Philips VR 107 User Manual

Video Cassette Recorder

Instructions for use

VR107/75

ongratulations on purchasing your new VCR. Spare a few moments to read this instruction

manual to get better results, and to avoid any costly mistakes.

WARNING : DANGEROUS VOLTAGE INSIDE

WARNING : TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN

Safety Precaution

Features

SQPB

OR MOISTURE.

❒ The POWER button does not completely shut off the mains power from the unit, but

switches operating current on or off only.

❒ The rating plate is on the rear of the unit.

When the equipment is installed in a cabinet or a shelf, make sure that it has sufficient space on all sides to allow for ventilation (10 cm or more on both sides, on top and at the rear.)

When discarding batteries, environmental problems must be considered and the local rules or laws governing the disposal of these batteries must be followed strictly.

Failure to heed the following precautions may result in damage to the VCR, remote control or video cassette.

DO NOT place the VCR . . .

... in an environment prone to extreme temperatures or humidity. ... in direct sunlight. ... in a dusty environment. ... in an environment where strong magnetic fields are generated. ... on a surface that is unstable or subject to vibration.

DO NOT block the VCR's ventilation openings or holes.

(If the ventilation openings or holes are blocked by a newspaper or cloth, etc., the heat may not be able to get out.)

DO NOT place heavy objects on the VCR or remote control.

DO NOT place anything which might spill on top of the VCR or remote control.

(If water or liquid is allowed to enter this equipment, fire or electric shock may be caused.)

DO NOT expose the apparatus to dripping or splashing.

DO NOT use this equipment in a bathroom or places with water. Also DO NOT place any containers filled with

water or liquids (such as cosmetics or medicines, flower vases, potted plants, cups, etc.) on top of this unit.

DO NOT place any naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, on the apparatus.

AVOID violent shocks to the VCR during transport.

❍ SmartPicture ❍ One Touch Recording ❍ Child Lock ❍ On Screen Display ❍ Automatic Operations ❍ Timer Recording ❍ Index Search

LPT0562-001A

Description of CControls

Front panel

PLAY

REC

REW/CH-

FF/CH+

REC

CASS

TIMER

POWER

Rear panel

POWER

Display Window

REC

TIMER

CASS

POWER

On- Screen Display

PLAY 10:00PM

CH12

33 44

44 55

AUTO

B-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----E AUTO

REMAIN 2:30 INDEX - 1 LP 0:00:00

Getting CConnected UUp

POWER button

Cassette Compartment

66 77

88 99

99 00

REC ¶ button

Display Window (see below)

51 REW/CH- button

6¡ FF/CH+ button

STOP/EJECT 7/0 button

IR (infrared) remote sensor

PLAY 3 button

CH button

AC power cord

AUDIO IN (input) jack

AUDIO OUT (output) jack

ANT. (antenna) IN (input) terminal

(✈ P.4)

VIDEO IN (input) jacks (✈P.4, P.13)

VIDEO OUT (output) jack

RF OUT (output) terminal (to TV)

(✈ P.4)

POWER indicator

CASS(ette) indicator

REC(ording) indicator

TIMER indicator

Operation mode

SmartPicture Setting

Colour Mode

Remaining tape length

Tape speed

Current time

Channel Number

Tape position indicator

Time counter

Index Number

STOP/EJECT

ANT.IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

(✈P.12)

(✈P.8, P.10, P.13)

(✈P.8, P.10, P.11)

(✈P.5, P.8)

(✈P.8, P.9, P.10)

(✈P.5, P.6, P.8, P.9, P.14)

(✈P.4, P.13)

(✈P.4,P.13)

(✈P.4, P.13)

(✈P.5, P.9)

(✈P.5, P.10)

(✈P.5, P.12)

Remote Control

POWER

VCR/TV

TV CH

TV VOL

REC/OTR

55 66

+ +

START STOP

DAILY

SMART

PICTURE

STILL/SLOW

99 00

00 !!

1 1

3 3

5 5

Buttons

, and

3 3

5 5

some of PHILIPS TVs. Button to the previously selected channel on TV.

To insert the batteries:

Install two AA batteries R6 (SUM-3)/AA - matching the polarity indicated inside the battery comparment.

CAUTION On Battery Replacement

Do not mix old and new batteries. (Also never mix alkaline batteries with manganese batteries.)

