Philips VR400 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 7..............................
Manual TV channel search 7.........................
Channel number or frequency display 8...............
Satellite receiver 8..................................
Special installation functions 8.......................
Automatic TV channel allocation (Follow TV) 8.........
Automatic TV channel search 9......................
Monitor function 9..................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 9...........
Setting the language 10.............................
Setting the time and date 10..........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 11..............
General information 11..............................
Saving energy 11...................................
Emergency interrupt 11..............................
The symbols on your video recorder display 11.........
Summary of user guide 12...........................
User guide (OSD) 12.................................
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 13..........................
Playing a cassette 13................................
Playing NTSC cassettes 13...........................
Tape position indication 13...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 13.........................................
Still picture/Slow motion 13..........................
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind
and rewind) 14.....................................
Instant View 14.....................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 14..
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 14.....
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 15.................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 15............
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................
Continuous playback 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.............................
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