Philips VR 260/07 manual

T T a a b b l l e e o o f f c c o o n n t t e e n n t t s s 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 Intr oduction Connecting the video r ecorder Initial installation Settings Operating instructions Pla yback Removing pictur e interfer ence Manual r ecording Pr ogrammed r ecordings Other functions Suppr essing interfer ence Befor e y o[...]

VR 260/07 Operating instructions with[...]

R EMO TE CONTR OL E NGLISH 2 2 R R e e m m o o t t e e c c o o n n t t r r o o l l E E J J E E C C T T J J ä Eject inserted cassette S S T T A A N N D D B B Y Y / / O O N N m m ä Switch set on / off ä Interrupt function ä Interrupt pr ogrammed recording C C L L E E A A R R / / C C L L ä Delete entr y ä Delete pr ogrammed recor ding S S E E L [...]

I MPOR T ANT NO TES FOR OPERA TION E NGLISH 4 4 I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n 1 1 Y ou should not under any cir cumstances open the set yourself. Y ou would expose y ourself to the risk of an electric shock from the hazardous high v oltage inside . I I m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t n n o o t t e e s s f f o o r r o o p p e e r r[...]

E NGLISH T HE MOST IMPOR T ANT FUNCTIONS 5 5 MODEL NO . VR 260/07 PR OD . NO . .............................. So that y ou can identify y our machine in the e v ent of theft, enter the serial number (PR OD . NO) here. Y ou will find it on the type plate on the back of the set. T T h h e e m m o o s s t t i i m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t f f u u [...]

I MPOR T ANT INFORMA TION FOR CUST OMERS IN G REA T B RIT AIN E NGLISH 6 6 I I m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t i i n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n f f o o r r c c u u s s t t o o m m e e r r s s i i n n G G r r e e a a t t B B r r i i t t a a i i n n This set is fitted with an appr oved moulded 13 amp plug. T o change the fuse in this plug [...]

E NGLISH R EMO TE CONTR OL / CONNECTION WITH A SCAR T SOCKET 7 7 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g t t h h e e v v i i d d e e o o r r e e c c o o r r d d e e r r 2 2 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g t t o o a a T T V V s s e e t t w w i i t t h h a a s s c c a a r r t t s s o o c c k k e e t t 2 Switch off your TV set 3 Remov e the ae[...]

C ONNECTING T O A TV SET WITHOUT SC AR T SOCKET E NGLISH 8 8 5 T ak e a scar t cable and connect one end to the scar t sock et on the back of your TV set and the other to the scar t sock et A A V V 1 1 E E X X T T 1 1 on the back of the video recor der 6 T ak e the enclosed mains cable and connect the appr opriate end to the mains socket 4 4 on the[...]

E NGLISH C ONNECTING ADDITIONAL DEVICES 9 9 5 T ak e the enclosed mains cable and connect the appr opriate end to the mains socket 4 4 on the back of the video recor der and the other to the nearest fr ee sock et 6 Switch on your TV set and select on y our TV set the pr ogramme number which will in future be used f or operation with the video recor[...]

S ETTING TV CHANNELS , D A TE AND TIME E NGLISH 10 10 1 Using the O O K K button activate the automatic initial installation S S e e t t t t i i n n g g T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s , , d d a a t t e e a a n n d d t t i i m m e e f f o o r r t t h h e e f f i i r r s s t t t t i i m m e e I I n n i i t t i i a a l l i i n n s s t t a a l[...]

E NGLISH S EARCHING FOR A TV CHANNEL MANUALL Y 11 11 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessar y - select the pr ogramme number set f or video recor der operation S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g f f o o r r a a T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l m m a a n n u u a a l l l l y y 3 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  MANUAL SEA[...]

12 12 A LLOCA TING DECODER E NGLISH 8 8 I I d d o o n n   t t k k n n o o w w t t h h e e c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s f f o o r r m m y y T T V V s s t t a a t t i i o o n n s s 4 4 No problem. Hold down the button P P to star t the automatic channel search. A changing channel number will appear on screen. Continue the automatic channel s[...]

13 13 E NGLISH U SING A SA TELLITE RECEIVER U U s s i i n n g g a a s s a a t t e e l l l l i i t t e e r r e e c c e e i i v v e e r r Those TV channels which are r eceived via a satellite r eceiv er connected (to the scar t sock et A A V V 2 2 E E X X T T 2 2 ) can be view ed on the video r ecorder on pr ogramme number  E2 . On the remote c[...]

