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CONTENTS
1. HOW TO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER ......... 4 Protecting your recordings ........................ 21
How to connect your video recorder to the TV set ..... 4 Auto-assembling ................................. 21
Connecting with a scart cable without ’Easy Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) ............ 22
Link/NexTView’ ................................... 5 Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
Connecting without a scart cable ................... 6 RECORDING) .....
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& OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF C Select: Cursor right The remote control h Pause/Stop: To stop the tape, except while a TIMER-recording is being made TAPE MANAGER TapeManager: To call up the Tape Manager B Select: One line down SMART SMART: To adjust the picture setting during INDEXE Index search: In combination with playback COUNTER Counter: To select display of tape positon LIGHT Button illumination To switch the button PROG.r Select: To select a programme number illumination on the remote
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& Front of the set SYNCHRO EDIT EDIT input socket : To connect a suitable camera recorder PHONES Headphones socket: To connect headphones MIC. Microphone input socket: To connect a microphone for dubbing (programme number ’MIC’) Back of the set STANDBYm Standby : To switch off, interrupt a function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER) MANUAL Manual sound control : To switch between automatic sound control and manual sound control PROGRAMMEA Programme number up: To select the next programme
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS PHILIPS VR900/07 Congratulations! You now own one of the most sophisticated So that you can identify your machine in the event of theft, and simple-to-use video recorders (VCR) on the market. With enter the serial number (PROD.NO) here. The serial number is this VCR you can record and play VHS-standard cassettes. printed on the type plate fixed at the rear of the set. MODEL NO. VR900/07 Please take the time to read this operating manual before PROD.NO:...... using your vid
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Special functions on your video recorder This system ensures that your picture will be of the best possible quality. This is made possible by a combination of Philips’ very latest technologies: Natural Colour, Smart Picture, Digital Studio Picture Control and laser-cut video heads. Natural Colour produces detailed pictures in clear colours. Philips has developed a system which produces the best possible playback quality. It reduces disturbance on old, worn video cassettes, and emphasises the det
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1. HOW TO CONNECT YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Important for the United Kingdom How to connect your video recorder to the TV set This machine is fitted with an approved moulded 13 Amp plug. To change a fuse in this type of plug, please follow these We recommend the use of a scart cable. This will give you the instructions. best picture and sound quality. a Take off the fuse cover and take out the fuse. b Put in a new fuse which should be a BS1362 3A, A.S.T.A. or BSI approved type. c Refit the fuse cover.
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Connecting with scart cable and ’Easy Connecting with a scart cable without ’Easy link/NexTView’ Link/NexTView’ With the function ’Easy Link/NexTView’, your video recorder can exchange information with the television (see instruction manual TV set.). With ’Easy Link/NexTView’ the TV channels from the TV will automatically be loaded. a Switch off the TV set. b Remove the aerial cable plug from your TV set and insert it into the 2 socket at the back of the video recorder. c Plug one end of the aer
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Connecting without a scart cable Connecting a decoder or other equipment You can connect additional equipment to the EXT.2 AV 2 socket. For example: a decoder, a satellite receiver or a camera recorder. You can connect a HIFI-stereo set to the sockets AUX OUT L R (audio output left/right) and AUX IN L R (audio input left/right). a Switch off the TV set. b Remove the aerial cable plug from your TV set and insert it into the 2 socket at the back of the video recorder. c Plug one end of the aerial
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2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Initial installation Allocating a decoder Some TV stations will send coded TV channels, that you can a Open up the battery compartment of your remote control only watch when you use a decoder. You can connect such a and place the batteries in it as shown in the picture. decoder (descrambler) to your video recorder. With the following function, the connected decoder will automatically be activated for the TV programme you want to watch. D With ’Connecting with sc
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h If you want to change the TV channel name, press the Manual TV channel search C button in line ’TV CHANNEL NAME’. E Select the character you want to change with the D or In certain cases the ’Automatic TV channel search’ may not be the C button. Change the character with the B or the able to find all of the TV channels (e.g. coded TV channels). In A button. Select the next character in the same way. that case, use this manual method to set the channels. E Keep pressing the C button until the c
