User manual PHILIPS VR657/05L

[. . . ] The symbols on your video recorder display . Searching for tape position with the picture (picture search) . Searching for tape position without the picture (wind and rewind) . Automatic search for a tape position (index search) . [. . . ] You can also reset to 0:00:00 by pushing the CLEAR (CL) button. 'TIME LEFT' shows the actual amount of playing/recording time left on the cassette in hours and minutes. Playing a cassette a Put a cassette into the cassette slot. 'v' will appear on the display. b Press the PLAY G button. d To eject the cassette, press the STOP/EJECT ?button D When you play an NTSC cassette, the video recorder will only show 'LINEAR COUNTER'. a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button on the remote control. D Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture or poor sound quality. Please read the section 'Selecting the picture setting (SMART PICTURE)', or 'Eliminating picture interference'. D Some functions switch off automatically after a while (for example, pause, still picture, picture search). This helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting power. menu will appear. c Select the line 'COUNTER' with the qP or P r button and confirm with the OK button. d Select the type of counter with the qP button and confirm with the OK button. D To reset the tape position 'LINEAR COUNTER' to '0:00:00', press the CLEAR (CL) button. e To end, press the STANDBY m button. Playing NTSC cassettes With this set you can playback cassettes that have been recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for example, American cassettes). But this only works for PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency of 60 Hz. d Press the nRECORD/OTR button again and again until the display on the video recorder shows the desired end time or length of the recording. D To cancel this information, press the button. CLEAR (CL) Recording without automatic switch-off a Insert a cassette. b Use the qP or P r button to select the programme Protecting your recordings So that you don't accidentally delete an important recording, remove the special tab on the narrow side of the cassette with a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left. Later, if you no longer want to protect your recording, you can seal the gap again with sticky tape or slide the special tab to the right. number you want to record, for example, 'P01'. On the display appears: BBC1 D When a TV channel transmits a channel name, it will show on the video recorder display. D Programme numbers 'E1' and 'E2' are for recording from other sources (through scart sockets EXT. 1 AV 1 and EXT. 2 AV 2 ). Programme number 'E3' is for recording from the front sockets VIDEO and L AUDIO R . c To start recording, press the nRECORD/OTR button on the Auto-assembling You can use the auto-assembling function to join individual recordings without any major picture disturbance between them. a While the cassette is playing, search for the correct position on the tape. b Stop the cassette by pressing the STOP h button. '9' remote control or RECORD n on the video recorder. On the display you will see: will appear in the display. 0:00 d Stop recording with the STOP h button. c Now start recording as usual by pressing the nRECORD/OTR button on the remote control. Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it possible to record, for example, eight-hours instead of four-hours on an 'E240' (four-hour) cassette. a Switch on the TV set and, if required, select the programme number for the video recorder. 15 b With the video recorder switched on, and before you start recording, select the recording speed with the SP/LP button. [. . . ] All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be cleared. There is picture or sound interference on TV reception: · · Turn to chapter 'ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS' and read 'Poor TV reception - optimising the modulator' and 'Switching off the modulator'. Have your aerial checked. Cassette is jammed in the video recorder: · Don't use force. Pull out the mains plug for a moment. Remote control does not work: · · · Remote control not pointed toward the video recorder: point it at the video recorder. Batteries have run out: change the batteries. [. . . ]