User manual PHILIPS VR686

[. . . ] & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF The remote control EJECT J Front of the video recorder Eject Child lock SP/LP selection RECORD n PROGRAMME r PROGRAMME q STANDBY m EJECT J STOP h PLAY G STILL R o Record Down/Minus, number Up/Plus, number Standby Cassette eject Pause/Stop Playback Still picture Rotary control for Rewind/Reverse scanning or Forward wind/ Forward scanning STANDBY m Standby CHILD LOCK u SYSTEM Special function SP/LP 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 AUTOINSTALL Installation button Menu left Menu right P r Down/Minus, programme number PLAY G Playback H Rewind/Reverse scanning Forward wind/ Forward scanning Index search STOP h Pause/Stop, Tuner-mode I INDEX E RECORD/OTR n Record STILL R Still picture Additional TV functions: Sq TV volume + Sr TV volume 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. 2 Select a free TIMER block, using the P q or the P r button. [. . . ] Note: If the still picture vibrates vertically, hold the P r or the P q button at step 1 until the vibration is minimal. This setting will be stored automatically. 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) 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 eo recorder. EJECT J Single frame picture/ picture search functions 1 Switch on the function by pressing the STILL R button button on the vid- on the video recorder. A still picture appears on the screen. 2 Each time you press STILL R again the picture will move Notes: Some functions switch off automatically after a while (e. g. : pause, still picture, picture scanning). This helps to protect the cassette and prevent unnecessary power consumption. on one step. 3 Using the rotary control o , you can select the various picture search speeds. 8 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. [. . . ] At step 3 , you can switch 'NICAM' off or on with the SELECT button. 'CHANNEL/FREQUENCY'. Confirm with the OK button. 3 With the P q button. select 'CHANNEL' or 'FREQUENCY'. Confirm with the OK button. 15 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. [. . . ]