Philips VR670B/58 - 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 ..........................................
B
Connecting the video recorder 6 .....
Preparing the remote control for operation 6 .............................................
Connecting your video recorder to the TV set 6 ........................................
Connecting with a scart cable 7 .......................................................................
Connecting without a scart cable 8 .................................................................
Connecting additional devices 9 .......................................................................
C
Installing your video recording 10 ...
Initial installation 10 .............................................................................................
Decoder allocation 11 ........................................................................................
Manual TV channel search 12 ............................................................................
Using the satellite receiver 14 ...........................................................................
Automatic TV channel search 14 .....................................................................
Monitor function 15 ............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 15 ...............................................
Setting on-screen menu language 16 ...............................................................
Setting the time and date 17 ..............................................................................
D
Important notes for operation 18 ....
Navigation in the screen menu 18 ...................................................................
E
Playback 19 ........................................
Playing cassettes 19 ..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 20 .......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 20 .................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 21 ............................
Still picture / slow motion 21 ............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)
22 .............................................................................................................
Instant View 22 .....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 22 .............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 23 .....................................
F
Eliminating picture interference 24 .
Optimising tracking 24 ........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 24 ..................................................................................
G
Manual recording 25 ..........................
General information 25 ......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 25 ...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 26 .
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 26 ................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 26 ...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 27 .................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK)
28 ................................................................................................................
H
Programming a recording
(TIMER) 29 ..............................................
General information 29 ......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'ShowView') 29 ..........................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 31 ............................
Programming a recording (without ShowView) 32 ......................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 33 ..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 34 ....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 35 ............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 36 .
I
Other functions 37 ............................
Changing the video (colour) system 37 ..........................................................
Child lock 38 .........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 38 ...................................
Switch off the clock display 39 ..........................................................................
Continuous playback 40 .....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 40 .....................................................................................
Selecting the sound channel 41 .........................................................................
J
Suppressing interference 42 .............
Optimising the modulator 42 ............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 43 ................................................................
K
Before you call an engineer 44 .........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 44 ....................................................................
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