Page 2 - For Customer Use; Know these; safety; symbols; rry
WarrantyVerification Registering your product within 10 days confirms your right to max- imum protection under the terms and conditions of your PHILIPS MAGNAVOX warranty. OwnerConfirmation Your completed Warranty Registration Card serves as verification of ownership in the event of product theft or ...
Page 3 - Introduction 3; Features; Safety Precautions; Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.; Helpful Hints
Introduction 3 Features • Automatic Channel Setup• Automatic Clock Setting • Automatic Head Cleaner• Blue Background• Child Lock• Daylight-Savings Time• Hi-Fi Stereo Tape Playback (VRA651 only)• Index Search• Multi-Channel Television Sound (MTS) System (VRA651 only)• 19 Micron Head • On-Screen Menus...
Page 4 - Table of Contents
4 Table of Contents Setting Up Your VCRIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Before U...
Page 5 - Before Using Your VCR 5; Putting Batteries in the Remote Control; Replace the battery compartment lid.; VCR Maintenance
Before Using Your VCR 5 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control Using the Remote Control 3 Replace the battery compartment lid. 2 To record again, cover the hole with cellophane tape. • Do not put objects between the remote control and the VCR. • Point the remote control at the VCR’s remote sensor, ...
Page 6 - Hookups without a Cable Box; Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV.
6 Hookups without a Cable Box CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L OR CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L 75 Ω ANT / CABLE OR 75 Ω ANT / CABLE The basic VCR/TV connection – antenna/cable to VCR to TV – is shown below. If you have a Cable Box ora Direct Broadcast System...
Page 7 - Switch; Plug in the TV and the VCR.
Hookups without a Cable Box (cont’d) 7 CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L 75 V ANT / CABL...
Page 8 - Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System; Connections
CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L 75 Ω ANT / CABLE OUT IN 8 Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the IN jack on the Cable Box/DBS. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the OUT jack onthe Cable Box/DBS to the ANT(enna) I...
Page 9 - With this connection:; Helpful Hint
Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 CH3 CH4 RF OUT ANT.IN AUDIO VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT R L IN OUT 75 Ω ANT / CABLE Connections 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN jack. 2 Use an RF coaxial cable (supplied) to connect the RF OUT jack onthe VCR to the IN jack on the...
Page 10 - 0 Turning on Your VCR
10 Turning on Your VCR Before turning on your VCR, make sure batteries are in theremote control and the VCR, TV, and Cable Box/DBS (if applica-ble) are connected. 1 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button. 3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select the lan- guage of the on-screen displa...
Page 11 - Automatic Channel Setup 11
Automatic Channel Setup 11 5 Wait for the VCR to set upchannels. Although your VCR may automatically memorize the channels youreceive when you turn it on for the first time, this function letsyou set up channels again. Make each entry within one minute ofthe previous entry. 5 Wait for a few minutes ...
Page 12 - Adding/Deleting Channels
12 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Adding/Deleting Channels 2 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the FF : /OK button. 3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select ADD/DELETE CH., then press the FF : /OK button. 4 Use the Number buttons, the CH (annel) 8 / 9 button...
Page 13 - Setting the Clock 13; Manual Clock Setting
Setting the Clock 13 • To program the VCR so its clock will automatically move forward onehour in April and turn back onehour in October, see page 18. • To make corrections, follow steps 1-3, then press the FF : /OK button until the item you want to correct isflashing. Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 but...
Page 15 - Time Zone Selection
Setting the Clock (cont’d) 15 6 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. 7 An on-screen message will ask you to turn off the VCR.Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR.Auto will flash in the display panel until the clock is set. Leave theVCR turned off until the time appears on the display panel.If – – : –...
Page 16 - Manual PBS Channel Selection
3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, then press the FF : /OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is set to OFF, PBS CH. will not be available in the menu. If this happens,press the FF : /OK button to select AUTO CLOCK, then press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to set AUTO CLOCK to ON.) 16 Setting th...
Page 17 - Automatic PBS Channel Selection
Setting the Clock (cont’d) 17 5 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button repeatedly so that AUTO flashes beside PBS CH. • To display the time on the display panel, press the EXIT/STATUS but-ton repeatedly. • If you live near the boundary of an adjacent time zone, your PBS chan-nel may come from a different...
Page 18 - 8 Daylight-Savings Time
18 Daylight-Savings Time 6 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. Follow the steps below to program the VCR so its clock will auto-matically move forward one hour in April and turn back one hourin October. 3 Press the PLAY 8 or STOP 9 button to select CLOCK, then press the FF : /OK button. (If AUTO CLOCK is ...
Page 19 - Language Selection 19
Language Selection 19 5 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screendisplays and menus. 3 Press the STOP 9 button or PLAY 8 button to select LANGUAGE. • If you accidentally select Spanish or French and need English, followthese steps.1) Press the VCR b...
Page 20 - 0 Remote Control Buttons
VCR TV VCR/TV QUICK PROGRAMMING POWER STILL/SLOW EJECT CH VOL EXIT/STATUS TIMER SMARTPICTURE SKIP SEARCH INDEX AUDIO/MUTE MENU - + CBL / DBS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 START STOP DATE DBS DAILY PLAY REW FF STOP WEEKLY /OTR REC REC - + - + SPEED 0 CLEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....
