Table of contents
AIntroduction 2....................................
DearPhilipscustomer,2....................................................................................
Specifications3.....................................................................................................
Supplied accessories 3........................................................................................
Important notes regarding operation 4..........................................................
Special functions of your new video recorder 5..........................................
Important information for customers in Great Britain 6...........................
BConnecting the video recorder 7.....
Preparing the remote control for operation 7.............................................
Connecting your video recorder to the TV set 7........................................
Connecting with a scart cable 8.......................................................................
Connecting without a scart cable 9.................................................................
Connecting additional devices 10.....................................................................
CInstalling your video recording 11...
Initial installation 11.............................................................................................
Decoder allocation 12........................................................................................
Manual TV channel search 13............................................................................
Using the satellite receiver 14...........................................................................
Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV) 15......................................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 17.............................................
Monitor function 18............................................................................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 18...............................................
Setting the time and date 20..............................................................................
DImportant notes for operation 21....
Navigation in the screen menu 21...................................................................
ETape List 22........................................
General information 22......................................................................................
Adding a cassette to the Tape List 22.............................................................
Editing recording titles 23..................................................................................
Searching for a title in the Tape List 24..........................................................
Removing a title from the Tape List 25..........................................................
FPlayback 26........................................
Playing cassettes 26..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 27.......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 27.................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 28............................
Still picture / slow motion 28............................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind) 29.............................................................................................................
Instant View 29.....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 29.............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 30.....................................
GEliminating picture interference 31.
Optimising tracking 31........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 31..................................................................................
HManual recording 32..........................
General information 32......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 32...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 33.
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 33................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 34...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 34.................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK) 35................................................................................................................
'Direct Record' 36...............................................................................................
Switching 'Direct Record' on or off 37...........................................................
IProgramming a recording
(TIMER) 38..............................................
General information 38......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+') 39.....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 41............................
Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+) 42.................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 44..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 45....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 46............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 47.
JOther functions 48............................
Changing the video (colour) system 48..........................................................
Child lock 49.........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 49...................................
Switch off the clock display 50..........................................................................
Switching the remote control command 51..................................................
Continuous playback 52.....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 53.....................................................................................
Selecting the sound channel 54.........................................................................
KSuppressing interference 55.............
Optimising the modulator 55............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 56................................................................
LBefore you call an engineer 57.........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 57....................................................................
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