Philips VRKD12BL manual

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Introduction 3 Features • Alarm Clock • Automatic TV Channel Setup • Automatic Head Cleaner • Automatic Playback Features • Automatic Tracking Adjustment • Display Panel • Forward and Reverse Searching • On-Screen displays in English or Spanish • One-Touch Recording (recording TV shows for 30 minutes to eight hours) • Pausing a [...]

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

Before Using Your VCR 5 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control ● In this VCR, use only tapes with the mark. ● Remove any stickers or labels from the video cassette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Labels can jam the VCR. ● Video heads are an important part of your VCR. You can’t see them, but the VCR automatically cleans its video [...]

POWER 6 Using the Alarm Clock 2 A velcro strip is supplied. Peel off the tape backing, then stick one piece of the velcro to the front of the VCR and one piece to the top of the clock as shown in the picture at right. Make sure the velcro pieces will touch when the alarm clock is in place in the holder. 3 Set the alarm clock in the clock holder. Us[...]

75 V ANT / CABLE OR 75 ANT / CABLE The easiest connection – just a TV, VCR, and antenna or cable – 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 on the VCR. ANTENNA IN Jack (on back of TV) Cable (75 [...]

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 VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT IN OUT 75 V 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 [...]

10 Hookups With a Stereo TV VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack Video Cable Audio Cable VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (white) OUT Jacks Audio and Video IN Jacks on 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[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY Turning on Your VCR 11 ● Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the remote control and the VCR and TV are connected (see pages five and seven-10). ● You can not set up channels if you are using a Cable Box/DBS. ● T[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY 12 Automatic TV Channel Setup Although your VCR may automatically set up the TV channels you receive when you turn it on for the first time, this function lets you set up channels again. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. (T[...]

Automatic TV Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select CHANNEL SET UP. Then, press the F.FWD button. 3 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select MANUAL SET UP. Then, press the F.FWD button. 4 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly until your desired channel number ap[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY 14 Setting the VCR Clock Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s internal clock. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 3 While the MONTH space is fla[...]

CLOCK SET MONTH DAY YEAR 0 3 / 2 0 TUE 2 0 0 1 HOUR MINUTE AM/PM 0 5 : – – – – Setting the VCR Clock (cont’d) 15 7 While the MINUTE space is flashing, press the PLAY but- ton or the STOP button repeatedly until the desired minute appears. Then, press the F.FWD button. 8 While the AM or PM space is flashing, press the PLAY but- ton or the [...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY 16 Choosing a Language Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen menus and displays. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 2 Press [...]

On-Screen Displays 17 You may access on-screen displays by pressing the DISPLAY button repeatedly. On-screen displays may include the current time, channel, and other information. ● Press the DISPLAY button once. The COUNT information will appear for five seconds. After five sec- onds, only the real-time counter will appear on the screen. This co[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y ST OP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMOR Y 18 Remote Control Buttons MENU Button Press repeatedly to access menus or to remove menus. SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details are on pages 24 and 42. PLAY Button Press to play a tape. Also, press to releas[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y ST OP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMOR Y Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 19 STOP Button Press to stop the tape. Use to enter information in the menu (setting the clock, for example). Press to select an item in the menu. PAUSE Button During recording, press to temporarily stop th[...]

20 VCR Display Panel CST.IN VCR/TV POWER REC TIMER STOP/EJECT RECORD F.FWD PAUSE REW CHANNEL PLAY POWER POWER VCR/TV CST.IN TIMER REC VCR Display Panel These lights explain the current activity of the VCR. Cassette Compartment Insert a video cassette tape here. Do not place anything else in this compartment. VCR/TV Light This light appears when the[...]

Front Panel 21 F.FWD (Fast Forward) Button When tape playback is stopped, press to fast forward the tape at high speed. During tape playback, press to fast forward the tape while the pic- ture stays on the screen. Details are on page 34. Press to select an item in the VCR menu or to change the setting of an item. POWER Button Press to turn the VCR [...]

AUDIO IN Jack Connect an audio cable coming from the audio out jack of a cam- corder, another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 32. 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, video disc player, etc.) here. Details are on page 32. ANT(e[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY 6 When the tape has finished rewinding, press the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR to remove the tape. 4 Press the STOP button to stop playback. 5 Press the REW(ind) button to rewind the tape. Playing 23 Read and follow the steps below to play a [...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn on the TV; set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever chan- nel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact (see page five) in[...]

