Philips VRX360AT Bedienungsanleitung

Video Cassette Recorder VRX360AT Owner’s Manual[...]

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Introduction 3 Features • HQ (High Quality) System • Automatic Channel Programming • On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish • Display Panel • MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System • Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • One Touch Recording • Unattended (Timer) Recording • Special Effects Playback: F[...]

4 Table of Contents Setting Up Your VCR Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Before Using Your VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

● In this VCR, use only tapes with the mark. ● Make sure any light adhesive stick-on notes are removed from the video cassette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removable labels like these can jam the VCR. ● Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel- lent performance. This VCR has an Automatic Head Cleaner. Howeve[...]

CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO OR AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT CH4 OUT IN ANT CH3 75 V ANT / CABLE OR 75 V ANT / CABLE 6 Hookups Without a Cable Box The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box or a descrambler box, please refer to pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV[...]

CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO OUT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN CH4 OUT IN ANT CH3 CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 75 V ANT / CABLE 75 V ANT / CABLE CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT CH4 OUT IN ANT CH3 RF coaxial cable Antenna or Cable 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) to the[...]

8 Hookups With a Cable Box This connection allows you to view any channel. After you connect the Cable Box, VCR, and TV as shown below, the features described on this page will be available. 75 V ANT / CABLE CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO OUT IN ANTENNA IN Jack Back of TV (example only) 1. Connect Cable signal to IN Jack on Cable [...]

Playing a Tape 1 Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in VCR position (the VCR light will appear on the display panel). 2 Make sure the Cable Box is on the same channel as the VCR’s CH3/CH4 switch. 3 Use the TV channel selector to put the TV on the Cable Box output channel (channel 3 or 4). 4 Press the PLAY button to play the tape. Hookups With[...]

10 Hookups With a Stereo TV 1 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of the VCR. 2 Connect a video cable to the yellow VIDEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR. Then, connect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on your TV. 3 Connect an audio cable to the red and white AUDIO OUT Jacks on the back of the VCR.[...]

5 3 4 • To skip this feature and play a tape immediately, insert a tape with its record tab removed. Or, to skip step 3, press the MENU button. All on- screen displays will be in English. To skip step 5, press the STOP button. Channels will not be programmed, and CHANNELS NOT SET will appear on-screen. • If you try to program channels when ther[...]

3 1 12 Channel Memory 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. TO SELECT PUSH NO. SHOWN 1 PROGRAM 2 VCR SET UP 3 TUNER SET UP 4 SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 2&4 Programming Channels Although your VCR may automatically memorize the channels you receive when you turn it on for the first time, this function let[...]

2 Channel Memory (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. 2 Press the Number 3 button to select TUNER SET UP. 3 Press the Number 4 button to select ADD/DELETE CH. 4 Within 60 seconds, press the Number buttons to enter the desired channel number . TO SELECT PUSH NUMBER CH1[...]

1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. 14 Channel Memory (cont’d) 3 2 4 Reviewing Programmed Channels 2 Press the Number 3 button to select TUNER SET UP. 3 Press the Number 5 button to select CH MEMORY REVIEW. A list of programmed channels will appear on-screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t f[...]

3 TIME 02 :15 PM MONTH – – / – – / – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT Setting the Clock 15 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. Setting the Clock Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and the VCR light appears on the display panel. (If it does no[...]

Daylight-Saving Time Selection You may program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hour in October. Daylight-Saving Time is set to ON prior to shipment from the fac- tory. You may turn Daylight-Saving Time ON or OFF by following the steps below. 1 With the clock set, press the VCR button, then th[...]

3 Language Selection 17 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. Language Selection Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays. 2 Press the Number 2 button to select VCR SET UP. 3 Press the Number 4 button to select LANGUAGE. 4 Press the Number 1 button if you want the on-screen di[...]

18 Setting the Remote to Operate a TV • Although the remote control that comes with your VCR will work most Magnavox TVs, as well as many TVs sold under other brand names, it is possible that the remote control will not operate your TV. • The remote control may only operate some features of your TV. For exam- ple, the remote control may turn on[...]

• Although the remote control that comes with your VCR will work most Cable Boxes and Satellite Systems, it is possible that the remote control will not operate your Cable Box or Satellite System. • The remote control may only operate some features of your Cable Box or Satellite System. For example, some Cable Boxes may only be turned on at the[...]

20 Remote Control Buttons POWER Button Press to turn on or off the VCR, TV, Cable Box, or Digital Satellite System. (You must first press the VCR, TV, or CABLE/DSS button.) Details are on pages 18-19. MENU Button Press to bring up the main menu display. Or, if you have a Magnavox TV, press the TV button, then press to display the Magnavox TV menu. [...]

Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 21 STOP Button Press to stop the tape. Or, if you have a Magnavox TV, press when in TV mode to move down one row or selection in the Magnavox TV menu. PAUSE/STILL Button In Record mode, press to temporarily stop the recording (pause). Press a second time to resume normal recording. Details are on page 27. You can n[...]

TO SELECT PUSH NO. SHOWN 1 ON SCREEN ON ON 2 COUNTER ONLY 3 ON SCREEN OFF TO END PUSH EXIT 22 On-Screen Status Displays • If the channel you select has no broadcast, the screen will become solid blue. The screen will remain blue until you select an active chan- nel. • You may bring up the status display at any time by pressing the STA- TUS/EXIT[...]

VCR Display Panel 23 Cassette Compartment Insert a tape here. VCR Display Panel Information about VCR opera- tions appears here. VCR Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. This light does not appear when the VCR is in TV posi- tion. REC(ord) Light This light appears when a record- ing is in progress. It flashes when a recording i[...]

24 Front Panel PAUSE Button In Record mode, press to temporarily stop the recording (pause). Press a second time to resume normal recording. Details are on page 27. You can not pause a one touch record- ing that is set for a specific length of time. In Play mode, press to freeze the picture (still). Press a second time to resume normal playback. De[...]

AUDIO IN Jacks Connect the cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 38. VIDEO IN Jack Connect a cable coming from the VIDEO OUT Jack of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio-visual source (laser disc, video disc player, etc.) here. Details are on page 38. ANT(enna) IN Jack Conn[...]

26 Playing Read and follow the steps below to play a tape. 1 Turn the TV on and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. 2 Insert a tape in the VCR. The power will come on. The VCR will place itself in VCR position automatically (the VCR light and the Cassette-Inside light on the display panel of the [...]

Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn the TV on and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Recording 27 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact (see page five) in the VCR. The power will come on, and the Cassette-Inside light will appear. 4 If the VCR light appear[...]

28 Recording One Channel/Watching Another 1 Start a recording (see page 27). • If your remote control operates your TV, press the TV button, then use the CHANNEL (Up/Down) buttons on the remote control to select TV channels. See page 18 for details. • If you use a Cable Box or Satellite System hookup, you may not be able to watch one channel wh[...]

One Touch Recording 29 Starting an OTR 1 Press the VCR button, then the CHANNEL (Up/Down) buttons or the Number buttons to select the channel you want to record. OTR (0:30) CH12 2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button repeatedly until the desired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours) appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Recording will beg[...]

30 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro- grams while you’re away from home. You can program up to eight timer recordings. For each one, the VCR will turn itself on, record, and turn itself off automatically. If you are using a Cable Box, timer recordings may be pro- grammed differently. Read pages eight-nine[...]

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON – – : – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 4 Use the Number buttons (1 - 8) to select a slot in which to store the timer recording. There are eight timer recording slots. Open slots will flash on-screen. NOTE[...]

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON 09:30 PM TIME OFF 11:00 PM REC SPEED SLP SP=1 LP=2 SLP=3 TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 32 Timer Recording (cont’d) 8 Press the Number 1 button to record in SP speed, press the Number 2 button to record in LP speed, or press the Number 3 button to record in SLP speed. For details, see the char[...]

Timer Recording (cont’d) 33 3 2 4 5 • CLASH may flash on the screen when you finish setting a timer recording, then the PROGRAM menu will appear. This means that the timer recording you just pro- grammed and another timer record- ing overlap, and thus the current timer recording will not be carried out. In this case, cancel one of the overlappi[...]

34 Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System 1 First, fill in the boxes on this page. It will only take a few minutes, and you must do it if you want the VCR Plus+ programming system to work properly. Since the channel numbers of the stations you receive may not be the same as the station numbers, and since channel numbers differ from area to are[...]

Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont’d) 35 2 Now, compare the channel numbers you have written in the VCR PLUS+ CH. and CABLE/TV CH. columns. You’ll notice that some stations have VCR Plus+ and Cable/TV channel numbers that are the same, and other stations have channel numbers that do not match. Where the channel numbers DO NOT mat[...]

VCR PLUS+ PROG. PLUS CODE : – – – – – – – – TO END PUSH EXIT 36 Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System Follow the steps below to program a timer recording using the PlusCode programming numbers in your TV guide. Before you begin, make sure: ● Channels are programmed (page 12). ● The VCR Plus+ and Cable/TV channel [...]

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 9 TIME ON 10:30 PM TIME OFF 11:30 PM REC SPEED SLP SP=1 LP=2 SLP=3 START DATE 10/10/97 FRI. TO END PUSH EXIT Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont’d) 37 • To quit the VCR Plus+ program- ming system at any time, press the STATUS/EXIT button. The display will disappear from the TV screen. ?[...]

