User manual PHILIPS 21PV548

[. . . ] Placing the batteries in the remote control . Connecting a decoder or other equipment . Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) . Sorting and clearing TV channels manually . [. . . ] D Before transportation, make sure that there is no cassette in the TV-Video Combi. D Some hired cassettes may have poor picture or sound quality. Please read the section 'Selecting the picture settings (SMART PICTURE)', or 'Eliminating picture interference (Tracking)'. D Some functions will automatically switch off after a while (e. g. : pause, still picture, picture search). This helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting power. D During playback, the machine will automatically switch between the speeds 'LP/SP'. Please read the section 'Selecting the recording speed (SP/LP)' in the chapter 'MANUAL RECORDING'. 15 Searching for tape position with the picture 'Instant View' function (picture search) With this function you can switch to picture search during a While a cassette is playing, press the H (reverse) or I (forward) button once or several times. The screen displays for example: wind and rewind. a If you hold the H (rewind) or I (forward) button during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search. b When you release this button, the TV-Video Combi 0:00 TIME USED automatically switches back to wind and rewind. b To stop at the desired position, press the PLAY G Automatic search for a tape position (index search) At the start of each recording, an index code is written on the tape. a In order to search for the previous or next index code, button. D The picture quality is lessened during picture search. The sound is deactivated. Still picture/Slow motion a Press the STILL R button. A still picture will appear on press the INDEX E button and then the H button for the previous code or the I button for the next code. The following may appear on the screen for the next code: the screen. b Each time you press STILL R again, the picture will 1:20 TIME USED move on one step. c When you hold the STILL R button, the tape will be played in slow motion. d When you press the I button several times, you can b When the TV-Video Combi finds the marker, it will change the playback speed in several steps. D During slow motion there will be no sound. e To exit the still picture/slow motion mode, press the PLAY G automatically switch to playback mode. Skipping commercials automatically With this function you can skip approx. blocks of commercial time on the tape during playback. a During playback, press the PLAY G button. b The TV-Video Combi forwards the type by 120 seconds of button. Searching for tape position without the picture (winding) a Stop the tape with the STOP h button. b Press the H (reverse) or I (forward) button. The commercial time and then automatically switches back to playback. D If the commercial is still on, you can reactivate this function. D If you press the button PLAY G during the winding process, the TV-Video Combi switches back to playback. following will appear on the screen: 0:00 TIME USED c To stop at the desired position, press the STOP h button. 16 Eliminating picture interference (tracking) If the picture quality is poor during playback, you can manually adjust the tracking. a Press and hold the button ;P q or =P r during playback until the playback quality reaches its best. 'T+' will appear on the screen when the button ;P q is pressed. 'T-' will appear when you press the button =P r . This setting will remain until the cassette is removed. 17 6. MANUAL RECORDING D If you would like to turn off the screen during the recording, press the button STANDBY m . [. . . ] Confirm with the TIMER k button. · The TV-Video Combi will not record: · · Technical problem: · · Switch machine off using power switch 8 , wait 30 seconds and switch back on. You can reset the settings on your set (careful: all information will be deleted): 1. Switch machine off using power switch 8 . Press the m button on the machine and hold button. [. . . ]