STOP/EJECT RECORD F.FWD PAUSE REW PLAY One-Touch Recording 25 Starting an OTR 1 Use the CHANNEL o / p button to select the channel you want to record. 2 Press the RECORD button on the VCR repeatedly until the desired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours) appears in the upper left corner of the TV screen. Recording will begin immediately. ●[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY PROGRAM NUMBER 1 B ONCE DAILY WEEKLY 26 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to make your VCR record TV programs while you’re away from home. You can have up to seven timer recordings. For each one, the VCR will turn itself on, record, an[...]

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1 DATE 0 5 / 0 4 FRI START TIME 0 7 : 3 0 P M END TIME – – : – – – – CHANNEL – – REC SPEED – – AM B PM ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1 DATE 0 5 / 0 4 FRI START TIME – – : – – – – END TIME – – : – – – – CHANNEL – – REC SPEED – – 5 Enter the recording’s start time[...]

28 Timer Recording (cont’d) 7 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly until the desired channel number appears. Then, press the F.FWD button. ● If you are using a standard antenna/cable hookup (as shown on page seven), select the channel of the TV program you want to record. ● If you are recording from line input, select L1. (Line[...]

Cancelling a Timer Recording 1 Press the MENU button so that the details of your pro- gram appear on the screen. If there are no recordings set, the main menu will appear. 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to select the program number you want to cancel. 4 While the program number is flashing, press the REW(ind) button to cancel the timer [...]

30 Timer Recording (cont’d) 4 Select the information you want to change using the F.FWD button. Press the REW(ind) button to go back one step. (There is an exception. Do not press the REW(ind) button while the program number is flashing. If you do, you will cancel the timer recording completely.) 5 While the information is flashing, enter the cor[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY 1 Press the RECORD button to start a recording of the cur- rent channel. Details are on page 24. Recording One Channel/Watching Another 31 2 Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV position. The VCR/TV light will disappear. 3 Use the TV [...]

1 VCR 1 will play your tape. Insert a prerecorded tape in VCR 1. If the tape does not have a record tab, playback begins. If this happens, press the STOP/EJECT button on VCR 1 once. 32 Rerecording (Copying Tapes) 2 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. Make sure the record tab is intact (details are on page five). Make sure the[...]

POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY Repeat Play 33 Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over and over. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear on the front of the VCR. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once. ● Ther[...]

34 Forward and Reverse Searching/Pausing a Picture 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD but- ton or the REW(ind) button. A fast forward or reverse pic- ture search will begin. 2 To return to playback, press the PLAY button. Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press the F.FWD button or the REW(ind) button[...]

Picture Select 35 3 Within five seconds, press the F.FWD button until your desired mode (NORMAL, SOFT, or SHARP) appears on the screen. POWER CHANNEL P AUSE PLA Y STOP F . FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLA Y EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY You can select the picture quality of a tape. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. The VCR[...]

36 Real-Time Counter Memory Follow the steps below to reset the real-time counter to zero at a tape location you want to refer to later. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once. ● There is a tape in the VCR. 1 Play, fast forward, or rewind a tape to the locati[...]

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, you may have to press the POWER but- ton to turn on the VCR. Make sure you turn off the VCR for the timer recording later. If you insert a tape without a record tab when[...]

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 is displayed on the back of[...]

Helpful Hints (cont’d) 39 Tape cannot be removed. • Make sure the power plug is completely connected to an AC (alternating current) outlet. • You have set a timer recording. Turn on the VCR power, then eject the tape. Be sure to insert a tape and turn off the VCR for your timer recording. Tape cannot be inserted. • Insert the tape, window s[...]

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Specifications Video Heads Two heads 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 12W Operating Temperature 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative Humidity 10% to 80% Weight 5.3 lbs. (2.4[...]

ac power cord ...........................7, 22 accessorie s .......................................43 alarm clock ..................................6, 20 ant(enna) in jack ..................7-10, 22 audio in/out jack s ......10, 22, 32, 41 automatic playback ........................................37 rewind, eject, off ........................37 ba[...]

PO WER CHANNEL PA USE PLAY STOP F. FWD REW RECORD VCR/TV SPEED MENU DISPLAY EXIT/ C. RESET COUNTER MEMORY Remote Control VRKD11YL: 4835 218 37299 VRKD12BL: 4835 218 37298 Two AA Batteries: 4835 138 17012 IB8245E001 Printed In China 0VMN02574/H57V0UD, H57V1UD * * * * * S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES The following items are supplied with your VCR; they are p[...]