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CONTENTS
1. CONNECTING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER .............. 4 6. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) ............... 20
Placing the batteries in the remote control ........... 4 ’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
Connecting your video recorder to the TV set ......... 4 (Programme Delivery Control) ..................... 20
Connecting witha scart cable ...................... 4 Programminga recording (with ’ShowView’) ........ 20
Connecting withouta scart cable ................... 5 Programminga rec
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS IN BRIEF The remote control PLAYG Playback : To play a recorded cassette H Rewind : During STOP and STANDBY: rewind, during PLAYBACK: reverse scanning SMART No function STOPh Pause/Stop: To stop the tape, except while a TIMER-recording is being made STANDBY/ONm Switch on or off : To switch set on or off, interrupt menu function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER) I Forward wind: During STOP and STANDBY: forward wind, during PLAYBACK: forward scanning CLEAR (CL) Delet
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Front of the set Back of the set 4 Mains socket: To connect the mains cable STANDBYm Standby : To switch off or on, interrupt a function, interrupt a programmed recording (TIMER) AUDIO OUT L R Audio output socket, left/right : To connect a HiFi-set RECORDn Record: To record the programme selected AV2 EXT2 Scart socket 2: To connect a satellite receiver, decoder, video recorder, etc. (programme number ’E2’) PROGRAMMEr Select: One line or programme number down. AV1 EXT1 Scart socket 1: To connect
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS PHILIPS VR605A/58 Thank you for buying a PHILIPS video recorder. The So that you can identify your machine in the event of theft, VR605A/58 is one of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use enter the serial number (PROD.NO) here. The serial number is video recorders (VCR) on the market. With this VCR you can printed on the type plate fixed at the rear of the set. record and play VHS-standard cassettes. MODEL NO. VR605A/58 PROD.NO:...... Please take the time to read this o
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Special functions on your video recorder Philips has developed a system which produces the best possible playback quality. It reduces disturbance on old, worn video cassettes, and emphasises the detail on very good quality cassettes. When you connect your video recorder to your television and plug it into the mains, you will be welcomed with an OSD picture. All you have to do is follow the instructions in the "intelligent help line" for the next step. Enjoy the Automatic TV channel search/save f
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1. CONNECTING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER Placing the batteries in the remote control Connecting with a scart cable a Open up the battery compartment of your remote control and place the batteries in it as shown in the picture. b Close the battery compartment. a Switch off the TV set. Connecting your video recorder to the b Remove the aerial cable plug from your TV set and insert TV set it into the 2 socket at the back of the video recorder. c Plug one end of the aerial cable provided into the 3 We reco
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h Then, read the paragraph ’Initial installation’ in the g When the TV has been tuned read the paragraph ’Initial chapter ’INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER’. installation’ in the chapter ’INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER’. Connecting without a scart cable Connecting other equipment You can connect additional equipment to the AV2 EXT2 socket. For example: a decoder, a satellite receiver or a camera recorder. You can connect a hifi-stereo set to the socket AUDIO OUT L R (audio output left/right). a Sw
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2. INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER h Check ’MONTH’ and ’DATE’,’TIME’ in the same way. Initial installation i When all the information is correct, confirm with OK . a Confirm the picture on the TV screen with OK on the The initial installation is now complete. remote control. D If you have connected a satellite receiver, please read the section ’Satellite receiver’. b Select the language for the on-screen display (OSD) with rP= or ;P q . D If you have connected a decoder, you must install it The d
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g Confirm with OK . D If you don’t know the channel number of the desired TV channel, hold P in line ’CHANNEL NUMBER’ h To end, press MENU . to start the automatic search. Your decoder has now been allocated to this TV channel. Repeat automatic search you until have found the desired TV channel. A changing channel number D When the function is switched on, ’DEC’ will appear will appear on the TV screen. in the video recorder display for the TV channel you have selected. h If you want to allocate
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i Confirm with OK on the video recorder-remote control. Automatic TV channel allocation D If you have allocated the wrong TV channel, you can (Follow TV) go back one step with CLEAR (CL) . With this function, the video recorder stores the channels in j Repeat stepsgto juntil all TV channels have been the same order as on the TV set. This only works if the video allocated. recorder (socket AV1 EXT1 ) and the TV set are connected with a scart cable. k To end, press MENU . D You must switch off any
