VR422CAT VR622CAT Video Cassette Recorder Hookup Pages
6 Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV, please see page 10. After you hook up the VCR, go to page 11 to turn on the VCR. (The VR622CAT is illustrated here. The VR422CAT has single AUDIO IN/OUT jacks.) 1 Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV.
Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 7 3 Connect the supplied black RF coaxial cable to the OUT Jack on the back of the VCR and to the ANTENNA IN Jack on the TV. (You may use either a snap-on type (supplied) or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer.
8 Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection: ● You may view any channel. ● You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. You can not change channels at the VCR. ● You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording. ● You may not program channels at the VCR. ● You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a time. Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DBS output channel (channel 03 or 04).
Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 With this connection: ● You may watch one channel while recording another. ● You may not record scrambled channels. 1 VCR 2 Cable Box/DBS AUDIO ANT IN L OUT IN R IN VIDEO OUT 75 ANT CAB / LE IN OUT OUT CH3 CH4 Cable Signal RF coaxial cable RF coaxial cable 3 TV’s ANTENNA IN Jack Connections 1 2 3 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN Jack.
10 Hookups with a Stereo TV 1 VR622CAT AUDIO ANT IN L OUT antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack IN R VIDEO OUT OUT IN CH3 CH4 2 VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (red and white) OUT Jacks Audio and Video IN Jacks on TV Video Cable 3 OR 1 VR422CAT Stereo Audio Cable antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack ANT IN AUDIO OUT IN OUT VIDEO VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (white) OUT Jacks CH3 CH4 2 Video Cable Audio and Video IN Jacks on TV 3 “Y” splitter Audio Cable ● Audio and Video cables are n
Front Panel 27 PAUSE Button While recording, press to pause the recording. Press again to resume recording. Details are on page 30. You can not pause a One-Touch Recording. During tape playback, press to freeze the picture. Press again to resume playback. Details are on page 41. Remote Sensor Receives a signal from your remote control so you can operate your VCR from a distance. F.FWD (Fast Forward) Button When playback is stopped, press to fast forward the tape at high speed.
28 Rear Panel ANT(enna) IN Jack Connect your antenna or cable here. Details are on pages six-10. AUDIO IN Jack(s) Connect audio cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 37. If you connect other equipment to the AUDIO and VIDEO IN jacks on the back of the VCR, select channel 001 (AV REAR) at the VCR. This allows you to view or hear the materials playing on the other equipment. The VR622CAT is shown here.
Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 37 The instructions on this page show you how to copy tapes. The illustration uses two VR622CAT VCRs. Different VCRs may operate differently. To duplicate a tape, make the connections shown, then follow steps 1-7. 1. Audio cables from AUDIO OUT Jacks of VCR 1 to AUDIO IN Jacks of VCR 2 VCR 1 Playing VCR AUDIO AUDIO ANT IN L OUT VCR 2 - Recording VCR OUT IN R VIDEO OUT ANT IN L IN R IN VIDEO OUT CH3 CH4 OUT 2.