VCR

SPEED

EJECT

OK/STATUS

PLAY

REW

STOP

TIMER

VCR CH

DATE

WEEKLY

ALT

S.SEARCH

CLEAR

AUDIO

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can be used to operate

w w

is used to go back

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f f

f TV (POWER) button

f f

VCR/TV button

$0 EJECT button

((

(

((

))

)

))

(does not function for this model)

TV CH (channel) 5 / ∞ button MENU button TV VOL (volume) REC (record)/OTR ● button NUMBER buttons (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) SMARTPICTURE button CLEAR button STILL/SLOW – /™ button STILL/SLOW button

f f

f VCR (POWER) button

f f

SPEED button

PLAY / 5 button OK/STATUS button FF /3 button REW /2 button TIMER button STOP / VCR CH (channel) 5 / ∞ button

P.11, P.13)

ALT button S.(Skip) SEARCH button AUDIO button STILL/SLOW + /£ button

(✈P.11, P.12)

(✈P.12, P.13)

(✈P.5,P.8)

(✈P.11,P.12)

∞∞

∞

button

∞∞

(does not function for this model)

∞∞

∞

buttons

∞∞

(✈P.8, P.9)

(✈P.9)

(✈P.8, P.10, P.13)

(✈P.11)

(✈P.9)

(✈P.8, P.12)

(✈P.5, P.9,

(✈P.9)

VCR to TV Connection Using RF Cable

11 Disconnect the antenna or cable from the TV.

22 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN terminal on the back of the VCR.

33 Connect the VCR to the TV using the RF coaxial cable.

44 Plug the AC power cords of the VCR and TV into the AC outlets.

Outdoor antenna

Cable

CAUTION

Do not plug the AC power cords until all connections are completed.

Note: For customers in Australia;

to 2, 7, 9, 10, & 28.

Back of VCR

This VCR is factory pretuned

Indoor antenna

ANT. IN

ANT.IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

To watch a picture from this VCR on the TV

For customers in Australia;

- select UHF channel 38 (597.25 MHz)(video channel of this VCR when shipped from factory). If you want to change video channel to another channel (between 28 and 60), see “Setting the Video Channel” on page 5. For customers in New Zealand;

- set video channel (✈P.5).

VHF

UHF

RF coaxial cable

Back of TV

VCR to TV Connection Using AUDIO/VIDEO Cable

If your TV has audio/video connectors, complete the connection below to get better pictures and sounds when playing back a tape. To watch a picture from this VCR on the TV, select the AV mode on the TV.

Note: Even if you are using this

AV connection, you must also complete the RF connection above.

Back of VCR

To VIDEO/AUDIO OUT jacks

Audio cable

ANT.IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

Video cable

Back of TV

To video and audio input jacks

●

Setting UUp

Setting the Video Channel

This VCR is designed to send picture and sound signal on UHF channel 38(597.25 MHz) to the TV, through the RF coaxial cable.

1 Make sure the VCR is turned off and no

cassette is inserted.

2 Press STOP/EJECT 7 /0 on the front panel for

more than 5 seconds. The POWER indicator on the display window will blink.

REC

TIMER

CASS

POWER

3 Press PLAY 5or STOP ∞ on the remote

control to select the TV system.

The mode indicators tell the TV system as

described in the table below.

Country

System

West Europe, ASEAN

B/G

countries, New Zealand

China, Russia,

D/K

East Europe

Hong Kong, South

Afrika, United Kingdom

Australia

4 Press OK/STATUS. 5 Turn on the TV, and tune it to UHF channel 38.

• If two vertical white bars appear clearly on the TV screen, press OK/STATUS and go to step 6.

• If the two vertical white bars do not appear clearly,

PLAY 5or STOP

press to set the video channel to any vacant channel betweenchannel 28 to 60.

• The mode indicators tell channel position. The indicators light and blink at different speed by the channel position as shown in the table in the next column.The POWER indicator blinks and the REC indicator lights up regardless of the channel number.

6 Press OK/STATUS.

The CASS and TIMER indicator will turn off. You will now enter the Clock Setting mode explained on the next column.

Indicator

POWER

CASS REC TIMER

blink blink blink

blink

blink blink blink

off

blink

off

blink

off

blink

∞

on the remote control

Test signal (two vertical white bars)

CHANNEL

indicator

51 - 59

41 - 49

37 - 39

light

blink

31 - 35

light blink

light

To watch a picture from this VCR on the TV,

select the same channel you have selected as the video channel on the TV.

Note: If you use only external video input (AV) mode to watch the picture from this VCR, you can turn off the

video channel output. To turn off the video output channel, press

VCR CH

indicators on the display window are off.

Menu Operations

Before operating the VCR, be familiar with the menu operations first because most of the features built into the VCR can be available only on the menus.

1 Press VCR on the remote control. 2 Press MENU to display the main menu screen. 3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select a desired

feature on the menu, then press OK/STATUS.

4 When you select a feature, go to the section in

this manual and follow the instructions described there.

To go back to the previous menu screen, press REW 2. To change the setting of a menu item, press FF 3. Press MENU to exit.

Initial Set Up

For the first time you turn on this VCR or finish video channel setting, the VCR automatically enters the Clock Setting mode unless the clock has been set.

