User manual PHILIPS VR768

[. . . ] Page 7 Connecting to a TV set with a scart socket . Page 7 Connecting to a TV set without a scart socket . Page 9 Setting TV channels, date and time for the first time . Page 10 Searching for a TV channel manually . [. . . ] The Video Home System (VHS) has become the worldwide standard for recording and playback of amateur video cassettes. The popular standard has since been refined. Super-VHS (S-VHS) offers greater sharpness and less noise, Digital-VHS (D-VHS) now only works with digital picture and sound signals. Your video recorder can only record and play standard VHS cassettes. v P01 2 PARDON? Press the Playback button C to play the tape 8 Picture / sound quality is poor 4 Please read the section Removing picture interference in this chapter. 4 When playing many rental videos or older, poorer quality cassettes, it may not be possible to completely filter out picture and sound interference. There is nothing wrong with the PROBLEM video recorder. 3 Press the Stop button h on the remote control (or the Stop button h on the front of the video recorder), to stop playback Press the cassette eject button Jon the front of the video recorder to remove the tape Automatic switch-off Many functions (pause, still picture, search, . . . ) switch themselves off automatically after a short time in order to protect the cassette and to save energy J 4 TIP h Playing back NTSC cassettes If you are using a PAL TV set which is capable of showing a frame frequency of 60 Hz, you can play cassettes which have been recorded on the NTSC standard (USA, Japan, etc. ). During an NTSC playback, some special functions (e. g. The display will show 60HZ ENGLISH 25 PLAYING CASSETTES / PLAYING BACK NTSC CASSETTE Displaying tape position If the COUNTER button is pressed during playback and recording the current tape position will be briefly displayed on the screen. There are three different types of display available. 1 2 Start playback (Play button G) or recording (Record button n) By pressing the button COUNTER the current tape position will be displayed on the screen. Each further press of the button COUNTER activates the next type of display What types of display are available to me?COUNTER : The display shows the number of minutes of tape already played after insertion of the cassette (hours/minutes/seconds) TIME LEFT : The display shows the remaining playing time to the end of the cassette (hours/minutes/seconds) TIME USED : The actual tape position (from the start of the tape to the present tape position) will be displayed. PARDON? 3 PLAY P08 COUNTER 00:00:00 As soon as the button COUNTER has not been pressed for a few seconds, the display of the tape position disappears again. 8 The counter stops running when unrecorded places are found (Linear display type) 4 This is normal, and is necessary for technical reasons. 8 The display shows a negative playing time 4 This may happen, for example, when you insert an incompletely-rewound cassette into the video recorder and rewind it to the start of the tape. Since the display is automatically reset to 00:00:00 when you insert a cassette, the actual start of the cassette for the set is less than zero - thus in the negative range. The tape position is displayed with a minus sign -. During this process the speed of the tape is adjusted in such a way that all kinds of interference are removed or (in the case of old VHS cassettes) minimized. TO EXIT PRESS MENU 2 3 MAIN MENU PLAY FUNCTIONS ÂÅ MANUAL TRACKING É VERTICAL STABILITY HEAD CLEANING Å TO EXIT PRESS MENU PARDON? 4 Hold down P or Q until optimal playback quality has been achieved and confirm with OK. The screen will show the message STORED Leave the on-screen menu with the MENU button Tracking adjustment is retained The adjustments made are stored until the cassette is removed. After that, the standard tracking adjustment is restored. 5 TIP MAIN MENU PLAY FUNCTIONS ÂÅ MANUAL TRACKING É VERTICAL STABILITY HEAD CLEANING Å Optimizing still picture 1 When still picture is activated, press the MENU button on the remote control. The on-screen menu appears Use =P- or ;P+ to select the option PLAY FUNCTIONS and confirm with P Use =P- or ; P+ to select the option VERTICAL STABILITY and confirm with P TO EXIT PRESS MENU 2 3 ENGLISH 31 OPTIMIZING TRACKING / STILL PICTURE 4 Hold down P or Q until optimal playback quality has been achieved and confirm with OK. The screen will show the message STORED 8 I cant get optimal quality 4 When using rental cassettes or older tapes, it may not be possible to get rid of all interference completely PROBLEM 5 Leave the on-screen menu with the MENU button The setting is retained The adjustments made are stored until the cassette is removed. Then the still picture standard setting is restored. MAIN MENU ÂÅ PLAY FUNCTIONS É RECORDING FUNCTIONS SPECIAL SETTINGS INSTALLATION Å TIP TO EXIT PRESS MENU Cleaning video heads If horizontal lines of interference appear during playback, the video heads need cleaning. 1 During playback press the MENU button on the remote control. The on-screen menu appears Use =P- or ;P+ to select the option PLAY FUNCTIONS and confirm with P Use =P- or ; P+ to select the option HEAD CLEANING Why is it necessary to clean the video heads?When playing back video tapes, microscopic particles of the tape material build up a layer on the video head. If too much tape material collects, this can affect playback quality. By using the function Clean video heads, this tape material can be gently removed from the surface of the video heads. MAIN MENU PLAY FUNCTIONS ÂÅ MANUAL TRACKING É VERTICAL STABILITY HEAD CLEANING Å TO EXIT PRESS MENU 2 3 PLAY FUNCTIONS HEAD CLEANING HEAD CLEANING IN PROGRESS PARDON? 4 Press OK to start the cleaning procedure. The screen will show HEAD CLEANING IN PROGRESS Wait until the message disappears and leave the on-screen menu with MENU 5 CLEANING VIDEO HEADS 32 ENGLISH 9 Manual recording Starting and stopping of recording manually 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessary - select the programme number set for video recorder operation Insert a cassette without erase protection What is erase protection? [. . . ] 1 2 MAIN MENU SPECIAL SETTINGS Â TV SYSTEM É CHILD LOCK OSD MODE CLOCK DISPLAY VCR 1 OR 2 REPEAT PLAY AUTO STANDBY DEMO Ä AUTO Å OFF AUTO ON VCR 1 OFF ON OFF TO EXIT PRESS MENU During playback press the MENU button on the remote control. The on-screen menu appears Use =P- or ;P+ to select the option SPECIAL SETTINGS and confirm with P Use = P- or ; P+ to select the option VCR 1 OR 2, use P or Q to select VCR 1 or VCR 2 and confirm with OK. The video recorder has now been reset to the desired mode Now press, on the remote control, simultaneously on the buttons SELECT and the number button corresponding to the previously selected setting (thus 1 for VCR 1 or 2 for VCR 2) Confirm with OK. The remote control has now been reset to the new commands Finish with the MENU button 3 4 MAIN MENU SPECIAL SETTINGS VCR ONLY RESPONDS TO VCR 2 COMMANDS PRESS SELECT AND 2 SIMULTANEOUSLY THEN PRESS OK TO STORE PRESS OK 5 6 Activate / deactivate Smart Clock With the function Smart Clock time and date are automatically taken from the channel stored on P01 (if this channel transmits TXT/PDC). If time or date are - even after repeated manual settings - not displayed correctly, you should switch this function off. [. . . ]