Philips VR200/58 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 8.......................
Automatic TV channel allocation (Follow TV) 8.........
Automatic TV channel search 8......................
Monitor function 9..................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 9...........
Setting the language 9..............................
Setting the time and date 9...........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 10..............
General information 10..............................
Saving energy 10...................................
Emergency interrupt 10..............................
The symbols on your video recorder display 10.........
Summary of user guide 11...........................
User guide (OSD) 11.................................
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 12..........................
Playing a cassette 12................................
Playing NTSC cassettes 12...........................
Tape position indication 12...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 12.........................................
Still picture 12......................................
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind
and rewind) 13.....................................
Instant View 13.....................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 13..
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 13.....
Picture interference 14..............................
Tracking during playback 14.........................
Tracking during still picture 14.......................
Cleaning the video heads 14.........................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 15............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 15............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 15.............................
Protecting your recordings 15........................
Auto-assembling 16.................................
Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 16....................................
Switching on ’Direct Record’ 16......................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 17...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) 17.....................
Programming a recording (with ’SHOWVIEW’) 17.......
Programming a recording (without ’SHOWVIEW’) 18....
How to check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 19.........................................
How to clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 19......
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 20.........................
Switching the TV system 20..........................
Setting the on-screen display (OSD) 20................
Automatic switch-off (tuner mode) 20.................
Reducing picture disturbance (’optimizing the
modulator’) 21......................................
Switching off the modulator 21.......................
8. Before you call an engineer 22.......................
9. GLOSSARY 23......................................
Technical terms used 23.............................
CONTENTS
3