INTRODUCTION With this new Video Cassette Recorder (VOR) you are now the owner of one of the most sophisticated and simple-to-use home voids recorders on the market.
Chapter INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Page Safety instructions INSTALLATION 4 Remote control! Connecting to the mains, the aerial Connecting to your TV set Betting the display language and the clock/date Connecting up hi-phi audio equipment 2nd AV-Euro connector SATELLITE RECEPTION 8 The satellite aerial Beginning satellite installation Continuing satellite installation Automatic frequency selection Manual frequency selection Aligning satellite aerial and setting 1st polarization level Setting 2nd polarization leve
Safety Instructions The manufacturer cannot be held responsible for damage which is incurred by not using the video recorder in compliance with the national guarantee conditions, safety instructions or precautions. & First check if your supply voltage is the same as that written on the type plate at the rear of the video recorder, # Caution | Do not open the casing, risk of electric shock. No user serviceable parts are to be found inside.
INSTALLATION : HOW DO CONNECT THE VIDEO RECORDER TITHE TSETSE? Your video recorder is similar to a “TV set without a screen”. It must therefore be connected to both the aerial and the TV stein order for you to be able to view recorded cassettes. How do | Insert the bestiaries 7 o Open the cover on the back of the remote control unit. © Insert the batteries as indicated in the battery holder and close the cover.
© Tress button SET CLOCK once more to complete setting the clock. The data is now stored in the remote control. The display will show, .. © THE )11 baE [ cue-Au ) YEAR l'b'b' L'Amour C’ Qr you wish to transmit these view time settings to the video recorder, point the handset at the video recorder and press button TRANSMIT On. i the transmission is accepted the video recorder display will show, 8.9.
Method 2 if your TV set isn't provided with a 21-pin AV-Connector: The aerial cable which is already in place, will act as the connection between the TV set and the video recorder. In order to play the cassette (i.e. to traduce the image on the screen; a programmer number for the video recorder must be stored in the TV set. This works in the same way as storing a TV channel. For example BBC 1 cane stored on number*1*, BBC 2 on number 2, TV on number ‘3 and so on.
© Finally switch off the video recorder by pressing button STANDBY ¢, Setting the display language and the clock/date During this procedure you will see all the steps clearly shown on the TV screen, And this is how to go about it: €) Switch off the video recorder with the button STANDBY & and press the button INSTALL . The installation test card will appear on the screen. PHILIPS ot T gy uge g remolds berm seem cas oot CO0O0O € Press again button INSTALL .
SATELLITE RECEPTION SATELLITE RECEPTION At the beginning of the television era, the aerials of TV stations were pontoon of TV towers or on mountains, but his limited the range of transmission. Many transmitter masts had to be erected so that all the households in a country could be provided with TV channels. You could only receive foreign TV channels if you rived near a national border.
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O Use the yellow button to select the position 'SATELLITE © Press the green button INSTALLATION' on the TV screen. The survey will then appear again. © Confine this position with the green button [=1. A survey of the necessary installation steps appears. The first SATELLITE DISH INSTALLATION position ‘SELECT SATELLITE' is an a green background. The sequence is given automatically by the video recorder.
€D Press the green button again. {you have selected the position LNC NOT POWERED BY THE VCR' (in the case of a communal aerial), then continue here. Otherwise move on to the section ‘Continuing installation’. You will be asked on the screen whether you have an external aerial change-over switch (SWITCH]).
O Press the green button . Libelous asked whether you wish fo select the transmogrification frequency automatically or manually.
After you have confirmed the first frequency, the survey appears again. SATELLITE DISH INSTALLATION INSTALLATION MENU Follow these steps 1o complete Installation: SELECT SELECT SELECT SELECT ADJUST SATELLITE DISH ADJUST POLARIZE SATELLITE LOW NOISE CONVERTER POLARIZE FREQUENCY SELECT INSTALL To correct errors in previous steps Te confirm press | Ti Eta seiner ] The next position is ‘ADJUST SATELLITE DISH’, which is again on a green background.
if you have installed a bandanna or a double-band converter, the video recorder may select the wrong frequency band or polarization, particularly if the frequency band is switched over by a separate trip line (version A3 and AB). You will see this if, despite several attempts, only a hissing sound can he obtained from the screen. © I this case, you have to switch back to the screen display with the red button and select the other switching position with the yellow button =7 .
¥ you confirm none of the frequencies you are offered or if no frequency with the other polarization is available in the video retarder, you come automatically to the following display: SATELLITE DISH INSTALLATION ADJUST POLARIZE No frequency with the other polarization ts available Do you want to snd the Installation or select a frequency with the either polarization manually 2 MANUALLY SELECT INSTALL Respond by pressing To confirm press € Press the green button [=1 , thereby confirming your entry.
