Philips VR200/07 VCR User Manual


 
1. HOW TO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4.........
How to connect your video recorder to the TV set 4.....
Connecting with a scart cable 4......................
Connecting without a scart cable 5...................
Connecting a decoder or other equipment 5............
2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 6...............
Initial installation 6..................................
Allocating a decoder 6..............................
Manual TV channel search 7.........................
Channel number or frequency display 7...............
Satellite receiver 7..................................
Special installation functions 7.......................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 7...........
Monitor function 8..................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 8...........
Setting the time and date 8...........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 9...............
General information 9...............................
Saving energy 9....................................
Emergency interrupt 9...............................
The symbols on your video recorder display 9..........
Summary of user guide 10...........................
User guide (OSD) 10.................................
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 11..........................
Playing a cassette 11................................
Tape position indication 11...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 11.........................................
Still picture 11......................................
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind
and rewind) 11.....................................
Instant View 12.....................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 12..
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 12.....
Picture interference 12..............................
Tracking during playback 12.........................
Tracking during still picture 12.......................
Cleaning the video heads 12.........................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 13............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 13............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 13.............................
Protecting your recordings 13........................
Auto-assembling 13.................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 14............
Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 14....................................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 15...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) (UK) 15.................
Programming a recording (with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 15.......
Programming a recording (without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 16....
How to check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 17.........................................
How to clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 17......
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 18.........................
Setting the on-screen display (OSD) 18................
Continuous playback 18.............................
Automatic switch-off (tuner mode) 18.................
Poor TV reception - Optimize the modulator 18.........
Switching off the modulator 19.......................
8. Before you call an engineer 20.......................
9. GLOSSARY 21......................................
Technical terms used 21.............................
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