❍ Setting the Clock/Date

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

set the time. Each time you press the button, the set time

5 6

Blinking Speed

indicator

light

fast blink light blink light

slow

blink light

slow

fast

∞ until CASS and TIMER

TIME - - : - -AM

DATE 01/01/01

SET: NEXT: OK END: MENU

TIMER

CASS

changes by one-minute intervals. Press and hold the button to change time by 30-minute intervals.

When the time is correct, press OK/STATUS.

2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to set the date. Each time you press the button, the date changes in one day increments. Press and hold the button to change dates in 15-day increments. When the date is correct, press OK/STATUS. 3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to set the year. Each time you press the button, the year changes by one-year intervals. Press and hold the button, to change years rapidly. When the year is correct, press OK/STATUS. 4 Press MENU to exit the menu operation.

Automatic Channel Setting

Before using the VCR, you need to set the tuner channels. Follow the procedures described below.

For Australia customers only: This VCR is factory pretuned to Australian capital city 2, 7, 9, 10 and 28. Do not perform this task unless you are outside of capital city reception area.

❍Select Tuner Set Up Mode

1 Press MENU. 2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “TUNER

SET UP” then press OK/STATUS.

❍ Start Auto Programming

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

select “AUTO TUNER SET UP” then press OK/STATUS. The TV system selecting menu appears on the TV.

2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select the appropriate TV system of your residential area.

B/G : For West Europe, ASEAN countries, Australia, New Zealand.

D/K : For China, Russia, East Europe. I : For Hong Kong, South Africa, United

Kingdom.

CHANGING TUNER SET UP AUTO TUNER SET UP

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

SYS COUNTRY B/G W.EUR. ASEAN AUST.

D/K CHINA RUS. E.EUR. I HK S.AF. UK

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

3 Press OK/STATUS. Auto programming starts. The local channels receivable in your area are automatically programmed in the VCR’s tuner.

When the auto programming is carried out

The following message appears on the TV screen.

When the auto programming is completed

The following message appears on the TV screen, and the lowest channel will be tuned in.

To delete or edit receivable channels

1 Press MENU. 2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “TUNER

SET UP”, them press OK/STATUS.

3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “CHANG-

ING TUNER SET UP”, then press OK/STATUS.

The programmed channel information list appears with the setting of the tuned channel flashing. (You can also watch the picture of the tuned channel since the list and the picture alternately appears on the TV screen.) 4 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ until the desired

channel setting flashes.

4.1: TO DELETE UNWANTED CHANNELS: Press CLEAR. Repeat this step until you delete all unwanted channels.

• If you have accidentally deleted a channel, press

REW 2.

4.2: TO EXCHANGE CHANNEL POSITIONS: Press OK/STATUS once so that the channel number flashes. Using the number button on the remote control, key in channel number that you want to exchange with, then press OK/ STATUS. The positions of both channels are exchanged.

AUTO CH. SET PROCEEDING PLEASE WAIT

START FINISH

AUTO CH.SET COMPLETED

CH FRQ SYS CH FRQ SYS 01 150 BG 07 229 BG 02 165 BG 08 237 BG 03 195 BG 09 355 BG 04 205 BG 10 365 BG 05 213 BG 11 374 BG 06 221 BG 12 384 BG SELECT: DELETE: CLEAR CHANGE CH: OK END: MENU

4.3: TO FINE-TUNE CHANNEL POSITIONS: Press OK/STATUS twice so that the frequency indication flashes. Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to fine-tune the station until you get the best possible picture, then press OK/STATUS.

4.4: TO CHANGE THE TV SYSTEM:

• This is necessary if two sounds

come out of the channel.

Press OK/STATUS three times so that the TV system indication flashes. Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞to select the appropriate TV system (BG, DK, I) so that the sound comes out, then press OK/STATUS.

CH FRQ SYS CH FRQ SYS 01 150 BG 07 229 BG 02 165 BG 08 237 BG 03 195 BG 09 355 BG 04 205 BG 10 365 BG 05 213 BG 11 374 BG 06 221 BG 12 384 BG SELECT: DELETE: CLEAR CHANGE CH: OK END: MENU

Manual Channel Setting

When you want to do channel setting manually, follow this procedure.

1 Repeat steps 1-3 of the “To delete or edit receiv-

able channels” on the column to the left.

2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ until a vacant channel

in which you want to store a new channel starts flashing, then press OK/STATUS.

3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select the search

starting band, then press OK/STATUS.

VHF L: Starts searching from the VHF L band. VHF H: Starts searching from the VHF H band. UHF: Starts searching from the UHF band.

Searching starts, and when the station is tuned in,

searching stops and the tuned frequency is shown on the TV.

