Bbc1, Recording, Long play function – Philips TYPE VR 175 User Manual

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Insert a cassette or switch the video recorder on with the

P q

button.

Use the

P r

P q

button or the

0-9

buttons to

select the programme number from which you wish to
record, e.g. ’P 01’ .

BBC1

Press the

RECORD 5

button.

0:00

To stop recording, press the

STOP h

button.

Long play function

You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it
possible to record, for example, 8 hours instead of 4 hours on
an ’E240’ cassette.

Before recording, with the video recorder switched on, select
the ’LP’ (=LongPlay) recording speed by pressing the

SP/LP

button. ’LP’ will appear in the display.

Note: During picture scanning, still picture and slow
motion colour playback may be poor.
* You will obtain the best picture quality when recording
at standard speed (’SP’).

Some general notes for recording

• Recording from external sources: Programme numbers

’E1’ and ’E2’ are provided for recording from external
sources (via the

EXT.1

EXT.2

scart socket).

• OTR - recording: If you do not want to record to the end

of the cassette, press the

RECORD 5

button again.

The display shows at what time the recording will stop.
With each subsequent press of the

RECORD 5

button

you can add 30 minutes to this time.
You can return to the normal recording status by pressing
the

CLEAR (CL)

button.

• Erase protection: So that you don’t accidentally delete an

important recording, you can remove the special tab
(erase protection) on the narrow side of the cassette with
a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left.
Later, if you no longer want the cassette to be erase
protected, you can seal the gap again with adhesive tape
or slide the special tab to the right.

• Auto-assembling: You can use the auto-assembling func-

tion to join individual recordings without any major
picture disturbance between the recordings. During
playback, search for the correct position on the tape and
then press the

hSTOP/JEJECT

button.

will appear in

the display. Now you can start recording as usual by
pressing the

RECORD 5

button.

During Stop

or Pause

you can switch between the

display for channel name and tape position, using the

button.

RECORDING