User manual PHILIPS VR223

[. . . ] If you should nevertheless get difficulties in operating this video recorder, please contact a consumer help desk responsible for your country. You will find the telephone numbers in the guarantee information supplied. Contents Page 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 27 29 30 33 35 37 37 37 38 45 46 47 Safety instructions · This video recorder is intended for the reception, recording and playback of picture and sound signals. Every other use is explicitely excluded. Danger - high voltage in this appliance! [. . . ] The programme number and the programme name are highlighted. Select your favourite TV programme from which you wish to make most of your TIMER recordings. The programme name disappears and two horizontal lines appear in the place of the programme number. EASY TEXTPROGRAMMING Programme 14 BBC2 15 CNN 16 SKY ­­ 18 PREM 100 100 100 100 100 Page 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Select programme - ^ V Enter page - SELECT Textprog. - OK Exit - MENU Select page - < > ) Complete the setting by pressing the button l twice. % & Enter programme - 0 - 9 Exit - MENU 26 7. EDITING VIDEO RECORDINGS It is not possible to simply cut video tapes with a pair of scissors then splice them. If you wish to join and/or insert new scenes without disturbing transitions and exactly to the picture into existing recordings, it is necessary to use an electronic cutting facility when copying from one video tape to another. This creation of "new" video recordings is called "editing". For editing, different methods can be used. Audio dubbing This means that an appropriate sound is added to an existing video recording. With this function, it is possible to replace the mono sound track on the video tape with another sound. The old mono track is completely erased. Adjust the volume level of the headphone with the slider control * on the video recorder. The audio recording stops automatically when the display counter reaches "0:00:00" (=Edit out). ) <: If you want to abort, then press the r button. End audio dubbing with the l or d button (remote control). Notes: * To play back the audio dubbing sound press the p button repeatedly until "MONO" appears in the video recorder display. * If you connect an audio mixer to the video recorder, you can mix the original hifi sound on the video cassette with the sound from several external sound sources. The original hifi sound can be taken from the LÄ Cinch sockets (at the rear of the video recorder) and passed to the audio mixer. Connect the audio mixer to the Cinch sockets ª + º (front of video recorder). Use the slider controls {} to adjust the recording level from the audio mixer so that the "0 dB" mark lights up during the loudest passages of the recording. * To hear the dubbed sound, you must select the Mono track for playback. 28 The insert functions With the insert functions, it is possible to conveniently insert other picture and/or sound recordings into existing recordings. ¤ Search the desired end of the insert recording on the cassette in the video recorder. Use the s button to select the counter mode. Press the m button to reset the tape counter to "0:00:00". Search the desired beginning of the insert recording on the cassette in the video recorder. [. . . ] · Programmed recording is in progress. · Technical disturbance: disconnect from the mains for 30 seconds, then reconnect. Disconnect the mains plug from the video recorder. Press and hold down the button on the video recorder while reconnecting the mains plug. [. . . ]