Brief operating instructions. Explanation of all remote control buttons. PRIG. Art RECORDING TRACKING REC. MODE AUDIO SET BLOCK CASSETTE [ [ E Numeric buttons. -~ directly select programmed, —enter frequency or channel, enter time/date. X/t down / up selects programmer step by step, -~ gets time/date step by step, adjusts picture sharpness. confirms entries. selects certain functions, switches PDC/VPS nonfood. activates the video recorder for time and date entries. starts tape length measurement.
.. . with Show View Overview Insert a cassette without erase protection into the cassette compartment of the video recorder ® Press the button. The remote control's display indicates several short lines. ® Enter the three-digit to nine digit Show View code with the numeric buttons The Show View code can be found in your TV guide. if you make a mistake, press the button and re-enter the Show View code. * If desired: Use the [BIW 1 button to select the function D (= daily} or W {= weekly).
OPERATING MANUAL VR 656 ENGLISH Dear customer, Contents Page with this video recorder (VCR), you own cne of the most sophisticated yet simple-to-use 1. BUTTONS, CONTROLS AND 2 video recorders on the market. PR . SOCKETS Naturally, you can’t wait to use your new video The front of the video recorder 2 recorder, but before you start, it’s worthwhile . taking the time to read through this operating The back of the video recorder s manual.
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The back of the video recorder f‘j} EXTERNAL [72] Mains socket Cart socket 1 {Euro-AV) CAUDAL TN RIGHT ) Audio input, right channel Cart socket 2 {Eur-AV) {AUDIO IN THEFT | Audio input, left channel Aerial input socket [AUDIO OUT RIGHT ] Audio output, right channel Aerial output socket CAUTIOUS LEFT ] Audio output, left channel Channel selector Attenuation switch ENGLISH
T The remote control T T TIMER programming on the remote control Check/correct/clear TIMER PHILIPS TIMER programming on the video recorder TANDEM Switch off TIMER date, plus/minus TIMER programmer selection, plus/minus TIMER start time, plus/minus b R R vOR D TIMER end time, plus/minus and [LOK] starts the recording Df Confirm entry AR Reset/Clear Tracking, fine tuning CLEAR STOMP] Stop/pause Ce> o PLA Playback Tess TP S Rewind/picture search reverse @ D D Si ill picture on playback @3 @ Fast forward wind/p
Additional TV functions {only for TV sets with the same remote control code: [PROGENY] TV programmed TV off TV volume How do | install the batteries in the remote control ‘@ Remove the cover from the back of the remote control. @ Insert the batteries as indicated in the battery compartment and re-fit the cover. The remote control is now ready for operation. Each entry made on the remote control is confirmed by the flashing 8 symbol.
2. INSTALLATION. HOW DO | INSTALL THE VIDEO RECORDER ? 5 [stilts ] Before making any connections, note the connecting diagram on page 6 and the safety instructions on page 36. Connecting to the aerial @ Remove the cable aerial plug from the TV set and inert it into the [T socket at the rear of the video recorder. © Use the aerial cable supplied to connect the socket on the video recorder with the aerial input socket on your TV set. Both units are now connected to the aerial.
B ] Some notes on operation Connecting to a decoder * The video recorder should permanently be connects to the mains supply to enable programmed recordings and TV operation. The energy consumption is very low. » The video recorder is switched on when inserting a cassette or when pressing the button. The video recorders’s display indicates, for example, "PO1“ {program re number 1} and "NO CASSIA.
Basic settings Switch the TV set on and select the programmer position provided for video playback "EXT", “0% or You will find the necessary information in the operating manual of the TV set. @ i a cassette is in the video recorder, press the EJECT ] button to sect the video cassette. © On the video recorder, simultaneously press the [EJECT L) and buttons. The display on the video recorder indicates the language selected for the indications, for example "ENGLISH".
3. STORING TV CHANNELS In order to be able to record TV programmed, you first have to store each TV channel available in your area ARD, RTL, EURO SPORT, etc.) in the video recorder. The video recorder has its own reception unit which can store channels, This makes the recorder independent of the TV set. © Select programmer number "1* on the TV set. © Press the button on the video recorders’s remote control.
Sorting channels You ¢an change the order of the TV channels at any time, Switch the TV set on and select the programmer position intended for video playback "EXT", 0" or "DAVY, @ Press the [PROGRAMMER PRESET ] Hutton on the video recorder for at least 3 seconds. The display on the video recorder indicates, for example, "ARD STORE Poor a frequency, e.g. "210,5 STORE P01" or a channel number, e.g.
Manual search In certain cases the "Automatic Channel Search” may not be able to find or properly tune in all of the TV channels. You can then use the "manual post-search” function 1o find these channels. What are frequencies and channels ? The TV stations broadcast their programmed via TV transmitters on different frequencies (MHz indication) and channels (CH indication) or special channels {CA indication).
