Brief operating instructions. Explanation of ali remote control buttons. P IR0 STANDBY & f fii START meantime REVIEW TIMER VR i s RERECORD Overview Basic fun Numeric buttons. directly select programmed, —enter frequency or channel, enter time/date. ¥/ down / up ~selects programmer step by step, chefs time/date step by step, adjusts picture sharpness, confirms entries. SELECT |selects certain functions, switches VPS nonfood. activates the video recorder for time and date entries.
. with Show View SHOWDOWN] Insert a cassette without erase protraction anti the cassette compartment of the video recorder ® Press the button. The remaster contrail's display indicates several short sines. ® Enter the three-digit to benighted Show View code with the numeric buttons The Show View code can be found in your TV guide. If you make mistake, press the button and re-enter the Show View code. * if desired: Use the button to select the function D {= daily} or W (= weekly.
OPERATING MANUAL VR 657 Dear customer, with this video recorder (VCR}, you own one of the most sophisticated yet simple-to-use video recorders an the market. Naturally, you can’t wait to use your new video recorder, but before you start, it’s worthwhile taking the time to read through this operating manual. Acquainting yourself with the video recorder’s features is the best way to guarantee trouble-free operation.
1. BUTTONS, CONTROLS AND SOCKETS The front of the video recorder Switching off Automatic channel search Pilot damp in the button: Sort channels red = OFF green = ON Recording Rewind/ . A7 Multi-function buttons Picture search reverse [¥7] up/down Stop/Pause {programmer selection, picture Playback sharpness, tracking, time/date, Fast forward wind/ stitch.
The back of the video recorder ~ g) wrl @ © | EXTERNAL RIGHT STEEPLECHASE EEEIEEL02Y FELICITY EXTERNAL | AUDIO [ Mains socket WAINWRIGHT] Audio input, right channel AUDIO TN CLEFT] Audio input, left channel CARDIO QUT RIGHT ) Audio output, right channel [AUDIO OUT LEFT ] Audio output, left channel Cart socket 1 {Eur-AV) Cart socket 2 {Euro-AV) Aerial input socket (8] Aerial output socket Channel selector Attenuation switch ENGLISH
T —— The remote control T T PHILIPS TRACKING stop FLAY SPEED ST SPEED A PREVIOUS NEXT v SELECT DECODER TUNER HOE REC.
Additional TV functions {only for TV sets with the same cremate control code): 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 O symbol.
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2. INSTALLATION. HOW DO 1 INSTALL THE VIDEO RECORDER ? Before making any connections, note the connecting diagram on page 6 and the safety instructions on page 40. Connecting to the aerial @ Remove the cable aerial plug from the TV set and insert it into the ("1} socket at the rear of the voids recorder. © Use the aerial cable supplied to connect the (15 1 socket on the video recorder with the serial input socks on your TV set, Both units are now connected to the aerial.
Some notes on operation Connecting to a decoder » The video recorder should permanently be connects to the rains 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, "P01" {programmer number 1} and NO SACS. The pilot lamp in the [STANDBY & ] button on the video recorder lights green.
T —a— 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. @ |f a cassette is in the video recorder, press the [EJECT ] button to eject the video cassette. @ On the video recorder, simultaneously press the [EJECT Il 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. O Press the (0K button on the video recorders’s remote control.
e Sorting channels You can 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 "AV). © Press the [PROGRAMMER PRESET ) button on the video recorder for at least 3 seconds. The display on the video recorder indicates, for example, "ARD STORE PO1” or a frequency, e.g. "210,3 STORE Poor a channel number, e.g. "CH STORE P0O1".
R 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 to find these channels. What are frequencies and channels ? The TV stations broadest their programmed via TV transmitters on different frequencies (MHz indication) and channels (CH indication) or special channels {CA indication).
L —— 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 sLF FEM @ Tors the TV channel with the button. The video recorders’s display indicates the next free programmer position, e.g. S0 BORE P @ Use the DY Jor button to select the programmer position number for this TV channel. S © Store the setting with the [OK button.
4. PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE With this video recorder, you can play any video cassette which has been recorded with the VHS or $-VHS format. it can also play video cassettes which have been recorded with the SCENT standard on other video recorders. @ 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.
Correcting picture interference advance Each time you start a new playback, the video scorecard 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". © Press the button until the best playback quality is obtained, then store the setting with the [TRACKING ¥ | button.
Super slow motion forwards The VHS index search system (VIZ) @ During playback, press and hold pressed down button [STILL. The video recorder switches to super slow motion forwards. The video recorder’s display indicates, e.g., "SLOW". © Press the button to rerun to playback. Forward and reverse picture search It is possible to select the different forward and reverse picture search speeds with the buttons on the remote control and on the video recorder.
Notes: * If ane of the drive mechanism buttons, e.g., [PLAY ] or [STOP ] is pressed during the search, this functions will be stopped. * [t is not possible to use this functions for recordings which have been made on another video recorder without these marks. Note: « {f the tape measurement is not started with the button but with one of the taps mechanism buttons [PLAY® ] or button), the colon after the indication on the video recorder flashes .
Adjusting the picture sharpness Selecting the audio track, audio mix It is possible to adjust the picture sharpness during playback. @ During playback, press the (¥ Jor button. The video recorder’s display indicates the current setting, e.g., 'SHARPNESS 0' {mid position). © Within five seconds, press once again on the or & button to change the setting in the range from "+3' 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 to 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 & cassette which is not protected against recording into the video recorder.
Notes: * The programmer positions and "E3" are intended for recordings from external video/audio sources via the Cart sockets "EXTERNAL 1/2" or the Cinch sockets [CLAUDIO Jan [DIVED ]. « Can | switch to another TV programmer during recording and record this ? Interrupt recording with the button. Select the new programmer position with the ¥ or [Ad button then press the button on the video recorder.
