Introduction 3, Welcome to your vcr owner’s manual, Helpful hint – Philips VR960BPH User Manual

Page 3: Features, Safety precautions, Declaration of conformity

Introduction 3

Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.

This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations;
Recording; Playing; Additional Features; and Information You May Need. The instructions explain all of the
VCR’s features, which are listed below.

• Your new product, its packaging, and

this manual contain materials that
can be recycled and reused.
Specialized companies can recycle
your product to increase the amount
of reusable materials and to
minimize the amount that needs to
be properly disposed.
Your product uses batteries that
should not be thrown away when
depleted but should be disposed of
as small chemical waste. Please find
out about the local regulations on
disposal of your old products,
batteries, manual, and packaging
whenever you replace existing
equipment.

Helpful Hint

The ENERGY STAR

name and logo are registered marks of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency. As an ENERGY STAR

Partner,

Philips Consumer Electronics has determined that this product meets

the ENERGY STAR

guidelines for energy efficiency.

SmartPicture and ShowGuard are trademarks of Philips Consumer Electronics.
VCR Plus+C

and PlusCode are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development

Corporation. The VCR Plus+ system is manufactured under license from Gemstar
Development Corporation.
Copyright 2000 Philips Consumer Electronics. All rights reserved.

Features

• Automatic Channel Setup
• Automatic Clock Setting
• Automatic Head Cleaner/Head Cleaning Warning
• Blue Background
• Child Lock
• Controller for Cable Box or Direct Broadcasting

System (DBS)

• Daylight-Savings Time
• Digital Studio Picture Control (DSPC)
• Hi-Fi Stereo Tape Playback
• Index Search
• Multi-Channel Television Sound (MTS) System
• 19 Micron Head
• On-Screen Menus in English, Spanish, or French
• Program Overlap Warning

• Quick Programming
• Record End Search
• Record Link
• Remote Control with Capability to Operate TV,

Cable Box, and Direct Broadcast System (DBS)

• Repeat Play
• S-VHS ET
• S-VHS Recording
• ShowGuard

-Indefinite Timer Recording Memory

• Skip Search
• SmartPicture

• Turbo Timer
• VCR Plus+ Programming System
• Video Stabilizer

Safety Precautions

Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose
this equipment to rain or moisture.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Warning: Any
unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment
void the user’s authority to operate it.
This VCR, equipped with a High Quality (HQ) System, is compatible
with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment. Philips
Consumer Electronics recommends that you use only video cassette
tapes that are labelled with the

mark or the S-VHS mark. The

use of other tapes may result in poor picture quality and excessive
deposits on the video heads, which may not be covered by the
warranty if damage occurs.

Note to the Cable TV System Installer: This reminder is provided to
call the Cable TV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the
National Electrical Code, which provides guidelines for proper
grounding – in particular, specifying that the cable ground shall be
connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the
point of cable entry as possible.

Declaration of Conformity

Model Number:

VR960BPH

Trade Name:

Philips

Responsible Party:

Philips Consumer Electronics
P.O. Box 14810
Knoxville, TN 37914-1810
(865) 521-4316