User manual PHILIPS VR201BMG99

[. . . ] VCR VR201BMG Video Cassette Recorder Owner's Manual Return your Warranty Registration Card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you're entitled to. Once your purchase is registered, you're eligible to receive all the privileges of owning this product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Verification Registering your product within 10 days confirms your right to maximum protection under the terms and conditions of your warranty. Owner Confirmation Your completed Warranty Registration Card serves as verification of ownership in the event of product theft or loss. Model Registration Returning your Warranty Registration Card right away guarantees you'll receive all the information and special offers which you qualify for as the owner of your model. S REG I ST RATION Know these y!urr H IT HIN 10 safetysymbols CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). [. . . ] · If REPEAT PLAY is set to ON, playback will begin automatically, even when the record tab is intact. Recording 25 Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. 1 2 3 4 6 Turn on the TV. Insert a tape in the VCR. Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. If the VCR/TV light appears on the display panel, go to step 4. If the VCR/TV light does not appear, press the VCR/TV button once. POWER VCR/TV EJECT 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 CHANNEL 5 8 7 Press the SPEED button until the desired tape speed appears briefly on the screen. (Details about tape speed are on page 30. ) SPEED MEMORY MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR REWIND /PLAY F. FWD REC/OTR /STOP PAUSE/STILL Use the CHANNEL o/p buttons or the Number buttons to select the channel to be recorded. Press the REC(ord)/OTR button once to start recording. The REC(ord) light will appear. To pause the recording, press the PAUSE/STILL button once. To resume recording, press the REC(ord)/OTR button or press the PAUSE/STILL button again. The REC(ord) light will come on again. Helpful Hints · If you press the REC(ord)/OTR button when there is not a tape in the VCR, NO CASSETTE will flash on the screen. · If you press the REC(ord)/OTR button while a tape without a record tab is in the VCR, the VCR will eject the tape and PROTECTED CASSETTE CANNOT RECORD will flash on the screen. · Other recording options are on pages 26-32. · You can change the tape speed during a recording, but some distortion will appear on the tape. · The VCR will record in a preset volume. To stop recording, press the STOP/p button. 26 Recording One Channel/Watching Another 1 2 3 4 5 6 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. (Details are on page 25. ) Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV position. The VCR/TV light will disappear from the VCR's display panel. 2&5 POWER VCR/TV EJECT Use the TV remote control to select the channel you want to watch at the TV. 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 CHANNEL To return to the channel being recorded, use the TV remote control to select channel 03 or 04 at the TV (whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to). SPEED MEMORY MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR REWIND /PLAY F. FWD Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel. The channel being recorded will appear on the screen. 1 6 3 4 REC/OTR /STOP PAUSE/STILL Press the STOP/p button to stop the recording. Select the channel you want to watch at the TV. Select channel 03 or 04 at the TV. Helpful Hint · If you use a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System hookup, you may not be able to watch one channel while recording another. See pages eight-nine for details. One-Touch Recording 27 The One-Touch Recording (OTR) feature allows you to set an immediate timed recording 30 minutes to eight hours long. Before you begin: q Set up the channels at the VCR. q Select a recording speed (SP, SLP) with the SPEED button. Make sure the tape's record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). If the end of a tape is reached during an OTR, the VCR will eject the tape and turn itself off. (The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel. [. . . ] The quick play mechanism allows the tape mechanism to switch from Stop mode to Play mode in one second. Direct Broadcast System Hookups · Watching one TV channel while recording another may not be possible if you have a DBS hookup. You may have to set your TV to channel 03 or 04, then make your channel selections at the DBS. · With many DBS hookups, if you use accessory audio and video cables to connect your VCR to your TV, you will have to put your VCR in Line Input mode (channel 001 or 002). [. . . ]