Philips VR220/07 - Manual

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A
Introduction 2 ....................................
Dear Philips customer, 2 ....................................................................................
Specifications 3 .....................................................................................................
Supplied accessories 3 ........................................................................................
Important notes regarding operation 4 ..........................................................
Special functions of your new video recorder 5 ..........................................
Important information for customers in Great Britain 7 ...........................
B
Connecting the video recorder 8 .....
Preparing the remote control for operation 8 .............................................
Connecting your video recorder to the TV set 8 ........................................
Connecting with a scart cable 9 .......................................................................
Connecting without a scart cable 10 ...............................................................
Connecting additional devices 11 .....................................................................
C
Installing your video recording 12 ...
Initial installation 12 .............................................................................................
Decoder allocation 13 ........................................................................................
Manual TV channel search 14 ............................................................................
Using the satellite receiver 15 ...........................................................................
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 ..............................................................................
D
Important notes for operation 21 ....
Navigation in the screen menu 21 ...................................................................
E
Playback 22 ........................................
Playing cassettes 22 ..............................................................................................
Playing back NTSC cassettes 23 .......................................................................
Displaying current tape position 23 .................................................................
Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 24 ............................
Still picture 24 .......................................................................................................
Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)
25 .............................................................................................................
Instant View 25 .....................................................................................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 25 .............................
Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 26 .....................................
F
Eliminating picture interference 27 .
Optimising tracking 27 ........................................................................................
Optimising still picture 27 ..................................................................................
G
Manual recording 28 ..........................
General information 28 ......................................................................................
Recording without automatic switch-off 28 ...................................................
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) 29 .
Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 29 ................................................
Lining up recordings (assemble cut) 29 ...........................................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) 30 .................................................
Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD
LINK)
31 ................................................................................................................
'Direct Record' 32 ...............................................................................................
Switching 'Direct Record' on or off 33 ...........................................................
H
Programming a recording
(TIMER) 34 ..............................................
General information 34 ......................................................................................
Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+') 34 .....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 36 ............................
Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+) 37 .................................
Problem solving for programmed recordings 38 ..........................................
Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER' 39 ....................................
Problems and solutions for programmed recordings 40 ............................
How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER) 41 .
I
Other functions 42 ............................
Changing the video (colour) system 42 ..........................................................
Child lock 43 .........................................................................................................
Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on 44 ...................................
Switch off the clock display 45 ..........................................................................
Continuous playback 46 .....................................................................................
Automatic switch-off 47 .....................................................................................
J
Suppressing interference 48 .............
Optimising the modulator 48 ............................................................................
Switching the modulator on / off 49 ................................................................
K
Before you call an engineer 50 .........
HOTLINE telephone numbers 50 ....................................................................
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