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VR423CAT
VR623CAT
Video Cassette Recorder
Owner’s Manual
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1 N I H T I W D E D E E N N Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the you’re entitled to. benefits Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed Warra
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Introduction 3 Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual. This manual describes the VR423CAT and the VR623CAT. The VR423CAT is a monaural (single sound source) system, while the VR623CAT is a stereo system. Otherwise, the two models are exactly the same. In this manual, the VR623CAT is illustrated. (The VR423CAT has single AUDIO IN/OUT jacks. Otherwise, the VR423CAT looks exactly like the VR623CAT.) This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recordin
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4 Table of Contents Setting Up Your VCR Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Before Using Your VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Before Using Your VCR 5 Removing the Plastic Cover from the Front Panel l A thin plastic cover may protect the front panel of your VCR. Before using the VCR, lift a corner of the plastic, then peel it off. 1 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control 1 Remove the battery compartment lid on the bottom of the remote control by pressing the tab, then lifting the lid. 2 2 Place two AA batteries inside the battery compartment with their and ends aligned as indicated. + – 3 Replace the battery compartme
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6 Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV, please see page 10. After you hook up the VCR, go to page 11 to turn on the VCR. (The VR623CAT is illustrated here. The VR423CAT has single AUDIO IN/OUT jacks.) 1 Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV. Antenna Indoor/Outdoor (300 ohm) OR ANTENNA IN Jack (
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75 ANT / CABLE Hookups without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 7 3 Connect the supplied black RF coaxial cable to the OUT Jack on the back of the VCR and to the ANTENNA IN Jack on the TV. (You may use either a snap-on type (supplied) or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer.) AUDIO ANT IN L OUT IN R VIDEO OUT CH3 CH4 OUT IN AUDIO ANT IN L 75 CABLE ANT / OUT IN R VIDEO OUT ANTENNA IN Jack (on back of TV) CH3 CH4 supplied black OUT IN example only RF coaxial cab
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75 ANT / CABLE 8 Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection: l You may view any channel. l You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. You can not change channels at the VCR. l You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording. l You may not program channels at the VCR. l You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a time. Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DBS output c
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75 ANT / CABLE IN OUT Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 With this connection: l You may watch one channel while recording another. l You may not record scrambled channels. VCR 1 Cable Box/DBS 2 AUDIO ANT IN L OUT IN R VIDEO OUT CH3 CH4 OUT IN Cable Signal TV’s ANTENNA RF coaxial cable RF coaxial cable IN Jack 3 Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN Jack. 2 Use the supplied black RF coaxial cable to connect the OUT Jack on the VCR to the IN J
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10 Hookups with a Stereo TV VR623CAT antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack 1 AUDIO ANT IN L OUT IN R VIDEO OUT CH3 CH4 OUT IN VIDEO (yellow) and Audio and Video IN Video Cable AUDIO (red and white) OUT Jacks 2 Jacks on TV Stereo Audio Cable 3 OR VR423CAT antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack 1 ANT IN AUDIO OUT IN OUT CH3 CH4 VIDEO VIDEO (yellow) and Video Cable Audio and Video AUDIO (white) OUT Jacks 2 IN Jacks on TV “Y” splitter Audio Cable 3 l Audio and Video cables are not supplied. 1 Conne
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Turning on Your VCR 11 Before turning on your VCR, make sure batteries are in the remote control and you have connected the VCR and TV correctly. 2 Turn on the TV. l You can not program channels if you are using a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System. l If you are not using a Cable Box/DBS, the clock may set itself EJECT POWER automatically after you connect the antenna/Cable signal to the MENU CLEAR STATUS/EXIT 1 VCR and plug in the power cord. The time will appear on the 4 display panel. 1
