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Hey all.

Took a risk on an eBay VCR, got a JVC HR-S4800U. Luckily, it functions fine.

I noticed there's a few potentially useful settings in the settings menu, so I'm wondering if anyone here has ideas on what may be the most useful or less useful.

My workflow:
JVC HR-S4800U -> Panasonic DMR-ES15 -> I-O Data GVUSB2 -> VirtualDub (On a Windows 7 laptop)

The menu settings (under the function category) are as follows:

VIDEO CALIBRATION
PICTURE CONTROL
AUTOTIMER
SUPERIMPOSE
AUTO SP -> EP TIMER
VIDEO STABILIZER
BLUE BACK
2nd AUDIO RECORD
AUDIO MONITOR
S-VHS MODE
AV COMPU-LINK
FRONT AUX INPUT
REAR AUX INPUT
EDIT FUNCTION REC PAUSE

I know some may not be relevant (front aux input, etc), but I'm curious about the other options.

Thanks all!
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Those 3800/4800 eBay buys can be risky, but not quite as bad as the recommended with-TBC decks. (Maybe only 25/75, instead of 15/85, where the 75-85 = odds of bad unit).

The 3800/4800 are probably my favorite non-TBC JVC NTSC decks.

- OFF = VIDEO CALIBRATION, SUPERIMPOSE, VIDEO STABILIZER
- PICTURE CONTROL = AUTO/NORM best (EDIT disables everything, picture is worse)
- BLUE BACK is preference. I sometimes leave on, sometimes off.
- N/A, turn if all OFF = 2nd AUDIO RECORD, AUDIO MONITOR, S-VHS MODE, AV COMPU-LINK, EDIT FUNCTION REC PAUSE, AUTOTIMER, AUTO SP -> EP TIMER
- s-video = FRONT AUX INPUT, REAR AUX INPUT

GV-USB2 is overbought lately. So many issues with it. Good luck to you. (That assumes it's not just one of the outright fake Chinese knockoffs, Easycap in disguise. Those exist.)

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Thank you LS! Helpful as always.
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