User manual PHILIPS VR522

[. . . ] Special functions of your new video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Important information for customers in Great Britain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 BConnecting the video recorder . . . . . General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording without automatic switch-off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording) . [. . . ] 'Video Home System' (VHS) has become the world-wide standard for the playback and recording of amateur video cassettes. This popular standard continues to be improved. Super VHS (S-VHS) provides a sharper picture and less noise. Digital VHS (D-VHS) 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: 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. Read the chapter 'Eliminating picture interference'. b During playback the automatic TV system will switch-over automatically. If picture/sound interference occurs, attempt to fix the problem by manually switching the TV system. In that case, turn to chapter 'Additional functions' section 'Switching the video (color) system'. 0:00:02 3 To stop the playback, press STOP h on the remote control or STOP/EJECT ?This is not a fault in your machine. 2 Still picture / slow motion 1 0:00:02 During playback, press STILL R to stop the tape and display a still picture. This will, for example, appear in the display: Each time you press STILL R , the picture will advance one frame. 2 3 When you hold down the STILL R button, the tape will be played in slow motion. When you press I several times, you have a choice of several playback speeds for slow motion. To continue playback, press PLAY G . 4 5 Playback 23 ENGLISH Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and rewind) 1 Stop the tape with STOP h . 2 0:30:21 Press H (reverse) or I (forward). This will, for example, appear in the display: To stop at a certain place on the tape, press STOP h . 3 Instant View With this function you can switch to picture search during wind and rewind. 1 If you hold H (rewind) or I (wind) during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search. As soon as you release the button, the video recorder will automatically switch back to rewind or wind. 2 Automatic search for a tape position (index search) Every time a tape is recorded an index marking is written on the tape. This marking can be compared with a bookmark. These marked positions can be found again quickly and easily later by pressing a button. 1 To search for the previous marking, press INDEX E and then H . 2 0:30:02 For the next marking, press INDEX E and then I . This will, for example, appear in the display for the next marking. [. . . ] If required, select the programme number for the video recorder. The after-sales service telephone numbers will appear on the screen. Using OK , you can select more telephone numbers. To end, press MENU . 2 3 4 5 PROBLEM Your video recorder does not respond to any button being pressed: SOLUTION bThere is no power supply: check the power supply. [. . . ]