ORION ELECTRIC M2C3A Users Manual

Stereo recording and playback / Separate Audio Program (SAP)

Stereo Recording and Playback

The VHS Hi-Fi audio system permits high fidelity recording of MTS
STEREO TV broadcasts.

When a MTS STEREO broadcast is
received, the word “STEREO” will ap­pear

on the screen for about 4 seconds
and the program can be viewed or re­corded in stereo.
The Hi-Fi STEREO recording procedure
is the same as for normal recordings.

NOTE:

When using a CATV system, stereo TV programs may be transmitted
over a mono cable channel. In this case the word "STEREO" will not
appear and the sound will be in mono.

Output selection

When viewing an MTS STEREO TV program, or playing a prerecorded
VHS Hi-Fi STEREO videotape, press A.MONITOR to select how the
audio will be heard through the speakers. Normally set to the Hi-Fi
STEREO position, this button can be set to the MONO position if the
stereo broadcast or videotape audio is of poor quality. The "R" and "L"
positions allow the audio from the Right or Left Hi-Fi channel to be heard
over both TV speakers . This button has no effect when vie wing a MONO
videotape or TV program. Each time when you press the b utton, OUTPUT
SELECTION display appears on the screen for several seconds. Refer
to the chart below.

STEREO

NOTES:

• When playing back a tape that is not

recorded in Hi-Fi stereo mode, the
audio will automatically be monaural.

• When listening to a VHS Hi-Fi video
tape or MTS broadcast through the
VHF/UHF jack (Audio/Video cable not
connected), the sound will be
monaural.

OUTPUT
SELECTION

STEREO
L ch
R ch
MONO

SOUND HEARD ON BOTH
SPEAKERS

STEREO
LEFT CHANNEL AUDIO
RIGHT CHANNEL AUDIO
MONO

Separate Audio Program (SAP)

Y our VCR is fitted with a SAP br oadcast system whic h enables
you to switch to a separate audio program when viewing a
selected channel.
This function applies only when the program is broadcast in
multi-languages through the SAP broadcast system.

Press SET UP MENU. Then press or to select “SAP”.

1

Then press ENTER to select “ON”.

2

Then press SET UP MENU until
the menu screen is cleared.

Listening to SAP

When the VCR is turned on or a channel selection is made, make
certain the letters "SAP" appears on the screen for about 4 seconds.
This means that the "Separate Audio Program" broadcasting is
available.

STEREO SAP

OR

MENU
TIMER REC SET
AUTO REPEAT
SAP
CH SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP

á

+/Ð/ENTER/MENU

SAP

ON OFF
ON OFF

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Duplicating a video tape/Duplicating a disc material onto a video tape

Duplicating a video tape

If you connect the VCR to another VCR or camcorder, you can duplicate a previously recorded tape.
Make all connections before turning on the power.

Load a blank cassette tape with the erase preven-

1

tion tab intact into the recording VCR.
Load a previously recorded tape into the playback
VCR or CAMCORDER.

Press SP/EP to select the desired tape speed SP

2

or EP.
It is recommended that you set the speed to the
SP mode on the recording VCR for best results.

Press VCR CH + or – to select A UDIO/VIDEO input

3

position. "L" will appear in the
display.

Connection with second VCR

Playback VCR

To VIDEO OUT To AUDIO (R) OUT

To AUDIO (L) OUT

AUDIO/VIDEO cable (supplied)

Recording VCR

Press REC on the recording VCR or on the Remote.

4

While holding REC, press PLA Y.
Then press PAUSE.

Press PLAY button on the playback VCR or

5

CAMCORDER, then press PAUSE button.

Press PAUSE on both the VCRs simultaneously to

6

begin the duplicating process.

Connection with Camcorder

Playback Camcorder

To AV Jack

Recording VCR

To AUDIO (R) IN

To AUDIO (L) IN

AUDIO/VIDEO cable (not supplied)

To VIDEO IN

To AUDIO (R) IN

To AUDIO (L) IN

To VIDEO IN

For duplicating a previously recorded tape from a
camcorder, follow the camcorder manufacturer’s
instructions. A typical camcorder dubbing hookup
is shown above.

Duplicating a disc material onto a video tape

You can record disc material in DVD, Video CD, Audio CD, etc. onto a video tape with this DVD/VCR only.
If the DVD disc has a Copy-guard feature, the duplicating is not possible. A symbol mark “ ” will
appear on the screen for approx. 4 seconds. See page 39 for more information about the DVD playback.

Preparation:

Load a cassette tape with the erase prevention tab

•

intact.