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Monitor function Setting the language You can switch backwards and forwards between TV picture You can select the language for the on-screen display (OSD). and video recorder picture with MONITOR . But this only The small display on the video recorder will only show english works when you use a scart cable to connect the video text. recorder to your TV set and if your TV set responds to this a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme switch-over. number for the video recorder. b P
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Setting the time and date D 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 MENU on the remote control. The main menu will appear. c Select the line ’CLOCK’ with rP= or ;P q
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3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION General information Saving energy D You can switch on with STANDBY/ONm , the number To save energy, you can switch off the clock display on the buttons 0-9 or by putting in a cassette. video recorder. Programmed (TIMER ) recordings will take D If you have not used the video recorder for a few place even if the clock display has been switched off. minutes, it will switch to standby automatically. For more information, please read the section a Switch on the TV set
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The symbols on your video recorder display VPS/PDC Video Programming System / Programme Delivery These symbols can light up on your video recorder display: Control: when a VPS or PDC code is being transmitted. Display of programme number / tape position / This is where the current operating mode is shown channel name / function. as a symbol. Tape position in seconds, but only if the display LP When you have switched on the LP (Long Play) mode ’LINEAR’ has been selected. function or when you play
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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 CLOCK CLOCK AUTO TUNING MANUAL SEARCH YEAR è 2000 p FOLLOW TV MONTH 01 TV CHANNEL ALLOC. DATE 01 RECORD SPEED TIME 20:00 AUTO STANDBY TV SYSTEM LANGUAGE SPECIAL SETTINGS ________________________________ ________________________________
EXITpMENU OK EXITpMENU STOREpOK Main menu Chapter: INSTALLING YOUR VIDEO RECORDER - ’Setting the date and the time’ AUTO
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4. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS Playing a cassette Tape position indication a Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ’v’ will appear on When playing a tape, by pressing the OK button, you can the display. show the present tape position on the TV screen. You have a choise of selecting ’LINEAR’or’T.LEFT’. ’LINEAR’ will show the tape position in hours, minutes and seconds. ’T.LEFT’ will show the actual amount of playing/recording time left on the tape in hours and minutes. D When you play an NTSC cassett
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D The counter type ’T.LEFT’ will automatically Searching for tape position without the recognise the length of the tape. picture (wind and rewind) When you put in a cassette the video recorder must first calculate the time played. Therefore, ’-:--’ a Stop the tape with STOPh . appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds the playing time will be b Press H (reverse) or I (forward). shown. This will, for example, appear in the display. f To end, press MENU . 0:30:02 Sea
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Automatic search for a blank space on the tape You can search for a space on the tape (at least 1 minute of blank tape) for a new recording, for example, after an existing recording on the tape. a Press INDEXE . Then press STOPh . This will, for example, appear in the display. 0:00:00 b When the video recorder find a blank space, it will automatically switch to ’pause’. D If no empty space has been found when the end of the tape is reached, the cassette will be ejected. Picture interference If t
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5. MANUAL RECORDING Use ’Manual Recording’ to make a spontaneous recording (for Recording with automatic switch-off example, a programme currently being shown). (OTR one-touch-recording) E If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read the section ’Recording without automatic switch-off’. a Put a cassette in the machine. E If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section ’Recording with b Use ;P q or rP= to select the programme number automa
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c Select the line ’SPECIAL SETTINGS’ with rP= or Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP) ;P q , and confirm with OK . You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it SPECIAL SETTINGS possible to record, for example, eight-hours instead of OSD è ON p four-hours on an ’E240’ (four-hour) cassette. CLOCK DISPLAY OFF COUNTER T.LEFT SAT RECORDING OFF a Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme REPEAT PLAY OFF DIRECT RECORD OFF number for the video recorder. ___________________
