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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 1
Video Cassette Recorder
VRZ220AT
VRZ250AT
Owner’s Manual
Important!
Return your Warranty Registration
Card within 10 days. See why inside.
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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 2 Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the you’re entitled to. benefits Once your PHILIPS MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS MAGNAVOX 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 Re
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 3 Introduction 3 Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual. This manual describes the VRZ220 and the VRZ250. The VRZ220 is a two-head, monaural (single sound source) system, while the VRZ250 is a four-head, stereo system. The VRZ250 can play tapes in Slow Motion and perform a Time Search; the VRZ220 can not. Otherwise, the two models are exactly the same. In this manual, the VRZ250 is illustrated. (The VRZ220 has single AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks. Also, the VRZ220 remot
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 4 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 Broa
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 5 Before Using Your VCR 5 Removing the Plastic Cover from the Front Panel 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 sliding it in the direction of the arrow. 2 2 Place two AA batteries inside the battery compartment with their and ends aligned as in
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75V ANT / CABLE VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 6 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 VRZ250 is illustrated here. The VRZ220 has single AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks.) 1 Disconnect the antenna or cable from your
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75V ANT / CABLE VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 7 Hookups Without a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 7 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) 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.) ANT AUDIO IN L OUT IN R VIDEO OUT Antenna CH3 CH4 IN OUT ANT or Cable AUDIO IN L 75V ANT / CABLE OUT IN R OUT VIDEO ANTENNA IN Jack (on back of TV) CH3
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75V ANT / CABLE VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 8 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. Channels cannot be changed 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
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75V ANT / CABLE IN OUT VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 9 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 ANT AUDIO IN L OUT IN R OUT VIDEO CH3 CH4 OUT IN RF coaxial Cable cable Signal TV’s ANTENNA RF coaxial IN Jack 3 cable Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN Jack. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to conne
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 10 10 Hookups With a Stereo TV VRZ250 antenna or cable ANT AUDIO IN L OUT IN R VIDEO OUT CH3 CH4 OUT IN Video Cable Audio Cable VRZ220 antenna or cable ANT IN AUDIO OUT IN OUT CH3 CH4 VIDEO Video Cable Audio Cable 1 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of the VCR. 2 Connect a video cable (not supplied) to the yellow VIDEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR. Then, connect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on y
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 11 Turning on Your VCR 11 Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the Turn on the TV. remote control and the VCR and TV are connected correctly. 2 l You can not program channels if you are using a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System. 1 Press the POWER button. The VCR/TV light and the POWER POWER VCR/TV EJECT light will appear on the display panel. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 CHANNEL 7 8 9 5 Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the C
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 12 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. 2-4 1 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK POWER VCR/TV EJECT TO END PUSH EXIT 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 CHANNEL 7 8 9 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. 0 +100 SELEC
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 13 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 1 2-5 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. POWER VCR/TV EJECT 1 2 3 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select 4 5 6 ADD/DELETE CH, then press the F.FWD/B button. CHANNEL 7 8 9 SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 0 +100 124 DELETED 125 DELETED MEMORY SPEED TIME SEARCH 1 fi DELETED 6 2 ADDED 3 ADDED MENU S
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 14 14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 2-3 1 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT POWER VCR/TV EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select CHANNEL 7 8 9 TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. 0 +100 SELECT op CHOOSE B SPEED TIME SEARCH MEMORY fi TV 4 CABLE TV ON AUTO PROGRAMMING MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SLOW
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 15 Setting the Clock 15 Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: l The VCR is on and the VCR/TV light appears on the display 4-5 panel. (If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) l You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry. 2-3 1 Press the MENU button. POWER VCR/TV EJECT 2 1 2 3 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select 4 5 6 SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/B button. CHANNEL 7 8 9 0 +100 3 Press the
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 16 16 Daylight-Saving Time You may program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. Daylight-Saving Time is set to ON when you receive your VCR. Turn Daylight-Saving Time ON or OFF by following the steps 2-3 below. Before you begin: l Make sure the clock is set. 1 Press the MENU button. POWER VCR/TV EJECT SELECT op CHOOSE B 1 2 3 fi PROGRAM 4 5 6 VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK CHANNEL 7 8
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 17 Language Selection 17 Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays. 2-3 1 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B fi PROGRAM VCR SET UP POWER VCR/TV EJECT TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK 1 2 3 TO END PUSH EXIT 4 5 6 CHANNEL 7 8 9 2 0 +100 Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to select MEMORY SPEED TIME SEARCH 5 VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/B button. MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SLOW SELECT op CHOOSE B fi REPEAT PLAY OFF REWIND
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 18 18 Remote Control Buttons POWER Button Press to turn the VCR on or off. Number Buttons Use to select channels and to program VCR functions (such as the clock). POWER VCR/TV EJECT Channels 1 - 9 l 1 2 3 To select, press 0, then the channel number you want. For example, to select channel 7, press 0, 7. 4 5 6 Channels 100 and above l CHANNEL 7 8 9 To select, press the +100 button, then press the last two digits of the channel you want. For example,
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 19 Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 19 EJECT Button Press to eject the tape. VCR/TV Button Use to select the signal that your TV receives. VCR Position l Use to watch a tape, to watch a program while recording it, or to watch a TV broadcast using the CHANNEL (K/L) or Number but- POWER VCR/TV EJECT tons. If the VCR/TV light appears on the display panel of the VCR, it is in VCR position. 1 2 3 TV Position l 4 5 6 Use to watch TV or to watch one program wh
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VRZ220/250 layout 4/8/99 10:11 PM Page 20 20 On-Screen Status Displays A status display will appear when you press the STATUS/EXIT button or certain function buttons. The contents of the status dis- play will vary. To choose the status display mode, follow the steps Status Display below. (example only) If you select STATUS ON, then select COUNTER ONLY ON: Receiving and l Whenever you press the STOP/p button or the PLAY/o but- Recording Mode ton, the status display will appear for five seconds
