Magnavox VRZ255 - Manuals

Before Using Your VCR 5 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control Using the Remote Control 3 Close the battery compartment lid. 2 To record again, cover the hole with cellophane tape. • Do not put objects between the remote control and the VCR. • Press the VCR button, then point the remote control at ...

6 Hookups Without a Cable Box CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L OR CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L 75 Ω ANT / CABLE OR 75 Ω ANT / CABLE The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box ora Direct Broadcast System...

Hookups Without a Cable Box (cont’d) 7 CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L 75 Ω ANT / CABL...

CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L 75 Ω ANT / CABLE OUT IN 8 Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the IN jack on the Cable Box/DBS. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the OUT jack onthe Cable Box/DBS to the ANT(enna) I...

Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L IN OUT 75 Ω ANT / CABLE Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN jack. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the RF OUT jack onthe VCR to the IN jack on the...

10 Turning on Your VCR 3 4 1 5 Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in theremote control and the VCR, TV, and Cable Box/DBS (if applica-ble) are connected. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button. 2 Turn on the TV. Set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever theCH3/CH4 switc...

Automatic Channel Setup 11 2 3 1 4 5 Wait for the VCR to set upchannels. Although your VCR may automatically memorize the channels youreceive when you turn it on for the first time, this function letsyou set up channels again. Make each entry within one minute ofthe previous entry. 5 Wait for a few ...

12 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 3 2 4 5 6 1 4 Adding/Deleting Channels 2 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the FF : /OK button. 3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select ADD/DELETE CH., then press the FF : /OK button. 4 Use the Number buttons, the CH (annel...

Setting the Clock 13 2-3 1 • To program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward onehour in April and turn back onehour in October, see page 18. • To make corrections, follow steps 1 - 3, then press the FF : /OK button until the item you want to correct isflashing. Then press the PLAY 8 ...

Setting the Clock (cont’d) 15 6 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. 7 An on-screen message will ask you to turn off the VCR,and – – : – – AM will appear on the display panel. Pressthe POWER button to turn off the VCR.Auto will flash in the display panel until the clock is set. Leave theVCR turned off unti...

16 Setting the Clock (cont’d) 6 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. 5 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button repeatedly to select the station number of your PBS channel, then press theFF : /OK button. • The time will be updated at the top of each hour (except at 11 p.m.,midnight, 1 a.m., and 2 a.m.). Helpful H...

5 4 2-3 6 1 7 Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 5 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button repeatedly so that AUTO flashes beside PBS CH. Then press the FF : /OK button. • The time will be updated at the top of each hour (except at 11 p.m.,midnight, 1 a.m., and 2 a.m.). • To display the time on-screen, press t...

7 18 Daylight-Saving Time 6 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. Follow the steps below to program the VCR so its clock will auto-matically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hourin October. 3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, then press the FF : /OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is...

Language Selection 19 5 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screendisplays. 3 Press the STOP 9 button to select LANGUAGE. • If you accidentally select Spanish or French on-screen displays and needEnglish on-screen displays, followthese steps. 1) Pres...

20 Remote Control Buttons TV ButtonPress this button before pressingother TV operation buttons. CBL/DBS ButtonPress this button before pressingCable Box/DBS operation buttons. PLAY 8 Button In VCR mode, press to play a tape.Also, press to release Slow, Still, orSearch mode and to return to nor-mal p...

• This remote control may or may not operate your TV or CableBox/DBS. Or, it may only worksome features of this equipment.See pages 26 - 27 for details. STILL/SLOW –/+ ButtonsDuring slow motion tape playback,press to adjust the playback speed.Details are on page 48. MENU ButtonPress to access the ma...

22 Display Panel Remote Sensor Receives a signal from your remotecontrol so you can operate your VCRfrom a distance. Press the VCR buttonon the remote control before pressingother VCR operation buttons. Tape Speed Lights This light indicates the currenttape speed. This VCR will playtapes recorded in...

Front Panel 23 POWER Button Press to turn the VCR power on and off. REC(ord)/OTR Button Press once to record. Details are on page 29. Press repeatedly tostart a One-Touch Recording. Details are on page 30. CHANNEL 8 / 9 Buttons Press to scan through the VCR’schannels. During tape playback,press to m...

24 Rear Panel ANT(enna) IN Jack Connect your antenna or cable here. Details are on pages 6 - 9. CH3/CH4 Switch Set to channel 3 or 4 to use your TV with your VCR.Set your TV to the same channel. Details are on pages6 - 9. VIDEO IN Jack Connect a cable coming from the VIDEO OUT jack ofa camcorder or ...

On-Screen Status Displays 25 5 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. • If ON SCREEN MODE is set to ONor COUNTER:• You may bring up the status dis- play at any time by pressing theEXIT/STATUS button. (The excep-tion is during Slow, Search, or Stillmode.) The display will appear forabout five seconds. • Chann...

26 Setting the Remote Control to Operate a TV 1 3 • If you had to program the remote control to operate your TV, whenev-er you replace the batteries in theremote control, you will have to pro-gram the remote control again. • There is no guarantee that the remote control will work your TV. Helpful Hi...

3 1 Setting the Remote Control to Operate a Cable Box/DBS 27 • If you had to program the remote control to operate your CableBox/DBS, whenever you replace thebatteries in the remote control, youmust program the remote controlagain. • The remote control may only oper- ate some features of your CableB...

28 Playing 6 When the tape has finished rewinding, press the EJECTbutton to remove the tape. • Playback options and features are discussed on pages 42 - 49. • This VCR is equipped with SQPB (S-VHS Quasi Playback) that letsyou watch tapes recorded in the S-VHS format with regular VHS reso-lution. • S...