•

Select the tape speed in the VCR mode. (see P.30)

•

Load a disc you wish to duplicate.

Press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD

1

indicator will light)
Press PLAY to start the disc playback.

2

During disc playback, press REC on the VCR or

3

while holding REC, press PLAY on the Remote.
The duplicating will start.

NOTE:

You can set the duplicating time using the ITR-function.
At step 3 above press REC repeatedly until the desired
duplicating time appears on the screen. (see P.32)

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Disc

This unit applies to DVD discs from Region 1 only.
The loaded Disc (DVD, Video-CD, A udio-CD, MP3-CD, WMA-CD and JPEG-CD) will be recognized automatically.
The suitable Disc-formats are: DVD, CD-R and CD-RW.
This unit can play back FUJICOLOR CD and Kodak Picture formats.

Do not play D VD-ROM, DVD-Audio, CD V, CD-G or Photo CD to prevent accidental erasure of prerecorded material.
Some DVDs are pla yed back with a Cop y guard system. In case of a dubbing on video tape, strong disturbance may

occur. This is not a defect of this DVD/VCR.

Title

When two or more movies are recorded on a disc,
the disc is divided into two or more sections. Each
section is called a “TITLE”.

Chapter

The titles can be subdivided into many sections.
Each section is called a “CHAPTER”.

Video-CD/Audio-CD-Track

An Video CD or Audio CD can contain several items.
These are assigned to the tracks.

TITLE1 TITLE2

CHAPTER 1

TRACK 1 TRACK 2 TRACK 3 TRACK 4 TRACK 5

CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 1

DVD DISC

Video-CD/Audio-CD

CD

Removing Disc from Case

Be sure to hold the edge of disc. Do not touch the surface of the disc.
Pick up the disc gently from the case.

• Do not scratch the disc.

• Do not get dirt on the surface of the disc.

• Do not stick a label or adhesive tape on the disc.

• Do not drop or bend the disc.

Storing Disc

• Store the disc in the case to avoid risk of scratches, dirt or damage.

• Do not leave disc exposed to direct sunlight or in hot or humid places.

Cleaning Disc

Wipe the disc with a clean, dry cloth from center to edge.

• Do not wipe the disc round.

• Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.

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Setting setup language

The setup language can be selected.

Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.

•

When using an amplifier, switch on the amplifier.

Press DVD to select the DVD

1

mode. (The DVD indicator will
light)
“No Disc” will appear on the
screen. (If a DVD disc has already
loaded, the playback will start
automatically.)

Press SET UP MENU in the stop

2

mode. The SETUP MENU of
DVD will appear on the screen.
Then press or to select
Other.

Press ENTER to select OSD

3

Language.

Picture ParentalSound

Language Other

/Enter/Setup/Return

Language

Picture ParentalSound

OSD Language English

Other

If the DVD/VCR does not operate
properly: Static electricity, etc., may

affect the play er's operation. Disconnect
the AC power cord once, then connect
it again.

/Enter/Setup/Return

Press and then press or

4

to select desired language

(e.g. English), then press

ENTER.

NOTE: To make the SETUP screen disappear, press SET UP

MENU (or RETURN).

Language

Picture ParentalSound

OSD Language English English

/Enter/Setup/Return

Other

Francais
Espanol

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Playback procedure

Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.

•

Then press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD indicator will light.)

Press OPEN/CLOSE.

1

The disc tray will open.

Place a disc onto the tray.

2

Hold the disc, position it with the
printed label side up, align it with
the guides, and place it in its
proper position.

Press PLAY or OPEN/CLOSE.

3

The disc tray closes automati­cally.

On the screen, changes to
“Reading” and then playback will
commence.

• A menu screen may appear on
the TV screen, if the disc has
a menu feature. In this case,

press
ENTER to operate a menu
feature.

, , , or

Reading

Press STOP to end playback.

4

• The DVD/VCR memorizes the stopped point, depending on
the disc. “ ” appears on the screen for approx. 4 seconds.
“

” keep blinking in the display until the playback is stopped
completely. Press PLAY to resume playback (from the scene
point).

• If you press STOP again(“
the disc, the DVD/VCR will clear the stopped point.

Then press OPEN/CLOSE.

5

The disc tray opens.
Remove the disc and press POWER.
The disc tray closes automatically and DVD/VCR turns off.

Notes:

•

If a non-compatible disc is loaded, "Incorrect Disc", "Region Code Error" or "Parental Error" will appear on the TV
screen according to the type of loaded disc. In this case, check your disc again (See pages 37 and 52).

•

Some discs may take a minute or so to start playback.