It the dives recorder finds a per-stored satellite station, the following display appears with the request fo set the polarization. SATELLITE DISH « INSTALLATION ADJUST POLARIZE INTERNATIONALIZATION Adjust polarization by pressing ar until 8 good quality replete is achieved, Love pleasures only appear if one o# haste keys is being pressed. To confirm press INSTALL SR T videotape recorder cannibalization the per-stored TV channels, the massage ‘ERROR’ appears in the video recorder display.
€ When a channel Is found, the following display appears: SATELLITE STORE MODE To ahead picture, switch to video by pressing CLEAR is this satellite station scrambled 2 YES no SELECT STORE SEARCH Respond by pressing To confirm press Continue without store CLEAR STORE | SELECT | SEARCH For the TV channel found you now have to: 1. Judge whether or not it is encoded. 2. Ileitis encased, you have to determine the type of decoder input signal for the decoder, 3.
‘You can ether find this out in the description of your decoder, ar you can simply try it out: € Buttonhole CLEAR . You are again switched over to the channel received. Check whether the channel is correctly decoded, i.e. whether a picture appears on the screen. Note: You may have to hold down the button CLEAR corrupt 10 cabstands until the decoder reacts and the channel is correctly decoded. © 1f the first attempt was not successful, select the next position (8.9.
Satellite radio: Some satellites transmit simultaneously a radio channel on one of the audio channels. € Select this channel (e.g. "SKY ONE') and press the button STORE .
STORING TERRESTRIAL TV CHANNELS In chapter 1 disconnectedness TV settothevidearecorder,enabling you to play a cassette. In order to be able to record TV programmed, it i necessary 1o store the TV channels on the idea recorder. its possible to store channels | Each TV channel has to have a number, We advise you to use the same programmer numbers for the TV channels on the video recorder as those on your TV set. This will make operating the video recorder a great deal easier.
To enter the name proceed this way: ® Press the button select the desired numbers or letters, ® By pressing button SELECT you may choose the position, where you wish t0 set the sign (5 signs are possible). @ Impressionability CLEAR you may resettle chase position 1o ‘BLANK’ or to cancel the content, © Press button STORE o conclude. © Repeat steps € 1o @ until all the desired TV channels are stored.
PLAYING A RECORDED CASSETTE in chapter 1 you will have connected your TV set to the video recorder, Playing a cassette will now be very easy and without problems. © Switch on the TV set and select the programmer number reserved for playing the video. ©) Insert the cassette into the cassette slot with the title bale! facing you and the window facing upward. Push the cassette In the center until it is pulled inside automatically, Inserting a cassette will switch on the idea recorder automatically.
€) Press button when the required tape position is reached. (o] ) [ novel eay naan ¥ R Red TR Picture search (scanning): € Press button » . @ Cross button pp or 4. The tape will play forwards or backwards at many times the normal speed, displaying the recorded image but without sound. © Cross button B again when the required tape position is reached. Note: During the fast picture search function the picture quality may be affected, This does not indicate a malfunction. Still picture: € Press button » .
Selecting the soundtrack and audio-mix: € Crass bunion ¢ 1o select the desired soundtrack: man stereo, language 1, language 2 or Audio Mix. One of the following indicators lights up on the display: ® No indications :mono sound * BEEBE * stereo sound & [ER :language 1 . 1 language 2 .
Two additional things to note: & Sometimes the actual tape length can be longer than Indicated, e.g. 185 minutes instead of the indicated 180 minutes (E180). ® The time indication will only be correct with European cassettes. Cassettes manufactured for use on SCENT VHS machines will show incorrect times. How can | find a particular position on the tape ? Its possible that you may have recorded two or more different programmed on the same cassette. Your Video recorder has several automatic search unctions.
READING TELETEXT WITH THE VIDEO RECORDER With this video recorder you can receive the teletext (TXT) channels transmitted in your country (Videotext/Teletext/Top/Fiof/Fastext/ Super text, tee) even if your TV sites not equipped for teletext, Apart prom the wide range of facilities offered by TXT, this function has two further advantages: ® Nondisciplinary and record TEXT-subtities withe video recorder. & While programming a timed recording you may use the comfort of the TXT programmer pages.
Some interesting TXT functions: Switching off the TXT temporarily: By pressing the button (3 on the remote control you can switch off the TXT temporarily. lf the button &3 is pressed again, the TXT will reappear on the screen, without needing to recall it again. Using double height print: By pressing button -~ you can double the print height on the TXT page. The TXT page will thus be clearly legible, even at some distance. € Press bunion -4 the top half of the page will appear enlarged on the screen.
HOW CAN | RECORD DIRECTLY ? The easiest way of recording is to record directly from a TV programmer which is being transmitted. And this Is how to go about it © Videocassette, The videorecorderwiflswitchon automatically.
€ 1 you wish the recording time to be lengthened, press again the bunions ACTIVE and OTR simultaneously . Each time you press these buttons, the recording time is extended by 30 minutes. If you have pressed the buttons ACTIVE and OTR too often, press button CLEAR to return to the previous stopping time, that is, the present time + 30 minutes.
