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BASIC OPERATION FOR RECORDING TV PROGRAMS
Switch ON.
appropriate mode.
POWER indicator
Load a cassette (with safety tab in
place). Power will be switched on
automatically.
PAUSE/STILL button
RECORD
PAUSE
Mode
On-screen Pause
indicator
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Select the channel you
wish to record.
Press REC/ITR once to start recording. "MARK" will
appear on the screen and blink to show that an Index
Code is being recorded.
(When using the remote control unit, press the REC and
PLAY/X2 buttons simultaneously.)
Notes:
• If the REC/ITR button is pressed more than once, the
Instant Timer Recording mode will be entered (see page
To return to ordinary recording, repeatedly press the REC/
ITR button until the ITR indicator in the FOP is ex
tinguished.
• If there is part of the program you don't want to record,
press the PAUSE/ST I LL button. To release the Pause
mode, press the PLAY /X2 button.
• When the Pause mode continues for longer than about 5
minutes, the Stop mode will be entered automatically.
• If the REC/ITR button cannot be engage·d, check to see if
the cassette safety tab has been removed. (See page 6.)
• When recording is restarted from the Pause mode, assemble
recording is performed so that the playback picture· will not
distort at the edit point.
• When the end of the tape is reached during recording, the
tape is automatically rewound to the beginning and stops.
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• The built-in tuner's automatic channel lock mechanism
prevents the selected channel fro
being altered during
Basic concept: receive the desired TV program with the
built-in tuner and operate the tape section for recording.
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Hi-Fi audio record ing level adjustment. Refer to page 1 7 .
•For automatic level adjustment, simply set the ALC
switch to ON.
S-VHS cassette
S-VHS indicato
For S-VHS recording, press S-VHS so
that the S-VHS indicator will light.
Press TV/V IDEO so that the V I DEO ind icator appears on
the FOP, if necessary. (See page 10.1
Before starting recording, make sure of the recorder status
by calling up the STATUS SET Menu on the TV screen.
•Set SOURCE to "TUN E R " .
•Select the REC SPEED, either "SP" or "EP".
SP: 2 hours 40 minutes with a T-160 cassette.
EP: 8 hours with a T-160 cassette.
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Note:
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Quick, convenient
hanging of the recording speed is also
possible using the \ SP/EP button on the remote control
and referring to the "SP/EP" indicator on the FOP.
recording. Therefore, if you wish to change the channel
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during recording, first engage the Pause mode and then
select a different channel.
RECORDING ONE PROGRAM WHILE WATCHING
ANOTHER
A program not being viewed can be recorded while you
enjoy viewing another program.
This permits the recorded program to be played back
later at your convenience.
The key points to be remembered are:
• Select the channel you wish to record with the re
corder's channel selector.
• Select the channel you wish to view with the TV re
ceiver's channel selector.
• With R F-only connection, the TV/VIDEO button
should be in the TV mode (VI DEO indicator off). If
the indicator is lit, press the TV/VIDEO button to turn
it off. (See page 10.)
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Start recording as described on the previous page.
After you start recording, the recorder can be set to stop
automatically after a certain period of time. Use this
facility for starting a recording before you go to bed or
leave home.
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Press REC/ITR while recording (or twice if in the Stop
model.
•The following indication will appear on the display,
to show that the recorder is recording in the Instant
Timer Recording mode and power will switch off
after 30 minutes.
ON.SCREEN DISPLAY
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Each time the R EC/ITR button is pressed, recording
time increases by 30 minutes to a maximum of 4 hours.
If the REC/ITR button is pressed again, the Normal
Recording mode will be entered.
• For a more precise time setting, use the SE LECT and
SET buttons to set to the exact time required (possible
up to 8 hours and 59 minutes).
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1. After "0:30" has appeared, press SELECT.
2. Press SET +
to specify the hour digit, then press
SELECT.
3. Press SET + or - to specify the minute digits, then
press SELECT so that the digits stop blinking.
Notes:
• Time setting in the Instant Timer Recording mode is pos
sible up to a maximum of 8 hours 59 minutes if the
SELECT and SET +/- buttons are used.
• While recording is in progress, the displayed time counts
down; when 0:00 is reached, the Record mode is released
after 10 seconds and the power is switched off.
• If you want to stop recording after having started recording
in the Instant Timer Recording mode, press the STOP
button.
• If instant timer recording is engaged while the unit is in the
Pause mode, the timer will count down normally, but
recording will not begin until the PLAY /X2 button is
pressed.
• When the Instant Timer Record-Pause mode continues
longer than about 5 minutes, the mode is released and
power is switched off.
• If you want to check the elapsed time ( Realtime Counter
reading) while performing instant timer recording, press
the DISPLAY button on the remote control to obtain the
desired indication (the ITR indication disappears). After
about 5 seconds, the indicator will return to the ITR mode
and the remaining time indication will reappear auto
matically.
OTHER RECORDING POSSIBILmES
TV
Recording Stereo
Programs
When stereo TV programs are broadcast, the H R-S5000U is
capable of automatically receiving them in stereo. When a
stereo program is being received, the STEREO indicator lights
and recording is made in stereo on the hi-fi audio track and in
monaural on the normal audio track. To listen to the stereo
soundtrack during recording, press the AUDIO MONITOR
select button so that the HIFI indicator lights on the screen.
TV
Recording SAP (Second Audio Program)
When an SAP TV program is being received, the SAP indicator
lights. To record such a program, pay attention to two addi
tional controls and the basic operation described on the
previous page.
• Set 2ND AUD in the STATUS SET menu to YES to record
the second audio program. To record the main audio
program only, set 2ND AUD to NO. (See page 20.)
• Press the AUDIO MONITOR select button
NORM indicator appears on the screen to listen to the SAP
soundtrack being recorded .
Note:
• SAP programs can be recorded only on the normal audio
track. It is not possible to record any SAP program on the
hi-fi audio track, regardless of any setting.
Recording FM Simulcast TV Programs
FM simulcast TV programs can be recorded using an FM stereo
tuner. Connect necessary components. (Connect the FM tuner
to the AUDIO IN connectors.I Select the TV channel broad
casting the simulcast program with the recorder's channel
select buttons and tune the FM stereo tuner to · the station
broadcasting the soundtrack for this TV program.
The only difference from the basic recording procedure (de
scribed on page 251 is the additional SOURCE setting des
cribed on page 20.
• Set SOU RCE to SIMUL by pressing the SIMU LCAST
button fj ("SIMU L" will appear on the FOP). With this
setting, the audio signals from the built-in tuner will be
recorded on the normal audio track and the audio signal
from the FM stereo tuner will be recorded on the hi-fi
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audio track.
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• After finishing recording, be sure to set SOURCE back
to TUNE R by simply pressing the SIMU LCAST button.
• While recording simulcast programs, the hi-fi sound might
be distorted momentarily at switching points between
different programs (at the insertion of commercials, for
example). This is not due to any defect of the unit.
• Using the "simulcast'' recording function, you can record
independent audio and video programs. While recording a
TV program, record any audio source independently, by
connecting an audio component to the AUDIO IN con
nectors.
Using the H R-S5000U as an Audio Deck
Audio-only recording
You can record audio only (without recording any video signal)
on the normal and hi-fi audio tracks. This means you can
record a continuous 8-hour FM program onto a single cassette
(T-160).
• Connect an audio source (such as an FM tuner) to the
AUDIO IN connectors.
• DO NOT connect any equipment to the VIDEO IN con
nector.
• Set SOURCE to AUX by pressing numeric key
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