•

A “Prohibition” symbol
tried is not available on the disc, or the DVD/VCR can not access the feature at this time. This does not indicate
a problem with the DVD/VCR.

•

When you set a single-faced disc label downwards (ie. the wrong way up) and press PLAY or OPEN/CLOSE,
"Reading" will appear and remain on the screen for approx. 40 seconds and then it will change to "Incorrect
Disc".

•

Some playback operations of DVDs may be intentionally fixed by software producers. Since this DVD/VCR plays
DVDs according to the disc contents the software producers designed, some playback features may not be
available. Also refer to the instructions supplied with the DVDs.

•

When playing DTS-encoded Audio CDs, excessive noise will be heard from the analog stereo outputs. To avoid
possible damage to the audio system, the consumer should take proper precautions when the analog stereo
outputs of the DVD/VCR are connected to an amplification system.

may appear at the upper left of the screen. This symbol means either the feature you

” appears on the screen) or unload

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Special playback

Note: There may be a slight delay be­tween pressing the button and the
function activation.

Fast Forward Playback

Press FF during normal playback.
Each press of FF will increase the speed of the search
(x4), (x8), (x20).

• To resume normal playback, press PLAY.

(x2),

Review Playback

Press REW during normal playback.
Each press of REW will increase the speed of the search (x2),

(x4), (x8), (x20).

• To resume normal playback, press PLAY.

Still Playback

Press PAUSE during normal
playback.

To resume nor mal playback, press

PLAY.

Note:

The unit is capable of holding a still video
image or On screen display image on your
television screen indefinitely. If you leave
the still video image or On screen display
image displayed on your TV for an ex­tended period of time, you risk permanent
damage to your television screen.
Projection televisions are very susceptible.

Frame Advance

Press PAUSE during still playback.
One frame is advanced each time
you press PAUSE.

To resume normal playback, press

PLAY.

Slow-motion Playback

Press SLOW during
Each press of SLOW will change the speed of the slow x1/2, x1/4,
x1/6, x1/7.

• To resume normal playback, press PLAY.

• To resume the still playback, press PAUSE.

normal playback or still playback.

Locating a chapter or track

Press SKIP ( ) Forward or SKIP ( ) Reverse during play-
back to locate a chapter that you want to watch.
Each time you press the button, a chapter or track is skipped.

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Zooming / Locating Desired Scene

Jump Time

Title
Chapter

/Enter/0 9/Cancel/Jump

Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.
Then press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD indicator will light.)

Zooming

This unit will allow you to zoom in on the frame image. You can
then make selections by switching the position of the frame.

Press ZOOM during playback.

1

The center part of the image will
be zoomed in.
Each press of ZOOM will change
the ZOOM
(x 1.3),

2.0).

Press / or / to view a different part of the frame.

2

You may move the frame from the center position to UP, DOWN,
LEFT or RIGHT direction.

In the zoom mode press ZOOM repeatedly to return to a 1:1

3

view (

1

2 (x 1.5) and 3 (x

Off).

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Notes:

• You can use the Pause, Slow , Search

or Skip feature in the zoom mode.

• In case of the Video-CD pla yback with
PBC, the SEARCH MODE does not
work.

Locating Desired Scene

Use the title, chapter and time recorded on the disc to
locate the desired point to play back.

To check the title, chapter and time, press OSD. (see page 58)

Press SEARCH MODE during

1

playback or stop mode.

Press or to select the “Time”, “Title” or “Chapter”.

2

Press Number keys to change the number.

3

• If you input a wrong number, press CANCEL.

• Refer to the package supplied with the disc to check the
numbers.

Press ENTER.

4

Playback starts.

• When you change the title, playback starts from Chapter 1 of
the selected title.

• Some discs may not work in the above operation.

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Repeat playback

A

B

A

Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.

•

Then press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD indicator will
light.)

Title, Chapter, Track Playback

Press PLAY MODE during playback or stop mode.

1

DVD

CD

Repeat

/Enter/Play Mode

Press ENTER once or twice to select “Chapter” or “Title”.

2

In case of CD, at first press
ENTER once or twice to select “Track” or “All”.

Repeat

/Enter/Play Mode

Press PLAY MODE again to make the screen disappear.

3

Press PLAY to start Repeat playback.

•

To resume normal playback, select Repeat Off.

•

:

DVD

:

Off

Chapter

Play Mode Off
Repeat Off

to select “Repeat” and then press

:
:

/Enter/Play Mode

CD

Play Mode Off
Repeat

:
:

/Enter/Play Mode

All

A-B Repeat Playback

A-B repeat playback allows you to repeat material between two
selected points.

