User manual PHILIPS VR675

[. . . ] & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF The remote control RECORD/OTR n Record STANDBY m Standby SELECT Front of the set STANDBY m Standby r q RECORD 5 AUTOINSTALL hSTOP/JEJECT H Down/Minus, programme number Up/Plus, programme number Record Installation Stop/Cassette eject Rewind/Reverse scanning Function selector TIMER k 'VIDEOPlus' or 'TIMER' programming CLEAR (CL) 0-9 MONITOR OK Pr Pq Reset, clear Digit buttons 0-9 TV monitor function Confirm button Down/Minus, programme number Up/Plus, programme number PLAY G Playback I Forward wind/ Forward scanning PLAY G Playback H I Rewind/Reverse scanning Forward wind/ Forward scanning STOP h Pause/Stop, Tuner-mode INDEX E SP/LP STILL R Index search (SP/LP) selection Still picture SYSTEM Special function & Programming with 'VIDEOPlus+' All the information required for a programming is contained encoded in the VIDEOPlus+ code. 1 2 3 How to programme a recording manually 1 2 Switch on the TV set. Press the TIMER k button on the remote control. DATE PROG START V/P END 01 01 20:00 21:30 Please enter the VIDEOPlus+ -code (up to 9 digits) printed in your TV guide next to the start time of a TV programme. If you want to programme at daily or weekly intervals, press the SELECT button until 'D-DAILY' (daily intervals) or 'W-WEEKLY' (weekly intervals) appears in the display. The 'daily intervals' function can only be used for recordings to be made from Mondays to Fridays inclusive. [. . . ] During Stop h or Pause 9 you can switch between the display for TV-channel name and tape position, using the OK button. 2 Use the or P q button or the 0-9 buttons to select the programme number from which you wish to record, e. g. 'P 01' . · BBC1 3 Press the RECORD 5 button. · 0:00 4 To stop recording, press the STOP h button. Long play function You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it possible to record, for example, 8 hours instead of 4 hours on an 'E240' cassette. Before recording, with the video recorder switched on, select the 'LP' (=LongPlay) recording speed by pressing the SP/LP button. Note: During picture scanning, still picture and slow motion colour playback may be poor. * You will obtain the best picture quality when recording at standard speed ('SP'). How to programme a recording The video recorder needs the following information for every programmed recording: * the date on which the recording is to be made * the programme number for the TV channel * the start and stop time of the recording * 'PDC' on or off The set stores all the information mentioned above in what is known as a TIMER block. With 'PDC' (Programme Delivery Control), the TV station controls the beginning and the length of the programmed recording. This means that the video recorder switches itself on and off at the right time even if a TV programme you have programmed begins earlier or finishes later than expected. If, however, in the TV guide, in addition to a TV programme's start time, a different PDC time is given, e. g. : '20. 15 (PDC 20. 14)', you have to enter '20. 14' as the start time exactly to the minute. If you want to enter a time that differs from the PDC time, you have to switch off 'PDC'. Some general notes for recording · Recording from external sources: Programme numbers 'E1' and 'E2' are provided for recording from external sources (via the EXT. 1 or EXT. 2 scart socket). OTR - recording: If you do not want to record to the end of the cassette, press the RECORD 5 button again. With each subsequent press of the RECORD 5 button you can add 30 minutes to this time. You can return to the normal recording status by pressing the CLEAR (CL) button. · 7 Programming with 'VIDEOPlus+' All the information required for a programming is contained encoded in the VIDEOPlus+ code. 1 Switch on the TV set. 2 Press the TIMER k 7 Make sure that a cassette without erase protection has been loaded. A programmed recording will only function when the video recorder is switched to standby with the STANDBY m button. Note: * VIDEOPlus+ Aerial-code numbers: With this set, VIDEOPlus+ aerial-code numbers will be allocated automatically. button on the remote control. 3 Please enter the VIDEOPlus+ code (up to 9 digits) printed in your TV guide next to the start time of a TV programme. If you make a mistake, clear with the CLEAR (CL) button. VIDEOPLUS 53124---- Programming recordings manually 1 Switch on the TV set. Press the 3 With the TIMER k ONCE -----------------------D/WgSELECT CLEAR gCL 0-9 OK 4 If you want to programme at daily or weekly intervals, press the SELECT button until 'D-DAILY' (daily intervals) or 'W-WEEKLY' (weekly intervals) appears on the TV screen. The 'daily intervals' function can only be used for recordings to be made from Mondays to Fridays inclusive. 5 Confirm the entries with the OK TIMER k button you can select between the entries 'DATE' (date), 'PROG' (programme number), 'START' (start time) and 'END' (stop time). You can switch 'PDC' (V/P) on and off at step 'START' with the SELECT button. You can select between 'D' (daily intervals) or 'W' (weekly intervals) at step 'DATE' with the SELECT button. The resultant been completed. 5 Make sure that a cassette without erase protection has data appear on the TV screen. [. . . ] In this case you will find that the picture quality on your TV set will be poor when receiving one or more TV channels. * Adjusting the modulator frequency: If the picture quality only deteriorates when the video recorder is switched on, adjust the modulator frequency. The frequency can be adjusted at step 2with the P r or the P q button. * Switching off the modulator: If you cannot eliminate picture or sound interference using the above method you can switch off the built-in modulator. [. . . ]