14 14 S EARCHING FOR TV CHANNELS AUT OMA TIC ALL Y E NGLISH S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s 4 4 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessar y - select the pr ogramme number set f or video recor der operation S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g f f o o r r T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y 4 The[...]

15 15 E NGLISH S OR TING AND CLEARING OF TV CHANNELS MANUALL Y S S o o r r t t i i n n g g a a n n d d c c l l e e a a r r i i n n g g o o f f T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s m m a a n n u u a a l l l l y y After y ou ha ve perf ormed the automatic channel sear ch y ou ma y not agr ee with the sequence in which the individual TV channels ha[...]

16 16 C HANGING THE TIME AND D A TE E NGLISH MAIN MENU CLOCK AUTO INSTALL MANUAL SEARCH TV CHANNEL ALLOC. RECORD SPEED AUTO STANDBY TV SYSTEM SPECIAL SETTINGS EXIT P MENU OK CLOCK YEAR Q 2000 P MONTH 01 DATE 01 TIME 20:00 EXIT P MENU STORE P OK C C h h a a n n g g i i n n g g t t h h e e t t i i m m e e a a n n d d d d a a t t e e 3 In the  YEAR[...]

17 17 E NGLISH G ENERAL INFORMA TION / N A VIGA TION O O p p e e r r a a t t i i n n g g i i n n s s t t r r u u c c t t i i o o n n s s 5 5 G G e e n n e e r r a a l l i i n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c s s w w i i t t c c h h - - o o f f f f If the video recor der is not used for several min utes, it s[...]

18 18 P LA YING C ASSETTES / PLA YING BA CK NTSC CASSETTES E NGLISH 1 Inser t a VHS cassette in the cassette opening on the fr ont of the video r ecorder . The tape will be caught and automatically placed in the corr ect position. The displa y will show  v v  2 Press the Pla yback button C C to pla y the tape 3 Press the Stop button h on the [...]

19 19 E NGLISH S ELECTING T APE POSITION DISPLA Y TYPE S S e e l l e e c c t t i i n n g g t t a a p p e e p p o o s s i i t t i i o o n n d d i i s s p p l l a a y y t t y y p p e e If the O O K K button is pr essed during pla yback and r ecording, the curr ent tape position (hours : minutes : seconds) is shown in the displa y . There ar e two dif[...]

20 20 D ISPLA Y / RESET / FIND T APE POSITION E NGLISH 1 During pla yback press H (r ewind) or I (forwar d) S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g f f o o r r t t a a p p e e p p o o s s i i t t i i o o n n w w i i t t h h p p i i c c t t u u r r e e ( ( p p i i c c t t u u r r e e s s e e a a r r c c h h ) ) 2 Interrupt the sear ch where ver y ou lik[...]

21 21 E NGLISH S EARCH FOR T APE POSITION / FIND BLANK P AR T OF T APE 1 Inser t a ta pe r ecorded on this video r ecorder or on another set with index marking S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y f f o o r r t t a a p p e e p p o o s s i i t t i i o o n n ( ( i i n n d d e e x x s s e e a a r r c [...]

S TILL PICTURE /S LO W MO TION / C OMMERCIAL SKIP E NGLISH 22 22 1 T o stop the picture, press the Still button R during pla yback S S t t i i l l l l p p i i c c t t u u r r e e / / s s l l o o w w m m o o t t i i o o n n 2 K eep R pressed down to pla y back the picture in slo w motion or press R sev eral times in succession in order to mo v e the[...]

E NGLISH O PTIMIZING TRA CKING / STILL PICTURE 23 23 1 During pla yback, hold down the button ; ; P P + + until the displa y shows  TRAC  O O p p t t i i m m i i z z i i n n g g t t r r a a c c k k i i n n g g 2 Hold down the button = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + until the pla yback quality is at its best 3 W ait a few seconds until the message ?[...]

v P0 1 S T AR TING / ST OPPING RECORDING MANU ALL Y E NGLISH 24 24 3 Use the buttons = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the pr ogramme number , under which your video recor der has stor ed the desir ed TV channel S S t t a a r r t t i i n n g g a a n n d d s s t t o o p p p p i i n n g g o o f f r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g m m a a n n u u[...]

E NGLISH S T AR TING RECORDING MANUALL Y / ST OPPING A UT OMA TIC ALL Y 25 25 2 Use the buttons = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the pr ogramme number , under which y our video recor der has stor ed the desir ed TV channel S S t t a a r r t t i i n n g g r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g m m a a n n u u a a l l l l y y / / s s t t o o p p p p[...]

