Philips VR220/55 User Manual

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Timer Recording

Using On-Screen Display

You can display the VCR operating status on the
TV screen.

❍

Select VCR Set Up Mode

1 Press

VCR

2 Press

3 Press

PLAY

5 or

STOP

∞ to select“VCR SET

UP” then press

OK/STATUS

❍

Select On-Screen Mode

1 Press

PLAY

5 or

STOP

∞ to select “ON

SCREEN MODE”.

2 Press

3. Each time you press the button, the

setting changes.
ON:

When you press a tape running button (Stop,
Play, etc.), the VCR status appears for 5
seconds.

COUNTER:

When you press a tape running button, the VCR
operating status appears for 5 seconds.
After 5 seconds, the VCR status disappears
except the time counter.

OFF:

The VCR operating status does not appear even
if you press a tape running button.

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Finish Setting

Press

To display the VCR status on the TV screen
manually, press

OK/STATUS

. The VCR status

appears for about 5 seconds.
• If “ON SCREEN MODE” is set to “OFF,” no

VCR status appears though you press

OK/

STATUS

One Touch Recording (OTR)

The OTR function lets you quickly specify how
long you want a recording to continue. You do not
have to programme the timer.

❍

On TV

1 Turn on the TV.
2 Select the video channel (or AV mode).

❍

On VCR

Insert a cassette with the record tab in place.
The VCR turns on.
• If a cassette is already in the VCR, turn on the

VCR.

❍

Select Channel

Press

5 or ∞ or

Number

buttons to select the

channel to record.

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Start OTR

Press

REC/OTR

● twice.

Recording starts immediately, and the (Record)
indicator lights up and blinks on the display.
This indicates that the VCR
will automatically shut off after
30 minutes of recording.

❍

Select Recording Length

Press

REC/OTR

● repeatedly until the desired

recording length appears.
Each time you press the button, recording length
increases in 30-minute intervals.

0:30

1:00

1:30

5:30

6:00

REC (Normal recording)

To check time remaining during an OTR
Press

OK/STATUS

To change the recording length during an OTR
Press

REC/OTR

● repeatedly until the desired

length appears.

OTR(0:30)

CH12

To record while you’re away, follow step 1 — 9
below. For each programme you set, the VCR will
turn on, start recording, and turn off automatically.
You can store up to 8 programmes.

FOR EACH STEP BELOW, YOU NEED TO FINISH
WITHIN 60 SECONDS; OTHERWISE,
PROGRAMMING WILL HAVE TO BE RESTARTED
FROM STEP 1.

❍

Select Timer Mode

1 Press

VCR

2 Press

TIMER.

The Timer

Recording menu appears.

❍

Select Programme mode

Press

PLAY

5 or

STOP

∞ to

select “QUICK PROGRAMM-
ING”, then press

OK/STATUS

The Quick Programming menu
appears.

• If you have already set 8 programmes, “ALL PRO-

GRAMS IN USE” appears and goes back to the Timer
Recording menu. If this happens, delete unwanted
programmes. (✈P.14)

❍

Select Channel

Press

5 or ∞ to enter the TV channel.

• Holding down

5 or ∞ rapidly scans through the

channels.

• To record from external line input, press

5 or ∞

until “A/V REAR” or “A/V FRONT” appears.

❍

Select Start Time

Press

START +

–

(Number button

• Each time you press the button, the set time changes by

1-minute intervals. If you hold the button, the set time
changes by 30-minute intervals.

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Select Stop Time

Press

STOP +

–

(Number

button

• Each time you press the button,

the set time changes by 1-minute
intervals. If you hold the button,
the set time changes by 30-minute
intervals.

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Select Tape Speed

Press

ALT/SPEED

• Each time you press the button, the tape speed

alternates between SP, LP and SLP.
SP, LP: For PAL signal.
SP, SLP: For NTSC signal.

❍

Select Start Date

Press

DATE +

–

(Number button

• The year and day of the week are displayed

automatically.

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Confirm Programme

Press

TIMER

OK/STATUS

“PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED” appears on the
TV screen.
After 5 seconds, the above message disappears, and
the normal TV picture resumes. The

(Timer)

indicator lights up on the display.
• If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED” appears,

try again from step 1.

• If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED/PRO-

GRAM OVERLAP”

appears on the TV screen, the

timer recording you just programmed overlaps another
timer recording. (✈P.13)

If you want to store other programmes, repeat steps
1 to 8.

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Finish Settings

Press

POWER

to turn off the VCR.

The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take
place. If you forget to turn off the VCR, PLEASE TURN
OFF VCR FOR TIMER RECORDING flashes on your TV
screen two minutes before a timer recording starts. To
remove the message, press the

CLEAR

button.

If you want to record the same programme daily, press

DAILY

(Number button

) during step 3 through 7.

(Press the button again to cancel.)
The VCR will record a TV programme every day
(Monday through Friday) at the same time and length.
(Daily Recording)
If you want to record the same programme weekly,
press

WEEKLY

(Number button

) during step 3 through

7. (Press the button again to cancel.)
The VCR will record a TV programme once a week at the
same day, time and length. (Weekly Recording)
If you want to cancel the currently set programme,
press

CLEAR

After a timer recording has taken place
Press

POWER

to turn on the VCR. You can operate your

VCR normally.
To stop a started timer recording
Press

POWER

Recording stops and the VCR turns off.
If it is a Daily or Weekly Recording, future recordings
will be carried out as programmed.

.....

To cancel an OTR
Press

STOP

7 to stop recording before the preset

recording length is reached.
If you want to cancel the OTR mode but continue
recording, press

REC/OTR

● several times until

“OTR” changes to “REC” on the TV screen.

Notes:
• During recording, the displayed time counts down.

When “0:00” is reached, recording stops and the
VCR turns off automatically.

• If an OTR is engaged during pause, the displayed

time counts down normally, but recording does
not begin until you cancel the pause.

QUICK PROGRAMMING

PROGRAM REVIEW

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK
END: TIMER

ONE TIME PROGRAM
PROGRAM 1
CHANNEL+/–
START +/– – –:– –
STOP +/– – –:– –
REC SPEED SP
DATE +/– – –/– –/– –

DAILY: 8 WEEKLY: 9
CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER

– –

ONE TIME PROGRAM
PROGRAM 1
CHANNEL+/–
START +/– 20 : 00

STOP +/– 22 : 00

REC SPEED SP
DATE +/– – –/– –/– –

DAILY: 8 WEEKLY: 9
CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER