User manual PHILIPS VR720

[. . . ] Table of contents AIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dear Philips customer, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supplied accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Important notes regarding operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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. a I see 'TAPE-' in the display b The video recorder is waiting for you to enter a cassette number from the 'Tape List'. You can find more information on the Tape List in the chapter 'Tape List'. If you don't use the Tape List, interrupt with STOP h or PLAY G . 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. Please read the section 'Selecting the picture settings (SMART PICTURE)', or 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 ?on the video recorder. 4 To eject the cassette, press STOP/EJECT ?on the video recorder when the video recorder stops the playback (STOP). To eject a cassette, you can also use EJECT J on the remote control. 28 Playback Automatic switch off of special functions Many functions (e. g. pause, still picture, search) switch themselves off automatically after a short time in order to protect the cassette and to save energy. Do I need to change the playback speed when playing back LP recordings?For playback, the correct recording speed 'SP' will automatically be selected. For more information, please read the section 'Selecting the recording speed (SP/LP)' in the chapter 'Manual recording'. Playing back NTSC cassettes Cassettes that have been recorded in the NTSC standard (for example, American cassettes) can be played back using this video recorder. However, this only works on PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency of 60Hz. When you play an NTSC cassette '60HZ' will appear on the display. Some special features (for example, still picture) are not possible while you are playing an NTSC cassette. Displaying current tape position The display shows the tape position in hours, minutes and seconds. In addition, by pressing OK you can show the present tape position on the TV screen. The following information is displayed on the screen: e. g. : 0:02:45 Shows the tape position in hours, minutes and seconds. [. . . ] bThere is a technical problem: disconnect from the mains power supply for 30 seconds, then connect again. If this doesn't help, you could reset your video recorder to the default factory settings. bAttention: Resetting devices to default factory settings Cassette is jammed in the video recorder: Remote control does not work: All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be cleared. Press and hold the STANDBY/ON m button on the device and reconnect to the mains power supply. Release the button when 'OSD' appears in the video recorder display. bDon't use force. [. . . ]