4 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞to select “STORE CHANNEL”, then press OK/STATUS. The programmed channel information list appears again with the setting of the newly tuned channel

flashing.

• If you do not want to store the channel, select “CONTINUE SEARCH”, then press OK/STATUS.

5 Press MENU to exit the menu operations.

VHF L VHF H UHF

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

STORE CHANNEL CONTINUE SEARCH

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

Basic OOperations

●

Playback

❍ On TV.

1 Turn on the TV. 2 Select the video channel (or AV mode).

❍On VCR

Insert a cassette. The VCR turns on.

• If the record tab on a cassette is removed, playback will start automatically.

• If a cassette is already in the VCR, turn on the VCR.

❍Start Playback

Press PLAY.

To pause playback and view still picture

Press STILL/SLOW. Press PLAY to resume playback.

To rapidly locate a particular scene

Press FF (or ¡ FF/CH+ on the front panel) or REW (or 1REW/CH- on the front panel)

during playback. (No sound comes out.) Press PLAY to resume playback.

To stop playback

Press STOP (or STOP/EJECT ■/0 on the front panel)

To rewind the tape

Press REW (or 1REW/CH- on the front panel) when the tape is not running.

To fast forward the tape

Press FF (or ¡ FF/CH+ on the front panel) when the tape is not running.

To eject the tape

Press 0 EJECT (or STOP/EJECT ■/0 on the front panel).

To turn off the VCR

f f

(or POWER

f on the front panel).

Press

f VCR

f f

Recording

When using this VCR, an index mark is always marked at the beginning of every recording. This index marks make it easier for you to search for the beginning of the recordings (see “Index Search”) on page 9.

❍ On TV

1 Turn on the TV. 2 Select the video channel (or AV mode).

❍ On VCR

Insert a cassette with the record tab in place. The VCR turns on. To rewind the tape, press REW 2.

❍ Select Tape Speed

After pressing VCR, press SPEED until the desired tape speed (SP, LP) appears on the display.

❍ Select a Channel

Press VCR CH 5/∞ or Number buttons to select the channel to record.

❍ Start Recording

Press REC/OTR ●.

To pause recording

Press STILL/SLOW briefly. To resume recording, press the same button again.

To stop recording

Press STOP.

To reset the time counter

Press CLEAR.

To watch another TV programme while recording

Select a different channel you want to watch on the TV. You can watch the programme of the selected channel on the TV without affecting recording on

the VCR.

Note:

• When a tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and CASS indicator on the display window will blink.

To prevent accidental erasure:

Break off the record tab with a screwdriver.

To record again, cover the hole with adhesive tape.

Automatic Operations

Eject cassette

You can eject the tape simply by pressing EJECT (or STOP/EJECT ■/0 on the front panel) even while the VCR is turned off. When you press EJECT0(or STOP/EJECT ■/ on the front panel), the VCR automatically turns on, ejects the tape, then turns off.

Auto playback

When a tape is inserted, the VCR turns on. If the record tab is removed, playback begins.

Auto rewind

When a tape reaches its end during playback or fast forwarding, the VCR rewinds the tape and stops.

Memory rewind power off

When you press front panel) during rewinding, the VCR turns off after rewinding is completed.

Repeat Playback

When you press and hold PLAY for more than 5 seconds, you can play back the same tape repeatedly (100 times). When the tape runs to its end, the VCR automatically rewinds the tape, and starts playback.

f f

f VCR (or POWER

f f

f on the

●

Advanced OOperations

Special Effect Playbacks

Are you familiar with tape playback? If so, you are ready to enjoy the special effect playback features described below.

To skip playback for a certain period

Press S. SEARCH button 1 to 4 times during playback to search forward for 30 seconds by the time counter reading. Each time you press the button, the search time increases as follows:

30=60=90=120 sec.

The VCR automatically resumes normal playback after searching for the specified period.

To view a still picture

Press STILL/SLOW briefly during playback. Playback is freezed and a still picture appears. Press the STILL/SLOW button repeatedly to advance the still picture frame by frame. To resume playback, press PLA Y.

To view a slow motion picture

Press STILL/SLOW for more than 2 seconds during playback. To decrease the slow motion speed, press STILL/

SLOW –/™. To increase the slow motion speed, press STILL/ SLOW +/£ . To resume playback, press PLA Y.

Notes:

• No sound comes out during special effect playbacks.

• If you keep viewing slow motion and still pictures for more than 5 minutes, the VCR automatically stops to protect the tape and video heads.

• During special effect playbacks, some noise bars will appear on the TV screen.

Tracking Adjustments

Auto tracking

Each time a tape is inserted, auto tracking starts working and continuously analyses the signal to adjust for optimum picture quality during playback. So, there is no need for you to minimize noises in most tapes during playback.

