User manual PHILIPS VR685

[. . . ] & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF The remote control EJECT J Front of the video recorder Eject Child lock SP/LP selection STANDBY m AUDIO L AUDIO R VIDEO RECORD n PROGRAMME r PROGRAMME q Standby Audio input, left channel Audio input, right channel Video input socket Record Down/number minus Up/number plus Stop/Cassette eject Rewind/Reverse scanning Playback 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 AUTOINSTALL Installation button STOP/EJECT ?H PLAY G I CLEAR (CL) Reset, clear TIMER k 'VIDEOPlus' / 'TIMER' programming OK Confirm button P q Up/number plus D C Menu left Menu right P r Down/number minus 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. 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. Press the TIMER k button. DATE PROG START V/P END 01 01 20:00 21:30 start time of a TV programme. [. . . ] 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. 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 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 . 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. Note: No other button will react during continuous playback. After a power failure, playback will automatically start again. 9 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: Cleaning function: During playback, hold the PLAY G button until 'HEAD' (video head cleaning) appears in the display. This is not a fault in your video recorder. 10 3. RECORDING FUNCTIONS video recorder on with the Pq 1 Insert a cassette into the video recorder or switch the button. Some general notes for recording · Recording from external sources: Programme numbers 'E1' and 'E2' are provided for recording from external sources (via the EXT. 1 or EXT. 2 scart socket). Recording from external sources: Programme number 'E3' is provided for recording from external sources (via the sockets VIDEO , AUDIO L/R ). 2 Use the P r or P q button or the 0-9 buttons to select the programme number from which you wish to record, e. g. In the display appears: · BBC1 3 Press the RECORD n button. In the display appears: · OTR - recording: If you do not want to record to the end of the cassette, press the RECORD n button again. With each subsequent press of the RECORD n button you can add 30 minutes to this time. You can return to the normal recording status by pressing the CLEAR (CL) button. · Stereo reception: This video recorder can record stereo transmissions. Erase protection: So that you don't accidentally delete an important recording, you can remove the special tab (erase protection) on the narrow side of the cassette with a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left. Later, if you no longer want the cassette to be erase protected, you can seal the gap again with adhesive tape or slide the special tab to the right. Auto-assembling: You can use the auto-assembling function to join individual recordings without any major picture disturbance between the recordings. During playback, search for the correct position on the tape and then press the STOP h button. During Stop h or Pause 9 you can switch between the display for TV channel identification and tape position, using the OK button. 0:00 4 To stop recording, press the STOP h button. Long play function You can reduce the recording speed by half. [. . . ] Confirm with Confirm with the OK button. the OK button. 3 Hold the P q button until you have found the right TV 3 With the P q button, select 'ON' or 'OFF'. A changing channel number or frequency will appear on the TV screen. 4 Confirm with the OK button. 5 With the P q or P r button or the digit buttons 0-9 , Note: With the OK button you can superimpose the actual operating mode on the TV screen. select the programme number that you wish to give to this TV channel (e. g. : 'P 01'). 6 Confirm with the OK button. If you want to allocate more TV channels, repeat steps 3 to 6 until all TV channels have been stored. 7 To end, press the STANDBY m button. 16 Note: Channel number or frequency can also be entered directly at step 3 , using the 0-9 buttons. * To enter a special/hyperband channel, first enter the channel digit '9'. [. . . ]