OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS PHILIPS VR 256 Congratulations! You are now the owner of ane of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use video recorders (VCR) on the market. With this VCR you can record and play VHS-standard cassettes. But please allow me to introduce myself. | am Philip and | should like to help you to get 10 know your new video recorder.
1. SUMMARY OF BUTTONS AND CONTROLS You will find detailed descriptions of the various functions in the relevant chapters.
Front of video recorder Standby switch Channel search Programmer ‘Preset’ Cassette eject [ ] Playback Up/Plus, programmer number [ ] Down/Minus, programmer number Rewind/Reverse scanning Forward wind/Forward scanning W7 Pause/Stop Record H @ STANDBY o® oy
2. INSTALLATION. HOW DO I INSTALL THE VIDEO RECORDER? ' How to insert the batteries into the remote control © Remove the cover from the back of the remote control, To do this, press the sides of the cover together and, simultaneously, slide it down. € Insert the batteries as indicated into the battery compartment and close the cover. Note: * For the remote control to function properly, you must always point it directly at the set.
Connecting to the aerial Your video recorder is actually a ‘'TV set without a screen’, Therefore, you must connect it to the aerial as well as to the TV set. Only then can you record TV programmed and play recorded cassettes. € Remove the aerial cable plug from your TV set and insert it into the socket (Ciabatta the back of the video recorder. © Plug one end of the aerial cable provided into the [ Socket on the video recorder and the other end into the aerial input socket on your TV set.
Connecting to the mains power supply € Insert the female plug of the mains cable into the mains socket *“1at the back of the video recorder. i) © Plug the other end of the mains cable into the wall socket. Your video recorder is now fully connected to the TV set. Some general notes for subsequent operation ¢ Keep your video recorder connected to the mains at all times to ensure that programmed recordings can be made and that the television functions. The power consumption required for this is very low.
Connecting a decoder Some TV broadcasters transmit encoded television programmed which you can only see with a purchased or rented decoder. You can connect such a decoder {scrambler) to this video recorder. @ Connect the decoder to the video recorder with a scary cable {EXOCET Socket. You will find a description of how to combine the storage of TV channels with the decoder in the chapter 'Storing TV channels’. Note: * You cannot use the decoder with our video recorder and your TV set simultaneously.
Emergency interrupt Both the set and the remote control have an ‘Emergency interrupt’ button. You can use the button to interrupt any function. Whenever you have operating problems you can simply interrupt the function and start again. You car practice operating your set without any worries No matter which buttons you press, you cannot damage it.
Setting the clock and date on the video recorder In order to be able to programmer recordings, you must first ensure that the video recorder clock is correctly set. To do this, use the L& Jor L Button or the digit buttons [nylon the remote control in all the following steps. © Press the [CLOCKWISE Button on the remote control. ‘TIME will appear in the video recorder display. Set the current time. © Press the (OK Button. "YEAR will appear in the display. 8et the current year.
3. STORING TV CHANNELS 10 For the video recorder 1o be able to record TV programmed you must first store the TV channels 1) in the video recorder. You can store channels. Your video recorder has its own receiver, This means that it can be used independently of the TV set. Automatic Channel Search (Follow TV) The video recorder wail search for all TV channels at the same time.
O Confirm with the LB Button on the remote control for the video recorder. The video recorder compares the TV channels on the TV set and the video recorder. If the video recorder has the same TV channel ‘P 017} as the TV set, then it stores it © Wait until, e.g., 'SELECT TV P 02 appears in the display. © Select, either on the TV set or with the remote control for the TV set, the next programmer number, e.q.: 2. © Confirm with the LK Outta on the remote control for the video recorder.
12 Allocating channel numbers (Programmer Preset) You can allocate any desired programmer number to the TV channels stored by the "Automatic Channel Search’. For example, so that they are in the same sequence as on the TV set. © Swish on your TV set. Many TV sets switch automatically to the programmer number for the video recorder at step © . However, this will only function if your video recorder is connected to the TV set with a scary cable.
If you wish to delete an unwanted TV channel, press the CLEAR Button instead of the COK Button. If you wish to assign a television channel a second time, press the button instead of the button. © The video recorder will now display the next programmer number, ‘P 02'. Repeat steps @ and @ until you have numbered all the TV channels. © When you have finished, press the [PROGRAMMER _PRESET |button on your video recorder.
14 Manual channel search In certain cases the Automatic Channel Search may not be able to find all of the TV channels (e.g. coded TV channels). You can then use this manual method to set the channels. @ Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number for the video recorder. © Press the (TRUER | button on the remote control. © Press the PROGRAMMER PRESET ] button on the video recorder for more than five seconds.
