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Magnavox VR201BMG Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 VR201BMG Video Cassette Recorder Video Cassette Recorder Owner’s Manual Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Return your Warranty Registration Card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. Once your purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning this prod- uct. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once.

  • Page 3: Introduction 3

    This manual has six sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; and Information You May Need. The instructions explain all of the VCR’s features, which are listed below. You cannot hurt your VCR by trying the features! So read on – and relax.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Before Using Your VCR ........

  • Page 5: Before Using Your Vcr 5

    Use only tapes with the mark. Remove any light adhesive stick-on notes from the video cas- sette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removable labels can jam the VCR. Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel- lent performance.

  • Page 6: Hookups Without A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV, please see page 10. After you hook up the VCR, go to page 11 to turn on the VCR. Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV.

  • Page 7: Hookups Without A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    Set the TV to the same channel. For example, when playing a tape, if the CH3/CH4 switch is set to CH3, the TV should be on channel 03. You are ready to turn on the VCR. Please go to page 11 before turning on the VCR. AUDIO...

  • Page 8: Hookups With A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    You may not program channels at the VCR. You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a time. Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DBS output channel (channel 03 or 04); set the CH3/CH4 switch to the same channel. Set your Cable Box/DBS to the channel you want to record.

  • Page 9: Hookups With A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    VCR’s CH3/CH4 switch. Set the TV to the Cable Box/DBS output channel (03 or 04). Then, with the VCR in VCR position (the VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel), use the CHANNEL o/p but- tons to select the channel you want to record at the VCR.

  • Page 10: Hookups With A Stereo Tv

    VCR. Connect a video cable to the yellow VIDEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR. Then, connect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on your TV. Connect an audio cable to the white AUDIO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR.

  • Page 11: Turning On Your Vcr 11

    Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the remote control and the VCR and TV are connected correctly. You can not program channels if you are using a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System. Press the POWER button. The VCR/TV light and the POWER light will appear on the display panel.

  • Page 12: Automatic Channel Setup

    PLEASE WAIT START FINISH Wait for a few minutes while the VCR sets up the chan- nels. When this is complete, CHANNELS ARE SET will appear on the screen. Then the programming of the lowest channel number placed in the VCR’s memory will appear on the screen. Now when you press the CHANNEL o/p buttons, you will scan only through channels you receive.

  • Page 13: Adding/Deleting Channels

    OFF, follow these steps. 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. 3. Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select BLUE BACK- GROUND.

  • Page 14: Automatic Channel Setup

    14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button.

  • Page 15: Setting The Clock 15

    Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: The VCR is on and the VCR/TV light appears on the display panel. (If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry.

  • Page 16: Daylight-Savings Time

    16 Daylight-Savings Time You may program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. Daylight-Savings Time is set to ON when you receive your VCR. Turn Daylight-Savings Time ON or OFF by following the steps below.

  • Page 17: Language Selection 17

    VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. SELECT op CHOOSE B REPEAT PLAY ON SCREEN MODE LANGUAGE...

  • Page 18: Remote Control Buttons

    18 Remote Control Buttons Press to select channels at the VCR. Use to set up VCR features (such Enter channel numbers as a two-digit number for the quickest results. For example, to select channel 6, press 0,6. If you only press the Number 6 button, channel 6 will be selected after a brief delay.
  • Page 19 Use to watch TV (changing channels at the TV) or to watch one program while recording another. Details are on page 26. If the VCR/TV light doesn’t appear on the display panel of the VCR, it is in TV position. Press to erase incorrect data when programming VCR functions.

  • Page 20: On-Screen Status Displays

    Press the MENU button. Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select ON SCREEN MODE, then press the F.FWD/B button.

  • Page 21: Vcr Display Panel 21

    VCR. It flashes when all timer recordings or One-Touch Recordings are finished. CST.IN Light This light appears when there is a tape in the VCR. VCR Display Panel 21 PLAY STOP/EJECT...

  • Page 22: Front Panel

    When playback is stopped, press to fast forward the tape at high speed. During tape playback, press to fast forward the tape while the picture stays on the screen. Details are on page 35. Press to select an item in the VCR menu. Remote Sensor...

  • Page 23: Rear Panel 23

    Details are on pages six-10. AUDIO IN Jack Connect a cable coming from the AUDIO OUT Jack of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 32. AUDIO OUT Jack Connect a cable going to the...

  • Page 24: Playing

    Read and follow the steps below to play a tape. Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Insert a tape in the VCR. The POWER, VCR/TV, and CST. IN lights will appear on the display panel.

