conlorms to N0. [. . . ] Noise bars may appear during jog dial operation, refer to the "Tracking/Picture/stability adjustment" section for correction. lt may not be possible to completely eliminate the norse bars. 1/12 1/10 HE O A V /-. _, - 7 To save the power of the remote control batteries, make sure that the JOG/SHUTTLE and CHANNEL buF tons are off when you are not using them. lf left on, they will automatically cancel after about 1 minute. Review playback @ Reverse playback @ Reverse slow motion playback @ still playback O Forward slow motion playback @ Forward playback O Cue playback Note: The forward slow motion mode will be cancelled after 5 minutes to protect the video tape. The reverse still mode willgo to the forward still mode after a few seconds (the tape may advance or reverse a few frames). 21 During playback the quick finder tunction can be used to visually locate any point on a recorded tape. During quick tinder playback the picture will go forwards or backwards rapidly. Disturbances in the quickfinder picture are normaland do not indicate a problem with the VCR. This feature is especially uselul when playing back rental taDes. I During any playback mode (play, still, slow, etc. ) press thefast torward (cue)>>or rewind (review) << button. There are two ways to operate the quick linder mode One way is to keep the button held down untilyou reach the part that you want to watch, and when you release it playback starts automatically. The second way is to press the button quickly and when you reach the part that you wantto watch, press the PlaY button. When the power is off and a rental tape is inserted into the VCR, it is automatically rewound to the beginning ot the tape The blank space at the beginning ol the tape is skipped and playback begins automatically from the recorded section. When the movie is finished and the unrecorded space at the end is reached. the tape will be rewound to the beginning, ejected and the power switched off. . l I O Z Q Press the MENU/REVIEW button, select MODE with the , "r or rz button and Press OK. Select BSP with the . /\ or with ihe < or > button. \, / button and set to ON Note: . Press the MENU/REVIEW button. The quick tinder reverse playback can be switched directly from the quick finder forward playback by pressing the rewind button and vice versa. To cancel the BSP mode, set to OFF in step 2. The VCR automatically switchestothe NTSCsystemwhen an NTSC tape is played back. Note: . The vertical size of lhe playback picture will shrink and some picture "noise" may appear on the scleen. In this case, adjust the tracking manually until you get the clearest Picture. hold both buttonsdown untilthe l-HQ indicator appears on the FL display. The l-HO indicator on the FL display will tlash while the AutoTapeTuning process isin operation. When the process is completed the indicator will stop flashing and remain lit. The VCR will then be in the recording pause mooe. 5 To start recording, press the REC button until the recording indicator lights on the FL display. The REC button must be pressed slightly longer than other buttons, this is a built-in feature to prevenl accidental recording. 6 Note: To stop recording, press the r stop button. To resume recording, press the REC button. lf you skip step 4, to setthe VCR to recording standby press the PAUSE/STILL buttbn. When you want to start recording Dress the BEC button. will be released after approx. 3o minutes to orotect the video taoe. It the video tape ends during recording it will stop and rewind automatically. The stop button must be pressed lirst. Recording standby 24 TheOTRfeature is used to setthe stoptimeof a recording that has already begun. For example, you may have started recording a programme manuallyand you wantto go out, orgo to bed, before the recording is finished. You can use the OTFI feature to set a time for the recording to stop. The blank search feature automatically tinds lhe end of recorded sections on a video tape. This is convenient when you The stop time can only be set to the hour or half hour. wantto record something aftera previously recorded section. It the present position of the tape is after the previously recorded section itwillbe necessary to tirst rewind the tape to a pointbefore the end ol the recorded section. II During recording, press the OTR button until "OTR' and "STOP" light on the FL display. The VCR has to be in the recording mode for at least 5 seconds until the OTR feature can be used. . 1 I Press the MENU/REVIEW button, select SEARCH with the , , \ / \, / buttons and press OK. SEARCH ' BLANK tftTRo t l-t , t -l t-l :t, _l , L Press the OTR button to set the stop time (up to a maximum of 7 hours 30 minutes), The first time the button is Dressed the time will be adjustedtothe halfhouror hour. [. . . ] lf a tape is damaged, or faulty, the Auto Tape Tuning process maytake alittle longer, as itwill'read" the characteristics once more. A tape recorded by S-VHS format (on an S-VHS VCR) can not be played back on an l-HQ VCR and vice versa, these systems are not interchangeable. Although you can chooseto have the Super l-HQ teature on or off, we recommend that it always be left on during playback and recording. 36 Troubleshooting Should you have any problems during the operation ofthis VCR, please check that allthe controls are set to their proper positions and that allcables are properly connected (reler to this manualforthe correct procedures), lf a problom persists, refer to the advice oetow. lltho problem can not be corrected with the instructions below, write down the modeland serialnumberand allpertinent data regarding warranty coverage, as well as a clear description of the problem, and contact your nsarest AKAI service centre. PROBLEM There is no oower to the VCR. The eiect button does not work. lf the VCR is in the CHECK POINT ls the mains lead plugged in? timer modethe ejeci button willnot work, press the TIMER button to cancellf the VCR is in the recording mode press the stop button then eiect. ls the TV set to the video channel? [. . . ]