Philips VR 655, VR455, VR607 User Manual

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Video Cassette Recorder

VR407/55 VR607/55

Congratulations 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 OR MOISTURE.

Safety Precaution

❒ 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.

Safety Precaution

... 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.

Instructions for use

PAL

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

Features

❍ Index Search

LPT0580-001A

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Description of CControls

Front panel

POWER

REC

POWER

PLAY

STOP/EJECT

REW

REC

CASS

TIMER

Rear panel

Note:

VR407/55 has single AUDIO IN/OUT jack.

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

ANT.IN

RF OUT

POWER button (✈P.13)

11 22

Cassette Compartment

22 33

REC ¶ button (✈P.8, P.11)

33 44

Display Window (see below)

44 55

51 REW/CH- button (✈P.4, P.5, P.8, P.10,

P.12)

6¡ FF/CH+ button (✈P.4, P.5, P.8, P.10,

P.12)

STOP/EJECT 7/0 button (✈P.4, P.8,

P.10)

IR (infrared) remote sensor

88 99

PLAY 3 button (✈P.8, P.9, P.10)

99 00

CH button (✈P.5, P.6, P.8, P.9, P.14)

AC power cord

11 22

AUDIO IN (input) jacks (✈P.4, P.14)

22 33

AUDIO OUT (output) jacks (✈P.4, P.14)

33 44

ANT. (antenna) IN (input) terminal

(✈ P.4)

VIDEO IN (input) jacks (✈P.4, P.14)

55 66

VIDEO OUT (output) jack (✈P.4, P.14)

66 77

RF OUT (output) terminal (to TV)

(✈ P.4)

Display Window

REC

TIMER

POWER

CASS

On- Screen Display

PLAY 15:00 CH12

AUTO

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

AUTO HIFI

REMAIN 2:30 INDEX - 1

LP 0:00:00

66 77

88 99

00 !!

POWER indicator

11 22

CASS(ette) indicator

22 33

REC(ording) indicator

33 44

TIMER indicator

Operation mode

11 22

SmartPicture Setting

22 33

Colour Mode

33 44

Remaining tape length

44 55

Tape Speed

55 66

Current Time

66 77

Channel Number

77 88

Tape position indicator

88 99

Sound output mode (for VR607/55 only)

99 00

Index Number

00 !!

Time counter

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Remote Control

11 22

22 33

33 44

44 55

55 66

88 99

99 00

00 !!

Buttons operate some of PHILIPS TVs. Button

used to go back 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 compartment.

1 1

3 3

TV CH

TV VOL

+ +

START STOP

SMART

PICTURE

STILL/SLOW

5 5

, and

5 5

POWER

VCR/TV

REC/OTR

DAILY

SPEED

PLAY

REW

STOP

WEEKLY

CLEAR

w w

VCR

EJECT

OK/STATUS

TIMER

VCR CH

DATE

ALT

S.SEARCH

AUDIO

can be used to

@@ ##

## $$

$$ %%

%% ^^

^^ &&

&& **

** ((

(

(( ))

)

)) qq

ww ee

ee rr

rr tt

●

f f

f TV (POWER) button

f f

VCR/TV button

22 33

TV CH (channel) 5 / ∞ button

33 44

MENU button

44 55

TV VOL (volume)

55 66

REC (record)/OTR ● button

P.14)

NUMBER buttons (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

7, 8 and 9)

SMARTPICTURE button (✈P.12)

88 99

CLEAR button (✈P.14)

99 00

STILL/SLOW – /™ button (✈P.8)

00 !!

STILL/SLOW button (✈P.8, P.9)

!! @@

f f

f VCR (POWER) button (✈P.13)

f f

SPEED button (✈P.7, P.13)

## $$

$0 EJECT button (✈P.8)

$$ %%

PLAY / 5 button (✈P.8)

%% ^^

OK/STATUS button

^^ &&

FF /3 button

&& **

REW /2 button (✈P.8)

** ((

(

TIMER button (✈P.13)

(( ))

)

STOP /

)) qq

VCR CH (channel) 5 / ∞ button (✈P.6, P.9,

P.12, P.13)

ALT button

ww ee

S.(Skip) SEARCH button

ee rr

AUDIO button (VR607/55 only) (✈P.11)

rr tt

STILL/SLOW + /£ button (✈P.8)

