Philips VRZ262AT manuale d’uso

Video Cassette Recorder VRZ262AT Owner’s Manual TM IMPORTANT! Return Your Warranty Registration Card Within 10 Days. See Why Inside. VRZ262(H1920).QX33 4/9/99 9:32 AM Page 1[...]

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Introduction 3 Features • High Quality (HQ) System • Automatic Channel Setup • 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 • Timer Recording • Special Effects Playback: Forward and Reverse [...]

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. ● Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel- lent performance. This VCR has an Automatic Head Cleaner. However, the video heads will require repla[...]

CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT OR AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO 75 V ANT / CABLE OR 75 V 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-[...]

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

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 c[...]

Hookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 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[...]

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

1 Press the VCR button, then the POWER button. The VCR light and the PWR. (power) light will appear on the 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. (If the display does not appear, check your hookups, then follow the steps on page 12 to set up chan[...]

12 Automatic Channel Setup 2 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-screen briefly. • You can not program channe[...]

Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 2 Press the MENU button . SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 124 DELETED 125 DELETED 1 → DELETED 2 ADDED 3 ADDED TO END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select ADD[...]

14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 4 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-screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t fit on the screen, press the F.FWD/ B button to see the remaining channels. Th[...]

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. 5 Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) and two Number buttons for the minute(s). Then[...]

2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. SET CLOCK SET CLOCK → DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXIT SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT 16 Daylight-Saving Time 2 [...]

Language Selection 17 2 Press the MENU button . Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen displays. 3 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 PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select LANGUAGE, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the PLAY/ o butto[...]

REW PLAY POWER VCR PLUS+ /ENTER SPEED VCR TIME SEARCH TV MUTE CBL/DBS VCR/TV CHANNEL VOLUME REC/OTR STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW PAUSE/STILL MENU CLEAR EJECT STOP F.FWD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 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 powe[...]

REW PLAY POWER VCR PLUS+ /ENTER SPEED VCR TIME SEARCH TV MUTE CBL/DBS VCR/TV CHANNEL VOLUME REC/OTR STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW PAUSE/STILL MENU CLEAR EJECT STOP F.FWD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 • The remote control may only operate some features of your Cable Box or DBS. For example, the remote control may turn on the Cable Box or DBS power, but it ma[...]

20 Remote Control Buttons POWER Button Press to turn on or off the VCR, TV, Cable Box, or Direct Broadcast System. (You must first press the VCR, TV, or CBL/DBS button.) MENU Button Press to access the VCR menu. Or, if you have a Magnavox TV, press the TV button, then press the MENU button to display the TV menu. SPEED Button Press to select the re[...]

Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 21 STOP/ p Button Press to stop the tape. Press to select an item in the VCR menu. Or, if you have a Magnavox TV, press when in TV mode to move down one row or selection in the TV menu. PAUSE/STILL Button During recording, press to pause the recording. Press a second time to resume normal recording. Details are on [...]

SELECT op CHOOSE B → STATUS [ON] COUNTER ONLY [OFF] TO END PUSH EXIT 22 On-Screen Status Displays • If the channel you select has no broadcast, the screen will become solid blue. • You may not access a status display when viewing a still picture, during slow motion playback, or when the F.FWD/ B or REW(ind)/ s button is pressed during playbac[...]

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. REC(ord) Light This light appears during a record- ing. It flashes when a recording is paused. Cassette-Inside Light This light appears when there is a tape in the VCR[...]

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 42. POWER Button Press to turn the VCR power on and off. VCR/TV Button Pre[...]

AUDIO IN Jacks Connect 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 cam- corder, another VCR, or an audio-visual source (laser disc player, video disc player, etc.) here. Details are on page 38. ANT(enna) IN Jack[...]

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 display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button.) Press the VCR button, then press the PLAY/ o button. • Other playback options and fea- tures are on pages 39 - 43. Helpful Hints[...]

REW PLAY POWER VCR PLUS+ /ENTER SPEED VCR TIME SEARCH TV MUTE CBL/DBS VCR/TV CHANNEL VOLUME REC/OTR STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW PAUSE/STILL MENU CLEAR EJECT STOP F.FWD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 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 the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the V[...]

REW PLAY POWER VCR PLUS+ /ENTER SPEED VCR TIME SEARCH TV MUTE CBL/DBS VCR/TV CHANNEL VOLUME REC/OTR STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW PAUSE/STILL MENU CLEAR EJECT STOP F.FWD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 1 Start a recording. (See page 27.) 28 Recording One Channel/Watching Another • If your VCR remote control does not operate your TV, see page 18 for details. ?[...]