Recording 29 4 5 7 8 9 3 6 9 Press the STOP 9 button to stop recording. The \ light will disappear from the display panel. • If the REC(ord)/OTR button is pressed while a tape without arecord tab is in the VCR, PROTECT-ED CASSETTE CANNOT RECORDwill appear on-screen briefly. TheVCR will eject the tap...

30 One-Touch Recording 3 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button repeatedly, until thedesired recording length appears briefly on-screen and onthe display panel. The \ light will flash on the display panel. • To check the time remaining for an OTR after the OTR is in progress,press the EXIT/STATUS button. • T...

Recording One Channel/Watching Another 31 1 2 8 6 4-5 3 7 5 To return to the channel being recorded, use the TVremote control to select channel 03 or 04 (whichever chan-nel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to).Or, if the VCR remote control operates your TV, pressthe TV button, then u...

32 Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System 1 First, fill in the boxes on this page. It will only take a few minutes, and you must do it if you want the VCRPlus+ programming system to work properly.Since the channel numbers of the stations you receive may not be the same as the station numbers, a...

34 Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System • If you enter an incorrect PlusCode programming number at step 4,ERROR-RE-ENTER CODE will flashon-screen. Enter the correctPlusCode programming number. Helpful Hint 1 24 Follow the steps below to program a timer recording usingPlusCode progra...

5 Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont’d) 35 7 6 8 9 The VCR must be off for a timer recording to take place! Make sure a tape is in the VCR. 9 Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR. The VCRmust be turned off for a timer recording to take place.The r light will appear on ...

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL +/– – – –START +/– – – : – – AM STOP +/– – – : – – AM REC SPEED SLP DATE +/– – – /– – /– – SET DAILY=8 OR WEEKLY=9TO END PUSH EXIT 36 Quick Programming 1 23 Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro-grams while you’re away from home. The VCR will ...

Quick Programming (cont’d) 37 5 46 5 Press the Number 2/STOP+ or Number 5/STOP– buttonto set the recording’s stop time. Every time you press a but-ton, the stop time changes in one-minute increments. If you pressand hold a button, the stop time changes in 30-minute increments. 6 Press the SPEED butt...

38 Quick Programming (cont’d) 9 10 10 Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR. The r light will appear on the display panel. (The r light and the Cassette- Inside light will flash when you turn off the VCR if there is not atape in the VCR.) The VCR must be turned off for a timerrecording to take ...

40 Timer Recording Speed Setting If a program is recorded in SP and there is not enough tape torecord the entire program, the VCR automatically switches to SLPto allow complete recording if TIMER REC SPEED is set toAUTO. This feature is especially useful when you record a pro-gram that is more than ...

42 Index Search 1 4 2 5 3 When you make a recording, the VCR automatically places anindex code at the beginning of the recording. Essentially, an indexcode is a type of “bookmark” for your tape. This feature is usefulif you have several different programs recorded on a single tape. Fast forward or r...

Multi-Channel Television Sound System 43 Your VCR can receive and record programs broadcast in stereoor second audio. It can also play back tapes recorded in stereo orsecond audio. • Second Audio You can program your VCR so that you can hear a program that is being broadcast in second audio or atape...

Hi-Fi Stereo Tape Playback 45 1 2-3 5 4 • During playback, Hi-Fi stereo may temporarily revert to normal audiowhen you adjust tracking. This isnormal. • If Hi-Fi stereo continually reverts to normal audio during playback, youmay want to press the FF : /OK button to select MONO at step 3. • Only tape...

46 Video Stabilizer 1 2-3 4 • Regardless of the setting, this func- tion has no effect on tapes recordedin SP speed, during recording, andduring special effects playback. • To set VIDEO STABILIZER to OFF, follow steps 1 - 2 above. At step 3,press the FF : /OK button so that OFF appears beside VIDEO ...

Incredible Picture 47 You can make the picture sharper or enhance a picture whenplaying back tapes recorded in SLP speed. PICTURE is set toNORMAL when you receive the VCR. Follow the steps below toset PICTURE to INCREDIBLE or ENHANCER. 2 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select VCR SET UP, then p...

48 Playback Options 3 To return to playback, press the PLAY 8 button. • During Search, Slow, and Still modes, there will be no sound. • Slow and Still modes automatically switch to Stop mode after five min-utes to protect the VCR and thetape from damage. • During Forward or Reverse Searching, noise ...

Automatic Operation Features 49 Automatic Playback When you put a tape in the VCR, the power will come on auto-matically. If the tape’s record tab is missing, playback will begin. Automatic Rewind When a tape is played, fast forwarded, or recorded to its end, theVCR will rewind the tape to the begin...

50 Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the front and back of the VCR which areused to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another source(OUT). Automatic Channel Programming: process in which the VCR scans all availablechannels and places the ones you receive in its me...

Specifications 51 Video HeadsFour heads with Hi-Fi stereo Video SignalEIA standards; NTSC color AntennaVHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output SignalChannel 3 or 4 (switchable)75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement120V AC; 60 Hz Power Consumption22 W Operating Temperature41°F (5°C) to 10...

52 Helpful Hints If you are having problems with your VCR, check the following list of problems and possible solutionsbefore requesting service. You may be able to solve the problem yourself.If you need to call a customer service representative, please know the model number and serial number ofyour ...

54 Limited Warranty VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER 90 Days Free Labor/One Year Parts Exchange. This product must be carried in for repair. WHO IS COVERED?You must have proof of purchase to receive warran-ty service. A sales receipt or other document show-ing that you purchased the product is consideredproo...