Philips VR620/07 - Manual

Table of contents
A
Introduction 2 ....................................
Dear Philips customer , 2 ....................................................................................
Specifications 3 .....................................................................................................
Supplied accessories 3 ........................................................................................
Important notes regarding operation 4 ..........................................................
Special functions of your new video recorder 5 ..........................................
Important information for customers in Great Britain 6 ...........................
B
Connecting the video recorder 7 .....
Preparing the remote control for operation 7 .............................................
Connecting your video recorder to the TV set 7 ........................................
Connecting with a scart cable 8 .......................................................................
Connecting without a scart cable 9 .................................................................
Connecting additional devices 10 .....................................................................
C
Installing your video recording 11 ...
Initial installation 11 .............................................................................................
Decoder allocation 12 ........................................................................................
Manual TV channel search 13 ............................................................................
Using the satellite receiver 14 ...........................................................................
Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV) 15 ......................................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 17 .............................................
Monitor function 18 ............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 18 ...............................................
Setting the time and date 20 ..............................................................................
D
Important notes for operation 21 ....
Navigation in the screen menu 21 ...................................................................
E
Tape List 22 ........................................
General information 22 ......................................................................................
Adding a cassette to the Tape List 22 .............................................................
Editing recording titles 23 ..................................................................................
Searching for a title in the Tape List 24 ..........................................................
Removing a title from the Tape List 25 ..........................................................
F
Playback 26 ........................................
Playing cassettes 26 ..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 27 .......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 27 .................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 28 ............................
Still picture / slow motion 28 ............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)
29 .............................................................................................................
Instant View 29 .....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 29 .............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 30 .....................................
G
Eliminating picture interference 31 .
Optimising tracking 31 ........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 31 ..................................................................................
H
Manual recording 32 ..........................
General information 32 ......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 32 ...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 33 .
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 33 ................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 34 ...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 34 .................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK)
35 ................................................................................................................
'Direct Record' 36 ...............................................................................................
Switching 'Direct Record' on or off 37 ...........................................................
I
Programming a recording
(TIMER) 38 ..............................................
General information 38 ......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+') 39 .....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 41 ............................
Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+) 42 .................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 44 ..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 45 ....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 46 ............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 47 .
J
Other functions 48 ............................
Changing the video (colour) system 48 ..........................................................
Child lock 49 .........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 49 ...................................
Switch off the clock display 50 ..........................................................................
Switching the remote control command 51 ..................................................
Continuous playback 52 .....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 53 .....................................................................................
Selecting the sound channel 54 .........................................................................
K
Suppressing interference 55 .............
Optimising the modulator 55 ............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 56 ................................................................
L
Before you call an engineer 57 .........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 57 ....................................................................
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