Philips VR620/58 - Manual

Table of contents
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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 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 .....................................................................
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Installing your video recording 11 ...
Initial installation 11 .............................................................................................
Decoder allocation 13 ........................................................................................
Manual TV channel search 14 ............................................................................
Using the satellite receiver 15 ...........................................................................
Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV) 16 ......................................
Automatic TV channel search 18 .....................................................................
Monitor function 18 ............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 19 ...............................................
Setting on-screen menu language 20 ...............................................................
Setting the time and date 21 ..............................................................................
D
Important notes for operation 22 ....
Navigation in the screen menu 22 ...................................................................
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Tape List 23 ........................................
General information 23 ......................................................................................
Adding a cassette to the Tape List 23 .............................................................
Editing recording titles 25 ..................................................................................
Searching for a title in the Tape List 26 ..........................................................
Removing a title from the Tape List 27 ..........................................................
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Playback28 ........................................
Playing cassettes 28 ..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 29 .......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 29 .................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 30 ............................
Still picture / slow motion 30 ............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)
31 .............................................................................................................
Instant View 31 .....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 31 .............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 32 .....................................
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Eliminating picture interference 33 .
Optimising tracking 33 ........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 33 ..................................................................................
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Manual recording 34 ..........................
General information 34 ......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 34 ...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 35 .
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 35 ................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 36 ...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 36 .................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK)
37 ................................................................................................................
'Direct Record' 38 ...............................................................................................
Switching 'Direct Record' on or off 39 ...........................................................
I
Programming a recording
(TIMER) 40 ..............................................
General information 40 ......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'ShowView') 40 ..........................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 42 ............................
Programming a recording (without ShowView) 43 ......................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 45 ..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 46 ....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 47 ............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 48 .
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Other functions 49 ............................
Changing the video (colour) system 49 ..........................................................
Child lock 50 .........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 50 ...................................
Switch off the clock display 51 ..........................................................................
Switching the remote control command 52 ..................................................
Continuous playback 53 .....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 54 .....................................................................................
Using your video recorder remote control with your TV set 55 ............
Selecting the sound channel 56 .........................................................................
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Suppressing interference 57 .............
Optimising the modulator 57 ............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 58 ................................................................
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Before you call an engineer 59 .........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 59 ....................................................................
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