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1 INTRODUCTION
1-4 Precautions
Condensation
5 Condensation
When cold beer is poured into a glass, water drops
appear on the glass's surface. This phenomenon is
called "condensation". When condensation occurs on
the VCR's head drum and tape guides it may damage
the tape.
5 Condensation occurs in the
Head drum
following cases.
• When the VCR is moved from a
cold place to a warm place.
• In a room that has just been heated
or in an area directly exposed to a
cooler.
Video tape
• When there is excessive humidity.
Video cassette
Erasure prevention tab
Timelapse recording is performed over very
long periods of time which means that a
durable tape is required.
• Use an E-180 tape.
• Do not use an extended tape (such as E-240).
1-5 Regarding S-VHS ET Recording
• The S-VHS ET recording feature of this unit ensures a
picture quality (horizontal resolution of 400 lines) on a par
with S-VHS when a VHS tape is used. This function is
automatically activated when a VHS tape is inserted into
the unit and recording started. This unit does not perform
normal VHS recording.
• S-VHS ET recording is not performed in the linear
slow (L12/L24) mode.
• Playback of a tape recorded in the S-VHS ET format
should be performed on this unit, or on a video deck
equipped with function for S-VHS or S-VHS simple
playback (SQPB). (Playback may not be possible on
some video decks.)
• JVC HG (high-grade) VHS tapes are recommended for S-
VHS ET recording. Depending on the characteristics of
the tape, correct recording may not always be possible.
Use the tape after making a test recording to ensure that
recording is conducted correctly.
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5 When condensation is expected to occur
Turn the power of the VCR on before use.
5 If condensation has occurred
The VCR automatically ejects the cassette and the error
indication "E-08" blinks on the display. Operation is
disabled until the "E-08" indication on the display goes out.
VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
SR-S990E
REC
VHS
PAL
625
REC
STOP
REC
EJECT OPERATE
CHECK
OPERATE
RESET/
CANCEL
ON SCREEN
REW
REVERSE
PAUSE
PLAY
FF
SHIFT
TRACKING
V. LOCK
TIMER SEARCH
DISPLAY LOCK CNT RESET
MENU
TIME MODE
–
+
–
+
–
S E T
+
FIELD REV
FIELD ADV
• Use only videocassettes bearing the
or
625
PAL
mark.
• To prevent accidental erasure of a recorded tape, break
the erasure prevention tab on the cassette. To use a
cassette with a broken tab, place a piece of cellophane
tape over the broken tab.
• Video cassettes cannot be used upside down.
• Leaving the tape in a partially wound condition for a long
time may damage the tape. Rewind the tape to the
beginning before storage.
• Accidentally inserting a tape recorded in the S-VHS ET
format into a dedicated VHS deck that is not designed for
playback of this type could result in damage. To avoid this
kind of accident, mark cassettes labels in such a way that
you can easily distinguish between S-VHS ET and VHS
recordings when storing cassettes.
• As far as possible avoid operations that apply a load to
the tape, such as search playback, etc. This will result in
deteriorating picture quality.
• Noise may appear in the playback picture during search
playback and field advance. This is not a malfunction.
2 CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS
2-1 Front Panel
7
6
5
4
VHS
PAL
625
REC
STOP
REC
CHECK
REW
REVERSE
PAUSE
PLAY
FF
TRACKING
V. LOCK
TIMER SEARCH
DISPLAY LOCK CNT RESET
–
+
–
+
FIELD REV
FIELD ADV
11
12
13
8
9
10
14
15
1
[OPERATE] button
Press to turn the operating mode ON/OFF. When this button
t
is ON, the OPERATE indicator
lights and the unit can be
operated. When a cassette is loaded, operating mode is
switched on and the OPERATE indicator lights automatically.
The OPERATE button does not completely shut off the
mains power to the unit, but switches the operating current
on and off.
2
[EJECT] button
Press to eject the cassette.
* The cassette cannot be ejected during recording.
3
[REC] indicator
This indicator lights during recording if menu switch
<RECORD LED> on the <F. DISP> screen is set to "ON".
4
Cassette loading slot
Insert a cassette in this slot. Use a VHS cassette tape.
5
[REC CHECK] button
Use this button to check recording.
When pressed in the Record mode, the VCR will rewind the
tape for about 5 seconds of tape time and then play back
the rewound section in the 3H mode to check recording
quality. Recording is resumed automatically after playback
at the point where recording was interrupted.
• If picture quality is judged to be inferior during recording
check, the heads are cleaned automatically and the error
code "E-09" is shown on the display for about 10 seconds.
Recording will continue regardless of the results of the
recording check.
6
[STOP] button
Press this button to stop the tape.
7
[REC] button
Press this button in the Stop mode to engage the Record mode.
8
[REW] button
• Press this button to rewind the cassette.
• Starts reverse playback when pressed in the Play mode.
• Starts reverse alarm search or date/time search when the
^
Search mode is specified with the
[SEARCH] button.
• Also controls field-by-field playback in the reverse direction.
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VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
SR-S990E
REC
EJECT OPERATE
OPERATE
RESET/
CANCEL
ON SCREEN
SHIFT
MENU
TIME MODE
–
+
S E T
2
1
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[REVERSE] button
Starts reverse playback when pressed in any mode except
Record, Record-Pause and Record Check.
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[PAUSE] button
• Engages the Record-Pause mode when pressed in the
Record mode.
• Displays a still picture when pressed in the Play mode.
• Field advance or reverse playback is executed each time
the [FF] or [REW] button is pressed while pressing this
button in the Still mode. (When the [FF] or [REW] button
is pressed for more than 2 seconds, Continuous Field
Advance Playback mode is engaged. After about 3
minutes, the Stop mode is engaged.)
!
[PLAY] button
• Press to play back the tape.
• Press to engage the Record mode in the Rec-Pause
mode.
@
[FF] button
• Press to fast-forward the tape.
• Starts fast-forward playback when pressed in the Play
mode.
• Starts forward alarm search or date/time search when the
^
Search mode is specified with the
[SEARCH] button.
• Also controls field-by-field playback in the forward direction.
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[TRACKING +/–] buttons
If picture noise appears during play or field advance, press
these buttons to adjust tracking so that noise is reduced.
When the [+] and [–] buttons are pressed simultaneously,
tracking is reset to the preset level.
• Tracking adjustment is not possible in the L12H and L24H
Linear Slow Timelapse Play modes.
$
[V. LOCK +/–] buttons
Press to reduce vertical picture jitter in the Still, Field
Advance Playback and Linear Slow Timelapse Play modes.
%
[TIMER] button
Normally use this button for timer recording. For details,
refer to "Timer Recording" on page 31.
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