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Video Cassette Recorder
VRZ255
Owner’s Manual
Important!
Return your Warranty Registration
Card within 10 days. See why inside.
PLAY
REW FF
STILL/
POWER
PAUSE STOP/EJECT
VCR/TV
CHANNEL
REC/OTR
SP SLP
ON SCREEN DISPLAY VIDEO L AUDIO R
VCR
lingual
19μm
Hi-Fi
HQ
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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I 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 Registration Registering your product within
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Introduction 3 Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual. This manual has six sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; and Information You May Need. The instructions explain all of the VCR’s features, which are listed below. Features • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Clock Setting • Automatic Head Cleaner • Daylight-Saving Time • Hi-Fi Stereo Tape Playback • Index Search • Multi-Channel Television Sound (MTS) System • 19” Micron Head • On-Scree
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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. Putting Batteries in the Remote Control 1 1 To open the battery compartment, push in the tab, then pull up the lid. 2 Place two AA batteries inside the battery compartment 2 with their and – ends aligned as indicated. + 3 Close the battery compartment lid. Using the Remote Control • Do not put
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75Ω ANT / CABLE 6 Hookups Without a Cable Box 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 refer to pages 8 - 9. After you hook up the VCR, please go to page 10 to turn on the VCR. 1 Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV. Antenna Indoor/Outdoor (300 ohm) 75Ω ANT / CABLE OR ANTENNA IN Jack (on back of TV) Cable (75 ohm) 2 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of the VCR.
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75Ω ANT / CABLE Hookups Without a Cable Box (cont’d) 7 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) to the RF 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 or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer. A snap-on type is sup- plied.) IN IN OUT OUT ANT.IN R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO CH3 CH4 Antenna IN IN OUT OUT ANT.IN or Cable ANT / 75Ω CABLE R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO Antenna In Jack CH3 CH4 (on back of TV) RF coaxial cable example onl
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75Ω 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: • You may view any channel. • You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. Channels cannot be changed at the VCR. • You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording. • You may not set up channels at the VCR. • 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 chann
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75Ω ANT / CABLE IN OUT Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 With this connection: • You may watch one channel while recording another. • You may not record scrambled channels. VCR 1 Cable Box/DBS IN IN OUT OUT ANT.IN 2 R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO CH3 CH4 TV’s Cable signal ANTENNA 3 RF coaxial cable IN jack RF coaxial cable Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN jack. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the RF OUT jack on the VCR to the IN j
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10 Turning on Your VCR Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the remote control and the VCR, TV, and Cable Box/DBS (if applica- Turn on the TV. ble) are connected. 2 Wait for the VCR to set up 1 channels. 6 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button. 2 Turn on the TV. Set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever the TV VCR CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. The – + POWER 1 menu shown below will appear. CBL/DBS SELECT , 9 STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU A ENGLISH PLAY
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Automatic Channel Setup 11 Although your VCR may automatically memorize the channels you receive when you turn it on for the first time, this function lets Wait for the VCR to set up you set up channels again. Make each entry within one minute of channels. 5 the previous entry. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 1 SELECT , 9 CHOOSE :/OK TV VCR A VCR SET UP POWER – + TUNER SET UP CBL/DBS INITIAL SET UP STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : ;; :: TO END PUSH EXI
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12 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Adding/Deleting Channels 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. SELECT , 9 CHOOSE :/OK 1 TV VCR A VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP POWER INITIAL SET UP – + CBL/DBS STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU 4 PLAY TO END PUSH EXIT REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : ;; :: L 6 STOP [REC/OTR S.SEARCH 5 TIMER 2 1 2 3 + + 2 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select TUNER CH START STOP DATE 4 5 6 SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. – – 4 DBS DAILY WEEKLY SELECT , 9 CHOOSE :/OK 3 7
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Setting the Clock 13 There are four ways to set the VCR’s clock: Manually, with Time Zone Selection, with Manual PBS Channel Selection, or with Automatic PBS Channel Selection. Cable Box/DBS users must set the clock manually. Before you set the clock, make sure: • The VCR power is on. • The VCR light appears on the display panel. If it does not, press 1 the VCR/TV button once. TV VCR • Channels are set up. POWER – + CBL/DBS • You make each entry within one minute of the previous entry. To set t
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14 Setting the Clock (cont’d) 4 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button repeatedly to set the TIME. Every time you press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button, the time changes in one minute increments. If you press and hold the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button, the time changes in 30 minute TV VCR increments. When the time is correct, press the FF :/OK button. – + POWER CBL/DBS STILL/SLOW cEJECT TIME 10 : 45 AM MENU 4-7 DATE 01/01/98 PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : AUTO CLOCK OFF ;; :: L STOP [REC/
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Setting the Clock (cont’d) 15 Time Zone Selection 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 1 TV VCR 2 – + POWER CBL/DBS Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. STILL/SLOW cEJECT 7 MENU SELECT , 9 CHOOSE :/OK PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : ;; :: A CLOCK L 6 LANGUAGE ENGLISH STOP [REC/OTR S.SEARCH 4 TIMER VCR PLUS+ CH. 1 2 3 + + 2-3 CH START STOP DATE 4 5 6 TO END PUSH EXIT – – DBS DAILY WEEKLY 7 8 9 5 VOL SPEED 0 CLEAR 3
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16 Setting the Clock (cont’d) Manual PBS Channel Selection 1 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. TV VCR POWER – + CBL/DBS 2 STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU 7 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. : ;; :: L 6 STOP [REC/OTR S.SEARCH TIMER 4 3 1 2 3 + + 2-3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, CH START STOP DATE 4 5 6 then press the FF :/OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is set to – – DBS DAILY WEEKLY O
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Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 Automatic PBS Channel Selection 1 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. TV VCR POWER – + CBL/DBS 2 STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU 7 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. ;; :: L 6 STOP [REC/OTR S.SEARCH TIMER 4 3 1 2 3 + + 2-3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, CH START STOP DATE 4 5 6 then press the FF :/OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is set to – – DBS DAILY WEEKL
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18 Daylight-Saving Time Follow the steps below to program the VCR so its clock will auto- matically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. 1 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. TV VCR 7 – + POWER CBL/DBS 2 STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL 5 SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : ;; :: SELECT , 9 CHOOSE :/OK L 6 STOP [REC/OTR S.SEARCH 4 TIMER A CLOCK LANGUAGE ENGLISH
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Language Selection 19 Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 1 TV VCR SELECT , 9 CHOOSE :/OK – + POWER A VCR SET UP CBL/DBS TUNER SET UP INITIAL SET UP STILL/SLOW cEJECT MENU PLAY REW FF EXIT/STATUS /OK : ;; :: L 5 TO END PUSH EXIT STOP 4 [REC/OTR S.SEARCH TIMER 1 2 3 + + 3 2 CH 2 START STOP DATE 4 5 6 – – Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL DBS DAILY WEEKLY 7 8 9 SET UP, then press the FF :
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20 Remote Control Buttons TV Button VCR Button Press this button before pressing Press this button before pressing other TV operation buttons. VCR operation buttons. CBL/DBS Button POWER Button Press this button before pressing After pressing the CBL/DBS, VCR, Cable Box/DBS operation buttons. or TV button, press to turn on or off the Cable Box/DBS, VCR, or TV. PLAY 8 Button In VCR mode, press to play a tape. TV VCR Also, press to release Slow, Still, or EJECT Button Search mode and to return to