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 automatically. The video recorder stores all of the information it requires for recording in what is known as a TIMER block. It can store this information up to four weeks in advance. Your video recorder can store these TIMER blocks. Note that the times of the TIMER blocks must not overlap.
T T 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) Shaw 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.
© Confirm the TIMER data with the button. The video recorder’s display indicates briefly: ‘READY". 1f one or more TIMER blocks are occupied, the video recorder’s display indicates TIMER and the ‘W symbol for each TIMER block. Programming now is completed. The data has hen stored in a TIMER block. If the video recorder's display indicates .. 'CODE 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.
@ If you wish to programmer daily or weekly recordings, press the button on the nonvoter 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? [ 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.
A * Switch the VPS/PDC* function on and off with the [SELECT ] button. Some important notes on PDC/VPS*: » Observe the PDC/VPS notes in your TV program re guide. * [f you enter a start and stop time with the [START 7= and (VEND ¥ 7= ] buttons that differ from the time code, you must switch off 'VPS’ or 'PDC' with the button on the remote control otherwise no TIMER recording will be possible.
T T —— A few general notes on programming * The programmed recording will always be effected with the recording speed (SP or LP), currently selected on the video recorder, e if the indication "TIMER REC" flashes in the video recorder’s display, you must at once press the [STANDBY @ | button on the remote control.
7. EDITING VIDEO RECORDINGS it is not possible to simply cut video tapes with a pair of scissors then splice them. If you wish 1o join and for 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 to another. This creation of 'new’ idea recordings is called ‘editing’.
Synchronous editing {synchrony-edit) With this function, you ¢an synchronously copy between this video recorder and an appropriately equipped camcorder. With this method, one sens after the other is copied exactly to the picture and without disturbing transitions, the video recorder and the camcorder being controlled by one button.
Connections as shown in figure B or figure X if the video recorder is to control the camcorder. © Press the [RECORD ® | bunion on the video recorder, The cassette in the camcorder is briefly rewound then the camcorder switches to ' PLAYBACK'. As soon as the beginning of the scene is reached, the ‘RECORDING' function is synchronously started on the video recorder. The sound level is automatically controlled.
35mm (" 35mm/25mm SYNCHRONY £0T @velum ©)n Au pic ©)m ANV Connections as shown in figure B or figure K if the camcorder is fo control the video recorder. © Start copying with the EDIT or QUICK REVIEW button, for example, on the camcorder, The cassette in the camcorder is briefly rewound then the camcorder switches to ‘PLAYBACK'. As soon as the beginning of the scene is reached, the '/RECORDING' function is synchronously started on the video recorder.
R S Audio dubbing With this function, you ¢an add a sound track of your choice to an already 'edited film The mono sound track on the video tape can posterior be replaced with anther sound track. The existing mono sound track will completely be erased. The stereo sound track and the video recording remain unchanged. Connect the sound source with an audio connecting cable to the sockets 'E3", (at the front of the video recorder). Insert the cassette (containing the ‘edited film'l} into the video recorder.
Insert functions With the insert functions, it is possible to conveniently insert other picture and for sound recordings into existing recordings. You have the choice between three functions: « 'INSERT VIDEO" The picture and the whiff sound (helical track) are newly recorded, the mono sound (longitudinal track) is maintained. « 'INSERT DUBBING": The picture, the whiff sound {helical track}, and the mono sound (longitudinal track) are newly recorded. * ‘INSERT COPY'": The picture is newly recorded.
8. ADDITIONAL RECORDING POSSIBILITIES Recording from another video/audio source, e.g., a video recorder Note: « If your video recorder does not have a SCARY socket (Euro-AV) and you wish to watch the picture during copying, you must tune the TV to the video recorder. You will find a description of this process in the action "Playback via aerial cable’ on the pages 35 and 36. For recordings from other external video/audio sources, e.g., a second video recorder, a satellite receiver, a CD-i player, etc.
S Recording audio only Simulcast recording You can use your video recorder as whiff tape recorder, This means that only the stereo or dual sound is recorded from an textual sound source whiff 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 If your TV set does not have a SCARY socket {Eur-AV), you mist 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. @ If a cassette is inserted in the video recorder, press the (EJECTS ] button on the video recorder to sect the cassette.
€@ |f the picture quality is worse only when the video recorder is on, use an appropriate screw driver to turn the channel control (2 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 @) until the test picture reappears. © Check once again all TV programmed on the TV set.
T 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", Press the [TURRET] button on the remote control. The video recorder's display indicates, e.g., ‘P01 TUNER'.
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. O Use the button to switch the TV set to the programmer position intended for video playback 'EXT", '0" or The video recorder's display indicates briefly . WCR MONITOR'. © A further pressure on the same button switches the monitor function off again.
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 block of this remote control. [SPROG] TV programmer TV off TV volume Philips TV set accept the 'C 1" 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 does not contain any parts that can be repaired by the user. As long as the video recorder is connected to 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 nonvoter control does not work No playback from the video recorder Poor playback from the video recorder Receding not possible Programmed recording does not work Picture/sound disturbances during TV reception 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 230V = 10% » Wright approx. 5.4 kg * Mains frequency 50 Hz * Position for use max.15° tilt in all directions = Power consumption 18 W typical * Virgo resolution VHS 2 240 lines (< 8 W typical in standby) » Windflower time, 95 s typical for E-180 * FM audio (SP) 20Hz kHz (< 3dB) s Ambient temperature during operation * Power failure protection: transmitter 1 year typical +10°C to +35 °C Clock/Timer 1 year typical.
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