Philips VR605A/58 VCR User Manual


 
1. CONNECTING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 4..............
Placingthebatteriesintheremotecontrol4...........
ConnectingyourvideorecordertotheTVset4.........
Connectingwithascartcable4......................
Connectingwithoutascartcable5...................
Connectingotherequipment5........................
2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 6...............
Initialinstallation6..................................
Allocatingadecoder6..............................
ManualTVchannelsearch7.........................
Satellitereceiver7..................................
Specialinstallationfunctions7.......................
AutomaticTVchannelallocation(FollowTV)8.........
AutomaticTVchannelsearch8......................
Monitorfunction9..................................
SortingandclearingTVchannelsmanually9...........
Settingthelanguage9..............................
Settingthetimeanddate10..........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 11..............
Generalinformation11..............................
Savingenergy11...................................
Emergencyinterrupt11..............................
Thesymbolsonyourvideorecorderdisplay12.........
Summaryofuserguide13...........................
Userguide(OSD)13.................................
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 14..........................
Playingacassette14................................
PlayingNTSCcassettes14...........................
Tapepositionindication14...........................
Searchingfortapepositionwiththepicture(picture
search)15.........................................
Stillpicture/Slowmotion15..........................
Searchingfortapepositionwithoutthepicture(wind
andrewind)15.....................................
InstantView15.....................................
Automaticsearchforatapeposition(indexsearch)15..
Automaticsearchforablankspaceonthetape16.....
Pictureinterference16..............................
Trackingduringplayback16.........................
Trackingduringstillpicture16.......................
5. MANUAL RECORDING 17............................
Recordingwithoutautomaticswitch-off17............
Recordingwithautomaticswitch-off(OTR
one-touch-recording)17.............................
Protectingyourrecordings17........................
Auto-assembling17.................................
Selectingtherecordingspeed(SPorLP)18............
Automaticrecordingfromasatellitereceiver(SAT
RECORDING)18....................................
’DirectRecord19...................................
Switching’DirectRecordonoroff19.................
6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 20...............
’VPS(VideoProgrammingSystem)and’PDC’
(ProgrammeDeliveryControl)20.....................
Programmingarecording(with’ShowView’)20........
Programmingarecording(without’SHOWVIEW’)21....
Programmingarecordingwith’TURBOTIMER22......
Howtocheckorchangeaprogrammedrecording
(TIMER)23.........................................
Howtoclearaprogrammedrecording(TIMER)23......
7. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 24.........................
SwitchingtheTVsystem24..........................
Childlock24.......................................
Switchingtheon-screendisplay(OSD)offoron24.....
Continuousplayback25.............................
Automaticswitch-off25.............................
Reducingpicturedisturbance-optimizingthe
modulator26.......................................
Switchingoffthemodulator26.......................
Usingyourvideorecorderremotecontrolwithyour
TVset27..........................................
Selectingthesoundtrack27.........................
8. Before you call an engineer 28.......................
9. GLOSSARY 29......................................
Technicaltermsused29.............................
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