Philips VR400 - Manual (Page 16)

Playing a cassette
a
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ’ v ’ will appear on
the display.
b
Press the PLAY G button.
c
To stop, press the STOP h button.
d
To eject the cassette, press the STOP/EJECT ? button
on the video recorder.
D Some functions switch off automatically after a
while (for example, pause, still picture, picture
search). This helps to protect the cassette and
avoids wasting power.
Playing NTSC cassettes
With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for
example, American cassettes). But this only works for
PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency
of 60 Hz.
D Some special features (for example, still picture) are
not possible while you are playing an NTSC
cassette.
Tape position indication
By pressing the OK button, you can show the present tape
position on the TV screen.
If you want to see the tape position, you can select ’ LINEAR
COUNTER’ (to show the present position on the tape in hours,
minutes and seconds) or ’
TIME LEFT’.
D When you play an NTSC cassette, the video
recorder will only show ’ LINEAR COUNTER’.
a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
b Press the MENU button on the remote control. The main
menu will appear.
c Select the line ’ COUNTER’ with the P q or P r button
and confirm with the OK button.
d Select the type of counter with the P q button and
confirm with the OK button.
D To reset the tape position ’LINEAR COUNTER’ to
’0:00:00’, press the CLEAR (CL), y button.
e
To end, press the TV/STANDBY m button.
D This video recorder will automatically recognise the
length of the tape.
D When you put a cassette in the video recorder and
you want to see ’ TIME LEFT’, the video recorder
must first calculate the time played. Therefore, ’-:--’
appears first and only after the tape has been
running for a few seconds the playing time will be
shown.
D If the video recorder does not find a recording at a
certain tape position with ’ LINEAR COUNTER’
switched on, the counter will stop.
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
a
While a cassette is playing, press the [ (reverse) or
I (forward) button once or several times.
b
To stop at a certain picture, press the PLAY G button.
D During picture search, the picture quality may not be
so good and there will be no sound.
Still picture/Slow motion
a
Press the STILL R button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
b Each time you press STILL R again, the picture will
move on one step.
c When you hold the STILL R button, the tape will be
played in slow motion.
d When you press the I button several times, you have
a choice of several playback speeds.
During slow motion there will be no sound.
4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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