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- Page 1 16-551.fm Page 1 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Cat. No. 16-551/633 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment. 4-HEAD VHS HQ VCR Model 114 (16-551) Model 63 (Hi-Fi) (16-633)
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Page 2: Important Safety Instructions
The VCR Plus+ system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation. Commercial Advance and Movie Advance are trademarks of Arthur D. Little Enterprises, A Jerry Iggulden invention licensed by Arthur D. Little Enterprises. Optimus and RadioShack are registered trademarks used by Tandy Corporation. - Page 3 16-551.fm Page 3 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 14. Lightning — For added protection for this VCR receiver 21. Safety Check — Upon completion of any service or during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and repairs to this VCR, ask the service technician to perform unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall routine safety checks to determine that the VCR is in...
- Page 4 Note: The Model 63 includes all of the Model 114’s features, but adds Hi-Fi stereo that deliv- 1-Month, 8-Event Digital Timer — lets you ers CD-quality sound for audio/video or audio- program the VCR to make up to eight unat- only recordings.
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Page 5: Other Features
16-551.fm Page 5 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM TAPE CONTROL Note: EDS is provided by some broadcasters and includes various types of information, in- cluding the current time. If no broadcasters in Index Search — lets you quickly locate the your area transmit EDS signals, you must man- beginning of a specific recording. -
Page 6: Table Of Contents
Using This Manual ........................8 Installation ............................ 9 Common Connections ......................9 Model 63 Connections ......................10 Model 114 Connections ......................11 Home Theater Connections (Model 63 Shown) ..............12 Camcorder Connections ......................13 Connecting Power ......................... 13 VCR Setup ..........................14 Setting the VCR’s Output Channel Switch ................ - Page 7 16-551.fm Page 7 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Function Indicators ......................27 Skipping Commercials ......................27 Recording a Broadcast with Commercial Advance Marking ........... 27 Marking an Unmarked Tape ................... 28 Playing Back with Commercial Advance Marking ............29 Questions and Answers about Commercial Advance ............
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Page 8: Before You Begin
16-551.fm Page 8 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM BEFORE YOU BEGIN SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES Recording — describes the different recording methods. Be sure to remove the remote control and 75- Additional Information — includes a trouble- ohm coaxial cable before you store the packing shooting section, care and maintenance proce- material. -
Page 9: Installation
(connections that do not go through a Refer to the illustrations on Page 10 (Model 63) cable box). Check the laws in your or 11 (Model 114) for these connections. area before you make connections. Note: Some connections shown in this section •... -
Page 10: Model 63 Connections
16-551.fm Page 10 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM MODEL 63 CONNECTIONS Outside Antenna 300-Ohm 75-Ohm Lead-In Wire Coax Cable Cable (CATV) Cable Box Company 75-Ohm Coax Cable 300-to-75 Ohm Transformer (Optional Camcorder/2nd VCR/DSS System) Stereo Audio/Video Cable Audio Video Model 63 (rear) R - AUDIO - L VIDEO... -
Page 11: Model 114 Connections
16-551.fm Page 11 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM MODEL 114 CONNECTIONS Outside Antenna 300-Ohm 75-Ohm Lead-In Wire Coax Cable Cable (CATV) Cable Box Company 75-Ohm Coax Cable 300-to-75 Ohm Transformer (Optional Camcorder/2nd VCR/DSS System) Audio/Video Cable Audio Video Model 114 (rear) -
Page 12: Home Theater Connections (Model 63 Shown)
16-551.fm Page 12 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM HOME THEATER CONNECTIONS (MODEL 63 SHOWN) Refer to this illustration to connect your VCR to a home theater system. Outside Antenna 75-Ohm 300-Ohm Coax Cable Lead-In Wire Cable (CATV) Cable Box Company 75-Ohm Coax Cable... -
Page 13: Camcorder Connections
(Model 63) jacks on the back of the VCR. The Model 63 needs a stereo audio/video cable for this connection. The Model 114 needs an au- dio/video cable for this connection. Your audio/video cable (not supplied) must have plugs that fit the VCR’s jacks and the camcorder’s jacks for this connection. -
Page 14: Vcr Setup
16-551.fm Page 14 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM VCR SETUP SETTING THE VCR’S OUTPUT 2. Put fresh batteries in the compartment, as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) CHANNEL SWITCH marked inside. If you connected the VCR’s VHF/UHF OUT TO terminal to a TV or another VCR, set 3 CH. -
Page 15: Initial Set Up
16-551.fm Page 15 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM INITIAL SET UP Setting the On-Screen Language/ Connection Type/Channels/Clock When you first plug in the VCR and turn it on, when you turn it on after power was interrupted for longer than 24 hours, or when you reset the 4. -
Page 16: Manually Setting The Clock
16-551.fm Page 16 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Notes: to the correct time and AUTO CLOCK SET appears. If the VCR does not COMPLETED • The output channel number for most detect a signal within this time, AUTO cable boxes and DSS receivers is usu- appears. -
Page 17: Adding/Erasing Channels
16-551.fm Page 17 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 1. Press to display the main menu. MENU T 12: 0 0 PM Note: To exit the programming mode at DST : ON any time, press MENU 2. Repeatedly press to high- PLAY STOP light... -
Page 18: Reprogramming Tuner Memory
16-551.fm Page 18 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Reprogramming Tuner Memory do not have a cable box or DSS receiver, simply press CH s You might want to reprogram the VCR’s tuner After you press CH AUTO SET PRO- memory if you move or change from an anten- CEEDING and the current channel number... -
