Philips DVR - 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 ...........................................................................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 15 .............................................
Monitor function 16 ............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 16 ...............................................
Setting the time and date 18 ..............................................................................
D
Important notesfor operation 19 ....
Navigation in the screen menu 19 ...................................................................
E
Playback 20 ........................................
Playing cassettes 20 ..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 21 .......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 21 .................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 22 ............................
Still picture / slow motion 22 ............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)
23 .............................................................................................................
Instant View 23 .....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 23 .............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 24 .....................................
F
Eliminating picture interference 25 .
Optimising tracking 25 ........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 25 ..................................................................................
G
Manual recording 26 ..........................
General information 26 ......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 26 ...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 27 .
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 27 ................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 27 ...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 28 .................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK)
29 ................................................................................................................
H
Programming a recording
(TIMER) 30 ..............................................
General information 30 ......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+') 30 .....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 32 ............................
Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+) 32 .................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 34 ..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 35 ....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 36 ............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 37 .
I
Other functions38 ............................
Changing the video (colour) system 38 ..........................................................
Child lock 39 .........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 40 ...................................
Switch off the clock display 41 ..........................................................................
Continuous playback 42 .....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 43 .....................................................................................
Selecting the sound channel 43 .........................................................................
J
Suppressing interference 44 .............
Optimising the modulator 44 ............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 45 ................................................................
K
Before you call an engineer 46 .........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 46 ....................................................................
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