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g Confirm with the OK button on the video Special installation functions recorder-remote control. The video recorder compares the TV channels on the TV set and the video recorder. You can select one of the following installation functions in If the video recorder found the same TV channel as the order to adapt the video recorder to your own specific TV set, then it stores it at ’P01’. requirements. D When ’NOTV’ (no signal from TV set) appears in the display, the TV channels can not be allocated
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Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) Sorting and clearing TV channels manually You can assign any programme number to a TV channel that The video recorder will search for all TV channels. It stores TV you have stored and you can also delete unwanted TV channels found in the following sequence: BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV, channels. CH 4, CH 5, SKY, others. D With ’Connecting with Easy Link/NexTView’ the D If you want to start the automatic TV channel search video recorder automatically loads the TV c
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Setting the time and date If a TV channel which transmits TXT/PDC is stored under programme number ’P01’, time and date will automatically be taken from the TXT/PDC information. If the time in the video recorder display is not correct or if ’--:--’ appears in the display, please set the clock manually. a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button on the remote control. The main menu will appear. c Select the line ’INSTALLATION’
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3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION General information The symbols on your video recorder display D You can switch on with the h button, the 0-9 buttons or by putting in a cassette. D If you do not use the video recorder for a few minutes, it will switch to standby automatically. Please read the section ’Automatic switch-off’ in These symbols can light up on your video recorder display: chapter ’ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS’. D If you have switched the video recorder off with the Video programming system
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Summary of user guide The OSD menu offers the following functions. More details on each can be found in the appropriate chapter. MAIN MENU MAIN MENU PLAY FUNCTIONS PLAY FUNCTIONS MANUAL TRACKING RECORDING FUNCTIONS VERTICAL STABILITY SPECIAL SETTINGS HEAD CLEANING INSTALLATION HEADPHONE VOLUME ________________________________ ________________________________ TO EXIT TO EXIT PRESS MENU PRESS MENU PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS User guide (OSD) MAIN MENU RECORDING FUNCTIONS RECORD SETTINGS The OSD (On-screen
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4. THE TAPE MANAGER (TM) With the tape manager (TM) you have a complete overview of D If the cassette has already been registered in the all recordings made with this video recorder. Tape Manager, the cassette number and all the Moreover, with the tape manager (TM) you have fast and titles stored on this cassette will appear on the simple access to every recording made with this video screen. recorder. D If you put a cassette into the machine that has been recorded on, but has not been registere
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e Press the PROG.q or PROG.r button to select the title Searching for a title you require. You can easily search for the title of a recording stored in the f Confirm with the OK button. Tape Manager. When the video recorder finds the title, D If the cassette is not in the video recorder, for playback will start automatically at the beginning of the example, ’INSERT CASSETTE NUMBER XXX’ recording searched for. will appear on the screen. a Press the TAPE MANAGER button on the remote control. Inser
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Searching for a blank part of the tape Editing the title To make a recording, you can search for a blank part of the The title of a recording is automatically recorded if it is tape (at least 1 minute of blank tape), for example, after an broadcast by the television channel. Otherwise the date and existing recording on the tape. time of the recording are stored as the title. You can edit the This only works with cassettes with cassettes which have title according to your own personal wihses. bee
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b Connect the EXT.1 AV 1 socket on VCR A to the Removing a cassette number EXT.1 AV 1 socket on VCR B. Every cassette is stored with a number in the Tape Manager. You can delete this cassette number from the Tape Manager, so that you can use this cassette for special recording functions (for instance, synchro edit or dubbing). You can delete cassette numbers that you don’t need anymore to create space for new cassettes. a Press the TAPE MANAGER button on the remote control. b Select the line ’RE
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5. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS Playing a cassette Tape position indication a Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ’v’ will appear on By pressing the OK button, you can show the present tape the display. position on the TV screen. a During playback press the COUNTER button. b Select one of the following options with the COUNTER button: ’TIME USED’ to indicate the time used on the tape ’TIME LEFT’ to indicate the time left on the tape ’COUNTER’ to indicate the actual position on the tape D To reset the t
