Panasonic Hi-Fi) User manual

Video Cassette Recorder

Operating Instructions

NV-HV60 Series (Hi-Fi)

NV-HV50

NV-MV15

Series (Hi-Fi)

Series (Mono)

NV-SV120 Series (S-VHS, Hi-Fi)

PAL

VHS

625

NV-SV120

EJECT

PULL-OPEN

VPS / PDC

VHS

PAL

625

3D DNR

PROG PLAY

INTELLIGENT TIMER

TIMER REC

TIMER CHECK REC

S-VHSET

Hi-Fi STEREO .SUPER LP

Super VHS

N2QAHB000031

N2QAKB000043

Dear customer

Thank you for purchasing this product. For optimum performance and safety, please read

these instructions carefully. Please keep this manual for future reference.

Precautions

Accessories Included (Remote control unit depends on the model)

Remote Control

AC Mains Lead

RF Coaxial Cable

N2QAKB000043/ N2QAHB000031

RJA0043-1C

Remote Control Batteries

Operating Instructions

AA, UM3 or R6

RQTD0080-Y

Contents page

Precautions 2

Warning 3

Remote control functions 4- 5

Front 6

Connectors 7

Settings 8

Auto Setup 9

Recording 10

Timer recording

Timer recording 12-13

ShowView 14

INTELLIGENT TIMER 15

Decoder 24

Amplifier,

Batteries, 27

Before requesting service

Specifications 30-31

Index 32

Automatic SP/LP selection

VPS/PDC function

Setting a new Channel

Changing the name of TV stations

Changing the order of TV stations

Creating a new station table

, factory defaults

NTSC playback

Cassette erasure protection

General functions 16-17

Menu Overview 18

Manual Setup

Menu Others 22-23

External recording control 25

28-29

Shipping condition

NICAM sound system

Voltage:

AC mains lead protection:

Service:

Only use power sources complying with the specifications

Ensure the AC mains lead is connected correctly and not

damaged. Poor connection and lead damage can cause fire or electric shock.

Do not attempt to repair this unit by yourself. If the sound fails, the display is off,

smoke escapes from the unit or any other problem occurs that is not described in these

operating instructions, disconnect the power supply and contact your dealer or an authorised

aftersales service centre.

(220-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz).

You may otherwise overload the unit and cause fire. Do not use DC power sources. Check

the source carefully when setting up the unit on a ship or other place where DC is used.

Warning

WARNING:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK OR PRODUCT DAMAGE, DO NOT

EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN, MOISTURE, DRIPPING OR SPLASHING AND ENSURE

THAT NO OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS VASES, SHALL BE PLACED ON THE

APPARATUS.

CAUTION!

DO NOT INSTALL, OR PLACE THIS UNIT, IN A BOOKCASE, BUILT-IN CABINET OR IN

ANOTHER CONFINED SPACE. ENSURE THE UNIT IS WELL VENTILATED. TO PREVENT

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD DUE TO OVERHEATING, ENSURE THAT

CURTAINS AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE VENTILATION VENTS.

DO NOT OBSTRUCT THE UNIT’S VENTILATION OPENINGS WITH NEWSPAPERS,

TABLECLOTHS, CURTAINS, AND SIMILAR ITEMS.

DISPOSE OF BATTERIES IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY MANNER.

DO NOT PLACE SOURCES OF NAKED FLAMES, SUCH AS LIGHTED CANDLES, ON THE

UNIT.

THIS UNIT IS INTENDED FOR USE IN MODERATE CLIMATES.

This product may receive radio interference caused by mobile telephones during

use. If such interference is apparent, please increase separation between the

product and the mobile telephone.

Remote control functions

VOLUME

VCR

OSD/DISPLAY

RESET/CANCEL

TRACKING/V-LOCK

PROG PLAY AV LINK AUDIO

INDEX

REC

CH DATE ON

OFF

1 2 3 4

PROG/CHECK

I-TIMER

OFF TIMER

EXT LINK

SP/LP/EP

TIMER

EXIT

ENTER

Selects or saves a setting.

Playback functions

Control menu

OSD menu selection buttons.

Displays the menu.

Quits a menu.

Playback

Fast winding / Forward and backward search

Goes from Stop into Fast Forward or Fast Rewind mode.

Starts the search for a frame during playback. Press button

twice to increase the speed of search (JET SEARCH).

Press the Playback button to quit the Search mode.

The unit keeps searching while the button is pressed.

