Philips VR 617/07 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 617/07 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 Y ou will find explanations for the controls and the displa ys on your video r ecorder on the second to last page of these operating instructions. T T I I P P A A c c c c e e s s s s o o r r i i e e s s 4 Operating instructions 4 Quick Start Guide 4 Remote control 4 [...]

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 an y 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 [...]

E NGLISH T HE MOST IMPOR T ANT FUNCTIONS 5 5 MODEL NO . VR 617/07 PR O D . NO . .............................. So that y ou can identify y our machine in the ev ent of theft, enter the serial n umber (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 SCAR 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 P P R R O O B B L L E E M M 8 8 M M y y T T V V s s e e t t h h a a s s m m o o r r e e t t h h a [...]

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 FOR THE FIRST 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 [...]

E NGLISH S EARCHING FOR TV CHANNELS MANU ALL Y 11 11 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessar y - select the pr ogramme number set for 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 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 SEAR[...]

A LLOCA TING DECODER E NGLISH 12 12 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 pr oblem. Hold down the button P P to start the automatic channel search. A changing channel number will appear on screen. Continue the automatic channel s[...]

E NGLISH U SING A SA TELLITE RECEIVER 13 13 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 eceiver 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 . Press the number[...]

S EARCHING FOR TV CHANNELS A UT OMA TIC ALL Y E NGLISH 14 14 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 for 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[...]

E NGLISH S OR TING AND CLEARING OF TV CHANNELS MANUALL Y 15 15 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 you ma y not agr ee with the sequence in which the individual TV channels ha [...]

C HANGING THE TIME AND D A TE E NGLISH 16 16 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[...]

E NGLISH G ENERAL INFORMA TION / N A VIGA TION 17 17 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[...]

P LA YING C ASSETTES / PLA YING BACK NTSC C ASSETTES E NGLISH 18 18 1 Inser t a VHS cassette in the cassette opening on the fr ont of the video recor der . 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 [...]

E NGLISH S ELECTING T APE POSITION DISPLA Y TYPE 19 19 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 pressed during pla yback and r ecording the curr ent tape position (hours : minutes : seconds) is sho wn in the displa y . There ar e two diff[...]

D ISPLA Y / RESET / FIND T APE POSITION E NGLISH 20 20 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[...]

E NGLISH S EARCHING FOR T APE POSITION / FIND BLANK P AR T OF T APE 21 21 1 Inser t a tape 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 [...]

S TILL PICTURE / SLO W MO TION / SKIPPING COMMERCIALS E NGLISH 22 22 1 T o stop the picture, pr ess 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 do wn to pla y back the picture in slo w motion or press R sev eral times in succession in order to mo v[...]

E NGLISH S ELECTING PICTURE SETTING (S MAR T P ICTURE ) 23 23 S S e e l l e e c c t t i i n n g g p p i i c c t t u u r r e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g ( ( S S m m a a r r t t P P i i c c t t u u r r e e ) ) Using the button S S M M A A R R T T * the picture settings can be displa yed and alter ed during pla yback. Ther e are f our differ ent set[...]

O PTIMIZING TRA CKING / STILL PICTURE E NGLISH 24 24 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 ?[...]

E NGLISH S T AR TING / ST OPPING RECORDING MANUALL Y 25 25 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 a a l l[...]

S T AR TING RECORDING MANU ALL Y / ST OPPING AUT OMA TIC ALL Y E NGLISH 26 26 2 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 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 [...]

E NGLISH L INING UP RECORDINGS / RECORDING SPEED 27 27 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 recor ding 1 Look at t[...]

R ECORDING AUT OMA TICALL Y FR OM A SA TELLITE RECEIVER E NGLISH 28 28 Y ou can onl y use this function if you ha v e a satellite receiv er which can contr ol other devices 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 e[...]

E NGLISH P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS + 29 29 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 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 s[...]

