Philips VR605A/58 VCR User Manual


 
Playing a cassette
a Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ’v’ will appear on
the display.
b Press the PLAYG button.
This will, for example, appear in the display.
0:00:02
c To stop, press the STOPh button.
d To eject the cassette, press STOP/EJECT h/J on the video
recorder when the video recorder is in STOP mode.
DSome functions switch off automatically after a
while (for example, pause, still picture, picture
search). This helps to protect the cassette and
avoids wasting power.
DFor playback, the correct recording speed will
automatically be selected. Please read the section
’Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)’ in the
chapter ’MANUAL RECORDING’.
Playing NTSC cassettes
With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for
example, American cassettes). But this only works for
PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency
of 60 Hz.
DWhen you play an NTSC cassette ’60HZ’ will appear
on the display.
DSome special features (for example, still picture) are
not possible while you are playing an NTSC
cassette.
Tape position indication
When playing a tape, by pressing the OK button, you can
show the present tape position on the TV screen.
You have a choise of selecting ’LINEAR’or’T.LEFT’.
LINEAR’ will show the tape position in hours, minutes
and seconds.
T.LEFT’ will show the actual amount of
playing/recording time left on the tape in hours and
minutes.
DWhen you play an NTSC cassette, the video
recorder will only show ’LINEAR’.
a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
b Press MENU on the remote control. The main menu will
appear.
c Select the line ’SPECIAL SETTINGS’ with ;P q or
rP = and confirm with OK .
SPECIAL SETTINGS
OSD è ON p
CLOCK DISPLAY OFF
COUNTER T.LEFT
SAT RECORDING OFF
REPEAT PLAY OFF
DIRECT RECORD OFF
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EXITpMENU STOREpOK
d Select the line ’COUNTER’ with ;P q or rP = .
e Select ’LINEAR’or’T.LEFT’ with Q or P and
confirm with OK .
DThe counter ’LINEAR’ will be set to ’0:00:00’ when
you put a cassette in the machine. You can also
reset the tape position to ’0:00:00’ when you press
CLEAR (CL) .
DIf you rewind a cassette from the tape position
0:00:00’, the counter ’LINEAR’ will show for
instance, ’-0:01:20’ (the cassette will be rewound
to 1 minute and 20 seconds before ’0:00:00’).
DIf there is an empty space on the tape, the counter
LINEAR’ will stop running.
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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