Philips VR727 - Manual (Page 35)

VCR t / VCR 2 switch-over
This is an important function for you if you have two video
recorders which accept the same remote control code.
You can quite easiiy change the remote control code for
this video recorder and this remote control, so as to pre­
vent the unintentional operation of the wrong video record­
er.
O Switch off the video recorder with button iiSIAN.DBSi
Now press button l;iLlN.STALL;,j on the video recorder.
The dispiay of the video recorder wili show the indica­
tor for the 'TEST PICTURE'.
Press i.;SET....Cl,OCK on the jemote control (buttons
JjQPA^i.i and CASSETJEjltogether). The remote
control display will show, e.g.:
O Press button i..i..SELECX„L,i (remote control) for more
than five seconds until 'VCR 2' appears in the display.
O
Press i.;SET.. CUCCKiJon the remote control.
O
Press button on the remote con­
trol. The video recorder is now switched over.
O
If you want to switch the set back to 'VCR 1', simply
follow the same sequence.
The remote control again shows 'VCR 1'.
Auto-dimmer
You can choose the brightness of the display on the video
recorder when it is switched off.
To do this, switch off the video recorder with button
Li.STANPBY,,0^:Ol and use button ¿+¡5 or on the
remote control to select the brightness you require.
Automatic switch-off
If the video recorder is not operated for several minutes
during one of the following functions, the function is
switched off.
This protects your cassette and prevents unnecessary pow­
er consumption.
The video recorder is:
in STOP
in EJECT
in STILL
in SCANNING it switches off
it switches off
it switches to PLAYBACK
it switches to PLAYBACK
View mode
You can make use of extra functions with an appliance con­
nected to socket ii.SOLERC^L„2i.;i. This appliance could be
another video recorder, a decoder, a satellite receiver, or a
video-CD player.
When the video recorder is switched off, the AV-Eurocon-
nection from the second appliance to the TV set is still con­
nected.
If your second appliance transmits a control signal, for ex­
ample, during playback, this video recorder recognises this
and automatically switches over to 'View Mode'. You can
switch the 'View Mode' on and off with button
liviMiioRli
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Note: If you have selected an external AV-Eurosocket for the
programme number ('El' or 'E2'), the video recorder cannot
switch over to 'View Mode'.
The new 16:9 wide screen standard
This video recorder is suitable for wide screen TV sets.
If a wide screen '16:9' identification is received during a
video recording from an external source (e.g.: MAC-decod-
er) via the EXTERNAL 2 socket, this identification is re­
corded too.
P.Hr.i. 0 . 9 ..P.!.ayback, this identification is conveyed from the
!:S.^TjRNAL.iji socket via an AV-Euro-cable to the TV set.
If the TV set is not equipped for playing back wide screen
pictures or cannot handle the identification, switch the vid­
eo recorder to the normal 4:3 format. To do this, look it up
in Chapter 1, section 'Setting the display language and the
clock', step O •
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