User manual PHILIPS VR900

[. . . ] How to connect your video recorder to the TV set . Connecting with a scart cable without 'Easy Link/NexTView' . Connecting a decoder or other equipment . Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) . [. . . ] This setting will remain button and confirm with the C button. c Select the line 'HEAD CLEANING' with the B or A button. until you remove the cassette. d Press the OK button. 'HEAD CLEANING IN PROGRESS' appears on the screen. e Wait a few seconds, until the message disappears and Tracking during still picture If the still picture vibrates vertically, you can improve the still picture as follows: a During still picture, press the MENU button. b Select the line 'PLAY FUNCTIONS' with the B or A then press the MENU button. button and confirm with the C button. c Select the line 'VERTICAL STABILITY' with the B or A button. d Hold the D or C button until the picture quality is at its best. e Confirm with the OK button. f To end, press the MENU button. D Please note, however, that interference may still occur with poor quality cassettes. 20 6. MANUAL RECORDING Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR one-touch-recording) a Put a cassette in the machine. Use 'Manual Recording' to make a spontaneous recording (for example, a programme currently being shown). E If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read the section: 'Recording without automatic switch-off'. E If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section: 'Recording with automatic switch-off'. E If you want a recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver, read the section entitled 'Automatic recording from a satellite receiver'. D The cassette is being checked. Wait until the search symbol in the display has gone out. b Use the PROG. r button to select the programme number (channel name) you want to record. c Press the RECORD/OTR n button on the remote control. Recording without automatic switch-off a Insert a cassette. d Press the RECORD/OTR n button again and again until the display on the video recorder shows the desired end time or length of the recording. D To cancel this information, press the button. CLEAR (CL) D The cassette is being checked. Wait until the search symbol in the display has gone out. More information on the Tape Manager can be found in the chapter 'The Tape Manager (TM)'. b Use the PROG. r button to select the Protecting your recordings So that you don't accidentally delete an important recording, remove the special tab on the narrow side of the cassette with a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left. Later, if you no longer want to protect your recording, you can seal the gap again with sticky tape or slide the special tab to the right. programme number (or channel name) you want to record. On the display appears: BBC1 D Programme numbers 'E1' and 'E2' are for recording from other sources (through scart sockets EXT. 1 AV 1 and EXT. 2 AV 2 ). Programme number 'E3' is for recording from the front sockets VIDEO and L AUDIO R . D Programme numbers 'AUX' and 'MIC' are for audio recordings (through sockets AUX IN L R and the microphone socket ' MIC. '). c To start recording, press the RECORD/OTR n button on the Auto-assembling You can use the auto-assembling function to join individual recordings without any major picture disturbance between them. a While the cassette is playing, search for the correct position on the tape. b Stop the cassette by pressing the h button. '9' will remote control or RECORD n on the video recorder. On the display you will see: appear in the display. c Now start recording as usual by pressing the RECORD/OTR n 0:00:00 d Stop recording with the h button. button on the remote control. 21 Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it possible to record, for example, eight-hours instead of four-hours on an 'E240' (four-hour) cassette. a Switch on the TV set and, if required, select the Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT RECORDING) You can only use this function, when you have a satellite receiver, which can control other equipment by a 'programming' function through a scart cable. a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme programme number for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button. [. . . ] You have chosen the wrong programme number on the TV for playing cassette: on the TV, select the correct programme number for the video recorder. The cable connecting the TV set and the video recorder has come loose: check the cable. Poor picture quality when you play a cassette: · · · Your TV set is not properly adjusted. The cassette badly worn or of poor quality: use new cassette. Tracking is not properly adjusted or the video heads are dirty: turn to chapter 'PLAYBACK' and read the section 'Cleaning the video heads'. · Read the section 'Selecting the picture setting (SMART PICTURE)', or 'Eliminating picture interference'. The video recorder will not record: · · The TV channel you want to record is not stored or you selected the wrong programme number: check TV channels stored. [. . . ]