Philips VR620CAT manual

VR620C A T Video Cassette Recorder Owner’ s Manual[...]

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Introduction 3 Features • Automatic Channel Setup • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic Operation Features • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Blue Background • Daylight-Savings Time • Display Panel • Front Panel Menu Access • Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System • High Quality (HQ) System • MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System • 1[...]

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

● Use only tapes with the mark. ● Remove any light adhesive stick-on notes from the video cas- sette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removable labels can jam the VCR. ● The VCR requires periodic maintenance to maintain its excellent performance. This VCR has an Automatic Head Cleaner. However, you may have to replace the video heads [...]

OR 75 Ω ANT / CABLE OR 75 ANT / CABLE 6 Hookups Without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a Stereo TV, please see page 10. After you hook up the VCR, go to page 11 to turn [...]

CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 75 ANT / CABLE 75 Ω ANT / CABLE RF coaxial cable 3 Connect the supplied black RF coaxial cable to the OUT Jack on the back of the VCR and to the ANTENNA IN Jack on the TV. (You may use either a snap-on type (supplied) or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer.) 5 Set the CH3/CH4 switch on the ba[...]

8 Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System There are two ways to connect your Cable Box/DBS to the VCR. With this connection: ● You may view any channel. ● You must select channels at the Cable Box/DBS. Channels cannot be changed at the VCR. ● You may not view a channel other than the one you are recording. ● You may not program cha[...]

Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 75 ANT / CABLE With this connection: ● You may watch one channel while recording another. ● You may not record scrambled channels. Recording One Channel/Watching Another 1 Put the Cable Box/DBS on the same channel as the VCR’s CH3/CH4 switch. Set the TV to the Cable Box/DBS output [...]

10 Hookups with a Stereo TV ● Audio and Video cables are not supplied. 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 a stereo audio cable to the re[...]

1 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button. The VCR light and the PWR.(power) light will appear on the VCR display panel. 2 Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR. The display shown below will appear on the TV screen. (If the display does not appear, check your hookups, then follow the steps[...]

12 Automatic Channel Setup 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button . SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT • You can not enter the TUNER SET UP menu when you are in Line Input mode (channel 001 or 002). When you select channel 001 or 002, AV REAR or AV FRONT will appear on the TV screen brief[...]

Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels If your channel lineup changes, you may want to add newly avail- able channels or remove channels that are no longer available in your area. You can use the CH(annel) o / p buttons to scroll through only the available channels. To add or delete channels from the VCR’s memory, follow t[...]

14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select CH MEMORY REVIEW, then press the F.FWD/ B button. A list of programmed channels will appear on the screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t fit on the screen, press the F.FWD/ B button to see the remaining channels[...]

TIME 02 :15 PM MONTH – – / – – / – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT Setting the Clock 15 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 not, press the VCR/TV button once.) ● You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry. 4[...]

1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. SET CLOCK → SET CLOCK DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXIT SET CLOCK SET CLOCK → DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXI[...]

Language Selection 17 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button . Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays and menus. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select LANGUAGE, then press the F.FWD[...]

18 Setting the Remote to Operate a TV • The remote control may only operate some features of your TV. For exam- ple, the remote control may turn on the TV power, but it may not change channels at the TV. • If you can not change the channels at the TV using the Number buttons, press the ENTER button after you press the Number buttons. It may cha[...]

• The remote control may only operate some features of your Cable Box/DBS. For example, the remote control may turn off the Cable Box/DBS power, but it may not change channels at the Cable Box/DBS. • If you can not change the channels at the Cable Box using the Number buttons, press the ENTER button after you press the Number but- tons. It may [...]

20 Remote Control Buttons POWER EJECT VCR/TV SPEED TIME SEARCH SLOW ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CH. VOL. MEMORY ALT.CH REW PLAY F.FWD REC /OTR PAUSE /STILL STOP MUTE VCR CBL/DBS TV MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details are on pages 32 and 48. REC(ord)/OTR Button Press once to start a recording. D[...]

Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 21 POWER EJECT VCR/TV SPEED TIME SEARCH SLOW ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CH. VOL. MEMORY ALT.CH REW PLAY F.FWD REC /OTR PAUSE /STILL STOP MUTE VCR CBL/DBS TV MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR CLEAR Button Press to erase incorrect information when programming VCR functions. Also, press to reset the real-time counter. Details are[...]

MTS Broadcast Available Current tape status Time Counter, Counter Memory Tape Speed STOP 12:00 AM TV STEREO CH10 STEREO 2ND AUD SLP M 1:23:45 HIFI Channel SELECT op CHOOSE B → STATUS [ON] COUNTER ONLY [OFF] TO END PUSH EXIT 22 On-Screen Status Displays • You may not access a status display when viewing a still picture, during slow motion playba[...]

VCR Display Panel 23 Cassette Compartment Insert a tape here. VCR Light This light appears when the VCR is in VCR position. This light does not appear when the VCR is in TV position. Details are on pages 21 and 24. REC(ord) Light This light appears during a record- ing. It flashes when a recording is paused. Cassette-Inside Light This light appears[...]

24 Front Panel PAUSE Button While recording, press to pause the recording. Press again to resume recording. Details are on page 27. You can not pause a One-Touch Recording. During tape playback, press to freeze the picture. Press again to resume playback. Details are on page 38. POWER Button Press to turn the VCR power on and off. VCR/TV Button Pre[...]

AUDIO IN Jacks Connect the audio cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 34. VIDEO IN Jack Connect a video cable coming from the VIDEO OUT Jack of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio-visual source (laser disc player, digital video disc player, etc.) here. Details are on page[...]

