User manual PHILIPS 4-HEAD VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER VR420CAT99

[. . . ] VR420CAT Video Cassette Recorder Owner's Manual Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you're entitled to. Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you're eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. 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. [. . . ] A tape recorded in S-VHS format will play the same as a tape recorded in normal format. This unit automatically detects whether the tape is recorded in S-VHS format or in normal format. When you play a tape recorded in S-VHS format on this unit, you can not get the high resolution that would be available on an SVHS VCR. Noise lines (black and white streaks) may appear on the picture. Helpful Hints · If the tape you want to play is already in the VCR, make sure the VCR power is on and the VCR is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once. ) Then press the VCR button, then press the PLAY/o button. · Other playback options and features are on pages 35-40. · If REPEAT PLAY is set to ON, playback will begin automatically when you insert a tape, even when the record tab is intact. · Tape playback will not begin automatically if a timer recording is set and the VCR power is off. Details are on page 39. Recording 27 Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. 1 2 5 Turn on the TV. Insert a tape in the VCR. EJECT POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. If playback begins, press the VCR button, then press the STOP/p button to stop the tape. 1 4 7 MEMORY 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 ALT. CH If the VCR/TV light appears on the display panel, go to step 4. If the VCR/TV light does not appear, press the VCR button, then press the VCR/TV button once. REC /OTR PAUSE /STILL PLAY REW F. FWD STOP Press the VCR button, then press the SPEED button repeatedly until the desired tape speed appears briefly on the screen. (Details about tape speed are on page 32. ) CH. MUTE VOL. VCR TV CBL/DBS 6 7 8 Use the CH(annel) o/p buttons or the Number buttons to select the channel to be recorded. 3 4 VCR/TV SPEED TIME SEARCH ENTER SLOW Press the REC(ord)/OTR button once to start recording. The RECORD light will appear on the VCR display panel. To pause the recording, press the PAUSE/STILL button once. To resume recording, press the REC(ord)/OTR button or press the PAUSE/STILL button again. The RECORD light will come on again. Helpful Hints · If you press the REC(ord)/OTR button when there is not a tape in the VCR, NO CASSETTE will flash on the screen. · If you press the REC(ord)/OTR button while a tape without a record tab is in the VCR, the VCR will eject the tape and PROTECTED CASSETTE CANNOT RECORD will flash on the screen. · Other recording options are on pages 28-34. · You can change the tape speed during a recording, but some distortion will appear on the tape. · The VCR will record in a preset volume. To stop recording, press the STOP/p button. 28 Recording One Channel/Watching Another 1 2 3 4 5 Press the VCR button. 4, 5 EJECT POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. [. . . ] The quick play mechanism allows the tape mechanism to switch from Stop mode to Play mode in one second. Direct Broadcast System Hookups · Watching one TV channel while recording another may not be possible if you have a DBS hookup. You may have to set your TV to channel 03 or 04, then make your channel selections at the DBS. · If you use audio and video cables to connect your DBS, VCR, and TV, you may have to put your VCR in Line Input mode (channel 001 or 002). [. . . ]