Press to stop recording, playing back or winding.

Press button for more than 3 seconds.

Stop

To eject a cassette:

Still Playback:

Slow Playback:

In Playback mode.

Press button again or press the Playback button to quit.

Press for more than 2 seconds while in Playback

mode. Press the Playback button to quit.

Some Panasonic TV sets accept control signals from the video recorder's

remote control unit. In the table, the TV buttons are marked with ' ', the

video recorder buttons with ' '.

VCR

ENTER

P. 1 7

VCR

P. 1 7

VCR

EXIT

EXT LINK

TV ASPECT

TV/TEXT

TRACKING/V-LOCK

VOLUME

INPUT SELECT

INDEX ShowView

PROG PLAYPROG PLAY

AUDIO

REC

VPS/PDC

SP/LP/EP

PROG./CHECK

TIMER

OFF TIMER

OSD/DISPLAY

RESET/CANCEL

I-TIMER

AV LINKAV LINK

ENTER

Stand-by/on switch /I

Press to switch the unit from on to stand-by mode or vice

versa. In stand-by mode, the unit is still consuming a small

amount of power.

EXT LINK

Volume control.

RESET/CANCEL

OSD/DISPLAY

OFF TIMER

VPS/PDC

SP/LP/EP

Channel selector

Displays the Timer menu.

Sets the tape speed.

Activates the recording timer.

Press the button repeatedly to display the time,

tape counter or remaining tape.

AV LINK

TV/TEXT

AUDIO

PROG PLAY

Selects the TV set's AV port.

Changes the screen format.

Selects a programme memory location and inputs

the ShowView number. Example: 18=

RESET :

CANCEL:

Resets the counter to 0:00.00.

Clears an entry you made.

Defines programmes transmitted to the same

programme memory location at the same time.

Finds the start of a programme.

Displays the ShowView menu.

Controls the beginning and end of a recording

session by a special signal.

Record

Activates the recording timer for externally

controlled recording.

Toggles between TV reception and video playback

channel.

INPUT SELECT

I-TIMER

REC

PROG/CHECK

Audio mode

Toggles between AV inputs A1, A2 and A3.

ShowView

Plays back programmed recordings.

TV :

VCR:

Selects the AV input and navigates in

the menu.

Menu entries.

teletext

TRACKING/V-LOCK

TV ASPECT

TIMER

Toggles between TV reception and video text

reception. TV

VCR

P. 25

VCR

P. 14

VCR

P. 13

P. 10

P. 17

P. 15

P. 12

P. 10

P. 11

P. 12

P. 10

P. 16

VCR

P. 16

VCR

Tracking control of disturbed VCR image.

Switches the unit into stand-by mode after the

set time of recording, playback or in Stop mode.

VCR / TV switch

CVC Super

The CVC function provides

a picture of perfect quality.

The picture is automatically

rendered as clear and sharp

as possible.

Front

Stand-by/on switch /I

3-Dimensional Digital Noise Reduction

(S-VHS only )

INTELLIGENT TIMER

TIMER CHECK

REC

EJECT

PROG PLAY

3D DNR

TIMER REC

EXT LINK

Defines timer programmes.

Plays back programmed recordings.

Activates the recording timer for

externally controlled recording.

Activates the recording timer.

Displays the timer programme for verification.

Record button

Fast winding / jet search

Playback button

Stop button

Erases a cassette.

Selects a channel.

Ejects the cassette.

QUICK

ERASE

3D DNR

To ensure high playback

picture quality with less noise.

NV-SV120

NV-HV60, NV-HV50, NV-MV15

QUICK

ERASE

EXT LINK

NV-SV120

3D DNR

PROG PLAY

INTELLIGENT TIMER

EXT LINK

QUICK

ERASE

AV3 I N

S-VIDEO VIDEO L-MONO-AUDIO-R

NV-SV120

Hi-Fi STEREO .SUPER LP

EJECT

PULL-OPEN

VPS / PDC

VHS

PAL

625

3D DNR

PROG PLAY

INTELLIGENT TIMER

TIMER REC

TIMER CHECK REC

S-VHSET

Super VHS

EJECT

PROG PLAY

INTELLIGENT TIMER

TIMER REC

TIMER CHECK REC

QUICK

ERASE EXT LINK

NV-SV120

NV-HV60

NV-HV50

IN/

ENT

OUT/

SORTIE

IN~

SECTEUR~

AV2 (DECODER/DECODEUR/EXT)