© Press the (8K Button on your remote control. O Use the LY Jor (2 Button on your video recorder to select the programmer number that you wish to allocate to this TV channel. € Press the [ HAMMERTOE PRESET | button. The TV channel is now stored. © Repeat steps @ to @ until you have stored all of the TV channels. © Switch the video recorder to standby by pressing the button.
4. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE Chapter 2 you connected the video recorder to the TV set. Playing a cassette is now very simple. If you want to record something straight away, first read Chapter 5. € Switch on the TV set. Man TV sets automatically switch to the programmer number for the video recorder when a cassette is played back. Ho waver, this only works if the video recorder is connected to the TV set with a scary cable.
Fast wind and rewind @ Stop the tape. Press the [ 34 SPEED (Rewind) or [SPEED BB ] (Wind) button. The tape is wound at high speed. © Press the (M Button as soon as you have reached the required position on the tape. Picture scanning You can select from various speeds for scanning backwards or forwards. @ Press the button. © Now press the [_Speedometer [_SPEED D] button as often as necessary until you have reached the desired speed. The display will show e.g. ‘SCAN’, .
18 Special note: *1f the still picture vibrates vertically, keep pressing the (TRACKING ¥ button until the vibration is minimal. If vou pass the optimum setting, repeat this step with the button. You only need to find the optimum setting once as the video recorder will store it automatically. Please note, however, that interference may still occur with poor quality cassettes. . Tape position, How do | know where | am on the tape? The tape length will be indicated in minutes, e.g.
Searching for a tape position Sometimes you may have recorded two or more TV programmed on one cassette. 8o that you do not have to spend time searching, your set offers you an automatic search facility. Every time you start to record,this video recorder marks the tape with a code mark. You can search for these code marks on the tape using the (€ PREVIOUS Jan [ EXT ¥ Buttons on your cremate control.
How do | eliminate picture interference? 20 Every time a cassette is loaded the video recorder will automatically set the correct tracking position, For recordings made on another sef you may be able to improve on the automatic setting as follows: © Press the PLAY Button on your remote control. © Press the [TRACKING ¥ button on your remote control. © Press the (2 lor C¥ |button until the playback quality is at its best. @ Press the [PLAY Button. This setting will remain until you remove the cassette.
5. HOW DO | RECORD DIRECTLY? If you want to record, then this is how to go about it: @ insert a cassette. The video recorder will switch on automatically. You can also switch it on with the (W Button. © Use the LA Jor [¥ Button to select the programmer number from which you wish to record, e.g. P 01", © When you wish o start recording, press the button on your set. If you use the remote control, press the LK Jan buttons simultaneously. ‘RECORD’ appears in the video recorder display.
22 * 1f, when you want to make a recording, you have accidentally loaded a cassette with erase protection, the warning ‘PROTECTED SACS” will appear. The cassette will be automatically ejected. * If the end of the cassette is reached during recording, the cassette will be automatically ejected. The set will then switch to standby after a few minutes. * When you make a new recording on a video cassette, it will automatically record over and delete any recordings already on the cassette.
Direct Recording Do you want to record a television transmission which you are just viewing? Press the button with the video recorder switched off. The video recorder searches for the current channel number of the television by means of the scary cable and switches itself on, Note: * To enable the 'Direct to quark it must be switched to ‘ON’, as described in the section "Making standard settings’ in the chapter 'INSTALLATION’. * The video recorder must be connected to a suitable television by a scary cable.
6. HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A RECORDING? Overview 24 In this chapter you will learn how to programmer your video recorder. It switches itself on automatically, records the TV programmer you want and then automatically switches itself off again.
T —— What is VPS (Video Programming System)? With VPS, the TV station controls when the video recorder is switched on and off. This means that the video recorder switches itself on and off at the right time even if a TV programmer you have programmed begins earlier or finishes later than expected. Assuming, that is, that the TV station actually transmits VPS. You can see if a TV station is transmitting a VPS time code by the indication 'VPS’ that appears in the display in the "'STOP’ or ‘PAUSE’ mode.
SHOW VIEW BEC. HOED LOCKET CASSETTE, Showtime Programming with Show View With this method the programming will be as easy as dialing a telephone number, You only have to enter the 'Show View code’ (3 to @ digits) printed in your TV guide next to the start time of a TV programmer. Make sure that a cassette without erase protection has been loaded. © Press the [SHOW VIEW ] button on the remote control. The video recorder display shows a series of dashes. To exit fora this function press the [_SEAR Button.
Note: * if the programmer number flashes, e.g.. 'E2', the video recorder cannot connect the TV channel identification contained in the ‘Show View code’ for BBC 1) with the programmer number in the video recorder ‘P 02°). When this scours, select the correct programmer number with the and press the [BK Button. The video recorder stores this allocation BBC 1 = P 01). From now on it will use it for all Show View programming for this channel. * If you use VPS, 'VPS' must appear in the display.
