User manual PHILIPS 4 HD HIFI VCR VRZ250AT99

[. . . ] 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 PHILIPS 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. R A TIO NN E ED ED WIT Know these H ur ry ! REGIST safetysymbols CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. S H Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to the "family!" Dear PHILIPS product owner: Thank you for your confidence in PHILIPS. You've selected one of the best-built, best-backed products available today. And we'll do everything in our power to keep you happy with your purchase for many years to come. [. . . ] The \ light will disappear from the display panel. . . . . . . . . SKIP SEARCH . . . . . . . . - + - FF /OTR CH REC END SEARCH REC 7 30 Recording One Channel/Watching Another START . . . . . . . . . . . . . STOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 Press the VCR button. 3, 7 CBL / DBS TV VCR/TV 1, 6 VCR POWER SMARTPICTURE QUICK PROGRAMMING Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. Details are on page 29. 4, 5 1 4 7 SPEED ALT + - 2 5 DAILY + - 3 DATE 6 WEEKLY Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV position. The VCR light will disappear from the display panel. 8 DBS 9 CLEAR 0 STILL/SLOW Use the TV remote control to select the channel you want to watch at the TV. Or, if the VCR remote control operates your TV, press the TV button, then use the CH(annel) 8/9 button to select the channel you want to watch at the TV. The channel selected with the TV controls will appear on the screen while the channel you previously selected to record is being recorded. (The \ light will appear on the display panel. ) REW PLAY 8 STOP VOL OK/STATUS MENU TIMER 5 6 7 8 TURBO AUDIO/ TIMER MUTE To return to the channel being recorded, use the TV remote control to select channel 03 or 04 (whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to). Or, if the VCR remote control operates your TV, press the TV button, then use the CH(annel) 8/9 button to select channel 03 or 04. EJECT Press the VCR button. Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in VCR position. (The VCR light will appear on the display panel. ) The channel being recorded will appear on the screen. To stop the recording, press the STOP 9 button. Helpful Hint · If you use a Cable Box/DBS, you may not be able to watch one channel while recording another. See pages 8-9 for details. . . . . . . . . SKIP SEARCH . . . . . . . . - + - FF /OTR CH REC END SEARCH REC 2 One-Touch Recording 31 The One-Touch Recording (OTR) function allows you to start an immediate timed recording 30 minutes to six hours long of the channel you are watching. Before you begin, make sure: · Channels are set up. · The desired recording speed (SP or SLP) has been selected with the ALT/SPEED button. · If a Record Link is set, regular timer recordings will not occur. · "Err L-1" will appear if you set up the Record Link when the DBS power is on. Turn off the DBS and set up the Record Link again. SELECT: , 9 END: MENU CHANGE: 3 6 Press the MENU button. Final Record Link instructions will appear on the screen for about 30 seconds, then the VCR will turn off automatically. "L-1" will blink on the display panel. . . . . . . . . SKIP SEARCH . . . . . . . . - + FF - CH REC END SEARCH 6 REC /OTR Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System 33 1 First, fill in the boxes on this page. It will only take a few minutes, and you must do it if you want the VCR Plus+ programming system to work properly. Since the channel numbers of the stations you receive may not be the same as the station numbers, and since channel numbers differ from area to area, you must program the VCR with your local channel information. To fill in the boxes, you will need 1) a cable channel list, if applicable (you can request one from your cable company), and 2) a chart that lists VCR Plus+ channel numbers, which you can find in your TV guide or the TV listings of your local newspaper. NOTE: If you are using a Cable Box/DBS, the Cable/TV channel must be 03 or 04 (the Cable Box/DBS output channel) for every VCR Plus+ channel. Channels Station Call Letters VCR PLUS+ CH. Station Call Letters Channels VCR PLUS+ CH. CABLE/TV CH. 34 Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont'd) 2 3 4 5 Now, compare the channel numbers you have written into the VCR PLUS+ CH. [. . . ] If the VCR indicates you are receiving a stereo broadcast, you are. (STEREO will appear in the status display. ) The VCR ejects the tape when the REC(ord)/OTR button is pressed or when the VCR power is turned off to set a timer recording. · Make sure the tape has a record tab. The remote control is not available or the remote control will not access the VCR's onscreen menu. [. . . ]