Press REPEAT A-B during

1

playback.
The start point is selected.

Notes:

•

Some discs may not work with the
repeat operation.

•

In A-B repeat mode, subtitles near
point A or B may not appear .

•

During the A-B Repeat Playback the
ANGLE feature will not operate.

•

You may not be able to set A-B Re­peat, depending on the scenes of the
DVD.

•

A-B repeat does not work with an in­teractive D VD , MP3-CD and Video-CD
with PBC.

Press REPEAT A-B again.

2

The end point is selected.
Playback starts at the point that
you selected. Playback stops at
the end point, returns to Point A
automatically, then starts again.

To resume normal playback press REPEAT A-B again.
“

” appears on the screen.

Off

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Program playback/Random playback (CD)

Repeat

1
2
3

4
5
6

7
8
9

10
11
12

Clear Program Playback

Play Mode

:

Program

:

Off

/Enter/0 9/Cancel/Play Mode

Clear Program Playback

2 3 5 8 11
3 1

1 6 9 12

1 7

4 7 10

Repeat

:

Off

Play Mode

:

Program

/Enter/0 9/Cancel/Play Mode

Program Playback

Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.

•

Then press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD indicator will
light.)

Program playback

You can arrange the order of tracks on the disc.

Press PLAY MODE in the stop

1

mode.

Press ENTER repeatedly until

2

the Program table as right
appears.

Example: In case you wish to

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program in order of 7, 3, 11:
Enter as 7

, 3 , 11.

Play Mode Off
Repeat Off

:
:

/Enter/Play Mode

Notes:

•

To cancel program play, select “Clear”
at step 3 and press ENTER.

•

The program is cancelled when you
open the disc tray or turn the power off.

•

Random playback can not be
combined with Repeat playback.

If you input a wrong number,
press CANCEL.

Press / or / to select

4

“Program Playback” and press
ENTER. “Program Playback” will
appear on the screen. The
program you selected will begin
to playback in the order set.
To return to normal playback, select
“Play Mode: Off” at step 2 above.

Random playback

Press PLAY MODE in the stop

1

mode.

Press / to select “Random”.

2

Press PLAY.

3

“Random Play” will appear on the screen and Random Playback
will start.

Play Mode Off
Repeat Off

Play Mode
Repeat

:
:

/Enter/Play Mode

:

Random

:

/Enter/Play Mode

Off

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MP3/WMA/JPEG Playback

/0-9/Enter/Play Mode

15

-

/16

16

Mother

CD-R

Hold Your Last

Pops

1

-

/16

/0-9/Enter/Play Mode

2
3
4
5

Japan

CD-R

Bay Bridge
CLOSE MY EYES
DIVE TO BLUE
Honey

8

9
10
11
12

flower
Lies and Truth-
winter fall
Rain
Strawberry

6

BLUE EYES13Welcome party

7

Blurry Eyes14Thailand

Pops

This player can play back the MP3/WMA/JPEG­data which has been recorded on CD-R or CD­RW. To produce the MP3/WMA/JPEG-data, you
need a Windows-PC with CD-ROM drive and a
MP3/WMA/JPEG-encoding Software (not
supplied).
The Apple-HFS-System can not be played.

MP3/WMA/JPEG CD Information

Limitations on MP3/WMA/JPEG CD playback

MP3/WMA/JPEG CD is the disc that is standardized

•
by ISO9660, its file name must include 3-digits
extension letters, “mp3”, “wma”, “jpg”.

• The directory and file names of the MP3/WMA/
JPEG CD must be correspond to the ISO
standardized files.

• This unit can read 200 files per disc. If one
directory has more than 200 files, it reads up to
200 files, the remaining files will be omitted.

• The unit is able to recognize up to a maximum
of 50 directories per disc.

• MP3/WMA CDs cannot be used for playback
for the purpose of recording.

• As for multi-session disc, only the first session
can be played.

• If the CD has both audio tracks and MP3/WMA/
JPEG files, only audio tracks are played.

• It may take more than one minute for this unit to
read MP3/WMA/JPEG files depending on its
structure.

• Music recorded by “Joliet Recording
Specification” can be played back, the file name
is displayed (within 16 letters) on the screen
Long file names will be condensed.

• The music files recorded by “Hierarchical File
System” (HFS) cannot be played.

• The unit can play back baseline and progressive
JPEG files.

• It cannot play back loss-less JPEG files.
Although the unit recognizes loss-less files as
JPEG files, when they are attempted to be
played back, the screen turns black and "???"
is displayed on the screen.

