User manual PHILIPS VR900

[. . . ] Connecting with a scart cable without 'Easy Link/NexTView' . 'VPS' (Video Programming System) and 'PDC' (Programme Delivery Control) . 21 21 22 22 23 24 24 24 25 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 33 34 34 34 35 35 35 36 37 37 2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER . 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 3. 4. 5. 19 19 19 9. [. . . ] r button to select the programme number (channel name) you want to record. c Press the RECORD/OTR n button on the remote control. Recording without automatic switch-off a Insert a cassette. 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. D To cancel this information, press the button. CLEAR (CL) D The cassette is being checked. More information on the Tape Manager can be found in the chapter 'The Tape Manager (TM)'. b Use the PROG. r button to select the 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. programme number (or channel name) you want to record. On the display appears: 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 VIDEO and L AUDIO R . D Programme numbers 'AUX' and 'MIC' are for audio recordings (through sockets AUX IN L R and the microphone socket ' MIC. '). 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 position on the tape. b Stop the cassette by pressing the h button. '9' will remote control or RECORD n on the video recorder. On the display you will see: appear in the display. c Now start recording as usual by pressing the RECORD/OTR n 0:00:00 d Stop recording with the h button. button on the remote control. 21 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 B number for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button. c Select the line 'RECORDING FUNCTIONS' with the B or A button, and confirm with the C button. d Select the line 'RECORD SETTINGS' with the B or A or A button, and confirm with the C button. button, and confirm with the C button. d Select the line 'RECORD SETTINGS' with the B or A e Select the line 'RECORDING SPEED' with the B or A button, and confirm with the C button. button. e Select the line 'SAT RECORDING' with the B or A f Select the required recording speed with the D or C button. button. f Select the required scart socket 'E1' or 'E2' with the D or C button. If you want to switch off the function, select 'OFF' with the C or D button. D 'LP': Long Play = half recording speed (double recording time). 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 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. D The cassette is being checked. Wait until the search symbol in the display has gone out. j Switch off with the STANDBY m button. The beginning and end of the recording is controlled via one of the scart sockets. D When this function is switched on and the video recorder is switched off, 'x' will appear on the video recorder display. 22 Switching on 'Direct Record' When this function is switched on, the video recorder will automatically record the programme selected on the television by means of a scart cable. [. . . ] Release the button when 'OSD' appears on the video recorder display. 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. [. . . ]