Manual tracking

• During normal playback

If auto tracking cannot eliminate noises well during playback, press VCR CH 5/∞on the remote control.

• During a slow motion picture

Press VCR CH 5/∞ on the remote control to minimize noises in the slow motion picture.

• During a still picture

Press VCR CH 5/∞ on the remote control to reduce jitter in the still picture.

To cancel manual tracking

Stop the tape, eject the tape, then re-insert it.

Note:

If you keep pressing might get “USE CLEANING CASSETTE” message on the screen. Please disregard this message and re-adjust the tracking. However, if the message appears automatically (without pressing

5/∞

dirty.

Index Search

You can locate an index marked at the beginning of each recording on a tape recorded on this VCR (or an indexed tape). Press STILL/SLOW +/£ or STILL/SLOW –/ ™ repeatedly until the appropriate number is displayed on the TV screen before starting play. Rapid forward or reverse search begins. When it finds the designated index, playback starts automatically.

• Locate an index number by pressing the button repeatedly, indicating how many index marks ahead of or behind that recording you want is from the tape’s current position.

• Up to ±9th index mark from the current position on the tape can be located.

Child Lock

With this function, you can prevent the VCR operations from being misused.

To use Child Lock

When the VCR is turned on, press and hold f VCR on the remote control for more than 10 seconds to turn off the VCR. The POWER indicator will blink on the display window. While POWER indicator is blinking on the display window, you cannot turn on the VCR by pressing POWER on the VCR.

To cancel Child Lock

Press and hold f VCR on the remote control for more than 10 seconds to turn on the VCR. The POWER indicator on the display window will stop blinking and VCR is turned on. You can also cancel the child lock function by unplugging the AC power cord.

VCR CH

5/∞ button, you

), this indicates that your video heads are

VCR CH

Repeat Playback

One Touch Recording (OTR)

The OTR function lets you quickly specify how long you want a recording to continue. You do not have to programme the timer.

❍ On TV

1 Turn on the TV. 2 Select the video channel (or AV mode).

❍ On VCR

Insert a cassette with the record tab in place. The VCR turns on.

• If a cassette is already in the VCR, turn on the VCR.

❍ Select Channel

Press VCR CH 5/∞ or Number buttons to select the channel to record.

• You can also use the 1REW/CH- and CH+ on the front panel. However, press CH before pressing these buttons. Otherwise, it functions as REW or FF.

❍ Start OTR

Press REC/OTR ● twice. Recording starts immediately, and the REC indicator will blink on the display window.

This indicates that the VCR will automatically shut off after 30 minutes of recording.

❍ Select Recording Length

Press REC/OTR ● repeatedly until the desired recording length appears. Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals.

FF/

OTR(0:30)

CH12

z 0:30 z 1:00 z 1:30 REC (Normal recording)

 



To check time remaining during an OTR Press OK/STATUS.

To change the recording length during an OTR Press REC/OTR ● repeatedly until the desired length appears. To cancel an OTR Press STOP to stop recording before the preset recording length is reached. If you want to cancel the OTR mode but continue recording, press REC/OTR ● several times until “OTR” changes to “REC” on the TV screen.

Notes:

• During recording, the displayed time counts down. When “0:00” is reached, recording stops and the VCR turns off automatically.

• If an OTR is engaged during pause, the displayed time counts down normally, but recording does not begin until you cancel the pause.

Using On-Screen Display

You can display the VCR operating status on the TV screen.

❍ Select VCR Set Up Mode

1 Press VCR. 2 Press MENU. 3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

select“VCR SET UP” then press OK/STATUS.

❍ Select On-Screen Mode

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

select “ON SCREEN MODE”.

2 Press FF 3. Each time you

press the button, the setting changes.

ON:

When you press a tape running button (STOP, PLAY, etc.), the VCR status appears for 5 seconds.

.......

5:30 z 6:00

VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP INITIAL SET UP

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

ON SCREEN MODE ON TIMER REC SPEED MANUAL

SELECT: END: MENU

CHANGE:

COUNTER:

When you press a tape running button, the VCR operating status appears for 5 seconds. After 5 seconds, the VCR status disappears except the time counter.

OFF:

The VCR operating status does not appear even if you press a tape running button.

❍ Finish Setting

Press MENU.

To display the VCR status on the TV screen manually, press OK/STATUS. The VCR status

appears for about 5 seconds.

• If “ON SCREEN MODE” is set to “OFF,” no

VCR status appears though you press OK/ STATUS.

SmartPicture

You can make the picture softer or sharper or distinct the picture when playing back the tape. SmartPicture is set to AUTO when you receive the VCR.

1 Press VCR. 2 Press SMARTPICTURE

button. The current setting will appear on the screen for about 5 seconds.

3 While the current setting appears,

press the SMARTPICTURE button repeatedly, the setting changes as follows.