Page 22 - 2 Display Panel; Remote Sensor
22 Display Panel Remote Sensor Receives a signal from your remote control soyou can operate your VCR from a distance.Press the VCR button on the remote controlbefore pressing other VCR operation buttons. Tape Speed Lights This light indicates the currenttape speed. This VCR will playtapes recorded i...
Page 23 - Front Panel 23; POWER Button; Buttons
Hi-Fi 19 µ m PLAY REW FF STOP/EJECT REC/OTR CH MENU/EXIT CH VCR SP /OK STILL/PAUSE POWER SmartPicture VIDEO L AUDIO R VCR/TV VCR/TV Button Press to select the signal that your TV receives.VCR Position: Use to watch a tape, to watch a program while recording it, or towatch a TV broadcast using the CH...
Page 24 - 4 Rear Panel
AUDIO OUT Jacks Connect cables going to the AUDIO IN jacks of a camcorder,another VCR, or an audio system here. Details are on pages 41 and44. The VRA451 has a single AUDIO OUT Jack. The VRA651(pictured) has Right and Left AUDIO OUT Jacks. AUDIO IN Jacks Connect cables coming from the AUDIO OUT jack...
Page 25 - On-Screen Status Displays 25
On-Screen Status Displays 25 5 Press the EXIT/STATUS button. • If ON SCREEN MODE is set to ON or COUNTER:• You may bring up the status dis- play at any time by pressing theEXIT/STATUS button. (The excep-tion is during Slow, Search, or Stillmode.) The display will appear forabout five seconds. • Chan...
Page 26 - 6 Setting the Remote Control to Operate a TV; ton. Your TV may turn on or off automatically.; TV CODES
VCR TV VCR/TV QUICK PROGRAMMING POWER STILL/SLOW EJECT CH VOL EXIT/STATUS TIMER SMARTPICTURE SKIP SEARCH INDEX AUDIO/MUTE MENU - + CBL / DBS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 START STOP DATE DBS DAILY PLAY REW FF STOP WEEKLY /OTR REC REC - + - + SPEED 0 CLEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ....
Page 27 - Setting the Remote Control to Operate a Cable Box/DBS 27
Setting the Remote Control to Operate a Cable Box/DBS 27 • If you had to program the remote control to operate your CableBox/DBS, whenever you replace thebatteries in the remote control, youmust program the remote controlagain. • The remote control may only oper- ate some features of your CableBox/D...
Page 28 - Press the EJECT button to remove the tape.; If playback does not start automatically, press the PLAY; button to rewind the tape.
6 Press the EJECT button to remove the tape. 2 Insert a tape in the VCR. The power will come on. The VCRwill place itself in VCR position automatically (the VCR light willappear on the display panel of the VCR). If the VCR light does notappear, press the VCR/TV button once. If the tape’s record tabh...
Page 29 - Press the VCR button.
Recording 29 9 Press the STOP 9 button to stop recording. The \ light will disappear from the display panel. • If the REC(ord)/OTR button is pressed while a tape without arecord tab is in the VCR, PROTECT-ED CASSETTE CANNOT RECORDwill appear on the screen briefly.The VCR will eject the tape. • The V...
Page 30 - 0 One-Touch Recording; Starting an OTR
30 One-Touch Recording 3 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button repeatedly until thedesired recording length appears briefly on the screen andon the display panel. The \ light will flash on the display panel. (The recording length will not appear on the screen if ONSCREEN MODE is set to OFF.) • To check the ...
Page 31 - Recording One Channel/Watching Another 31; button to; button to select the channel you want to
Recording One Channel/Watching Another 31 5 To return to the channel being recorded, use the TVremote control to select channel 03 or 04 (whichever chan-nel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to).Or, if the VCR remote control operates your TV, pressthe TV button, then use the CH(annel)...
Page 32 - 2 Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System
32 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 VCRPlus+ programming system to work properly.Since the channel numbers of the stations you receive may not be the same as the station numbers, a...
Page 34 - 4 Timer Recording with the VCR Plus+ Programming System
34 Timer Recording with the VCR Plus+ Programming System • If you enter an incorrect PlusCode programming number at step 4,ERROR-RE-ENTER CODE will flashon the screen after step 5. Enter thecorrect PlusCode programming num-ber. Helpful Hint Follow the steps below to program a timer recording usingPl...
Page 35 - Timer Recording with the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont’d) 35; Turn off the VCR for a timer recording! Put a tape; • If you want to record the program one time only, go to
Timer Recording with the VCR Plus+ Programming System (cont’d) 35 Turn off the VCR for a timer recording! Put a tape in the VCR. Leave the Cable Box/DBS on. 9 Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR. The VCRmust be turned off for a timer recording to take place.The r light will appear on the disp...
Page 36 - 6 Quick Programming
ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL +/– – – –START +/– – – : – – AM STOP +/– – – : – – AM REC SPEED SLP DATE +/– – – /– – /– – SET DAILY=8 OR WEEKLY=9TO END PUSH EXIT 36 Quick Programming Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro-grams while you’re away from home. The VCR will turn ...