L INING UP RECORDINGS / RECORDING SPEED E NGLISH 26 26 L L i i n n i i n n g g u u p p m m a a n n u u a a l l r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s 2 Press the Stop button h at the point where y ou want the new r ecording to start (the displa y will show 9 ) 3 Press the Recor d button n in the usual wa y to star t the ne w recording 1 Look at th[...]

E NGLISH R ECORDING AUT OMA TICALL Y FR O M A SA TELLITE RECEIVER 27 27 Y ou can only use this function if y ou hav e a satellite receiv er which can contr ol other de vices via a scart cable R R e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y f f r r o o m m a a s s a a t t e e l l l l i i t t e e r r e e c c e [...]

A CTIV A TE / DEACTIV A TE DIRECT RECORDING E NGLISH 28 28 A A c c t t i i v v a a t t e e / / d d e e a a c c t t i i v v a a t t e e d d i i r r e e c c t t r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g S S w w i i t t c c h h t t h h e e v v i i d d e e o o r r e e c c o o r r d d e e r r o o f f f f ! ! The Direct Recor d function only works when t[...]

E NGLISH M AKING A DIRECT RECORDING 29 29 M M a a k k i i n n g g a a d d i i r r e e c c t t r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g 1 The direct r ecord function m ust be activated in the on-scr een menu (see pr evious page). No direct r ecordings can be made unless this function has been activated 2 Inser t a cassette without erase pr otection[...]

P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS +E NGLISH 30 30 P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m e e d d r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s 9 9 P P R R O O B B L L E E M M P P A A R R D D O O N N ? ? 1 Press the T T I I M M E E R R button k k P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g t t i i m m e e r r w w i i t t h h V V I I D D E E O O P P l l u u s [...]

E NGLISH P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS + 31 31 5 The details of the pre viously entered VIDEO Plus r ecording ar e displa yed. Use P P or Q Q to select the input fields and - if necessar y - change their content with 0 0 - - 9 9 6 Confirm with O O K K . The screen will sho w the message  STORED  7 Inser t a cassette without erase pr ot[...]

P R OBLEM SOL VING (VIDEO P LUS -P R OGRAMMING )E NGLISH 32 32 P P r r o o b b l l e e m m s s o o l l v v i i n n g g ( ( V V I I D D E E O O P P l l u u s s - - P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g ) ) E E r r r r o o r r m m e e s s s s a a g g e e : :   S S E E L L E E C C T T P P R R O O G G . . N N R R . .   A correct PlusC[...]

E NGLISH P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITHOUT VIDEO P LUS 33 33 1 Press the T T I I M M E E R R button k k t t w w i i c c e e P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g t t i i m m e e r r w w i i t t h h o o u u t t V V I I D D E E O O P P l l u u s s + + 2 The Timer screen will appear 3 If necessar y use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select a fr ee memo[...]

P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITHOUT VIDEO P LUS E NGLISH 34 34 8 Check that the date, programme n umber , star t and finish time ar e shown correctl y on the scr een. Confirm with the O O K K button. The screen will sho w the message  STORED  7 Use P P or Q Q to select the input field  END.  and enter the finish time of the desired recor ding 9[...]

E NGLISH P R OBLEM SOL VING (T IMER PR OGRAMMING ) 35 35 P P r r o o b b l l e e m m s s o o l l v v i i n n g g ( ( T T i i m m e e r r p p r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g ) ) E E r r r r o o r r m m e e s s s s a a g g e e : :   S S W W I I T T C C H H T T O O S S T T A A N N D D B B Y Y - - T T I I M M E E R R R R E E C C O O R R D[...]

T URBO T IMER -R ECORDING E NGLISH 36 36 2 The displa y shows the pr ogramme number to which the video recor der is currentl y set, e.g.: PR OG. 01 . Change  if necessar y  the displa yed pr ogramme number with = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + (or with 0 0 - - 9 9 ) . . Confirm with the T T U U R R B B O O T T I I M M E E R R button. 1 [...]

E NGLISH P R OBLEM SOL VING 37 37 6 Inser t a cassette without erase pr otection 7 S S W W I I T T C C H H O O F F F F T T H H E E V V I I D D E E O O R R E E C C O O R R D D E E R R W W I I T T H H T T H H E E S S T T A A N N D D B B Y Y / / O O N N B B U U T T T T O O N N m m ! ! I I F F Y Y O O U U D D O O N N   T T D D O O T T H H I I S S[...]

