Philips VR 420 User Manual

4 head Mono VCR

• Turbo Timer

• Smart Picture

• ShowGuard™

• Dirty Head Warning

• Automatic Longplay Recording

• Multisystem with NTSC Record & Playback

• Multibrand TV Remote Control

VR 420

4 head Mono VCR

Product Highlights

• Digital Studio Picture Control

Digital Studio Picture Control keeps checking the quality of your videotapes and reproduces the best possible picture performance. Philips’ Digital Studio Picture Control optimises the record and the playback quality. It measures the characteristics of the tape, adapts the record characteristics/resolution and reduces the picture noise.

• SMART Picture

With this unique feature, you can adapt the picture to your own preference: you can enhance the contours on a cartoon or suppress the noise from a rental tape.We offer you the possibility to play your tapes the way you like to see them.

• Turbo Timer

Is Timer Programming complicated? No! Is Timer Programming time consuming? No! Just push the Turbo Timer button on the remote control and follow the Mini Guide on the rear side of your Remote Control.The display of your VCR asks you for the start and end time as well as the channel number.That’s it. Just a number of seconds.

• ShowGuard™

From now on you never have to programme your timer or channel presets again after you VCR has been disconnected from the power supply for a long time. Due to ShowGuard the timer programmes and channel presets are stored in a memory forever.You can change the timer programmes and channel presets but you can never loose them.

• Multibrand Remote Control

Your Remote Control can control not only your VCR but also your TV. You can select from a large variety of supported brands.

• Turbo Drive

Turbo Drive is not only a synonym for winding and rewinding at very high speed. It also stands for other high performance Deck features. The built-in Head Cleaner removes dirt from the video heads each time you put in a cassette.The new Dirty Head Warning feature will display a message on the TV screen whenever it is recommended to use a cleaning tape to overcome severe dirt coating. In addition there’s a Tape Position Indicator, which shows on your TV screen the progress of winding and rewinding of the tape in real time.

Product Information

Reception

• Tuner: UHF + VHF + Hyperband

• Tuning/Install Features: Auto Channel preset, Manual Search/Store

• Sound System Off Air: Mono

Video System

• Picture Improvement System: DSPC, SMART Picture

Sound System

• Audio Recording System: Linear

• Audio Recording Level: Automatic

User Interface

• Tape Position Indicator: yes

• Special Features: Child Lock

• Commercial Skip: yes

Remote Control Unit

• Remote Control type: 2.2M

• Remote Control codes: TV Multibrand,VCR-RC5

• Alternate Channel button: yes

Programming

• Number of Events: 8/year

• Programming Mode: Quick Programming,Turbo Timer

Tape Deck

• Number of (S-)VHS Video / FM Audio / Flying Erase Heads: 4/-/-

• Play: -1,+1, repeat

• Additional Playback Features: Still, Fast Search Speed, Slow Motion

• Repeat Play: 100 times

• Index Related Functions: Next/Previous index search

• Record End Search: yes

• Tape Counter: Real Time Counter,Time Left

• Automatic Functions: Auto Play, Auto Rewind, Auto Eject

• Winding / Rewinding Time: 110 sec

• Head Cleaning Mode: Automatic

• Dirty Head Warning: yes

• S-VHS Quality Playback: /61 yes

Connectors Rear

• Video in/out: RCA/RCA

• Audio in/out: mono, RCA/RCA

• Terrestrial Antenna In & Out: 75 Ohm

Connectors Front

• Audio/Video Conn. Front: RCA/RCA

General

• Power Voltage: 110-240V, 50/60Hz

• Power Cons. in Play / Std-By: 12.3/3.6

• Equipment Supplied: Remote Control, Batteries, Aerial Cable

• Weight incl. / excl. package in kg: 4.2/3.2

• Set Size - W x D x H (mm): 360x242x94

• Packaging - W x D x H (mm): 458x357x163

Color

• Front, side panels: Red Silver

• Cover: Red Silver

VR 420

Subject to modification without notice

/55 /61 Tuner System BG, DK, I, K1 NTSC M Tuning FST, 99 presets FST, 181 presets Video System REC: PAL/MESECAM/NTSC 3.58 & 4.43 NTSC

PLAY: PAL/MESECAM/NTSC 3.58 & 4.43/

PAL 60 OSD Menu Languages English, Chinese English Record Speed SP, LP SLP(NTSC) SP, SLP Play Speed SP, LP, SLP(NTSC) SP, LP, SLP Backup Presets & Timer Events Showguard 6 months Backup Clock 3 min 6 months