  • Page 25: Recording 25

    CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. If the VCR/TV light appears on the display panel, go to step 4. If the VCR/TV light does not appear, press the VCR/TV but- ton once.

  • Page 26: Recording One Channel/Watching Another

    Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. (Details are on page 25.) Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV position. The VCR/TV light will disappear from the VCR’s display panel. Use the TV remote control to select the channel you want to watch at the TV.

  • Page 27: One-Touch Recording 27

    Set up the channels at the VCR. Select a recording speed (SP, SLP) with the SPEED button. Put a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape’s record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). If the end of a tape is reached during an OTR, the VCR will eject the tape and turn itself off.

  • Page 28: Timer Recording

    Set up the channels at the VCR. Set the clock. Put a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape’s record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). Put the VCR in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel.
  • Page 29 REC/OTR /STOP PAUSE/STILL Helpful Hints • Entries that do not match the VCR’s clock or calendar will cause a ques- tion mark to appear on the screen. • If you are recording from line input, connect the audio and video cables to the AUDIO IN and VIDEO IN jacks on the back of the VCR.

  • Page 30: The Vcr

    TIMER light will appear on the display panel. If the timer recording will take place several hours or days from now, you may use the VCR until time for the recording. Turn off the VCR a few minutes before the recording starts. If you forget...

  • Page 31: Timer Recording

    Checking or Cancelling Timer Recordings With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel), press the MENU button. Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select PROGRAM, then press the F.FWD/B button.

  • Page 32: Rerecording (Tape Duplication)

    VCR 1 will play your tape. Put a prerecorded tape in VCR 1. VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. The VCR must be in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel.

  • Page 33: Repeat Play 33

    Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over and over. Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button.

  • Page 34: Real-Time Counter Memory

    REWIND/{ button or the F.FWD/B button when playback is stopped. When the tape reaches the point at which the counter was set to zero, the tape will stop. Press the PLAY/o button to watch the tape. POWER VCR/TV EJECT CHANNEL SPEED MEMORY MENU...

  • Page 35: Special Effects Playback 35

    To return to playback, press the PLAY/o button. Super High Speed Searching (LP/SLP) During tape playback, press the F.FWD/B button or the REWIND/{ button, then press again. The VCR will now search in super high speed. To return to normal playback, press the PLAY/o button.

  • Page 36: Automatic Operation Features

    If a timer recording is set, the power will not come on automati- cally when you insert a tape with the record tab intact. If a timer recording is set and the VCR power is off, the VCR will eject the tape if the record tab is missing.

  • Page 37: Glossary 37

    If you use the AUDIO and VIDEO In jacks on the front of the VCR, select channel 002 (AV FRONT). If you use the AUDIO and VIDEO IN jacks on the back of the VCR, select 001 (AV REAR). If you accidentally enter Line Input mode, press the CHANNEL o/p buttons or use the Number buttons to select another channel.

  • Page 38: Helpful Hints

    • Make sure the recording start and stop times are set correctly. Details are on pages 28-31. • Make sure a tape is in the VCR and the tape has a record tab (page five). If, after programming a timer recording, you turn off the VCR power without putting a tape in the VCR, the TIMER light will blink.

  • Page 39: Helpful Hints

    • Make sure a tape isn’t already in the VCR by pressing the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR. • Gently push on the center of the tape when putting it in the VCR. Never force the tape into the VCR.

  • Page 40: Specifications

    40 Specifications Video Heads Two heads Video Signal EIA standards; NTSC color Antenna VHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output Signal Channel 03 or 04 (switchable) 75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement 120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption Operating Temperature 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative Humidity 10% to 80%...

  • Page 41: Limited Warranty 41

    Limited Warranty 41 In an effort to provide the best possible cover- age for this product, the warranty has been updated and improved for you, the customer. Please refer to the new warranty sheet that is included in the product carton. All the warranty details are available in this separate piece of literature.

  • Page 42: Index

    ...19, 22, 36 speed ...30, 37 time (setting)...15 timer light ...21 recording cancelling...31 checking...31 setting ...28-30 tracking...36 hookups ...6-10 position ...19, 22 vcr position ...19, 22 vcr/tv button...19, 22 light ...21 video in/out jacks10, 22, 23, 32, 37 warranty...41...

  • Page 44: Accessories

    UPPLIED The following items are supplied with your VCR; they are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. Remote Control 4835 218 37268 Two AA Batteries 4835 138 17012 PTIONAL The following additional items are not provided with your VCR, but they are designed for use with your new VCR.

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