After having made the last entry, most channel numbers are converted into a station name ZDF). Notes: programmer is encoded and the video recorder is connected to a decoder, the IRk @ Store the TV channel with the button. The video recorders’s display indicates the next free programmer position, e.g. Sl BORE FLs @ Use the button to select the programmer position number for this TV channel. Z0F TORE Fiz @ Store the setting with the TR button.
4. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE With this video recorder, you can play any video cassette which has been recorded with the VHS format. © Switch on the TV set. For TV sets having the Easy Link function the "standby mode” will suffice. © [insert the cassette with the recording on it straight into the cassette compartment. The window must be facing upwards.
T E— S [ere ] Correcting picture interference advance Each time you start a new playback, the video recorder automatically adjusts the correct tracking for the cassette, For cassettes recorded on another recorder, it is possible to improve the automatically made optimum adjustment as follows. @ During playback, press the button on the remote control. The video recorder's display indicates "TRACKING".
Super slow motion forwards The VHS index search system (VIZ) © During still picture mode, press and hold down button [STILLBIRTH. The video recorder switches to super slow motion forwards. The video recorder’s display indicates, e.g., ‘SLOW". @ Press the button to rectum to playback. Forward and reverse picture search It is possible to select the different forward and reverse picture search spades with the buttons on the remote control and on the video recorder.
Notes: * If one of the drive mechanism buttons, e.g., [ PLAY® ) or [STOP W | is pressed during the search, this functions will be stopped. * Iris not possible to use this functions for recordings which have been made on another video recorder without these marks. How do | know where | am currently on the tape? Insert a standard VHS video cassette {e.g. E240) into the cassette compartment of the video recorder. © Start the tape measurement function by pressing the (CASSETTE | button on the remote control.
T — Adjusting the picture sharpness Selecting the audio track It is possible to adjust the picture sharpness during playback. @ During playback, press the (W Jor Tabulator. The video recorder’s display indicates the current setting, e.9., "SHARPNESS 0" {mid position}. © Within five seconds, press once again on the {¥7or (A7 button to change the setting in the range from “+3" to "-3° {(+3 is the maximum sharpness).
5. HOW DOES THE VIDEO RECORDER RECORD ? This video recorder is provided with its own reception unit. This means that it can record TV broadcasts independently of the TV set. The easiest way 1o make a recording is the recording of a TV broadcast which you have preset on the video recorder. Existing recordings are automatically erased when making new recordings on the cassette. Insert a cassette which is not protected against recording into the video recorder. The records is automatically switched on.
Notes: * The programmer positions “E1" and "E2" are intended for recordings from external video/audio sources via the Cart sockets "EXTERNAL 1/2. « Can | switch to another TV programmer during recording and record this ? Interrupt recording with the [STOP M button. Select the new programmer position with the [¥3or (A7 button then press the button on the video recorder. + |f a cassette protected against recording has been loaded, the video recorder’s display indicates "PORT CASSIA.
6. HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A RECORDING? in this chapter you will learn how to programmer the video recorder. It switches itself on automatically, records the TV programmer you want, and then switches itself off again autocratically. The video recorder stores all of the information it requires for recording in what is known as a TIMER block. 1t can store this information up 1o four weeks in advance. Your video recorder can store these TIMER blocks. Note that the times of the TIMER blocks must not overlap.
Programming with "Show View" This method makes programming your video recorder as easy as dialing a telephone number. All you need to do is enter the {thereto nine-digit} Show View code which is printed in your TV guide next to the starting time for the TV programmer. When programming any TV channel the first time, the video recorder first has to "learn” on which programmer position the respective channel is stored. Insert a cassette which is not protected against recording into the video recorder.
m @ Confirm the TIMER data with the COK ] button. The video recorder's display indicates briefly: "READY". If ane or more TIMER blocks zre occupied, the video recorder"s display indicates TIMER and the "W symbol for gate TIMER block. Programming now is completed. The data has been stored in a TIMER block. If the video recorder's display indicates ERROR", repeat steps @ €. -"DAILY ERROR', you have programmed a TV programmer with the first recording on a Saturday or Sunday as "daily", This is not possible.
€ I you wish to programmer daily or weekly recordings, press the button on the remote control once or twice. The display on the remote control shows in addition either "D {= daily), or "W (= weekly). Daily recordings can be programmed only for the weekdays Monday through Friday. © Have you entered all data correctly? If yes, point the remote control at the video recorder and press the button on the remote control. The data is now transmitted to the video recorder.
e T — ENGLISH * Switch the VPS/PDC function on and off with If the video recorder"s display indicates the [SELECT ] button. FULLY, all TIMER positions are occupied. In this Some important notes an PDO/VPS: the chapter How can | clear a TIMER ¢ Observe the MADCAPS notes in your TV oGk” 0N page 26. programmer guide. Fhe programmer position, e.g., P 08", » If you enter a start and stop time with the is not occupied.
T — A few general notes on programming 26 The programmed recording will always be affected with the recording speed (SP or LP), currently selected on the video recorder. If the indication “TIMER REC" flashes in the video recorder’s display, you must at once ' press the button on the remote control. If TIMER recordings are programmed, the video recorder cannot be switched in the "save energy mode” If you have forgotten to insert a cassette after programming, the recorder’s display indicates “NO CASSIA.
