User manual PHILIPS VR700

[. . . ] How to connect your video recorder to the TV set . Connecting with a scart cable without 'Easy Link/NexTView' . Connecting a decoder or other equipment . 4 4 5 6 6 'VPS' (Video Programming System) and 'PDC' (Programme Delivery Control) (UK) . [. . . ] b Use the ;P or P = button to select the programme Use 'Manual Recording' to make a spontaneous recording (for example, a programme currently being shown). E If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read the section: 'Recording without automatic switch-off'. E If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section: 'Recording with automatic switch-off'. E If you want a recording to be controlled automatically by a satellite receiver, read the section entitled 'Automatic recording from a satellite receiver'. number (channel name) you want to record. c Press the RECORD/OTR n button on the remote control. d Press the RECORD/OTR n button again and again until the display on the video recorder shows the desired end time or length of the recording. Recording without automatic switch-off a Insert a cassette. b Use the ;P or P = button to select the programme D To cancel this information, press the button. CLEAR (CL) number (or channel name) you want to record. On the display appears: 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. BBC1 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. D Programme number 'AUX' is provided for audio recordings via sockets AUX IN L R . c To start recording, press the RECORD/OTR n 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 remote control or RECORD n on the video recorder. On the display you will see: position on the tape. 0:00:00 d Stop recording with the STOP h button. b Stop the cassette by pressing the STOP h button. '9' will appear in the display. c Now start recording as usual by pressing the RECORD/OTR n button on the remote control. 17 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 Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT RECORDING) You can only use this function, when you have a satellite receiver, which can control other equipment by a 'programming' function through a scart cable. a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme programme number for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button. c Select the line 'RECORDING FUNCTIONS' with the P= number for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button. c Select the line 'RECORDING FUNCTIONS' with the P= or ;P button, and confirm with the P button. d Select the line 'RECORD SETTINGS' with the P = or ;P or ;P button, and confirm with the P button. button, and confirm with the P button. d Select the line 'RECORD SETTINGS' with the P = or ;P e Select the line 'RECORDING SPEED' with the P = or ;P button, and confirm with the P button. button. e Select the line 'SAT RECORDING' with the P = or ;P f Select the required recording speed with the Q or P button. button. f Select the required scart socket 'E1' or 'E2' with the D 'LP': Long Play = half recording speed (double recording time). 'SP': Standard Play = normal recording speed. D The picture quality will be adversely affected when recording at half recording speed ('LP'). D For playback, the correct recording speed will automatically be selected. g Confirm with the OK button. h To end, press the MENU button. or P button. If you want to switch off the function, select 'OFF' with the P or Q button. Q g Confirm with the OK button. h Use a scart cable to connect the scart socket you selected on the video recorder ( EXT. 1 AV 1 or EXT. 2 AV 2 ) to the corresponding scart socket on the satellite receiver. i Insert a cassette. [. . . ] You have given the wrong remote control command: read 'Switching remote control command' in chapter 'Additional functions'. No picture when you play a cassette: · · There is no recording on the cassette: change the cassette. You have chosen the wrong programme number on the TV for playing cassette: on the TV, select the correct programme number for the video recorder. The cable connecting the TV set and the video recorder has come loose: check the cable. · Poor picture quality when you play a cassette: · · · Your TV set is not properly adjusted. The cassette badly worn or of poor quality: use new cassette. [. . . ]