REW PLAY POWER VCR PLUS+ /ENTER SPEED VCR TIME SEARCH TV MUTE CBL/DBS VCR/TV CHANNEL VOLUME REC/OTR STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW PAUSE/STILL MENU CLEAR EJECT STOP F.FWD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 One-Touch Recording 29 2 Press the CHANNEL o / p buttons or the Number but- tons to select the channel you want to record. OTR (0:30) CH12 3 Press the REC(ord)/O[...]

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. ● Set the clock.[...]

REW PLAY POWER VCR PLUS+ /ENTER SPEED VCR TIME SEARCH TV MUTE CBL/DBS VCR/TV CHANNEL VOLUME REC/OTR STATUS/EXIT MEMORY SLOW PAUSE/STILL MENU CLEAR EJECT STOP F.FWD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 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[...]

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, the Number 2 button to record in LP speed, or the Number 3 button to record in SLP speed. (See the chart below.) You cannot use[...]

Timer Recording (cont’d) 33 6 Repeat steps 1 - 4 to make sure you have cleared the cor- rect timer recording. • CLASH may flash on-screen when you finish setting a timer recording. This means that the timer recording you just programmed and another timer recording overlap. The current timer recording will not take place. You may choose to cance[...]

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. For stations whose VCR Plus+ and Cable/TV channels do not match, you must tell the VCR the VCR Plus+ and Cable/TV channel numbers by following steps 3 - 7. Make each entry within 60 seconds of [...]

VCR PLUS+ PROG. PLUS CODE : – – – – – – – – TO END PUSH EXIT 36 Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System Follow these steps to set a timer recording with the PlusCode programming numbers in your TV guide. Before you begin: ● Set up the channels at the VCR (page 12). ● Set up the VCR Plus+ and Cable/TV channel number[...]

Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont’d) 37 • If the time for a timer recording comes up during a One-Touch Recording, the OTR has priority. • To stop a started timer recording, press the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR. • If the power fails for more than one minute, programmed timer record- ings may be lost. Reset the cl[...]

1 Make the connections shown above. 38 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 39 Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over and over. 2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the F.FWD/ B button so that ON appears beside REPEAT PLAY. 6 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. Now, when a tape has fin- ished playing, t[...]

40 Time Search 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. 2 Press the TIME SEARCH button. 3 Within 10 seconds, use the Number buttons to enter the desired length of time you want to skip forward or back- ward. For example, for 1 hour, 25 minutes, pres[...]

Real-Time Counter Memory 41 • The MEMORY button does not function if REPEAT PLAY is set to ON. Details are on page 39. • 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. If you try to set the real-time counter to z[...]

42 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 43 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[...]

44 Multi-Channel Television Sound System 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 pr[...]

6 3 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (cont’d) 45 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 t[...]

46 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System 1 Press the VCR button, then 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 automati- cally[...]

Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (cont’d) 47 6 Press the MENU button. 7 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button . 8 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TV STEREO. Then, press the F.FWD/ B button . ON will appear to the right of TV STEREO on-screen. 9 Press the STATUS/EXIT[...]

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[...]

TV programs cannot be watched normally. • Put the VCR in TV position. (Press the VCR/TV button so that the VCR light disappears from the display panel. For details see page 24.) • Check the connections between the VCR, TV, antenna/cable, and Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (if applicable). (See pages six - 10 for details.) Tape cannot be inse[...]

50 Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the front and back of the VCR which are used to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another source (OUT). Automatic Channel Setup: process in which the VCR memo- rizes all available channels. Then, when you press the CHANNEL o / p buttons, you only scan through channels you rece[...]

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 03 or 04 (switchable) 75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement 120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption 18W Operating Temperature 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative Humidity 10% to 80% Weig[...]

VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER 90 Days Free Labor/One Year Parts Exchange. This product must be carried in for repair. WHO IS COVERED? You must have proof of purchase to receive warran- ty service. A sales receipt or other document show- ing that you purchased the product is considered proof of purchase. WHAT IS COVERED? Warranty coverage begins the day y[...]

ac power cord .................................25 accessories .......................................56 ant(enna) in jack ...................6-10, 25 audio in/out jacks 10, 24, 25, 38, 50 automatic playback .......................................43 rewind, eject, off........................43 batteries ..............................................[...]

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IB7987E001 Printed In China 0VMN02056 / H1920UD * * * * * S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES Remote Control 4835 218 37213 Two AA Batteries 4835 138 17012 RF Coaxial Cable, 75 ohm 4835 323 27011 Check to be sure the items on this page are packed with your VCR. These accessories are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. If any of these items are not incl[...]