26 Playing • If the tape you want to play is already in the VCR, make sure the VCR power is on and the VCR is in VCR position. (The VCR light will appear on the dis- play panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) Press the VCR button, then press the PLAY/ o button. • Other playback options and features are on pages 35-42. • If REP[...]

Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4 , whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Recording 27 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. If playback begins, press the VCR button, then press the STOP/ p button to stop the tape. 3 If the [...]

2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording of the current channel. (See page 27.) The REC(ord) light will appear on the VCR display panel. 28 Recording One Channel/Watching Another • If you use a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System, you may not be able to watch one channel while recording another. See pages eight- nine for details. •[...]

One-Touch Recording 29 1 Press the VCR button, then press the CH(annel) o / p but- tons 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 on the screen. Recording will begin immediately. The REC(ord) light [...]

DAILY PROGRAM (MON-FRI) PROGRAM -1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8- SELECT PROGRAM NUMBER TO END PUSH EXIT 30 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro- grams while you’re away from home. The VCR will turn itself on, record, and turn itself off automatically. Before you begin: ● Set up the channels at the VCR. Details are on pag[...]

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON – – : – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 6 Press two Number buttons for the hour you want the recording to begin. Press two Number buttons for the minute you want the recording to begin. Press 1 for AM or 2 for PM. For example, for 9:30 PM, press 09, 30, 2. ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHA[...]

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON 09:30 PM TIME OFF 11:00 PM REC SPEED SLP SP=1 SLP=2 TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR TO END PUSH EXIT 32 Timer Recording (cont’d) 8 Press the Number 1 button to record in SP speed or the Number 2 button to record in SLP speed. (See the chart below.) You cannot use the SPEED button at this time. 9 Press two Numbe[...]

POWER EJECT VCR/TV SPEED TIME SEARCH SLOW ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CH. VOL. MEMORY ALT.CH REW PLAY F.FWD REC /OTR PAUSE /STILL STOP MUTE VCR CBL/DBS TV MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR Timer Recording (cont’d) 33 6 Repeat steps 1-4 to make sure you have cleared the cor- rect timer recording. 1 With the VCR on and in VCR position (the VCR light will appear[...]

1 Make the connections shown above. 34 Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 3 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. The VCR must be in VCR position. (The VCR light will appear on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 4 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 03 or 04, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on V[...]

Repeat Play 35 Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over and over. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the F.FWD/ B button so that ON appears beside REPEAT PLAY. 5 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. Now, when a tap[...]

• The MEMORY button does not function if REPEAT PLAY is ON. Details are on page 35. • To erase a real-time counter memo- ry, 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. Setting the real-time counter to zero at a second location will erase the previ[...]

Time Search 37 Follow the steps below to program the VCR to search forward or backward on a tape a specific length of time. There must be a tape in the VCR. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the TIME SEARCH but- ton. 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,[...]

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

Automatic Operation Features 39 The following playback features will always operate. 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[...]

40 Multi-Channel Television Sound System To record and play programs broadcast in stereo, even if you have a single-speaker TV, just use one of the connections shown, then follow the steps on pages 41-42. Your VCR can play recordings broadcast in Hi-Fi (high fidelity) stereo, which produces a crisp, clear sound from two sources. Your VCR also can p[...]

6 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (cont’d) 41 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TV STEREO or 2ND AUDIO. Then, press the F.FWD/ B button . ON will appear to the[...]

42 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select AUDIO OUT, then press the F.FWD/ B button . Multi-Channel Television Sound system broadcasts are automatic[...]

POWER EJECT VCR/TV SPEED TIME SEARCH SLOW ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CH. VOL. MEMORY ALT.CH REW PLAY F.FWD REC /OTR PAUSE /STILL STOP MUTE VCR CBL/DBS TV MENU STATUS/EXIT CLEAR 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 3 Press the PLAY/ [...]

If you are having problems with your product, check this list of problems and possible solutions before requesting service. You may be able to solve the problem yourself. If you need to call a customer service representative, please know the model number and serial number of your product before you call. This information appears on the back of the [...]

You can not insert a tape. • Insert the tape, window side up, with the record tab facing you. • Make sure a tape isn’t already in the VCR by pressing the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR. • Gently push on the center of the tape when putting it in the VCR. Never force the tape into the VCR. • If you have programmed a timer recording and the VC[...]

46 Limited Warranty VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER or PLAYER 90 days Free Exchange / 91 days–One Year Reduced-Cost Exchange WHO IS COVERED? You must have proof of the date of purchase to exchange your product. A sales receipt or other document showing the date that you purchased the product is considered such proof. WHAT IS COVERED? Warranty coverage be[...]

Limited Warranty (cont’d) 47 If your product is defective, you may be able to exchange it at the store from which it was purchased. Most stores display a Return Policy. If not, ask the manager or sales associate how many days you have to exchange a product with them. After the store’s return period has expired, you may exchange the product with[...]

48 Glossary / Specifications Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks on the front and back of the VCR that record audio from another source (IN) or send audio to another system (OUT). Automatic Channel Setup: process in which the VCR mem- orizes all available channels. Then, when you press the CH(annel) o / p buttons, you only scan through channels you [...]

ac power cord .................................25 accessories .......................................52 alt.ch button .....................................21 ant(enna) in jack ...................6-10, 25 audio in/out jacks .................10, 24, 25, 34, 40, 48 automatic playback .......................................39 rewind, eject, off........[...]

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IB8280E001 Printed In China 0VMN02653 / H79J4UD * * * * * S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES The following items are supplied with your VCR; they are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. The following additional items are not provided with your VCR, but they are designed for use with your new VCR. To order these optional accessor[...]