User manual PHILIPS VR685

[. . . ] & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF The remote control EJECT J Front of the video recorder Eject Child lock SP/LP selection STANDBY m AUDIO L AUDIO R VIDEO RECORD n PROGRAMME r PROGRAMME q Standby Audio input, left channel Audio input, right channel Video input socket Record Down/number minus Up/number plus Stop/Cassette eject Rewind/Reverse scanning Playback Forward wind/ Forward scanning STANDBY m Standby CHILD LOCK u SYSTEM Special function SP/LP MONITOR TV monitor function 0-9 Digit buttons 0-9 SELECT Function selector AUTOINSTALL Installation button STOP/EJECT ?H PLAY G I CLEAR (CL) Reset, clear TIMER k 'VIDEOPlus' / 'TIMER' programming OK Confirm button P q Up/number plus D C Menu left Menu right P r Down/number minus PLAY G Playback H Rewind/Reverse scanning Forward wind/ Forward scanning Index search STOP h Pause/Stop, Tuner-mode I INDEX E RECORD/OTR n Record STILL R Still picture Additional TV functions: Sq TV volume + Sr TV volume TV y TV sound off TV m Switch off TV TV q Programme number + TV r Programme number - & Programming with 'VIDEOPlus+' All the information required for a programming is encoded in the VIDEOPlus+ code. 1 Switch on the TV set. 2 Press the TIMER k button on the remote control. 3 With the digit buttons 0-9 , enter the VIDEOPlus+ code (up to 9 digits) printed in your TV guide next to the How to programme a recording manually 1 Switch on the TV set. [. . . ] Please note, however, that interference may still occur with poor quality cassettes. button during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture scanning. If you release the button, the video recorder will automatically switch back to rewind or wind again. 7 Eject a cassette: Interrupt the playback function with the button and press the the video recorder. STOP h STOP/EJECT ? button on 8 Tape position/Index search Tape position: The elapsed playback time, given to the hour and minute, appears in the display. When you load a cassette, the video recorder must first calculate the playing time. Therefore, '-:--' appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds the playing time will be shown. The playback time displayed can be incorrect when using camcorder cassettes or with cassettes made for NTSC-VHS equipment. Index search: At the beginning of each recording, the video recorder marks the tape with a code mark. You can search for these code marks on the tape. Once the video recorder finds the code mark or a blank space, it will automatically switch to playback. 1 To select the next or the previous code mark, press the INDEX E Continuous playback You can continuously repeat the replay of a cassette. When the end of the tape has been reached, it rewinds and begins again. 1 Press the PLAY G button. 2 Whilst holding down the MONITOR button on the remote control, press the PLAY G button on the video recorder. In the display appears: REP 3 If you want to cancel the function, repeat step 2 . button and then press the I or the H but- ton. Note: You cannot use the function 'Index search' with recordings made on another video recorder that does not have this code mark function. Note: No other button will react during continuous playback. After a power failure, playback will automatically start again. 9 Eliminating picture interference/ Cleaning function 1 During playback, hold the P q button until 'TRAC'(track- ing) appears in the display. 2 Hold the P q or P r button until the playback quality is at its best. 3 Wait a few seconds, until 'TRAC' disappears from the display. This setting will remain until you remove the cassette. 4 If horizontal lines still appear on the screen, use the Cleaning function: Cleaning function: During playback, hold the PLAY G button until 'HEAD' (video head cleaning) appears in the display. The video recorder automatically switches back to playback. Note: Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture/sound quality. This is not a fault in your video recorder. 10 3. RECORDING FUNCTIONS video recorder on with the Pq 1 Insert a cassette into the video recorder or switch the button. Some general notes for recording · Recording from external sources: Programme numbers 'E1' and 'E2' are provided for recording from external sources (via the EXT. 1 or EXT. 2 scart socket). Recording from external sources: Programme number 'E3' is provided for recording from external sources (via the sockets VIDEO , AUDIO L/R ). 2 Use the P r or P q button or the 0-9 buttons to select the programme number from which you wish to record, e. g. In the display appears: · BBC1 3 Press the RECORD n button. In the display appears: · OTR - recording: If you do not want to record to the end of the cassette, press the RECORD n button again. The display shows at what time the recording will stop. With each subsequent press of the RECORD n button you can add 30 minutes to this time. [. . . ] * Allocating a decoder: If you want to allocate a decoder, press the INDEX E button at step 3 until 'DEC' appears in the display. * This video recorder can receive HIFI sound transmissions in 'NICAM'. At step 3 , you can switch 'NICAM' off or on with the SELECT button. No recording possible: · · TV channel not stored or wrongly selected. Cassette with erase protection has been loaded. Programmed recording does not function: · · · · TIMER not set properly. [. . . ]