Limitations on display

• The maximum number for display is 16 letters.
Available letters for display are the following:
capital or small alphabets of A through Z,
numbers of 0 through 9, and _ (under score).

• Other letters than those above are replaced
in hyphen.

Notes on MP3 files

T o play bac k MP3/WMA/JPEG CD in the recorded
order,

1. Use MP3/WMA/JPEG software that records

data alphabetically or numerically.

2. Name each file including two-digit or three-

digit number (e.g. "01" "02" or "001" "002").

3. Refrain from making too many sub-folders.

CAUTION:

• Some MP3/WMA/JPEG CDs can not be played

back depending on the recording conditions.

• The CD-R/RW that has no music data or non-

MP3/WMA/JPEG files can not be played back.

?

Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.

•

Then press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD indicator will
light.)

MP3/WMA CD playback

Press OPEN/CLOSE.

1

The disc tray will open.
Place a disc on which MP3 or WMA
files have been recorded onto the tray.

Press PLAY or OPEN/CLOSE. The

2

disc tray closes automatically . On the
TV-screen, “Reading” and then
reading file number will appear.
Reading will take as much
time as the number of file.

A file menu screen will appear on

3

the TV screen.
Press

Press

4

file, then press ENTER. File is selected and play commences.

/ to select folder.

/ or / or Number keys to select the desired

• In case the folder includes more than 15 files, press or
to display next file list.

• When PLAY has been pressed after displaying the file menu,
or when the display has been closed after pressing PLAY in
step 2, playback begins automatically starting from the first
file. In this case , if the first file is an MP3/WMA file , only MP3/
WMA files are played back in order. If the first file is a JPEG
file, only JPEG files are played back.

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8

9
10
11
12

/16

flower
Lies and Truth-
winter fall
Rain
Strawberry

CD-R

Pops

1

Japan

2

Bay Bridge

3

?

5

CLOSE MY EYES

4

DIVE TO BLUE

5

Honey

6

BLUE EYES13Welcome party

7

Blurry Eyes14Thailand

/0-9/Enter/Play Mode

Press STOP to end playback.

• The unit records the stopped point. “
Press PLAY to resume playback (from the scene point).

• If you press STOP again or unload the disc, the unit will clear
the stopped point.

Then press OPEN/CLOSE.

6

The disc tray opens.
Remove the disc and press POWER.
The disc tray closes automatically and DVD/VCR turns off.

Notes:

•

During MP3/WMA/JPEG-Playback, you can not use SEARCH,
A-B Repeat functions.

•

You can use Repeat (Track or All), Random functions and Program
playback for MP3/WMA/JPEG CD Playback. (See page 42 and 43)

•

In the case of a CD containing a mixture of MP3, WMA and JPEG
files, the files are played back by selecting them from the file menu.

?

Reading
MP3 15

?

?

” appears on the screen.

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Preparation:

Turn ON the TV and set it to the video input mode.

•

Make sure TV/VCR/DVD switch has been slided to VCR/DVD.

•

Then press DVD to select the DVD mode. (The DVD indicator
will light.)

JPEG CD playback

Press OPEN/CLOSE.

1

The disc tray will open.
Place a disc on which JPEG files
have been recorded onto the tray.

?

Press PLAY or OPEN/CLOSE.

2

The disc tray closes automatically .
On the TV-screen, “Reading” and
then reading file number will
appear. Reading will take as much
time as the number of file.

A file menu screen will appear on

3

the TV screen.
Press

/ to select folder .

Reading
MP3 15

-

CD-R

Root

1

Pic-1

2

Pic-2

3

Pic-3

4

Pic-4

5

Pic-5

6

Pic-6

7

?

Pic-7

/0-9/Enter/Play Mode

/16

8

Pic-8

9

Pic-9

10

Pic-10

11

Pic-11

12

Pic-12

13

Pic-13

14

Pic-14

4

Press / or / or Number keys to select the desired
file, then press ENTER. File is selected and play commences.

FUJICOLOR CD/Kodak Picture CD playback

To display a picture menu, press
SET UP MENU.

Press / or / to select the desired file, then press
ENTER. File is selected and play commences.

• To display next list, press SKIP

/ .

• When PLA Y has been pressed after displa ying the file menu,
or when the display has been closed after pressing PLAY
in step 2, playback begins automatically starting from the
first file. In this case , if the first file is a JPEG file, only JPEG
files are played back. If the first file is an MP3/WMA file,
only MP3/WMA files are played back in order.

Press STOP to end playback.

5

Then press OPEN/CLOSE.
The disc tray opens.
Remove the disc and press POWER.
The disc tray closes automatically and DVD/VCR turns off.

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