AUTO: Normally select this mode. DISTINCT: Select this mode when you want

the distinct picture. The picture

detail is emphasized. SOFT: Select this mode when you want the soft

picture. The signal noise of the picture is softened.

SHARP: Select this mode when you want the sharp picture. The picture edge is emphasized.

Notes:

• It is recommended that the SmartPicture is set to “SOFT” if playback picture is noisy.

• When “DSPC” is set to “OFF”, “AUTO” is switched to “NATURAL” automatically.

Timer Recording

To record while you’re away, follow step 1 — 9 below.

FOR EACH STEP BELOW, YOU NEED TO FINISH WITHIN 60 SECONDS; OTHERWISE, PROGRAMMING WILL HAVE TO BE RESTARTED FROM STEP 1.

❍Select Timer Mode

Press TIMER. The Timer Recording menu appears.

❍Select Programme mode

Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “QUICK PROGRAMMING”, then press OK/STATUS. The Quick Programming menu appears.

• If you have already set 8 programmes, “ALL PROGRAMS IN USE” appears and goes back to the Timer Recording menu. If this happens, delete unwanted programmes.

❍Select Channel

Press VCR CH 5/∞ to enter the TV channel.

AUTO

• You can also use the 1REW/CH- and ¡ FF/CH+ on the front panel. However, press CH before pressing these buttons. Otherwise, it functions as REW or FF.

• Holding down VCR CH 5/∞ rapidly scans through the channels.

• To record from external line input, press VCR CH 5/ until “A/V REAR” appears on the TV screen.

❍Select Start Time

Press START + or – (Number button 1 or 4).

• Each time you press the button, the set time changes by 1-minute intervals. If you hold the button, the set time changes by 30-minute intervals.

❍Select Stop Time

Press STOP + or – (Number button 2 or 5).

• Each time you press the button, the set time changes by 1-minute intervals. If you hold the button, the set time changes by 30-minute intervals.

QUICK PROGRAMMING PROGRAM REVIEW

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1

– –

CHANNEL+/– START +/– – –:– – AM STOP +/– – –:– – AM REC SPEED SP DATE +/– – –/– –/– –

DAILY: 8 WEEKLY: 9 CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1

CHANNEL+/– START +/– 08 : 00 PM STOP +/– 10 : 00 PM REC SPEED SP DATE +/– – –/– –/– –

DAILY: 8 WEEKLY: 9 CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER

❍Select Tape Speed

Press SPEED.

• Each time you press the button, the tape speed alternates between “SP” and “LP.”

❍Select Start Date

Press DATE + or – (Number button 3 or 6).

• The year and day of the week are displayed automatically.

❍Confirm Programme

Press TIMER or OK/STATUS. “PROGRAM W AS COMPLETED” appears on the TV screen. After 5 seconds, the above message disappears, and the normal TV picture resumes. The TIMER indicator lights up on the display window.

• If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED” appears, try again from step 1.

• If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED/PROGRAM OVERLAP”

timer recording you just programmed overlaps another timer recording. See next column for details.

If you want to store other programmes, repeat steps 1 to 8.

❍Finish Settings

Press f VCR (or POWER f on the front panel) to turn off the VCR.

The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take place. If you forget to turn off the VCR, PLEASE TURN OFF VCR FOR TIMER RECORDING flashes on your TV

∞

screen two minutes before a timer recording starts. To remove the message, press the CLEAR button.

If you want to record the same programme daily, press DAILY (Number button 8) during step 3 through 7. (Press the button again to cancel.) The VCR will record a TV programme every day (Monday through Friday) at the same time and length. (Daily Recording)

If you want to record the same programme weekly,

press WEEKLY (Number button 9) during step 3 through

7. (Press the button again to cancel.)

The VCR will record a TV programme once a week at the same day, time and length. (Weekly Recording)

If you want to cancel the currently set programme,

press CLEAR.

After a timer recording has taken place

Press f VCR (or POWER f on the front panel) to turn on the VCR. You can operate your VCR normally.

appears on the TV screen, the

10 11 12

To stop a started timer recordng

Press f VCR (or POWER f on the front panel). Recording stops and the VCR turns off. If it is a Daily or Weekly Recording, future recordings will be carried out as programmed.

To check, edit or erase the programmes 1 Press VCR. 2 Press TIMER. 3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select

“PROGRAM REVIEW”, then press OK/ STATUS.

4 Press OK/STATUS repeatedly to view the more

detailed programme information.

• When you press the button for the first time, the detailed programme information for Programme 1 appears. By pressing this button repeatedly, you can review the detailed information of all other programmes.

5 If you want to change the programme setting

shown on the TV screen, press the following

buttons:

VCR CH 5/∞: Changes the channel. START +/– :Changes the start time. STOP +/– :Changes the stop time. SPEED :Changes the tape speed. DATE +/– :Changes the date.

