User manual PHILIPS VR287

[. . . ] & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF The remote control EJECT J Eject STANDBY m Standby CHILD LOCK u Child lock Front of the video recorder STANDBY m RECORD n PROGRAMME r PROGRAMME q PLAY G STOP/EJECT ?SHUTTLE ON / STILL R o Standby Record Down/Minus, number Up/Plus, number Playback Stop/Cassette eject Still picture Rotary control for Rewind/Reverse scanning or Forward wind/ Forward scanning SYSTEM Special function SP/LP SP/LP selection MONITOR TV monitor function 0-9 Digit buttons 0-9 SELECT Function selector CLEAR (CL) Reset, clear TIMER k 'VIDEOPlus' / 'TIMER' programming OK Confirm button P q Up/Plus, programme number D C Menu left Menu right AUTOINSTALL Installation button P r Down/Minus, programme number PLAY G Playback H Rewind/Reverse scanning STOP h Pause/Stop, Tuner-mode I INDEX E Forward wind/ Forward scanning Index search RECORD/OTR n Record STILL R Still picture Additional TV functions: Sq TV volume plus Sr TV volume minus TV y TV sound off TV m Switch off TV TV q Programme number + TV r Programme number - & Programming with 'VIDEOPlus+' All the information required for a programming is encoded in the VIDEOPlus+ code. 1 Switch on the TV set. 2 Press the TIMER k button on the remote control. 3 With the digit buttons 0-9 , enter the VIDEOPlus+ code (up to 9 digits) printed in your TV guide next to the How to programme a recording manually 1 Switch on the TV set. [. . . ] Please note, however, that interference may still occur with poor quality cassettes. 0:20 If, during wind/rewind, you want to have a quick access to picture scanning, use the 'Instant View' function. 6 Instant View: If you hold the H (rewind) or I (wind) Single frame picture/ picture search functions 1 Switch on the function by pressing the SHUTTLE ON / STILL R button on the video recorder. A still picture appears on the screen. button during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture scanning. If you release the button, the video recorder will automatically switch back to rewind or wind again. 7 Eject a cassette: Interrupt the playback function with the STOP h button and press the the video recorder. STOP/EJECT ? 2 Each time you press SHUTTLE ON / STILL R again the pic- ture will move on one step. 3 Using the rotary control o , you can select the various button on picture search speeds. 6 Tape position/Index search Tape position: The elapsed playback time, given to the hour and minute, appears in the display. When you load a cassette, the video recorder must first calculate the playing time. Therefore, '-:--' appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds the playing time will be shown. The playback time displayed can be incorrect when using camcorder cassettes or with cassettes made for NTSC-VHS equipment. Index search: At the beginning of each recording, the video recorder marks the tape with a code mark. You can search for these code marks on the tape. Once the video recorder finds the code mark or a blank space, it will automatically switch to playback. 1 To select the next or the previous code mark, press the INDEX E Eliminating picture interference/ Cleaning function 1 During playback, hold the P q button until 'TRAC'(track- ing) appears in the display. 2 Hold the P q or P r button until the playback quality is at its best. 3 Wait a few seconds, until 'TRAC' disappears from the display. This setting will remain until you remove the cassette. 4 If horizontal lines still appear on the screen, use the Cleaning function: button and then press the I or the H but- ton. Note: You cannot use the function 'Index search' with recordings made on another video recorder that does not have this code mark function. Cleaning function: During playback, hold the PLAY G button until 'HEAD' (video head cleaning) appears in the display. The video recorder automatically switches back to playback. Note: Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture/sound quality. This is not a fault in your video recorder. Continuous playback You can continuously repeat the replay of a cassette. When the end of the tape has been reached, it rewinds and begins again. 1 Press the PLAY G button. 2 Whilst holding down the MONITOR button on the remote control, press the PLAY G button on the video recorder. In the display appears: REP 3 If you want to cancel the function, repeat step 2 . Note: No other button will react during continuous playback. After a power failure, playback will automatically start again. 7 3. RECORDING FUNCTIONS · video recorder on with the Pq 1 Insert a cassette into the video recorder or switch the button. 2 Use the P r or P q button or the 0-9 buttons to select the programme number from which you wish to record, e. g. In the display appears: · Erase protection: So that you don't accidentally delete an important recording, you can remove the special tab (erase protection) on the narrow side of the cassette with a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left. Later, if you no longer want the cassette to be erase protected, you can seal the gap again with adhesive tape or slide the special tab to the right. [. . . ] The indication changes from 'CH' to 'CA'. For example, for special channel 'S 30', enter '9 30'. * Allocating a decoder: If you want to allocate a decoder, press the INDEX E button at step 3 until 'DEC' appears in the display. 12 Before you call an engineer If, contrary to expectation, you experience any difficulty in operating this video recorder, it may be caused by one of the reasons mentioned below. You can also call the customer service in your country. [. . . ]