∞∞

∞

∞∞

(✈P.7)

(✈P.12, P.13)

(✈P.8)

button (✈P.8)

∞∞

∞

buttons

∞∞

(✈P.9)

(✈P.8, P.11,

CAUTION On Battery Replacement

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

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Getting CConnected UUp

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. 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

Indoor antenna

Back of TVBack of VCR

ANT. IN

OUT

ANT.IN

Cable

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

VHF

UHF

RF coaxial cable

RF OUT

CAUTION

Do not plug the AC power cords

Note:

VR407/55 has single AUDIO IN/OUT jack.

until all connections are completed.

To watch a picture from this VCR on the TV, select UHF E36 channel (video channel of this VCR when shipped from the factory). If you want to change video channel, see “Setting the Video Channel.” (✈P.5)

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.

VR407/55

To VIDEO/ AUDIO OUT jacks

VR607/55

Back of VCR

ANT.IN

OUT

AUDIO

VIDEO

RF OUT

ANT.IN

OUT

AUDIO

RF OUT

VIDEO

Audio cable

Video cable Audio cable

Video cable

Back of TV

To video and audio input jacks

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Setting UUp

Setting the Video Channel

This VCR is designed to send picture and sound signal on UHF channel E36 (between E28 to E60) 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. All four indicators on the display window will blink.

REC

CASS

POWER

3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ on the remote control

to select the TV system.

The indicators represent the TV system as described in the table below.

System

B/G

D/K

Country

West Europe, ASEAN

countries, New Zealand

China, Russia,

East Europe

Hong Kong, South

Africa, United Kingdom

4 Press OK/STATUS. 5 Turn on the TV, and tune it to UHF channel E36.

• 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, press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ on the remote control to set the video channel to any vacant channel between channel 28 to 60.

• The 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.

TIMER

Indicator

POWER

CASS REC TIMER

blink blink blink

blink

blink blink blink

off

blink

off

CHANNEL

51 - 59

41 - 49

37 - 39

31 - 35

CASS

indicator

light

blink

light blink light

TIMER

indicator

light

blink

light

blink

light

blink light

Blinking Speed

fast

slow

fast

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

∞ until CASS and TIMER 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 MENU to display the main menu screen. 2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞to select a desired

feature on the menu, then press OK/STATUS.

3 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, some basic settings must be done first before going on to

further operations.

Test signal (two vertical white bars)

6 Press OK/STATUS.

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

❍ Select the Language

1 Press POWER.

The language selection screen appears.

2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP

to select either "ENGLISH",

" (Chinese).

or "

3 Press OK/STATUS.

ENGLISH

∞

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

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❍ Setting the Clock/Date

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

set the time. Each time you press the button, the set time changes by one-minute intervals.

TIME - - : - -

DATE 01/01/01

SET: NEXT: OK END: MENU

Press and hold the button to change time by 30minute 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.

CONNECT ANTENNA OR CABLE TO VCR FOR AUTO CH. SET

The message on the right

will appear.

❍ Select TV System

1 Press OK/ST ATUS. The TV

system selecting menu appears on the TV.

2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

select the appropriate TV

READY: 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

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.

❍ Start Auto Channel Set

Press OK/STATUS to programme the receivable

AUTO CH. SET PROCEEDING PLEASE WAIT

channels automatically. The message on the right appears

START FINISH

on the TV.

When the auto programming is completed

The following message appears on the TV, and the lowest channel will be tuned in. Press VCR CH 5/∞to change channels on the VCR. You can also use the 1REW/CH- and

FF/CH+ on the front panel. If there is a

cassette in the VCR, press CH before pressing the

REW/CH- and ¡ FF/CH+, otherwise it

functions as REW and FF. You have now completed the initial setting.

If you stop the Inital Set Up procedure while it is proceeding:

The VCR enters the Initial Set Up mode again the next time you turn on the VCR.

Initial Set Up will not start in the following cases:

• If there is a tape inserted.

• If any one of the Initial Set Up procedures is finished manually.

AUTO CH.SET COMPLETED

To Reset the Time or Language

You can always change the time and language setting after you completed the initial set up.

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

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

3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP

to select “CLOCK” or “ LANGUAGE”, depending on which setting you want to change.