If you want to erase the programme setting shown on the TV screen, press CLEAR. The

detailed information of the next programme appears.

6 If necessary, press TIMER to exit the menu

operations.

Note:

• This function does not work for OTR (One Touch Recording).

How to see the programme list

Programme numbers

Preset channel numbers

Start time “A” stands for “AM,”

and “P” stands for “PM.”

Stop time

Start date “D” stands for “DAILY,” and “W” stands for “WEEKL Y.”

• If the programme has worked once for the Daily recording, “DAILY” will be shown instead of the start date.

• If the programme has worked once for the Weekly recording, the day of the week (in this example, “MON”) will be shown instead of the start date.

234 5

PR CH START STOP DATE 1 12 08:00P 10:00 W10/06 2 25 10:00A 10:45 MON 3 03 03:00P 03:15 D16/10 4 45 11:30P 01:00 DAILY 5 6 7 8 NEXT: OK END: TIMER

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Advanced OOperations

When two programmes overlap

The Program Review screen will appear with a magenta line blinking on the newly set timer recording while the other overlapped programme blinking.

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to move the magenta

line among the two overlapping programmes.

2 Press OK/STATUS to view

the detail information of the programme you want to change.

3 Go to step 4 through 8 of Timer Recording to modify the selected programme. To cancel any timer recording, press CLEAR.

• If you do not modify the overlapping programmes, the VCR will record the earlier programme completely. Only the remaining part of the later programme will be recorded.

• If the START time for the two programmes are the same, the lower programme number will be recorded.

Useful function for Timer Recording: Auto Tape Speed

With this function activated, the VCR can change the tape speed and record the programme in LP mode if not enough tape remains for recording in SP mode.

1 Press VCR. 2 Press MENU. 3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “VCR SET

UP” then press OK/STATUS.

4 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “TIMER

REC SPEED.”

5 Press FF 3. Each time you press the button, the

setting changes.

AUTO:

Select this to allow the VCR to change the tape speed from SP to LP when there is not enough tape length remaining.

MANUAL:

Select this to not allow the VCR to change the tape speed.

6 Press MENU to exit the menu operations.

PR CH START STOP DATE 1 12 08:00P 10:00 20/07 2 20 11:00A 11:30 15/10 3 24 03:00P 04:00 10/08

4 45 09:00P 11:00 FRI

5 6 7 8 SELECT:

CONFIRM: OK

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1

CHANNEL+/– START +/– 08 : 00 PM STOP +/– 10 : 00 PM REC SPEED SP DATE +/– 20/07/01 FRIDAY ERASE: CLEAR NEXT: OK END: TIMER

Tape Duplication

Dubbing from any VCR (or camcorder) to another is simple. Explanations on this page uses this VCR as the recording VCR. Refer also the manual supplied with the other VCR (for playback)

1 Connect the recording VCR (this VCR) and

the playing VCR.

2 Connect the recording VCR (this VCR) to

the TV.

Playing VCR

1 Insert a source tape in the playing VCR and a blank tape in the recording VCR.

2 Turn the channel on the TV to your video channel. 3 Press VCR CH 5/∞, pointing the remote

control at this VCR, to select the external line input.

4 Press SPEED, pointing the remote control at this

5 Press the PLAY 3button on the playing VCR. 6 Press REC/OTR

Remember: Press the buttons in steps 5 and 6 simultaneously to avoid missing any of the recording.

Recording VCR (this VCR)

ANT.IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

• If a tape without the record tab is inserted in the play ing VCR, playback automatically starts. In this case, press the STOP button.

ANT.IN

OUT

To RF OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

From Audio output to AUDIO IN

From Video output to VIDEO IN

• “A/V IN REAR” will appear on the TV screen.

VCR, until the desired tape speed (SP or LP) appears on the display.

● at this VCR.

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Power

No power.

Recording & Playback

TV programme cannot be recorded.

Timer recording cannot be performed.

There is no playback picture, or the playback picture is noisy or contains streaks.

During a still or slow motion picture, the picture may contain some vertical jitter when using a TV which has an automatic vertical hold control.

If the top of your playback picture waves back and forth excessively.

During playback, “USE CLEANING CASSETTE” appears on the screen.

Remote Control The remote control cannot work.

Miscellaneous

A cassette cannot be inserted.

The cassette does not eject.

The cassette ejects when you press REC/ OTR ●.

Correction

• Check that the AC power cord is correctly connected to an AC outlet.

• Check that the VCR is turned on.

Correction

• Check the connections between the VCR, the antenna and the TV.

• Make sure that the record tab on the back of the cassette is not removed.

• Set the timer on-time and timer off-time correctly.

