User manual PHILIPS VR637

[. . . ] When you have switched on the LP (Long Play) function or when you play a tape that has been recorded in LP (Long Play). When you have switched on the child lock. When a decoder has been allocated to the TV channel (currently selected programme number on the video recorder) you have currently selected on the video recorder. When you play a cassette that has been recorded with hifi sound, or when a hifi sound is transmitted. [. . . ] 'REMAIN 0:06': will show the actual amount of playing/recording time left on the tape in hours and minutes. When you play an NTSC cassette, the video recorder will not show 'REMAIN 0:06'. You can set the counter to '0:00:00' using CLEAR (CL) . A The counter does not move b This occurs when there are no recordings on a portion of a tape. Therefore, the video recorder cannot receive any information from the tape. A The display/the screen shows '-0:01:20' b If you rewind a cassette from the tape position '0:00:00', the counter will show for instance, '-0:01:20' (the cassette will be rewound to 1 minute and 20 seconds before '0:00:00'). a ' : ' is displayed in the 'REMAIN' counter b This counter will automatically recognise the length of the tape. In addition, when you put in a cassette the video recorder must first calculate the time played. Therefore, '-:--' appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds will the correct playing time be shown. 1 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 . 1 While a cassette is playing, hold P ;q until 'TRAC' (TRACking) appears in the display. Hold down the buttons P ;q or P =r until the playback quality is at its best. Wait a few seconds, until 'TRAC' disappears from the display. These selected picture settings will not change until you eject the cassette. If the still picture vibrates vertically, you can improve the still picture as follows: 1 During still picture, hold P ;q or P =r until the picture quality is at its best. A I cannot reach optimal quality for the still picture b Interference which cannot be alleviated by this function can occur in cassettes of poor quality or camcorder cassettes . Use 'Manual Recording' to make a spontaneous recording (for example, a programme currently being shown). If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read the section 'Recording without automatic switch off'. If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section 'Recording with automatic switch off'. Not to record to the end of the tape) Read the section 'Automatic recording from a satellite receiver', if you want a recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver. Recording without automatic switch off Use P ;q or P =r to select the programme number you want to record, for example, 'P01'. [. . . ] When the video recorder finds a 'free' channel (not used be a TV channel), the frequency of this channel will be shown in the display. If you cannot clear picture or sound interference despite optimisation, you can switch off the built-in modulator. Warning: this is only possible if you have connected the video recorder to the TV set with a scart cable. Without a scart cable you will not receive a picture from the video recorder on the TV set when the modulator is switched off. [. . . ]