AV1 (TV)

RF/

ANT

L/G

R/D

AUDIO

OUT/SORTIE

IN/

ENT

OUT/

SORTIE

IN~

SECTEUR~

AV2 (DECODER/DECODEUR/EXT)

AV1 (TV) RF/

ANT

AV OUT SORTIE/

L/G

R/D

AUDIO

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

OUT/SORTIE

IN/

ENT

OUT/

SORTIE

IN~

SECTEUR~

AV1 (TV) RF/

ANT

Connectors

AC IN~

VIDEO

L/G

R/D

IN/

ENT

OUT/

SORTIE

= AUDIO output left channel

= AUDIO right channel

= Antenna input

= Antenna output

Power supply

= S-VIDEO output

= VIDEO output

output

SECTEUR~

AV2 (DECODER/DECODEUR/EXT)

AV1 (TV)

S-VIDEO

OUT/SORTIE

NV-MV15

Settings

Aerial

RF-Coaxial cable

21-pin Scart cable

VCR

If you decide to just use the RF-Coaxial cable to connect the TV set you must

adjust the video output channel with the TV set's input channel.

Switch on the video recorder

Press the button for approx. 7 seconds. The preset channel appears

on the display.

Tune the TV set until the test pattern appears.

If there is any interference select another channel for the TV set and

video recorder.

Press the button to change the channel (e.g. to 38).

Tune the TV set until the test pattern appears.

Press to confirm.

ENTER

Connect all the cables as shown in the illustration, then connect the AC Mains

lead (part of the package) to an AC wall outlet.

To be able to receive TV programmes it is mandatory to connect the RF-Coaxial

cable even if the video recorder is connected by a 21-pin Scart cable.

Auto Setup

Datum / Zeit

wählen anwählen

zurück abbrechen

ENTER

MENU EXIT

AUTO : AUS

Zeit : 12 : 00 : 00

Datum : 11. 6. 02

Datum / Zeit

wählen

zurück abbrechen

speichern

ENTER

MENU EXIT

Zeit : 12 : 00 : 00

Datum : 11. 6. 02

Clock set

select access

return exit

ENTER

MENU EXIT

AUTO

Time :12:00:00

Date : 11. 6. 03

Clock set

Time :12:00:00

Date : 11. 6. 03

select

exit

store

ENTER

EXIT

!ENTER

Switch on the video recorder.

Select a country

The Country menu will be displayed.

!Set time and date

Press to return to the Menu screen.

AUTO - MANUAL

ENTER

If the enu does not appear after switching on you can restart Automatic

Tuning (Page 21). You can afterwards set date and time either automatically or

manually.

Country m

If you choose Russia from the Country menu, the 2nd screen for setting

date and time will be shown when automatic tuning has finished.

Manually setting Time / Date

!ENTER

Set time and date

DMind that a wrong date or time will influence the programmed recording of TV

programmes (don't forget to change ).

summer- and wintertime

After running the automatic tuning, you must manually set the date and time.

SV120 HV60 HV50 MV15

Country

select access

exit

ENTER

EXIT

Deutschland

eskČ á Rep.

Magyarország

Polska

Pocc

others (OIRT)

others (CCIR)

èÿ

SV120 HV60 HV50 MV15

The VCR starts the automatic tuning.

(The search will take approx. 5 minutes to be completed.)

Recording

REC

OSD/DISPLAY

SP/LP/EP

Set the TV set to the video channel and insert a cassette into the video recorder;

make sure that the cassette's protection tab is still in.

Select a channel to record from.

Select the AV channel if you are recording via the 21-pin scart cable.

Press to start recording.

To pause recording:

The function will switch itself off after approx. 5 minutes to protect the video heads.

To resume recording:

Press the Stop button to stop recording.

REC

SP :

LP :

EP :

normal recording time - optimal picture quality

double recording time - simple picture quality

triple recording time - reduced picture quality

The display of the video recorder shows: time - counter - tape remain

The start of a cassette is indicated as .

Press until ' is displayed.

-----

!OSD/DISPLAY RE'

DWhen you play back LP or EP recordings, some cassettes (e.g. type)

may produce interference. This is not indicative of a malfunction.

E-300

Tape remain counter

!Prior to starting the recording session, press to set the tape speed.SP/LP/EP

VCR

SV120 HV60 HV50 MV15

DRecordings in the S-VHS or S-VHS ET REC mode are supported by the PAL

TV system only. (Only SV120, page 23)

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