HOW DO | PROGRAMMER A TIMED RECORDING ? in the following chapter we will guide you through the different possibilities of programming your video recorder, so that twilit switch selfish on automatically, record the TV programmer you have chosen and then switch itself off automatically, all of this up to 1 month in advance.
By pressing the blue order button [=1 you can move the cursor up and down the screen, Set the cursor at the starting time of the TV programmer you wish 1o record. Confirm by pressing the green bitten =3 . Variant 2 On the screen you now see a survey of all stored TIMER blocks. © variant 1 On the screen you now sse the content of the TIMER block. The programmer numberless gran background, With the green button =1 you can confirm that the programmer number is correct.
© Press bunion TIMER @ | The video recorder display will show, e.g. © Presumption TIMER @ | The video recorder display wife show, e.g. corr i Lol TRy L [ 58 Now enter the starting time of the recording. Ad tip: \suppressor button CLEAR |, the starting time will automatically be set lo 20:00 . Some Important notes on VPS: if the display shows the indication 'VP, this means that the VP control has been switched on for this block .
1 you wish to repeat the recording at the same time every day : ® Programmer the TIMER-block as usual introducing the starting time and the ending time (steps Unenterprising date of there carding press bunion SELECT antithetic indication'DATE" is replaced on the display by the following: Nonprescription 4 or = thirteenth date, on which the first recording is to be made.
The remote control display will show, e.g. : Nathaniel VERT Vs A7 pare SRt roar [you select TIMER-block number ‘0" and you finally transmit the data to the video recorder, the TIMER data will be stored there automatically in the first free TIMER-block . The display on the remote control will no longer show a number.
Programming a recording which takes place daily or weekly: You may programmer a recording which will take place daily or weekly at step © , entering the date of the recording.
OTHER RECORDING POSSIBILITIES You have a choice of various special recording modes. You can select them by pressing button REC MODE . Torsional the normal recording mode, press button REC.MODE untie the display shows ‘PAUSE’ or 'STOP". Audio-only-recording You can make WiFi stereo audio recordings with a prerecord time hours on an E300 cassette. # Connect the video recorder to a WiFi stereo audio system as described in the ‘Installation’ chapter. € Load a cassette. € Press button REC.
Audio dubbing with an audio mixing pane! : You can mix the original WiFi sound with an external sound by connecting your video recorder to an audio mixing panel. During the recording the sound cannot be heard. Proceed as mentioned in the section *Audio dubbing’ from step o 1o step € , afterwards push bunion AUDIO until the display shows . insert function This function will enable you to successively insert anew scene into an existing recording.
SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AND EXTRAS Pant from the functions that have already been described, your video recorder has other special functions and extras designed to make operating the video recorder as convenient as possible. In the following chapter we will tell you more about them. { Parallel tuner mode While recording a channel from the terrestrial aerial or from cable TV, you can use the video recorder at the same time s a satellite tuner for the TV set, © While recording, press button TUNER .
How do [ control! the TV functions? @ Set the selector TV/VCR o position ‘TV. ® Point the remote control af the TV stand press the required TV function button. Switching from VOR 1 to VCA 2 You may use this feature if you have two video recorders which accept the same transmission code. Changing the remote control code on the video recorder and the cremate control unit will prevent the unintentional operation of the wrong video recorder. © Switch the video recorder off with button STANDBY & .
USEFUL INFORMATION ON VIDEO CASSETTES VHS cassettes can be used on one side only. In the initial position the empty part of the cassette, L.e. the part without taps, is at the right side of the cassette. During playback / retarding the tape is wound from the left to the right side of the cassette.
SUMMARY OF CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS Detailed information concerning the various functions is given in the relevant sections.
Rear tilde of the video recorder: ~r Aerial input socket Aerial output socket G Chan net control EXTERNAL 1 Av-Connector 1 (21-pin scary socket) EXTERNAL 2 AV-Euro connector 2 (21-pin scary socket) £ SAT ANTENNA IN Satellite aerial input MAC BASE BAND OUT Base band output (e.g.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER) Symptom The video retarder does not respond to any button being pressed.
APPENDIX Explanation of technical terms used Aerial cable: A special aerial cable is required for satellite cables. Cables for terrestrial TV reception are not suitable. For the sake of handiness, the trip lines required between the video recorder and the satellite aerial should already be included in the aerial cable. Aerial dishwasher mirror: Term used for the aerial reflector of the satellite aerial, The diameter determines the receptive power (in dBW) to a considerable extent.
QUESTIONNAIRE Use this questionnaire to prepare yourself for all questions that may arise during the installation of your video recorder. 1. 2 Have | assembled the satellite aerial at least provisionally? Have | prepared the connection cables between the satellite aerial and the video recorder? How many tip lines do | need in total? . Are the video recorder and TV set in view of the satellite aerial? .
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