User manual PHILIPS VR231

[. . . ] 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. 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! [. . . ] - OK Select page - < > Exit - MENU ) Complete the setting by pressing the button l twice. % & Enter programme - 0 - 9 Exit - MENU 26 7. EDITING VIDEO RECORDINGS ENGLISH 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. The stereo sound track and the video recording remain unchanged. The insert and insert-edit functions With the insert functions, it is possible to conveniently insert other picture and/or sound recordings into existing recordings without disturbing transitions. You have the choice between three insert functions. * 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 With the insert functions, it is possible to conveniently insert other picture and/or sound recordings into existing recordings. $ % & Search the desired beginning of the insert recording on the cassette in the video recorder. Switch on the external video/audio source. Search the beginning of the insert recording. Select the option "Record modes". The OSD page "RECORD MODES" appears on the picture screen. If the picture/sound source is connected to the input sockets © ('E3') or ('E4') and ª + º (audio input for "E3" and "E4"): Use the slider controls {} to adjust the recording level so that the "0 dB" mark lights up during the loudest passages of the recording. Connect the video/audio source to the input sockets © ("E3") or ("E4") and ª + º (audio input sockets for "E3" and "E4") of the video recorder. The sockets are located behind the flap at the front of the recorder, or connect the video/audio source to the Scart sockets t or u of the video recorder. [. . . ] BEFORE YOU CALL A TECHNICIAN Problem The video recorder does not respond when a button is pressed Possible cause · No power supply. · Programmed recording is in progress. · Technical disturbance: disconnect from the mains for 30 seconds, then reconnect. Disconnect the mains plug from the video recorder. [. . . ]