Philips VR205/05 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 6.........................
Channel number or frequency display 7...............
Satellite receiver 7..................................
Special installation functions 7.......................
Automatic TV channel allocation (Follow TV) 7.........
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 8...........
Monitor function 8..................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 8...........
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 13..............................
Tracking during playback 13.........................
Tracking during still picture 13.......................
Cleaning the video heads 13.........................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 14............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 14............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 14.............................
Protecting your recordings 14........................
Auto-assembling 14.................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 15............
Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 15....................................
Switching on ’Direct Record’ 15......................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 16...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) (UK) 16.................
Programming a recording (with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 16.......
Programming a recording (without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 17....
How to check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 18.........................................
How to clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 18......
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 19.........................
Child lock 19.......................................
Setting the on-screen display (OSD) 19................
Continuous playback 19.............................
Automatic switch-off (tuner mode) 19.................
Reducing picture disturbance (’optimizing the
modulator’) 20......................................
Switching off the modulator 20.......................
8. Before you call an engineer 21.......................
9. GLOSSARY 22......................................
Technical terms used 22.............................
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