Philips VR570 - Manual

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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 17 ............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 18 ...............................................
Setting the time and date 19 ..............................................................................
D
Important notes for operation 20 ....
Navigation in the screen menu 20 ...................................................................
E
Playback 21 ........................................
Playing cassettes 21 ..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 22 .......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 22 .................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 23 ............................
Still picture / slow motion 23 ............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)
24 .............................................................................................................
Instant View 24 .....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 24 .............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 25 .....................................
F
Eliminating picture interference 26 .
Optimising tracking 26 ........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 26 ..................................................................................
G
Manual recording 27 ..........................
General information 27 ......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 27 ...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 28 .
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 28 ................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 28 ...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 29 .................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK)
30 ................................................................................................................
'Direct Record' 31 ...............................................................................................
Switching 'Direct Record' on or off 32 ...........................................................
H
Programming a recording
(TIMER) 33 ..............................................
General information 33 ......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+') 33 .....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 35 ............................
Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+) 36 .................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 37 ..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 38 ....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 39 ............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 40 .
I
Other functions 41 ............................
Changing the video (colour) system 41 ..........................................................
Child lock 42 .........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 42 ...................................
Switch off the clock display 43 ..........................................................................
Continuous playback 44 .....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 45 .....................................................................................
Selecting the sound channel 46 .........................................................................
J
Suppressing interference 47 .............
Optimising the modulator 47 ............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 48 ................................................................
K
Before you call an engineer 49 .........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 49 ....................................................................
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