P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS +E NGLISH 30 30 5 The data of pre viously entered VIDEO Plus+ recor dings are displa y ed Switch entr y field  if necessar y - with S S + + P P or Q Q S S - - and change the settings with the buttons = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + 6 Confirm with O O K K The scr een will briefly show  STORED  7 Inser t a cas[...]

E NGLISH P R OBLEM SOL VING (VIDEO P LUS -P R OGRAMMING ) 31 31 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 Plus[...]

P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITHOUT VIDEO P LUS E NGLISH 32 32 1 Press the T T I I M M E E R R button k twice 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 a ppear 3 Use - if necessar y - = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select a free memor y location[...]

E NGLISH P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITHOUT VIDEO P LUS 33 33 8 Check that the date, programme n umber , star t and finish time ar e shown corr ectly on the scr een. Confirm with the O O K K button The screen will briefl y show  STORED  7 Use P P or Q Q to select the entry field  END  and enter the finish time of y our desired recor ding 9 Ins[...]

P R OBLEM SOL VING (T IMER PR OGRAMMING )E NGLISH 34 34 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 [...]

E NGLISH T URBO T IMER -R ECORDING 35 35 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 + + . . 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 Press the T T U U R R B[...]

P R OBLEM SOL VING E NGLISH 36 36 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 . . 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 ,[...]

E NGLISH D ELETE / CHECK / CHANGE RECORDINGS / N EX TV IEW L INK 37 37 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 : : P ress 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[...]

A UT OMA TIC SWITCH - OFF / C HILD LOCK E NGLISH 38 38 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 recor der is not used for sev eral minutes, it switches itself off automaticall y . If y ou want to use the video recor der as a TV receiver , you can deactivate the auto[...]

E NGLISH R EPLA YING CASSETTE CONTINUOUSL Y 39 39 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 ov er 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 st[...]

C HANGING THE TV SYSTEM E NGLISH 40 40 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 ther e ma y be interfer ence with the colour . T o deactivate the automatic change to a differ ent TV system, you must f ollow these step[...]

E NGLISH A DJUSTING OSD INFORMA TION / SELECT SOUND CHANNEL 41 41 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 cur rent operating details of the video r ecorder will be briefl y displa yed 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 o[...]

E NERGY - SA VING MODE E NGLISH 42 42 2 Press the S S E E L L E E C C T T button sev eral times until the desired setting can be seen on the scr een T T I I P P W W h h a a t t g g o o e e s s o o n n b b e e h h i i n n d d t t h h e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g s s ? ? STEREO : Both left and right stereo sound tracks can be heard LEFT : The left[...]

E NGLISH A D APTING REMO TE CONTR OL 43 43 1 Press the M M E E N N U U button on the remote contr ol. The on-screen men u 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, y ou can use this function to change remote [...]

U SING THE TV REMO TE CONTR OL E NGLISH 44 44 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 must first enter the mak e of y our TV set. 1 Find the mak e of your TV set fr om the list below an[...]

E NGLISH O PTIMIZING THE MODULA T OR 45 45 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 are only connected with an aerial cable - rather than with an additional scart cable - it ma y happen that in certain reception locations the modulator fr e- quency of the video rec[...]

S WITCHING THE MODULA T OR ON / OFF E NGLISH 46 46 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 switched off. W arning: this is only possible if y ou hav e connected the vid[...]

E NGLISH P R OBLEM SOL VING / T ECHNIC AL D A T A 47 47 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 , , t t h h e e d d i i s s p p l l a a y y w w i i l l l l s s h h o o w w 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 [...]

N O TES E NGLISH 48 48 N N o o t t e e s s[...]

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 1 ST ANDBY/ON m ä Switch set on/off ä Interrupt function ä Interrupt pr ogrammed recording 2 A UDIO/VIDEO IN ä Connecting the Camcorder , video recor der , sound sour ce (Pr ogramme number  AUX  or  E3 ) 3 RECORD n ä Record 4 PR OGRAMME +/- ä Select next/pre vious programme number/me[...]

3103 166 26162 0191/ ω VR 617/07 ENGLISH[...]