• Make sure that the VCR is turned off after setting is made.

• Timer recording may not be performed or stopped if a power interruption occurs before or during timer recording.

• Select your video channel correctly.

• Adjust the tracking slowly in either direction.

• Try to change to another tape, you may not have this problem.

• Because the VCR playback signal is not as stable as an off-the-air TV signal, the top of your TV screen may be bent or unstable during playback. You may have better result if the A/V input is used.

• The video heads are dirty. Use a head cleaner.

Correction

• Aim the remote control directly at the remote sensor

on the VCR.

• Avoid all obstacles which may interfere with the

signal path.

• Inspect or replace the batteries.

• Make sure batteries are inserted correctly.

Correction

• Insert the cassette with the window side up and the record tab facing you.

• Check that a cassette tape is not already inserted. Press 0 EJECT.

• Check that the AC power cord is correctly connected to an AC outlet.

• Check that the record tab on the back of the cassette is not removed.

Specifications

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GeneralGeneral

General

Mains voltage AC 110 V – 240 V Mains frequency 50 Hz/60 Hz Power consumption 14W Ambient temperature +5° C to +40° C Relative humidity 10 % to 80 % Dimensions (WxHxD) Approx. 360 mm x 94 mm x 251 mm Mass Approx. 3.0 kg Position for use Horizontal Video output channel UHF E38 (adjustable between E28 — E60)

Possible number of TV channel 99

Number of pre-programmable memory blocks 8 Number of days in advance 365 or every day, or every week

TunerTuner

Tuner

Aerial input B/G, D/K, I, K1 VHF L: 42 MHz — 175 MHz VHF H: 175 MHz — 470 MHz UHF: 470 MHz — 870 MHz

VideoVideo

Video

Input (VIDEO IN) 0.5 V(p-p) to 2.0 V(p-p), 75 ohms Output (VIDEO OUT) 1.0 V(p-p) ±0.2 V(p-p), 75 ohms Resolution Better than 240 lines Signal/noise ratio Better than 43 dB

AudioAudio

Audio

Input (AUDIO IN) –8 dBs, 50 k ohms (0 dBs=0.775 Vrms) Output (AUDIO OUT) –8 dBs, 1 k ohms (0 dBs=0.775 Vrms)

Accessories suppliedAccessories supplied Remote control unit

Accessories supplied

Design and specfications are subject to change without notice.

CATV

RF coaxial cable Batteries – R6(SUM-3)/AA (only for checking operations)

Warranty

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FOR AUSTRALIA ONLY

Philips Product Warranty

Warranty conditions valid for Colour Television, Video Cassette Recorders, CD Recordable,

The benefits given to the purchaser by this warranty are in addition to all other rights and remedies which the purchaser has in respect of the product under the Trade Practices Act or other commonwealth or State Law.

Philips Consumer Electronics warrants its products to the purchaser as follows and subject to the stated conditions.

12 months free service Conditions of Warranty

1. All claims for warranty service should be made to your nearest Philips Authorised Service Centre. Reasonable evidence of date of purchase must be provided.

2. This warranty extends only to defects occurring under normal use of the product when operated in accordance with the instructions.

3. Home service within the normal service area of one of our Authorised Service Centres will be provided for television receivers with screen size 48cm and above. All other products are to be

To contact your nearest Philips Authorised Service Centre call 1300 36

Sydney Canberra Adelaide Newcastle Melbourne Hobart

Service is provided through 350 accredited service dealers throughout Australia.

The conditions contained in this warranty card replace and override the provision of the World-Wide

Philips Consumer Electronics Australia Limited, ACN 008 445 743, 3 Figtree Drive, Homebush NSW 2140

DVD Players, Audio Systems and Portable Audio.

brought or sent to your nearest Authorised Service Centre.

4. This warranty does not cover: a) Mileage or travelling time, pickup or

delivery, cost of insurance.

b) Service costs arising from failure to correctly

adjust the controls of the product or to observe the instructions, or inspections that reveal that the product is in normal working order.

c) Product failures caused by misuse, neglect,

normal wear and tear, accidental transit damage, inexpert repairs or modification by unauthorised perions, lightning strikes, vermin infestation or liquid

spillage. d) Cleaning of video or audio heads. e) Inadequate receiving antennae. f) Replacement of worn or used batteries, styli

or other consumables.

Philips Authorised Service Centres

1392 from anywhere in Australia.

Perth Brisbane Wollongong

To find out about your nearest centre, call 1300 36 1392.

Please record the following information for your records and keep in a safe place.

Model No: …………………… Serial No:……………………..

PLEASE RETAIN YOUR PURCHASE RECEIPT WHICH IS REQUIRED

TO CLAIM SERVICE UNDER WARRANTY.

Guarantee for products sold in Australia.

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