Philips VR220 User manual

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AFETY

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RECAUTIONS

WARNING: DANGEROUS VOLTAGE
INSIDE
WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR
SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT
EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO

RAIN 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 side, 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.

1.

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

2.
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.)

3.

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

4. 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.)

5. DO NOT expose the apparatus to dripping or
splashing.

6. 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

7.
lighted candles, on the apparatus.

8. AVOID violent shocks to the VCR during trans­port.

WARNING

Any unauthorized changes or modifica­tions to this equipment void the user’s
authority to operate it.

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PAL NTSC

Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing your new
VCR.

Y ou can’t wait to get it working, but before you
do, spare a few moments to read this brief
introduction to the world of video recording. It
may repay you handsomely in terms of
improved results, and avoiding of costly
mistakes.

IMPORTANT

Audio-Visual material may consist of
copyrighted works which must not be
recorded without the authority of the owner
of the copyright.
Please refer to relevant laws in your country.

G-

CODE

is a registered trademark of Gemstar

Development Corporation.

G-

CODE

The
license from Gemstar Development
Corporation.

system is manufactured under

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Description of Controls................

Getting Connected Up .................

Setting Up ...............................

Basic Operations .......................

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ONTENTS

Front Panel ........................................................... 4-5

Rear Panel ............................................................ 4-5

On-Screen Display ............................................... 4-5

Display Window.......................................................6

Remote Control ........................................................6

VCR to TV Connection Using RF Cable.................. 7

VCR to TV Connection Using AUDIO/VIDEO Cable...... 7

Setting the Video Channel ........................................8

Menu Operations...................................................... 9

Initial Set Up ............................................................ 9

Automatic Channel Setting ...................................... 9

Manual Channel Setting......................................... 10

Selecting Colour Mode ..........................................11

Playback .................................................................11

Recording ...............................................................12

Automatic Operations ............................................12

Index Search...........................................................12

Advance Operations ...................

Rec(ord) End Search .............................................. 13

Child Lock..............................................................13

One Touch Recording (OTR) ................................. 13

Using On-Screen Display.......................................14

SmartPicture........................................................... 14

Tracking Adjustment.............................................. 14

D.S.P.C. .................................................................. 15

Special Effect Playbacks ........................................15

G-CODE® Set Up ...................................................... 16

Timer Recording Using G-CODE System ................17

Timer Recording .............................................. 18-19

Turbo T imer ...........................................................19

Tape Duplication ....................................................21

Operating TV........................................................................................................22

Before Requesting Service...................................................................................23-24

Specifications......................................................................................................25

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Rear Panel

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ANT.IN

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AUDIO

RF OUT

VIDEO

On- Screen Display

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FFFront

1 POWER button

(✈P.9, P.11, P.17, P.19)

2 Cassette compartment
3 IR (infrared) remote sensor
4 REC/OTR button

(✈P.12, P.13, P.15, P.21)

5

2/1

(✈P.9, P.11)

6 PLAY 3 button

(✈P.9, P.11)

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3/¡

(✈P.9, P.11)

8 VIDEO input jack

(✈P.21)

anel

anel

(Rewind) button

(Fast Forward) button

9 AUDIO input jacks

(✈P.21)

0 STILL/PAUSE 8 button

(✈P.12, P.15)

! COLOUR MODE button

(✈P.11)

@ Display Window

(✈P.6)

# MENU button

(✈P.9)

$ OK/STATUS button

(✈P.9, P.14)

% CH 5 / ∞ buttons

(✈P.8, P.9, P.12, P.13, P.14, P.18)

^ STOP/EJECT 7/0 button

(✈P.8, P.9, P.11, P.12)

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RRRear

1 AC (alternating current) power cord
2 AUDIO IN (input) jacks

3 AUDIO OUT (output) jacks

4 ANT. (antenna) IN (input) terminal (from

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1 Operation Mode
2 SmartPicture setting
3 Colour Mode
4 Remaining tape length
5 Tape speed
6 Current Time

(✈P.21)

(✈P.7)

Antenna)

(✈P.7)

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5 VIDEO IN (input) jack

(✈P.21)

6 VIDEO OUT (output) jack

(✈P.7)

7 RF OUT terminal (to TV)

(✈P.7)

7 Channel No.
8 Current Tape position
9 Time Counter
0 Index No.

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Display Window

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Remote Control

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To use this remote control to operate TV, see page

22.

To insert the batteries:

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

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(Timer) indicator

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2 PLAYBACK indicator

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3 RECORDING indicator

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4 Digital clock/Channel/Tape Speed indicator

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RRRemote

1 CBL/DBS button

Does not function on this VCR.

