User manual PHILIPS VR232

[. . . ] Page 7 Connecting to a TV set with a scart socket . Page 7 Connecting to a TV set without a scart socket . Page 9 Setting TV channels, date and time for the first time . Page 10 Searching for TV channels manually . [. . . ] With the function Commercial Skip you can skip these quickly and easily. 1 2 During playback, press button G The video recorder winds the tape forward for about 2 minutes playing time and then switches to playback again. Repeat step 1 until the end of the commercial break has been reached Interrupt Commercial Skip During winding, press the button G to switch back immediately to playback. TIP STILL PICTURE / SLOW MOTION / SKIPPING COMMERCIALS 22 ENGLISH Selecting picture setting (Smart Picture) Using the button SMART * the picture settings can be displayed and altered during playback. There are four different settings available. The current picture setting will be displayed Press several times on the button SMART * to change the picture setting. Each time the button is pressed, the next picture setting will be displayed. What types of picture setting are available to me?NATURAL : DISTINCT : SOFT : SHARP: Standard setting (for all types of films) Emphasises details (e. g. for sports programmes) Suppression of interference (when using rented cassettes) Increase in sharpness (e. g. for animated films) PARDON? 3 As soon as the SMART button * has not been pressed for a few seconds, the last selected picture setting will be accepted. Play compact VHS cassettes You can, of course, also use this video recorder to play back compact VHS cassettes. To do this, you will need the appropriate cassette adapter. Its dimensions match those of a normal VHS cassette. Recording will start. Delete entry The recording period displayed can be reset to 00:00:00 with the CLEAR (CL) button. TIP ENGLISH STARTING RECORDING MANUALLY/STOPPING AUTOMATICALLY 26 Lining up manual recordings When you add a further recording to a cassette, which already has a recording on it, a short blank (flicker) usually appears between the old and the new recording. This is how to avoid such an effect. 1 2 Look at the last minute of the old recording (playback) Press the Stop button h at the point where you want the new recording to start (the display will show 9) Press the Record button n in the usual way to start the new recording 3 MAIN MENU CLOCK AUTO INSTALL MANUAL SEARCH TV CHANNEL ALLOC. RECORD SPEED AUTO STANDBY TV SYSTEM SPECIAL SETTINGS EXITPMENU OK Selecting the recording speed 1 2 3 Press the MENU button on the remote control. The on-screen menu appears Use =P- or ;P+ to select the option RECORD SPEED and confirm with OK Use P or Q to select the desired recording speed (SP - Standard Play or LP - Long Play or AUTO - Auto Long Play) Standard Play / Long Play / Auto Long Play Standard Play (SP) offers the usual first-class picture quality. By using Long Play (LP), you can (with somewhat reduced picture quality) for example record about 360 minutes of programmes on a 180 minute cassette. With the Auto Long Play (AUTO) setting, the video recorder calculates, before starting the recording, how much playing time remains on the cassette inserted. Depending on the calculated remaining playing time and the duration of the programmed recording, the recording will be made in Standard Play or Long Play. PARDON? 4 5 Confirm with OK. The screen will briefly show STORED Stop selection of recording speed with MENU ENGLISH 27 LINING UP RECORDINGS / RECORDING SPEED Recording automatically from a satellite receiver You can only use this function if you have a satellite receiver which can control other devices via a scart cable What is a scart cable?The scart or Euro-AV cable serves as the universal recording and playback connector for picture-, soundand control signals. With this type of connection, there is practically no loss of quality during the signal transfer. We recommend that you use a scart cable when using this video recorder. MAIN MENU CLOCK AUTO INSTALL MANUAL SEARCH TV CHANNEL ALLOC. RECORD SPEED AUTO STANDBY TV SYSTEM SPECIAL SETTINGS EXITPMENU OK PARDON? 1 2 Insert a cassette without erase protection Check that the satellite receiver is connected to the scart socket EXT. 2 AV 2 on the back of the video recorder Press the MENU button on the remote control. The on-screen menu appears Use = P- or ; P+ to select the option SPECIAL SETTINGS and confirm with OK Use =P- or ;P+ to select the option SAT RECORDING Use P or Q to select the setting ON, to activate automatic recording from a satellite receiver, or OFF, to deactivate it. The screen will briefly show the message STORED Programme the data on the satellite receiver for the desired recording. If necessary, you should refer to the instructions for your satellite receiver for assistance. SWITCH OFF THE VIDEO RECORDER STANDBY/ON BUTTON m. [. . . ] If two video recorders respond to the same codes, the remote control signal emitted will be recognised and performed by both. Therefore the possibility exists, to allocate different remote control commands (with other codes) to this video recorder. This means that the uninterrupted use of both video recorders is possible once more. MAIN MENU CLOCK AUTO INSTALL MANUAL SEARCH TV CHANNEL ALLOC. RECORD SPEED AUTO STANDBY TV SYSTEM SPECIAL SETTINGS OK PARDON? 1 2 Press the MENU button on the remote control. The on-screen menu appears On the remote control press the buttons SELECT and 2 simultaneously, to set the video recorder to VCR 2 (or SELECT and 1, to set it to VCR 1) What must I set?If two video recorders respond to the same codes, they are either both set to VCR 1 or VCR 2. [. . . ]