User manual PHILIPS VR242

[. . . ] Important information for customers in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 3 3 4 6 HProgramming a recording (TIMER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 25 25 26 27 28 29 BConnecting the video recorder . . . . . 7 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programme recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Problem solving for programmed recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] But this only works when you use a scart cable to connect the video recorder to your TV set and your TV set responds to this switch-over. Sorting and clearing TV channels manually After you have performed the automatic channel search you may not agree with the sequence in which the individual TV channels have been allocated to the programme positions (programme numbers) of the video recorder. You can use this function to individually sort the TV channels already saved or to delete unwanted TV channels or those with poor reception. 1 2 3 4 5 Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the video recorder. 'CLK' will appear on the display. In the display, select 'ALLO' (Manual TV channel search) with P =r or P ;q . Using P ;q or P =r , select the saved TV channel that you want to assign to the programme number '01'. '02') will briefly appear in the display. After that, the channel number of the already allocated TV channel will blink. Using P ;q or P =r , select the saved TV channel that you want to assign to this programme number (e. g. '02'). Deleting TV channels Unwanted channels or those with poor reception can be deleted using CLEAR (CL) . CH21 6 7 8 9 0 A B Confirm with OK . 7 to 9 . To assign other TV channels to a programme number, repeat steps Confirm the assignment of the TV channel with MENU . To exit the main menu, press MENU . Installing your video recording 15 ENGLISH Setting the time and date If the display shows an incorrect time or '--:--', the time and date must be reset manually. Digital VHS (D-VHS) only works with digital picture and sound signals. Your video recorder can only record and play standard VHS cassettes. 1 Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ' v ' will appear on the display. 2 Press the Play button PLAY G to view the tape. This will, for example, appear in the display: 0:00:02 3 a Picture/ sound quality is poor b When playing rental videos or older, poorer quality cassettes, it may not be possible to completely filter out picture and sound interference. This is not a fault in your machine. To stop the playback, press STOP h on the remote control or STOP/EJECT ?on the video recorder. 4 To eject the cassette, press STOP/EJECT ?on the video recorder when the video recorder stops the playback (STOP). Automatic switch off of special functions Many functions (e. g. pause, still picture, search) switch themselves off automatically after a short time in order to protect the cassette and to save energy. 18 Playback Can I play back recordings in 'LP'?With this video recorder you can only play back cassettes in the recording speed 'SP'. When you play back a recording in the recording speed 'LP', picture and sound distortion will occur. Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning) 1 0:30:21 While a cassette is playing, press H (reverse) or I (forward) one or more times. This will, for example, appear in the display: To stop at a certain place on the tape, press PLAY G . Decreased picture quality Scanning interferes with the picture quality. [. . . ] In the display, select 'MOD+' (modulator on) with P ;q . 4 5 Keep pressing OK , until 'OK' briefly appears in the display. 34 Suppressing interference KBeforeyoucal PROBLEM Your video recorder does not respond to any button being pressed: l an engineer ENGLISH If, contrary to expectation, you have any problems using this video recorder, it may be caused by the following reasons. You will find the phone number in the enclosed guarantee leaflet. The telephone numbers can be found on the back of this instruction manual. Have the model number (MODEL NO) and the production number (PROD. NO. ) of your video recorder ready. SOLUTION bThere is no power supply: check the power supply. [. . . ]