2 VCR/TV button (✈P.22)
3 POWER button (✈P.9, P.11, P.17, P.19)
4 Number buttons (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and

9) (✈P.10, P.12, P.16, P.18)

5 ALT/SPEED button (✈P.12, P.17, P.20, P.21,

P.22)

6 STILL/SLOW – / ™button (✈P.15)

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(Rewind) / 2 button (✈P.9, P.11)

8 STOP 7 /
9 MENU button (✈P.9)
0 VOL (volume)
! AUDIO/MUTE button (✈P.22)
@ TURBO TIMER button (✈P.19)
# EJECT 0 button (✈P.11, P.12)
$ TV button (✈P.22)
% VCR button
^ SMARTPICTURE button (✈P.14)
& CLEAR button (✈P.11, P.19)

* STILL/SLOW
( STILL/SLOW +/£ button (✈P.15)

) PLAY 3 / 5 button (✈P.9, P.11)
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(Fast forward) / 3 button (✈P.8, P.10)

w OK/STATUS button (✈P .9, P.14)
e CH (channel) 5 / ∞ button (✈P.9, P.12, P.13,

P.14, P.18)

r SKIP SEARCH button (✈P.15)
t REC END SEARCH button (✈P.13)

y REC (record)/OTR button (✈P.12, P.13, P.15,

P.21)

u TIMER button (✈P.17, P.18)

CAUTION
On Battery Replacement

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

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button (✈P.8, P.9, P.11, P.12)

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buttons (✈P.22)

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VCR to TV Connection Using RF Cable

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1 Disconnect the

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antenna or cable
from the TV and the
AC power cord of
the TV from the AC
outlet.

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2 Connect the antenna

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or cable to the VCR.

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3 Connect the VCR to

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the TV using the RF
coaxial cable.

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4 Plug the AC power

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cords of the VCR
and TV into the AC
outlets.

CAUTION

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

NOTES:

For customers in Australia;
This VCR is factory pretuned to 2, 7, 9, 10 & 28.

Outdoor antenna

Cable

Indoor antenna

Back of VCR

ANT.IN

IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

ANT. IN

Back of TV

VHF

UHF

RF coaxial cable

RF OUT

To watch a picture from this VCR on the TV:

For customers in Australia;
– select UHF 38 channel (597.25 MHz) (video channel of

this VCR when shipped from the factory). If you want to
change video channel, see “Setting the Video Channel”
(✈P. 8).

For customers in New Zealand;
– be sure to set video channel (✈P. 8 )

(supplied)

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.

T o watch a picture from this VCR on the TV,
select the AV mode on the TV.

Back of TV

Audio cable

ANT.IN

IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

To Video/AUDIO
OUT jacks

Note;
Even if you are using this AV connection, you must also complete the RF connection above.

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Video cable

To video and audio
input jacks

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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.
For customers in Australia;
If you want to change this video channel (38) to another channel (between 28 to 60), follow the
procedure below before turning on the VCR for the first time.
For customers in New Zealand;
Be sure to set video channel (between 28 to 60) by following the procedure below before turning on
the VCR for the first time.

1 Make sure the VCR is turned off and no cassette is inserted.
2 Turn on the TV, and tune it to any channel (UHF 28 to 60) you want to use as the video channel

on the TV.

• Select a channel not used in your area.

3 Press STOP/EJECT 7 /0 on the front panel for more than 5 seconds.

The following indication appears on the display.

TV system number starts flashing.

4 Press CHANNEL 5 / ∞ on the front panel to select an appropriate TV system number for your

area.

1. For B/G. (For West Europe, ASEAN countries, New Zealand)

2. For D/K. (For China, Russia, East Europe)

3. For I. (For Hong Kong, South Africa, United Kingdom)

4. For H. (For Australia)

5 Press OK/STATUS.

The channel number starts flashing on the display.

Channel number starts flashing.

6 Press CHANNEL 5 / ∞ on the front panel to select the channel you have tuned on the TV as the

video channel in step 2.
A test signal (two vertical white bars)
appears on the TV.

Test signal
(two vertical white
bars)

7 Press OK/STATUS to finish the video channel setting.

Now you will enter the Clock Setting mode explained on page 9.

To watch a picture from this VCR on the TV, select the same channel you have selected as the
video channel (in step 2 above) on the TV.

Note: This VCR is factory pretuned to capital city stations 2, 7, 9, 10, and 28.

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 CH∞ until “– –”
appears on the channel number position.

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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 ∞(or CHAN-

NEL5/∞on the front panel) 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 change the setting of a menu item, press
FF 3.

To go back to the previous menu screen,

press REW 2.

Press MENU to exit.

Initial Set Up

For the first time you turn on this VCR, some
basic settings must be done first before going on
to further operations.

1Setting the Clock/Date

1 Press POWER if necessary.
2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP

to set the time.

Each time you press the button,
the set time changes by one­minute intervals. Press and hold the button to change
time by 30-minute intervals.

When the time is correct, press OK/STATUS.

3 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.

4 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.

5 Press MENU to exit from the menu operations.

To Reset the Clock Manually

You can also reset or correct the clock manually.

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

CLOCK”, then press OK/STATUS.

TIME - - : - - AM

∞

DATE 01/01/01

SET: NEXT: OK
END: MENU

3 Repeat steps 2-5 above.

Note:

If a power failure occurs, clock will lose its
setting.

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 & 28. Do not perform this
task unless you are outside of capital city
reception area.

1Select Tuner Set Up Mode

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

select “TUNER SET UP”,
then press OK/STATUS.

VCR SET UP
TUNER SET UP
INITIAL SET UP

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK
END: MENU

2Start Auto Programming

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “AUTO

TUNER SET UP”, then press OK/STATUS.

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.

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

While the auto programming
is carried out.

The message on the right
appears on the TV screen.

When the auto programming
is completed.

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

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SYS COUNTRY

∞

B/G W.EUR. ASEAN AUST.

NZ

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

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK
END: MENU

AUTO CH.SET PROCEEDING
PLEASE WAIT

START FINISH

AUTO CH. SET COMPLETED

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