Philips VR400 - Manual (Page 18)

Use ’Manual Recording’ to make a spontaneous recording (for
example, a programme currently being shown).
E If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read
the section: ’Recording without automatic switch-off’.
E If you want to start a recording manually but have it
stopped automatically, read the section: ’Recording with
automatic switch-off’.
E If you want to record a programme currently being
shown, read the section ’Direct record’.
E If you want a recording to be controlled automatically by
a satellite receiver, read the section entitled ’Automatic
recording from a satellite receiver’.
Recording without automatic switch-off
a Insert a cassette.
b Use the P q or P r button to select the programme
number you want to record, for example, ’P01’. On the
display appears:
BBC1
D When the function ’DIRECT RECORD’ is switched
on, the video recorder will automatically record the
TV programme selected on the TV set.
D When a TV channel transmits a channel name, it will
show on the video recorder display.
D Programme numbers ’E1’ and ’E2’ are for recording
from other sources (through scart sockets
EXT.1 AV 1 and EXT.2 AV 2 ).
c To start recording, press the RECORD/OTR n button on the
remote control or RECORD n on the video recorder. On
the display you will see:
0:00
d
Stop recording with the STOP h button.
Recording with automatic switch-off
(OTR one-touch-recording)
a Put a cassette in the machine.
b Use the P q or P r button to select the programme
number you want to record.
c Press the RECORD/OTR n button on the remote control.
d Press the RECORD/OTR n button again and again until the
display on the video recorder shows the desired end time
or length of the recording.
D To cancel this information, press the
CLEAR (CL), y button.
Protecting your recordings
So that you don’t accidentally delete an important recording,
remove the special tab on the narrow side of the cassette with
a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left. Later, if you
no longer want to protect your recording, you can seal the gap
again with sticky tape or slide the special tab to the right.
Auto-assembling
You can use the auto-assembling function to join individual
recordings without any major picture disturbance between
them.
a While the cassette is playing, search for the correct
position on the tape.
b Stop the cassette by pressing the STOP h button. ’ 9 ’
will appear in the display.
c
Now start recording as usual by pressing the
RECORD/OTR n button on the remote control.
Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)
You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it
possible to record, for example, eight-hours instead of
four-hours on an ’E240’ (four-hour) cassette.
a Switch on the TV set and, if required, select the
programme number for the video recorder.
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