TIMER THEE REVIEW Ay @) DATE PRIG, o STANDBY Programming on the video recorder You can enter and store data in the video recorder for six recordings. The video recorder display will show all the data simultaneously. Use the four L= Buttons on the remote control to enter the data. The data will be stored in the video recorder in the next free TIMER block. . Make sure you have not loaded a cassette with erase protection. © Press the [_TIMER @ button on the remote control.
e T — General programming notes + TIMER recording will only function when the video recorder is switched off. If the video recorder is switched on before a programmed recording is due to take place, before the start, “TIMER RECORD” will flash in the display. ' » i the end of the cassette is reached during a programmed recording, the video recorder automatically ejects the cassette. + If you forget to load a cassette before programming, 'NO CASSETTE' will appear in the video recorder display.
30 How do | stop a TIMER recording? You cannot operate the set manually while a programmed recording is being mads. If you want to stop the programmed recording, press the button. How do | check or correct a TIMER block? @ Press the [_TIMER REVIEW |button on the remote control. © Now press the [_TIMESERVER button as often as necessary until the TIMER block you want to check ar correct appears in the video recorder display. The "MIRE blocks will appear in chronological order in the display.
How do | clear a TIMER block? @ Press the [(TIMER REVIEW ] button on the remote control. © Press the [(TIMER BEVEL Hutton as often as necessary until the TIMER block you want to clear appears in the video recorder display. © Press the button. The TIMER block will be cleared. "CLEARED’ will appear in the video recorder display.
7. SPECIAL FEATURES ON YOUR VIDEO RECORDER 32 Apart from the functions that have already been described, your set has other special functions and extras resigned to make the use of your set as convenient as possible. in this chapter you will find out more about them. Tuner mode. Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set You can also use your video recorder as a TV receiver (tuner).
A — Changing the TV standard manually If you play back recordings made on other video recorders or if you record from an external source (such as a camcorder via the scary socket TEXT 1), the automatic TV standard switch-over between PAL and ME-SEAM may not always work properly. @ If you are recording, first select the standard of your recording source by pressing the [SYSTEM | button. You can also switch over during playback.
34 TV monitor function Switch your TV set to the ‘AV’ programmer number (Audio/Video input) by pressing the button. ' This enables you to see the picture from the video recorder on the TV screen. Your video recorder must be switched on. VCR MONITOR'® will appear in the display for a few seconds. Press the button again to switch the monitor function off again.
Recording from another video appliance With this video recorder you can record from an external source, e.g.: a second video recorder or a camcorder, To do this you will need a scary cable. @ Connect this video recorder to the appliance from which you want to record, e.g.: a second video recorder. : Plug the scary cable into the scary socket on each appliance. This is the EXOCET Socket on this video recorder.
Playback via the aerial cable if your TV set does not have a scary socket, the aerial cable which is already connected will act as the connection between your TV set and the video recorder. © Switch on your TV set and select the programmer number that you have earmarked for video playback. {You will find the instructions to do this in the operating manual for your TV set}.
O Plug the aerial cable back into the aerial socket I, You have now tuned your TV set ta the video recorder. Information: Your video recorder occupies UHF channel 36. However, this channel might already be occupied by another TV station in your reception area. In this case you will find that the picture quality on your TV set will be poor when receiving one or more TV channels.
38 Switching the built-in modulator on or off In the [ast section we talked about interference that could occur on the television. If you cannot eliminate picture or sound interference using the above method you can switch off the built-in modulator. You can only do this if you have connected the video recorder to the TV set using a scary cable. ‘Playback via the aerial cable’ is not possible when the modulator is switched off. © Cross the ASPECT land [ Buttons on the video recorder simultaneously.
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9. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS/NOTES Safety instructions Notes + Danger high voltage in this appliance! Do not open! The set does not contain any parts that can be repaired by the user. As long as the set is connected to the mains there are parts of it still in operation. To switch off the set completely you must disconnect it from the mains. + Please note that this equipment is designed for use with a 220-240 volts/50 Hz power supply. « Ensure that air can circulate freely through the ventilation sits of the set.
10. TECHNICAL DATA, ACCESSORIES Technical Data . Mains voltage 220 t0 240V . Mains frequency Power consumption typically 15 W (typically 10 W in standby) . Wind/rewind time typically 35 sec. for E-180 » Ambient temperature during operation . +10°C to +35°C Relative humidity 20% to 80% Position for use max. 15° inclination on all sides Dimensions 380 x 320 x 86 mm {incl. feet) Weight approx. 4.
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