Philips VR9185 DVR 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 without 5...............
Connecting without a scart cable 6...................
Connecting a decoder or other equipment 6............
2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 7...............
Initial installation 7..................................
Allocating a decoder 7..............................
Manual TV channel search 8.........................
Satellite receiver 8..................................
Special installation functions 9.......................
Automatic TV Channel Allocation 9...................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 10..........
Monitor function 10.................................
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 10..........
Setting the time and date 11..........................
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 12..............
General information 12..............................
Saving energy 12...................................
Emergency interrupt 12..............................
The symbols on your video recorder display 12.........
Summary of user guide 13...........................
User guide (OSD) 13.................................
4. THE TAPE MANAGER (TM) 14........................
Adding a cassette to the Tape Manager 14............
Searching for a title 14..............................
Searching for a blank part of the tape 15...............
Editing the title 15...................................
Copying the Tape Manager memory 16................
5. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 17..........................
Playing a cassette 17................................
Playing NTSC cassettes 17...........................
Tape position indication 17...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 17.........................................
Still picture/Slow motion 18..........................
The JOG/SHUTTLE functions on the video recorder 18...
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind
and rewind) 18.....................................
Instant View 18.....................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 18..
Selecting the picture setting 19.......................
Picture interference 19..............................
Cleaning the video heads 19.........................
6. MANUAL RECORDING 20............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 20............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 20.............................
Protecting your recordings 20........................
Auto-assembling 20.................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 21............
Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 21....................................
Switching on ’Direct Record’ 22......................
7. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 23...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) 23.....................
Programming a recording (with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 23.......
Programming a recording (without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 24....
How to check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 25.........................................
How to clear a programmed recording (TIMER) 26......
’NexTView Link’ 26..................................
8. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 27.........................
Changing the TV system 27..........................
Child lock 27.......................................
Switching the ’on-screen display’ (OSD) on or off 28....
Switching to 16:9 wide screen picture 28..............
Switching the remote control command 29.............
Continuous playback 29.............................
Automatic switch-off (tuner mode) 30.................
Reducing picture disturbance 31.....................
Switching off the modulator 31.......................
Using your video recorder remote control with your
TV set 32..........................................
Manual audio control 32.............................
Recording audio only 32.............................
Audio dubbing 33...................................
Selecting the sound track 33.........................
Synchronous editing (synchro-edit) 34................
Connecting the video recorder and the camera
recorder. 34........................................
Starting synchro-edit 34.............................
Variant 1, the video recorder is to control the
camera recorder 35.................................
Variant 2, the camera recorder is to control the
video recorder 35...................................
Setting the ’preroll time’ 35...........................
9. Before you call an engineer 36.......................
10. GLOSSARY 37......................................
Technical terms used 37.............................
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