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Video Cassette Recorder
VRA641AT
Owner’s Manual
Important!
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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 seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; Additional Features; 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 • Blue Background • Child Lock • Hi-Fi Stereo Tape Playback • Index Search • Multi-Channel Television Sound (MTS) Syste
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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 remove the battery compartment lid, 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 Replace the battery compartment lid. 3 Using the Remote Control •
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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. A
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75V 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 supplied.) IN IN OUT OUT ANT.IN R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO CH3 CH4 Antenna or Cable IN IN OUT OUT ANT.IN ANT / 75V CABLE R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO Antenna In Jack CH3 CH4 (on back of TV) RF coaxial cable example only 4
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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 2 IN IN OUT OUT ANT.IN R AUDIO L RF OUT VIDEO CH3 CH4 Cable signal TV’s ANTENNA 3 IN jack RF coaxial RF coaxial cable 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 batteries are in the Turn on the TV. remote control and the VCR, TV, and Cable Box/DBS (if 2 applicable) are connected. Wait for the VCR to set up channels. 6 1 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button. 2 CBL / DBS TV VCR Turn on the TV. Set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever 1 channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is VCR/TV POWER EJECT set to. The menu shown below will appear. QUICK PROG
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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 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. CBL / DBS TV VCR SELECT , 9 CHOOSE >/OK VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP VCR/TV POWER EJECT INITIAL SET UP QUICK PROGRAMMING + + 1 2 3 START S
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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 VCR SET UP CBL / DBS TV VCR TUNER SET UP INITIAL SET UP 1 VCR/TV POWER EJECT QUICK PROGRAMMING TO END PUSH EXIT + + 1 2 3 START STOP DATE - - 4 5 6 DBS DAILY WEEKLY 4 2 7 8 9 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. SPEED 0 CLEAR STILL/SLOW SELECT , 9 CHOOSE >/OK - + CABLE/ANTEN
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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: 1 • The VCR power is on. • The VCR light appears on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once. CBL / DBS TV VCR • Channels are set up. • You make each entry within one minute of the prev
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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 increments. CBL / DBS TV VCR When the time is correct, press the FF :/OK button. VCR/TV POWER EJECT TIME 10 : 45AM DATE 01/01/99 QUICK PROGRAMMING AUTO CLOCK OFF + + 1 2 3 START STOP
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............. ............. Setting the Clock (cont’d) 15 Time Zone Selection 1 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. CBL / DBS TV VCR 2 VCR/TV POWER EJECT Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. QUICK PROGRAMMING + + 7 SELECT , 9 CHOOSE >/OK 1 2 3 START STOP DATE CLOCK - - 4 5 6 LANGUAGE ENGLISH DBS DAILY WEEKLY VCR PLUS+ CH. 7 8 9 SPEED CLEAR 0 TO END PUSH EXIT STILL/SLOW - + REW FF PLAY 3 Press the PLAY 8 or
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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. CBL / DBS TV VCR 2 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL VCR/TV POWER EJECT SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. QUICK PROGRAMMING + + 7 1 2 3 3 START STOP DATE Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, - - 4 5 6 then press the FF :/OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is set to DBS DAILY WEEKLY 7 8 9 OFF, PBS CH. will not be available in the
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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. CBL / DBS TV VCR 2 VCR/TV POWER EJECT Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. QUICK PROGRAMMING + + 7 1 2 3 START STOP DATE - - 4 5 6 3 DBS DAILY WEEKLY Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, 7 8 9 then press the FF :/OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is set to OFF, PBS CH. will not be available in
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............. ............. 18 Daylight-Savings Time Follow the steps below to program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. 1 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. CBL / DBS TV VCR VCR/TV POWER EJECT 2 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL QUICK PROGRAMMING 7 + + 1 2 3 SET UP, then press the FF :/OK button. START STOP DATE SELECT , 9 CHOOSE >/OK - - 4 5 6 CLOCK DBS DAILY WEEKLY LANGUAGE
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............. ............. Language Selection 19 Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays and menus. 1 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. CBL / DBS TV VCR SELECT , 9 CHOOSE >/OK VCR/TV POWER EJECT VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP INITIAL SET UP QUICK PROGRAMMING + + 1 2 3 START STOP DATE - - 4 5 6 TO END PUSH EXIT DBS DAILY WEEKLY 7 8 9 SPEED CLEAR 0 2 STILL/SLOW Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select INITIAL - + SET UP, then press the FF :/OK bu
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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, CBL / DBS TV VCR Cable Box/DBS operation buttons. or TV button, press to turn on or off the Cable Box/DBS, VCR, or VCR/TV POWER EJECT PLAY 8 Button TV. When operating the VCR, press to QUICK PROGRAMMING play a