4 To change clock/date:

Repeat step 3 (Setting the Clock/Date) of

❍

“Initial Set Up” on page 5. To change language: Press FF 3 repeatedly to choose your preferred language, Chinese or English, then press MENU.

VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP INITIAL SET UP

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

∞

SELECT: CHANGE: END: MENU

CLOCK

LANGUAGE ENGLISH

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To Reset the Channels

If you want to re-do the channel setting, follow the procedure below;

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

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

3 Press PLAY5 or STOP

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

4 Press PLAY5 or STOP

to select the appropriate TV

VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP INITIAL SET UP

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

∞

CHANGING TUNER SET UP AUTO TUNER SET UP

∞

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

system [(BG, DK, I)] of your residential area.

5 Press OK/STATUS. Auto programming starts.

When it ends, programmed channels, frequencies and TV systems are shown on the display.

6 Press MENU to exit.

To Delete or Edit Receivable Channels

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

“TUNER SET UP”, then press OK/STATUS. 3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

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

The programmed channel

information list appears.

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

4.2: TO EXCHANGE CHANNEL POSITION: Press OK/STATUS once so that the channel number flashes. Using the number button on the remote control, enter the other channel number that you want to exchange with, 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

●

4.3: TO FINE-TUNE CHANNELS Press OK/STATUS twice so that the frequency indication flashes. Press PLAY5 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 no sound comes out on the channel.

Press OK/STATUS three times so that the TV system indication flashes. Press PLAY5 or

STOP ∞ to select the approriate TV system (BG,

DK, I) so that the sound comes out, then press OK/STATUS.

5 Press MENU to exit.

Manual Channel Setting

1 Repeat steps 1-3 of “To delete or edit receivable

channels” on the left column.

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 a 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 settings of the newly

tuned channel flashing. If you do not want to store the

channel, select “CONTINUE

SEARCH”, then press OK/STATUS so that the

search starts again. 5 Press MENU to exit.

STORE CHANNEL

CONTINUE SEARCH

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: MENU

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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,

Press

fVCR

(or POWER on the front panel).

❍ 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. To reset time counter, press CLEAR.

❍ Select Tape Speed

Press SPEED until the desired tape speed (SP or LP) appears on the screen.

❍ Select a Channel

Press 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 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.

• When a tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and display window.

CASS indicator blinks on the

●

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.

To prevent accidental erasure:

Break off the record tab with a screwdriver. To record again, cover the hole with adhesive tape.

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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. T o resume playback, press PLAY.

To view a slow motion picture

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

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/∞.

• During a slow motion picture: Press VCR CH 5/∞ to minimize noises in the slow motion picture.

• During a still picture: Press VCR CH 5/∞ 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

VCR CH

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/∞

), this indicates that your video heads are dirty.

5/∞ button, you

VCR CH

T o resume playback, press PLAY.

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.

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 ¢ or 4 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.

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Automatic Operations

SmartPicture

Eject cassette You can eject the tape simply by pressing STOP/ EJECT ■/0 on the front panel even while the

VCR is turned off. When you press STOP/EJECT ■/0 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 POWER during rewinding, the VCR turns off after rewinding is completed.

Repeat Playback

When you press and hold PLA Y 3 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.

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 POWER 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 on the display window is blinking, you cannot turn on the VCR by pressing POWER on the VCR.

To cancel Child Lock

Press and hold POWER 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 the VCR is turned on. You can also cancel the child lock function by unplugging the AC power cord.

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.

❍ Select SmartPicture Mode

1 Press SMARTPICTURE

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

2 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.

Note:

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

AUTO

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Selecting Monitor Sound

(For VR607/55 only) If you want to change the sound you listen to while playing back a HiFi stereo or bilingual tape, press AUDIO repeatedly. Each time you press the button, the sound changes as follows:

HiFi stereo = HiFi left channel = HiFi right channel = Monaural sound on normal audio track.

HIFI:

Normally select this mode. You can play back a HiFi tape in HiFi stereo mode and monaural tape in monaural mode.

HIFI L:

Select this mode when you want to play back the sound recorded on HiFi left channel (usually main language) of a bilingual programme.

HIFI R:

Select this mode when you want to play back the sound recorded on HiFi right channel (usually sub-language) of a bilingual programme.