Page 19: Turning On Auto Clock Set
16-551.fm Page 19 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM • If you have not connected the VCR to an Setting the Cable Box antenna, cable box, DSS receiver, or other signal source through the When you change the connections to your IN FROM jack, the VCR does not store any VCR (for example, when you subscribe to a ca-... -
Page 20: Changing The On-Screen Language
16-551.fm Page 20 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM The display prompts you to select the cable box’s output channel number. OSCOPE Repeatedly press s or t to select the number, then press : FRANÇAI S X VCR TV Français OUTPUT CH 3. -
Page 21: Using The Vcr's Remote Control With Your Tv Or Cable Box
Quasar 01, 02 44, 88 RadioShack 01, 02, 15, 16, 17 32, 38, 40 10, 11, 46, 99 Realistic 01, 02, 15, 16, 17 Optimus 44, 88 Samsung Panasonic 16, 17, 101 Sanyo Philips 13, 20, 23, 24, 96 Sharp... - Page 22 16-551.fm Page 22 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Precede a single-digit code number with a CABLE BOX 0 — for example, 01, 02, etc. To enter a CODE BRAND three-digit number, press , then enter the second and third digits in the code Realistic 44, 51, 88 number.
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Page 23: Operation
16-551.fm Page 23 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM OPERATION WATCHING TV jacks, set the TV/monitor to the video mode. Using the TV’s Tuner 2. Repeatedly press until TV/VCR appears. To watch a broadcast using the TV’s tuner, turn 3. To manually select a channel, you can off the VCR, or repeatedly press until TV/VCR... -
Page 24: Playing A Video Tape
16-551.fm Page 24 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 2. Hold the cassette with the main label fac- Notes: ing up and the spine facing out from the • If the tape reaches the end before you VCR. Then insert the cassette into the press STOP STOP EJECT... -
Page 25: Freeze-Frame/Frame Advance
16-551.fm Page 25 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Freeze-Frame/Frame Advance REAL-TIME COUNTER Freeze-frame lets you pause the tape to view a Using the Counter single frame. Press during playback to PAUSE freeze the picture. Press again or PAUSE PLAY Your VCR’s counter shows how long a tape to return to normal playback. -
Page 26: Tracking
16-551.fm Page 26 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM TRACKING The auto tracking system automatically adjusts tracking when you start playback. When different parts of the tape are recorded at different speeds, the VCR automatically re- adjusts the tracking at the beginning of each recording. -
Page 27: Special Functions
16-551.fm Page 27 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS SPECIAL DISPLAYS SKIPPING COMMERCIALS Blue Screen Display Your VCR’s Commercial Advance feature lets you quickly skip over commercials record- The VCR displays a blue screen on the TV ed onto a tape while you view it, without having when you select the VCR mode, play unre- to continually press corded portions of a tape, or when you tune to... -
Page 28: Marking An Unmarked Tape
16-551.fm Page 28 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 3. If necessary, repeatedly press memory becomes full, the remaining com- PLAY to highlight mercials are not marked. STOP SET UP COMMER- CIAL ADV. • The Commercial Advance feature turns off if there is a power failure. -
Page 29: Playing Back With Commercial Advance Marking
16-551.fm Page 29 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM • The recording must be at least 15 min- Questions and Answers about utes long for the VCR to detect the com- Commercial Advance mercials. If you press before the STOP tape plays 15 minutes, AT LEAST 15 Question... -
Page 30: Using Index Search
16-551.fm Page 30 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 1. Load a tape. When the VCR automatically USING INDEX SEARCH starts playback, press STOP Your VCR has the VHS Index Search System. 2. Press . You see: INDEX/M/A SKIP Each time you start recording, the VCR auto- matically marks the tape with an index mark at that location. -
Page 31: Index Scan
16-551.fm Page 31 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM EARCH 04 EARCH 3. Use the number keys to enter the number 4. When you see the recording you want, of index marks you want to skip. press . Normal playback starts. PLAY For example, if the tape is at the second re- cording (index mark 2) and you want to watch... -
Page 32: Recording
16-551.fm Page 32 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM RECORDING There are four ways to record using your VCR: Although T-160 video cassettes offer the long- est recording time, they contain thinner tape • Immediate recording — to record a broad- that is more likely to jam. -
Page 33: Selecting The Signal To Record
16-551.fm Page 33 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM SELECTING THE SIGNAL audio mode when the broadcast has a stereo or SAP signal, repeatedly press until the SAP/Hi-Fi TO RECORD arrow mark points to the desired mode. You can select the signal to record — from the source connected to the IN FROM ANT. -
Page 34: Recording One Program On The Vcr While You Watch Another On The Tv
16-551.fm Page 34 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Note: To record without a set recording RECORDING WITH VCR PLUS+ length, skip Step 9. The VCR’s VCR Plus+ feature lets you easily 9. Press again. The recording REC/TIME record TV programs by using the PlusCodes length appears on the TV screen. -
Page 35: Timer Recording With Vcr Plus
16-551.fm Page 35 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 2. For each station, compare the station’s to change the number or PLAY STOP guide channel number with the number to delete it. ADD/DLT you select on the TV or VCR to tune to the 10. - Page 36 16-551.fm Page 36 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 4. Press You see: Note: If you make a mistake while entering PROG. a PlusCode, repeatedly press SET PROGRAM delete the PlusCode number, then enter the correct numbers. VCR P l u s + PROGRAM T I MER PROGRAM 7.