7. EDITING VIDEO RECORDINGS It is not possible to simply cut video tapes with a pair of scissors then splice therm. If you wish to join and insert new scenes without disturbing transitions and exactly to the picture into existing recordings, it is necessary to use an electronic cutting facility when copying from one video tape 1o another. This creation of "new” video recordings is called “editing” Assembly editing Assembly editing is the simplest method of editing.
Audio dubbing ‘With this function, you can add a sound track of your choice 1o an already "edited film", The mono sound track on the video tape can be replaced with another sound track. The existing mono sound track will be completely erased. The stereo sound track and the video recording remain unchanged. Connect the sound source with an audio connecting lead to the caskets {at the back of the video recorder}. Inge rt the cassette (containing the "edited film"1) into the video recorder.
8. ADDITIONAL RECORDING POSSIBILITIES Recording from another video/audio source, e.g., a video recorder Nate; * |t your video recorder does not have a SCARY socket (Euro-AV) and you wish 1o watch the picture during copying, you must une the TV to the video recorder. You will find a description of this process in the section "Playback via aerial cable” on the pages 31 and 32. For recordings from other external video/audio sources, €.4. a second video recorder, a satellite receiver, a CD player, etc.
Recording audio only Simulcast recording You can use your video recorder as a whiff tape recorder. This means that only the stereo or dual sound is recorded from an external sound source gift equipment, second video recorder, etc.). Connect your whiff {stereo) unit with an audio connecting lead to the sockets {at the back of the video recorder}. Insert a cassette without erase protection into the video recorder. Switch on the external sound source.
9. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS Playback via the aerial cable tf your TV set does not have a SCARY socket {Euro-AV), you must use the already connected aerial cable for playback from the video recorder. @ Switch on the TV set and select the programmer position intended for video playback. This is explained in the operating manual of the TV set.
© I the picture quality is worse only when the video recorder is on, use an appropriate screw driver o turn the channel control at the rear of the video recorder less than one quarter of a revolution to the left or right. © Tune the TV set again to the video recorder {steps © to O) until the test picture reappears. © Check once again all TV programmed on the TV set.
ENGLISH Tuner mode. Your video recorder as an extension of your TV set You can also use your video recorder as a TV receiver (tuner), This is handy if your TV set does not have a remote control or if it has fewer programmer positions than the number of channels it could actually receive. Proceed as follows: Switch on the TV set and select the programmer position intended for video playback "EXT", 0 or "DAVY. @ Press the TUNER] button on the remote control. The video recorder's display indicates, e.g.
The TV monitor function Switching between VCR 1 and VCR 2 If you wish to monitor a "running” recording, you can make visible the picture from the video recorder on the picture screen {monitor) of your TV set. @ Switch on the video recorder with the button. @ Use the button to switch the TV set to the programmer position intended for video playback "EXT", "0" or "AV). The video indicates. briefly. "WCR MONITOR". © A further pressure on the same button switches the monitor function off again.
A ENGLISH Remote control of TV sets Automatic switch-off If you have a TV set which accepts the code of this remote control, you can set the volume level, select the programmer position number, and switch off the TV set with the TV button bock of this remote control, [SPROG TV programmer &1 TV off [ %] TV volume Philips TV sets accept the "C 1" remote control code, A number of Blanket, Grounding, and Siemens TV sets accept the "C 2° remote control code.
10. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Safety instructions General notes . This video recorder is intended for the reception, recording and playback of picture and sound signals. Every other use is explicitly excluded. Danger high voltage in this appliance! Do not open! The video recorder doss not contain any parts that can be repaired by the user. As dong as the video recorder is connected te the mains, there are parts of it still in operation.
11. BEFORE YOU CALL A TECHNICIAN Problem The video recorder does not respond when a button is pressed The remote contra does not work No playback from the video recorder Poor playback from the video recorder Recording not possible Programmed recording does not work Picture/sound disturbances during TV reception ENGLISH Possible cause * No power supply. * Programmed recording is in progress. » Technical disturbance: disconnect from the mains for 30 seconds, then reconnect. If this has no effect, you can: 1.
12. TECHNICAL DATA, ACCESSORIES Technical data " Mains voltage 220 240 V~ * Mains frequency 50 Hz * Power consumption 18 W typical {£ 6 W typical in standby} * Windflower time, 95 s typical for E-180 * Ambient temperature during operation ) +10°Cto +35°C » Relative humidity The video recorder meets the requirements of the 89 /336 / EC guideline. * Weight approx. 5.4 kg . Position for use max.
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ENGLISH PHILIPS SYNCHRONY-EDIT CABLE Ask your specialized dealer! 3,5/ 2,58 mm mono jack plug {not supplied) mono kick plug . n 8 pin mini plug SBC 5511 3x Cinch AV SBC 5519 2,5 mm stereo jack plug 5 pin edit pig @ 2,513,5 mm stereo jack plug .