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12 Automatic Channel Setup Although your VCR may automatically memorize the channels you receive when you turn it on for the first time, this function lets you set up the channels again. 3-4 1 Press the VCR button. EJECT POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR 2 2 Press the MENU button. 1 2 3 SELECT op CHOOSE B 4 5 6 fi PROGRAM 7 8 9 VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP MEMORY ALT.CH SET CLOCK 0 TO END PUSH EXIT REC PAUSE /OTR /STILL PLAY REW F.FWD 3 STOP Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select TUNER SET
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Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels If your channel lineup changes, you may want to add newly avail- able channels or remove channels that are no longer available in your area. Channels that you add to the VCR’s memory can be 7 3-6 selected by pressing the CH(annel) o/p buttons. To add or delete channels from the VCR’s memory, follow these steps. EJECT POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR 2 1 1 2 3 Press the VCR button. 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 MEMORY ALT.CH 0 Press the MENU button. REC
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14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 1 5 3-4 Press the VCR button. EJECT 2 POWER Press the MENU button. MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR 2 SELECT op CHOOSE B 1 2 3 fi PROGRAM 4 5 6 VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK 7 8 9 MEMORY ALT.CH TO END PUSH EXIT 0 REC PAUSE /OTR /STILL PLAY 3 REW F.FWD Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select STOP TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. SELECT op CHOOSE B CH. VOL. fi AUTO PROGRAMMING MUTE ADD/DELETE CH CH MEMORY REVIEW V
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Setting the Clock 15 There are two ways to set the clock. With manual clock setting, you tell the VCR the current time. With automatic clock setting, the VCR gets the current time from your local PBS station. It keeps track of the time by constantly referring to the time broad- 3-4 casted by your PBS station. If you are using a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System, you must set the clock manually. EJECT Follow the instructions under either manual clock setting (below) POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLE
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16 Setting the Clock (cont’d) 5 Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) and two 7 Number buttons for the minute(s). Then press 1 for AM or 2 for PM. For example, for 2:15 PM, press 02, 15, 2. l Enter a 0 before a single-digit number. l Entries that do not match the VCR’s calendar or clock will EJECT POWER cause a question mark (?) to appear on the screen. MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR l To make corrections, press the CLEAR button until the space for the number you want to correct is flashing. Then en
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Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 Automatic Clock Setting 4 2-4 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B EJECT POWER 3 fi PROGRAM MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK 1 2 3 TO END PUSH EXIT 4 5 6 7 8 9 MEMORY ALT.CH 0 2 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select REC PAUSE /OTR /STILL SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/B button. PLAY REW F.FWD STOP 3 If OFF appears to the right of AUTO CLOCK, press the CH. VOL. F.FWD/B button to select ON. Th
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18 Setting the Clock (cont’d) Time Zone When using the AUTO CLOCK function, you can specify your time zone. That way, the VCR will update the clock according to your time zone. 5 2-4 1 EJECT Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SELECT op CHOOSE B 1 fi PROGRAM 1 2 3 VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK 4 5 6 7 8 9 TO END PUSH EXIT MEMORY ALT.CH 0 REC PAUSE /OTR /STILL 2 PLAY Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select REW F.FWD SET CLOCK, then pre
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Daylight-Savings Time 19 You may program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. Daylight-Savings Time is ON when you receive your VCR. Turn Daylight-Savings Time ON or OFF by following the steps below. 5 3-4 Before you begin: l Make sure you have set the clock. Details are on pages 15-18. EJECT POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR 1 Press the VCR button. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 7 8 9 Press the MENU button. MEMORY ALT.CH 0 SELECT op CHOOSE B RE
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20 Language Selection Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays and menus. 6 3-5 1 Press the VCR button. EJECT POWER MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR 2 2 Press the MENU button. 1 2 3 SELECT op CHOOSE B 4 5 6 fi PROGRAM 7 8 9 VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP MEMORY ALT.CH SET CLOCK 0 TO END PUSH EXIT REC PAUSE /OTR /STILL PLAY REW F.FWD 3 STOP Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. CH. VOL. MUTE SELECT op CHOOSE B fi REPEAT PL