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Page 37: Checking/Changing Vcr Plus+ Programs
16-551.fm Page 37 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM 10. Press twice. 3. Press . You see: PROG TURN VCR OFF FOR PROG appears on the TV TIMER RECORDING screen. (If you connected a cable box to the VCR, AND LEAVE CABLE BOX OGRAM also appears). -
Page 38: Setting A Timer
16-551.fm Page 38 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Notes: 4. (Model 63 only) Set the audio recording mode to the desired setting. See “Receiv- • The VCR can record only one broadcast at ing/Recording Stereo/SAP Broadcasts a time. If you set the VCR’s timer to record (Model 63 Only)”... - Page 39 16-551.fm Page 39 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM To record a broadcast at the same time on To record from a source connected to the the same day every week , press either but- for the R-AUDIO-L IN 1/VIDEO IN 1 ton until flashes and the desired Model 63) jacks, repeatedly press...
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Page 40: Monitoring An Automatic Timer Recording
16-551.fm Page 40 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Monitoring an Automatic Timer Clearing a Timer Recording If the timer recording has not yet started: 1. Turn on the TV and set it to the same chan- 1. Turn on the TV and set it to the same chan- nel as on the back of the VCR. -
Page 41: Dubbing
16-551.fm Page 41 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM DUBBING AUDIO-ONLY RECORDING (MODEL 63 ONLY) The process of recording from one audio/video device to another is called dubbing. Because of the superior quality of VHS Hi-Fi audio recordings, you might want to use your An audio/video device where a signal origi- VCR as an audio-only recorder. -
Page 42: Additional Information
16-551.fm Page 42 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TROUBLESHOOTING If you follow the instructions in this manual and still have trouble operating your VCR, look in this chart for the problem description and its solution. If your VCR still does not work properly, contact your local RadioShack store. - Page 43 16-551.fm Page 43 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM PROBLEM POSSIBLE SOLUTION Remote control buttons do Something is blocking the path from the remote control to the not work when the power is VCR. on and a cassette is loaded. Bright light is shining on the VCR’s remote control sensor window.
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Page 44: Care And Maintenance
16-551.fm Page 44 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Optimus 4-Head VHS HQ VCR is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The fol- lowing suggestions will help you care for your VCR so you can enjoy it for years. -
Page 45: Servicing Your Vcr
16-551.fm Page 45 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Servicing Your VCR Storing Your Video Cassettes There are no user-serviceable parts inside your Unless you are making an automatic timer re- VCR. If you encounter a problem that you can- cording, eject and store the cassette before not correct using this manual and its trouble- you turn off the VCR. -
Page 46: Specifications
16-551.fm Page 46 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM SPECIFICATIONS Television System ................NTSC Standard Color Signal Recording System ................Four-Head Double Azimuth Tape Width ........................... Inch Tape Speed: SP .................... 1.31 Inch/second (33.35 mm/s) LP .................... 0.65 Inch/second (16.67 mm/s) EP .................. - Page 47 EP ........................80 Hz–5 kHz Hi-Fi Audio (Model 63 only) In All Modes ............20 Hz–20 kHz Power Requirement ..................... 120 V, 60 Hz Power Consumption Model 114 ........................18 Watts Model 63 ........................23 Watts Dimensions (HWD) ..........3 Inches (9.3 30 cm) Weight ........................
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- Page 52 16-551.fm Page 52 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 5:13 PM Limited Ninety-Day Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workman- ship under normal use for ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from RadioShack company- owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers.