Philips SVA104 - Manual

Before Using Your VCR 5 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control ● In this VCR, use only tapes with the mark. ● Make sure any light adhesive stick-on notes are removed fromthe video cassette tape before putting the tape in the VCR.Removable labels like these can jam the VCR. ● Periodic maintenance is...

OR VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT 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 aCable Box or a Direct Broadcast System, ...

VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT CH 4 or CH 3 VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT 75 V ANT / CABLE 75 V ANT / CABLE VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT RF coaxial cable Antennaor Cable 3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) t...

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 ...

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/D...

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...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH Turning on Your VCR 11 ● Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the remote control and the VCR and T...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 12 Automatic Channel Setup Although your VCR may automatically set up the channels youreceive when you turn it on for the ...

Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly toselect CHANNEL SET UP. Then, press the F.FWD but-ton. 3 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly toselect ADD/DELETE CH. Then, press the F.FWD button. 4 Press the Number buttons or press the PLAY b...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH SETTING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR0 3 / 0 1 – – – – HOUR MINUTE AM/PM – – : – – – – SETTING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR0 3 / – – – – – ...

16 Language Selection Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screenmenus and displays. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light willappear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly toselect LANGUAGE...

On-Screen Status Displays 17 You may access on-screen status displays by pressing the DISPLAY button repeatedly. On-screen statusdisplays may include the current time, channel, and other information. ● Press the DISPLAY button once. The COUNT on-screen status display will appear for five seconds. Af...

SLOW Button Press during tape playback to view a tape in slow motion. Slow speed can be adjusted by pressing the F.FWD button (faster) or the REWIND button (slower). Details are on page 35. 18 Remote Control Buttons MENU Button Press repeatedly to access menus or to remove menus. SPEED Button Press ...

20 VCR Display Panel VCR/TV POWER POWER CST. IN TIMER REC CHANNEL VCR/TV VCR/TV POWER POWER CST. IN TIMER REC CHANNEL PLAY STOP REW REC/OTR PAUSE F.FWD EJECT VCR/TV VCR Display PanelInformation about VCR opera-tions is displayed here. Cassette CompartmentInsert a video cassette tape here. VCR/TV Lig...

Front Panel 21 PAUSE ButtonWhile recording, press to temporarily stop the recording. Pressa second time to resume normal recording. Details are on page24. You can not pause a One-Touch Recording. Details are onpage 25. During tape playback, press to freeze the picture.Press repeatedly to advance the...

AUDIO IN JackConnect a cable coming from theaudio out jack of a camcorder,another VCR, or an audio sourcehere. Details are on page 33. VIDEO IN JackConnect a cable coming fromthe video out jack of a cam-corder, another VCR, or anaudio-visual source (laser discplayer, video disc player, etc.)here. De...

One-Touch Recording 25 Starting an OTR 1 Use the CHANNEL ( o / p ) buttons or the Number but- tons to select the channel you want to record. 2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button on the VCR repeatedlyuntil the desired recording length (30 minutes to eighthours) appears in the upper left corner of the scre...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH PROGRAM NUMBER 1 → ONCEDAILYWEEKLY 26 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro-grams wh...

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1DATE 0 5 / 0 6 THU START TIME 0 7 : 3 0 P M END TIME – – : – – – – CHANNEL – – REC SPEED – – AM → PM ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1DATE 0 5 / 0 6 THU START TIME – – : – – – – END TIME – – : – – – – CHANNEL – – REC SPEED – – 5 Enter the recording’s start time.Press...

To adjust the START and END timesof a one-time recording (ONCE), fol-low these steps.1) With the VCR on and in VCR posi- tion, press the MENU button toaccess the TIMER PROGRAMMINGmenu. 2) Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to select the program youwant to adjust. 3) While the program number is...

Cancelling a Timer Recording 1 Press the MENU button so that the TIMER PROGRAM-MING menu appears. 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button until the pro-gram number you want to cancel appears on-screen. 3 While the program number is flashing, press theREWIND button to cancel the timer recording. 3...

30 Auto Return Follow the steps below to make the VCR rewind to the beginningof the programs after it has finished all timer recordings. Makesure: ● 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.) 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP...

Auto Satellite Link Using a Satellite Tuner 31 If you connect your VCR to a satellite tuner that has theElectronic Program Guide, the VCR will turn itself on, record,then turn itself off. First, read the owner’s manual of your satellitetuner; then, follow the steps below. Before you begin: ● Use aud...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 1 Press the RECORD button to start a recording of the cur-rent channel. Details are on page 24. 32 Recording One Channel/W...

1 VCR 1 will play your tape. Insert a prerecorded tape inVCR 1. If the tape does not have a record tab, playback begins. Ifthis happens, press the STOP/EJECT button on VCR 1 once. Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 33 2 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2.Make sure the record tab i...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 34 Repeat Play Follow the steps below to program the VCR to play a tape overand over. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in...

Special Effects Playback 35 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD but-ton or the REWIND button. A fast forward or reverse picturesearch 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 o...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 36 Rental Play This function enables you to improve the picture quality whenplaying worn cassettes such as those rented fr...

Real-Time Counter Memory 37 Follow the steps below to reset the real-time counter to zero at atape 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,...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 38 Index Search When you make a recording, the VCR places an index mark at thebeginning of the recording. Essentially, an ...

Time Search 39 The Time Search function allows you to go to a specific point on atape. You will enter the exact amount of playback time that youwish to skip in order to reach the specified point.Make sure: ● The VCR is on and is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light willappear. If it does not, press th...

VCR/TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 +100 CHANNEL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK- FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND / PLAY F.FWD RECORD PAUSE/STILL / STOP SEARCH 40 Quick Find The Quick Find feature locates the beginning of each recording ona tape, then plays the first portion of the...

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. (Ifa 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 thetimer recording later. If...

If you are having problems with your product, check this list of problems and possible solutions beforerequesting 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 product before you cal...

Specifications 45 Video HeadsFour heads 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; 60Hz Power Consumption14W Operating Temperature41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative ...

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 warranty service. A sales receipt or other docu-ment showing that you purchased the product isconsidered proof of purchase. WHAT I...

IB8098E003 Printed In China 0VMN02334 / H3882UD * * * * * 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 wit...