D ELETE / CHECK / CHANGE RECORDINGS /N EX TV IEW E NGLISH 38 38 D D e e l l e e t t e e / / c c h h e e c c k k / / c c h h a a n n g g e e p p r r o o g g r r a a m m m m e e d d r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s 3 D D e e l l e e t t e e : : Press C C L L E E A A R R ( ( C C L L ) ) and finish with the button O O K K C C h h e e c c k k : :[...]

E NGLISH A UT OMA TIC SWITCH - OFF / C HILD LOCK 39 39 A A d d j j u u s s t t i i n n g g a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c s s w w i i t t c c h h - - o o f f f f If the video r ecorder is not used f or se v eral minutes, it switches itself off automaticall y . If y ou want to use the video recor der as a TV receiv er , you can deactivate the a[...]

R EPLA YING CASSETTE CONTINUOUSL Y E NGLISH 40 40 R R e e p p l l a a y y i i n n g g c c a a s s s s e e t t t t e e c c o o n n t t i i n n u u o o u u s s l l y y This function can be used to pla y a tape ov er and over again. If the end of the cassette or of the r ecording has been r eached, the video recor der automatically re winds to the sta[...]

E NGLISH C HANGING THE TV SYSTEM 41 41 C C h h a a n n g g i i n n g g t t h h e e T T V V s s y y s s t t e e m m When pla ying back cassettes which ha ve been r ecorded with signals fr om a differ ent TV system there ma y be interfer ence with the colour . T o deactivate the automatic change to a differ ent TV system, y ou must follow these steps[...]

A DJUSTING OSD INFORMA TION E NGLISH 42 42 A A d d j j u u s s t t i i n n g g t t h h e e O O S S D D i i n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n If this function is activated, the current operating details of the video r ecorder will be briefl y displa y ed on the screen W W h h a a t t i i s s a a n n O O S S D D ? ? The on-screen men u or OSD ([...]

E NGLISH E NERGY - SA VING MODE 43 43 1 Press the M M E E N N U U button on the r emote contr ol. The on-scr een menu appears 2 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  SPECIAL SETTINGS  and confirm with O O K K 4 Use P P or Q Q to select the setting  ON  or  OFF  and confirm with O O K K . The screen will show  STO[...]

A D APTING REMO TE CONTR O L E NGLISH 44 44 1 Press the M M E E N N U U button on the remote contr ol. The on-screen menu appears A A d d a a p p t t i i n n g g r r e e m m o o t t e e c c o o n n t t r r o o l l If y ou are using tw o video recor ders which both react to the same remote contr ol codes, you can use this function to change r emote [...]

E NGLISH U SING THE TV REMO TE CONTR OL 45 45 U U s s i i n n g g t t h h e e T T V V r r e e m m o o t t e e c c o o n n t t r r o o l l With the enclosed multicode r emote control y ou can control the main functions of your TV set. T o do this, you m ust first enter the make of y our TV set. 1 Find the mak e of your TV set from the list belo w an[...]

O PTIMIZING THE MODULA T OR E NGLISH 46 46 O O p p t t i i m m i i z z i i n n g g t t h h e e m m o o d d u u l l a a t t o o r r If the TV set and the video recor der ar e only connected with an aerial cable - rather than with an additional scart cable - it ma y happen that in certain reception locations the modulator frequency of the video r eco[...]

E NGLISH S WITCHING THE MODULA T OR ON AND OFF 47 47 S S w w i i t t c c h h i i n n g g t t h h e e m m o o d d u u l l a a t t o o r r o o n n / / o o f f f f If picture and sound interf erence cannot be remo ved by optimising the modulator , the integral modulator can be s witched off. W arning: this is only possible if y ou hav e connected the [...]

P R OBLEM SOL VING / T ECHNIC AL D A T A E NGLISH 48 48 T T h h e e s s e e t t i i s s s s t t i i l l l l n n o o t t r r e e a a c c t t i i n n g g , , d d i i s s p p l l a a y y s s h h o o w w s s e e . . g g . .   E000   4 4 Remov e the mains plug from the sock et, hold down the Standby button m m on the front of the video recor[...]

E NGLISH N O TES 49 49 N N o o t t e e s s[...]

N O TES E NGLISH 50 50 N N o o t t e e s s[...]

E NGLISH V IDEO RECORDER / DISPLA Y 51 51 1 2 3 4 1 ST ANDBY/ON m ä Switch set on / off ä Interrupt function ä Interrupt pr ogrammed recording 2 AUDIO/VIDEO IN ä Connecting the camcorder or video r ecorder (Programme n umber E3 ) 3 RECORD n ä Record 4 PR OGRAMME - ä Select pre vious programme no . / menu point 5 PR OGRAMME + ä Select n[...]

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