JVC HR-J481MS
Owner's Manual

Recording
Accidental erasure prevention
To prevent accidental recording on a recorded cassette, remove its record safety tab. To record on it later, cover the hole with adhesive tape. Record safety tab

Recording Features
Specifying recording length � Instant Timer Recording (ITR)
During recording, press REC (7) on the recorder repeatedly until the recording length you want appears on the display panel. The record indicator ( ) on the display panel starts blinking. � Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals (up to 6 hours). � The recorder shuts off after recording is finished. � To cancel an ITR, press STOP (8) on the remote control or STOP/EJECT (0) on the recorder.

Basic Recording
Turn on the TV and select the video channel or AV mode.

A Load a cassette
Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette. � The recorder turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically. � Select the appropriate colour system with �PAL/MESECAM� and �NTSC� in Function settings.

Watching one program while recording another
Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to set the channel controls on the TV for the station you wish to view. The programme selected with the TV�s channel controls appears on the TV screen while the one selected with the PR +/� buttons is recorded on the tape.

B Select recording channel
On the remote control Press PR+/� or the Number keys. On the recorder Press PAUSE[PR]. The channel display on the display panel starts blinking. While the display is blinking, press FF[PR+] or REW[PR�] to select channel. After about 5 seconds, the channel display stops blinking.

Recording Resume Function
If there is a power outage during recording (or Instant Timer Recording, or timer recording), the recording will resume automatically when the power is restored to the recorder. (No setting is required for this function.)

� You can select channel in the stop mode, recording pause mode or during rewind/fast-forward high-speed search. � If no cassette is loaded, or during recording pause mode, you can select channel only by pressing FF[CH+] or REW[CH�]. � If you connect the TV and the recorder only using the RF connection, press TV/VCR on the remote control so that the VCR mode indicator lights on the display panel, to view the program to be recorded.

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C Set tape speed
Press SP/LP/EP (p).

D Start recording
On the recorder, press REC (7). Or on the remote control, while holding REC (7), press PLAY (4). � When a tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and " o " and " e " blink on the display panel.

During recording
Pause recording Press PAUSE (9). � Press PLAY (4) to resume recording. � You can select channel in the recording pause mode. Stop recording Press STOP (8) on the remote control. OR Press STOP/EJECT (0) on the recorder.