Page 37 - Instructions continue on page 38.
Quick Programming (cont’d) 37 5 Press the Number 2/STOP+ or Number 5/STOP– buttonto set the recording’s stop time. Every time you press a but-ton, the stop time changes in one-minute increments. If you pressand hold a button, the stop time changes in 30-minute increments. 6 Press the SPEED button to...
Page 38 - Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR. The
38 Quick Programming (cont’d) 10 Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR. The r light will appear on the display panel. (The r light and the Cassette- Inside light will flash when you turn off the VCR if there is not atape in the VCR.) The VCR must be turned off for a timerrecording to take place...
Page 39 - Checking, Editing, or Clearing Timer Recordings
Quick Programming (cont’d) 39 • To stop a timer recording that is in progress, press the POWER buttonon the remote control. • If you change the time or date and the new time conflicts with anothertimer recording, the timer recordingyou are adjusting will be erased. Itwill not appear in the PROGRAMRE...
Page 40 - 0 Timer Recording Speed Setting
40 Timer Recording Speed Setting If a program is recording in SP and there is not enough tape torecord the entire program, the VCR automatically switches to SLPto allow complete recording if TIMER REC SPEED is set toAUTO. This feature is especially useful when you set a timerrecording for a program ...
Page 42 - 2 Index Search
42 Index Search 3 When you make a recording, the VCR automatically places anindex code at the beginning of the recording. Essentially, an indexcode is a type of “bookmark” for your tape. This feature is usefulif you have several different programs recorded on a single tape. Fast forward or rewind to...
Page 43 - Receiving a Stereo Broadcast
Multi-Channel Television Sound System (VRA651 only) 43 The VRA651 can receive and record programs broadcast in stereoor second audio. It can also play back tapes recorded in stereo orsecond audio. These features are not available with the VRA451.• Second Audio You can program your VCR so you can hea...
Page 46 - 6 Video Stabilizer
46 Video Stabilizer • Regardless of the setting, this fea- ture has no effect during recording,and during special effects playback. • To set VIDEO STABILIZER to OFF, follow steps 1-2 above. At step 3,press the FF : /OK button so that OFF appears beside VIDEO STABI-LIZER. Press the EXIT/STATUS but-to...
Page 47 - SmartPicture 47
SmartPicture 47 You can make the tape playback picture softer, sharper, more nat-ural, or more distinct by adjusting the SmartPicture setting.SmartPicture is set to NATURAL when you receive the VCR.Follow the steps below to adjust the SmartPicture setting. 2 While the setting appears, press the SMAR...
Page 48 - 8 Playback Options; Viewing a Still Picture; Repeat Playback
3 To return to playback, press the PLAY 8 button. 48 Playback Options 3 To return to normal playback, press the PLAY 8 button. • During Search, Slow, and Still modes, there will be no sound. • Slow and Still modes automatically switch to Stop mode after five min-utes to protect the VCR and thetape f...
Page 49 - Child Lock 49
Child Lock 49 The Child Lock feature disables the buttons on the VCR andremote control. • If you lose your remote control when Child Lock is on, contactPhilips. Helpful Hint VCR TV VCR/TV QUICK PROGRAMMING POWER STILL/SLOW EJECT CH VOL EXIT/STATUS TIMER SMARTPICTURE SKIP SEARCH INDEX AUDIO/MUTE MENU...
Page 50 - 0 Blue Background
50 Blue Background If you want the TV screen to be solid blue when a weak signal isreceived, set BLUE BACKGROUND to ON. The screen will beblue and the sound will be muted. Or, if you want to receive theweak signal, set BLUE BACKGROUND to OFF. When you selecta channel that is receiving a weak signal,...
Page 51 - Automatic Operation Features 51
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. Automatic Rewind When a tape is played, fast forwarded, or recorded to its end, theVCR will rewind the tape to the beginning, then stop. The VCRwill not...
Page 52 - • Cable – standard channels can be received without a Cable Box.
52 Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the front and back of the VCR which areused to record audio from another source (IN) or to send audio to another source(OUT).The VRA451 has single AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks on the front and back of the VCR. TheVRA651 has Right and Left AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks on ...
Page 53 - Specifications 53
Specifications 53 Video HeadsFour heads (VRA451)Four heads with Hi-Fi stereo (VRA651) Video SignalEIA standards; NTSC color AntennaVHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output SignalChannel 3 or 4 (switchable)75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement120V AC; 60 Hz Power Consumption17 W (VRA451)1...
Page 54 - 4 Helpful Hints
54 Helpful Hints If you are having problems with your VCR, check the following list of problems and possible solutionsbefore 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 ofyour ...
Page 56 - 6 Limited Warranty; VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
56 Limited Warranty 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 consideredproo...
Page 60 - Philips Parts & Accessories Marketing Department
IB8109E002 LPT0204-001A S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES O PTIONAL A CCESSORIES The following items are supplied with your VCR; theyare provided to help you use or set up your VCR. The following additional items are not provided with yourVCR, but they are designed for use with your new VCR.To order these opti...