1 Make the connections shown above. 38 Rerecording (Tape Duplication) The instructions on this page show you how to copy tapes. The illustration uses two VCRs just like yours. Different VCRs may operate differently. NOTE: Unauthorized recording of copyrighted television programs, video tapes, or other materials may infringe on the rights of copyrig[...]

Repeat Playback 39 Repeat Playback Follow the steps below to program the VCR to play a tape over and over. 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. 2 Press the Number 2 button to select VCR SET UP. 3 Press the Number 1 button so that ON appears to the right of REPEAT PLAY on-screen. 4 Press the STATUS/EXIT but[...]

40 Time Search Time Search Follow the steps below to program the VCR to search forward or backward a specific length of time. 1 Press the VCR button, then the TIME SEARCH button to bring up the Time Search display. 2 Within 10 seconds, use the Number buttons to enter the desired length of time you want to skip forward or back- ward. For example, fo[...]

4 Real Time Counter Memory 41 • The MEMORY button does not func- tion if Repeat Play is set to ON. To turn Repeat Play OFF, see Helpful Hints on page 39. • To erase a Real Time Counter Memory, press the MEMORY button until the M disappears from the screen. • You may only set the real time counter to zero at one location at a time. If you try [...]

42 Special Effects Playback Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD (Fast Forward) button or the REW(ind) button. A fast forward or reverse picture search will begin. 2 To return to playback, press the PLAY button. Super High Speed Searching (LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press the F.FWD (Fast[...]

Automatic Operation Features 43 Automatic Playback When you put a tape in the VCR, the power will come on auto- matically. If the tape’s record tab is missing, playback will begin. If a timer recording is set, the power will not come on automati- cally when you insert a tape with the record tab intact. If a timer recording is set and the VCR powe[...]

To record and play back programs broadcast in stereo, even if you have a Mono Speaker TV, just use one of the connections shown, then follow the steps on pages 45-47. STOP 12:00 AM TV STEREO CH 02 STEREO 2ND AUD SLP 1:23:45 HIFI Your VCR can play recordings broadcast in Hi-Fi (high fidelity) stereo, which produces a crisp, clear sound from two sour[...]

6 3 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (cont’d) 45 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. 2 Press the Number 3 button to select TUNER SET UP. 3 Press the Number 6 button to select TV STEREO or the Number 7 button to select 2ND AUDIO. ON will appear to the right of your selection. 4 Press the STATUS/EXIT[...]

46 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System 1 Press the VCR button, then the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. 2 Press the Number 2 button to select VCR SET UP. 3 Press the Number 3 button to select AUDIO OUT. Multi-Channel Television Sound system broadcasts are automati- cally recorded in Hi-Fi stereo sound. To play in Hi-Fi stereo tapes recorded in[...]

Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (cont’d) 47 6 Press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display. 7 Press the Number 3 button to select TUNER SET UP. 8 Press the Number 6 button to select TV STEREO. ON will appear to the right of TV STEREO on-screen. 9 Press the STATUS/EXIT button to exit. TO SELECT PUSH NO. SHOWN 1 TV 2 CABLE TV ON 3 AUTO PROGRAM[...]

If you are having problems with your VCR, check the following list of problems and possible solutions before requesting service. You may be able to solve the problem yourself. No power • Make sure the power plug is completely connected to an AC (alternating current) outlet. • Make sure the power is turned on. Power Failure • Timer recordings [...]

Helpful Hints (cont’d) 49 There is no playback picture or the playback picture is noisy or contains streaks. • Make sure the TV and the Cable Box, if applicable, are on the same channel as the VCR’s CH3/CH4 switch (pages six-nine). • Make sure the VCR is in VCR position (page 24). The VCR light will appear on the display panel of the VCR wh[...]

AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the back of the VCR which are used to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another source (OUT). Automatic Channel Programming: process in which the VCR scans all available channels and places the ones you receive in its memory. Then, when you push the CHANNEL (Up/Down) buttons, you only sca[...]

Specifications 51 Video Heads Four heads – Hi-Fi Video Signal EIA standards; NTSC color Antenna VHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output Signal Channel 3 or 4 (switchable) 75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement 120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption 20W Operating Temperature 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative Humidity 10% to 80% Weight[...]

RENEWED 90 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY[...]

Index 53 ac power cord .................................25 accessories .......................................56 ant(enna) in jack ...................6-10, 25 audio in/out jacks .......10, 25, 38, 50 automatic playback .......................................43 rewind, eject, off........................43 batteries ..................................[...]

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