NORMAL MONO:

Select this mode when you want to play back the sound recorded on the normal audio track of the tape.

Note:

• The connections described in “VCR to AV TV Connection” ( playback.

✈

P.4) are required for HiFi stereo

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.

Make sure....

• The record tab on the cassette is not removed.

• Your VCR, TV and antenna are connected correctly.

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

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

❍ Start OTR

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

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.

0:30=1:00=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 7 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, recor ding 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.

OTR(0:30)

CH12

.....

5:30=6:00

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Using On-Screen Display

Timer Recording

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.

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.

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

QUICK PROGRAMMING PROGRAM REVIEW

SELECT: CONFIRM: OK END: TIMER

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL+/– START +/– – –:– – STOP +/– – –:– – REC SPEED SP DATE +/– – –/– –/– –

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

– –

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

• 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 or ∞ rapidly scans through the channels.

• To record from external line input, press VCR CH 5 or

∞

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 one-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 one-minute intervals. If you hold the button, the set time changes by 30-minute intervals.

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL+/– START +/– 20:00 STOP +/– 22:00 REC SPEED SP DATE +/– – –/– –/– –

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

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❍ Select Tape Speed

Press SPEED.

• Each time you press the button, the tape speed alternates between SP or 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 WAS 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.

• 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

appears on the TV screen, the

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

To stop a started timer recording

Press f VCR (or POWER 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.

When two programs overlap

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

PR CH START STOP DATE 1 12 20:00 22:00 20/07 2 20 11:00 11:30 15/10 3 24 15:00 16:00 10/08

4 45 21:00 23:00 FRI

5 6 7 8 SELECT:

CONFIRM: OK

1 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to

move the magenta line among the tw overlapping programs.

2 Press OK/STATUS to view

the detail information of the program you want to change.

3 Go to step 4 through 8 to

modify the selected program.

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL+/– START +/– 20 : 00 STOP +/– 22 : 00 REC SPEED SP DATE +/– 20/07/01 FRIDAY ERASE: CLEAR NEXT: OK END: TIMER

To cancel any timer recording, press CLEAR.

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

• If the START time for the two programs are the same, the lower program 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 MENU. 2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “VCR SET

UP” then press OK/STATUS.

3 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select “TIMER

REC SPEED.”

4 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 not to allow the VCR to change the tape speed.

5 Press MENU to exit from the menu operations.

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To check, edit or erase the programmes

1 Press TIMER. 2 Press PLAY 5 or STOP ∞ to select

“PROGRAM REVIEW” then press OK/ STATUS.

3 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.

4 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.

5 If necessary, press TIMER to exit from 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

Stop time

Start date “D” stands for “DAILY,” and

4 5

PR CH START STOP DATE 1 12 20:00 22:00 W10/06 2 25 10:00 10:45 MON 3 03 15:00 15:15 D16/10 4 45 23:30 23:00 DAILY 5 6 7 8 NEXT: OK END: TIMER

“W” stands for “WEEKLY.”

• 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.

Note:

• Even if a power failure occurs, the VCR keeps your timer programs. However, the clock time and other menu settings are lost if it lasts for more than 3 minutes. As a result, when the power is supplied again to this VCR after the power failure, set the clock time and turn off the VCR. Each timer program you have made will start unless its start time already passes.

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

OUT

ANT.IN

AUDIO

RF OUT

VIDEO

Note:

VR407/55 has single AUDIO IN/OUT jack.

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

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

2 Turn the channel on the TV to your video channel. 3 Press VCR CH 5 or ∞, pointing the remote control at this VCR, to select the external line input. Select “AV IN” on the TV screen. 4 Press SPEED, pointing the remote control at this

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

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)

OUT

ANT.IN

AUDIO

RF OUT

VIDEO

From Audio output to AUDIO IN

From Video output to VIDEO IN

To RF OUT

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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.

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.

Miscellaneous

A cassette cannot be inserted.

The cassette does not eject.

The cassette ejects when you press REC/

OTR ●.

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.

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Specifications

GeneralGeneral

General

Mains voltage

Mains frequency 50 Hz/60 Hz Power consumption VR407/55: 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 E36 (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

Accessories supplied

AC 110 V – 240 V

VR607/55: 16W

CATV

Remote control unit

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

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Design and specification are subject to change without notice.