Video Cassette Recorder VRB412AT VRB612AT Hookup Pages Important! Return your Warranty Registration Card within 10 days. See why inside.
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 VRB612 is illustrated here. The VRB412 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 RF coaxial cable (supplied) 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. Channels cannot be changed 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 AUDIO ANT IN L 2 75V ANT CAB / LE IN OUT IN R VIDEO OUT Cable Box/DBS IN OUT OUT CH3 CH4 RF coaxial cable Cable Signal 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 VRB612 ANT AUDIO antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack IN L IN OUT R VIDEO OUT IN VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (red and white) OUT Jacks OUT Audio and Video IN Jacks on TV CH3 CH4 2 Video Cable 3 1 VRB412 ANT Stereo Audio Cable antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack IN AUDIO OUT IN VIDEO VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (white) OUT Jacks ● Audio and Video cables are not supplied.
Front Panel 27 F.FWD (Fast Forward) Button When playback is stopped, press to fast forward the tape at high speed. During tape playback, press to fast forward the tape while the picture stays on the screen. Details are on page 41. Press to Remote Sensor select an item in the VCR menu or to change the setting of a Receives a signal from your menu item. remote control so you can operate your VCR from a distance. REW(ind) Button When playback is stopped, press to rewind the tape at POWER Button 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. The VRB612 is shown here. The VRB412 has only one AUDIO IN jack. AUDIO OUT Jack(s) Connect audio cables going to the AUDIO IN Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio system here. Details are on pages 37 and 43. The VRB612 is shown here.
Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 37 The instructions on this page show you how to copy tapes. The illustration uses two VRB612 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 VCR 2 - Recording VCR ANT AUDIO L IN IN L IN OUT R R VIDEO OUT ANT AUDIO IN OUT IN VIDEO OUT CH3 CH4 OUT 2.
