User manual PHILIPS VR205

[. . . ] How to connect your video recorder to the TV set . Connecting a decoder or other equipment . Automatic TV channel allocation (Follow TV) . Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) . [. . . ] d To eject the cassette, press the STOP/EJECT ?button OK button. D To reset the tape position 'LINEAR COUNTER' to '0:00:00', press the CLEAR (CL), y button. e To end, press the TV/STANDBY m button. on the video recorder. To eject a cassette, you can also use the EJECT J button on the remote control D Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture or poor sound quality. Please read 'Eliminating picture interference'. D Some functions switch off automatically after a while (for example, pause, still picture, picture search). This helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting power. D This video recorder will automatically recognise the length of the tape. D When you put a cassette in the video recorder and you want to see 'TIME LEFT', the video recorder must first calculate the time played. Therefore, '-:--' appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds the playing time will be shown. D If the video recorder does not find a recording at a certain tape position with 'LINEAR COUNTER' switched on, the counter will stop. Playing NTSC cassettes With this set you can playback cassettes that have been recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for example, American cassettes). But this only works for PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency of 60 Hz. D Some special features (for example, still picture) are not possible while you are playing an NTSC cassette. Searching for tape position with the picture (picture search) a While a cassette is playing, press the [ (reverse) or I (forward) button once or several times. b To stop a certain place on the tape, press the PLAY G button. D During picture search, the picture quality may not be so good and there will be no sound. Tape position indication When playing a tape, by pressing the OK button, you can show the present tape position on the TV screen. You have a choise of selecting 'LINEAR COUNTER' or 'TIME LEFT'. The LINEAR COUNTER shows the tape position in hours, minutes and seconds. This LINEAR COUNTER is reset to 0:00:00 everytime a cassette is inserted even if the tape is not at the beginning. You can also reset to 0:00:00 by pushing the CLEAR (CL), y button. 'TIME LEFT' shows the actual amount of playing/recording time left on the cassette in hours and minutes. 12 Still picture a Press the STILL R button. A still picture will appear on the screen. Interference stripes will appear on the screen. b Each time you press STILL R again, the picture will move on one step. Searching for tape position without the picture (wind and rewind) a Stop the tape with the STOP h button. b Press the [ (reverse) or I (forward) button. c To stop a certain place on the tape, press the STOP h Picture interference If the picture quality is poor when you play a cassette, please follow these instructions. Tracking during playback a While a cassette is playing, hold the P q button until button. 'TRAC' (tracking) appears on the display. b Hold the P r or P q button until the picture quality is Instant View With this function you can switch to picture search during wind and rewind. a If you hold the [ (rewind) or I (wind) button at its best. c Wait a few seconds, until 'TRAC' disappears from the during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search. b When you release the button, the video recorder will display. [. . . ] Batteries have run out: change the batteries. No picture when you play a cassette: · · · There is no recording on the cassette: change the cassette. 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. [. . . ]