Philips VR 510/07 - Manual

E NGLISH T HE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS 5 5 MODEL NO. VR 510/07 PROD. NO. .............................. So that you can identify your machine in the event of theft, enter the serial number (PROD. NO) here.You will find it on the type plate on the back of the set. TThhee m moosstt iim mppoorrttaanntt...

E NGLISH R EMOTE CONTROL / CONNECTION WITH A SCART SOCKET 7 7 C Coonnnneeccttiinngg tthhee vviiddeeoo rreeccoorrddeerr 2 2 C Coonnnneeccttiinngg ttoo aa TTVV sseett w wiitthh aa ssccaarrtt ssoocckkeett 2 Switch off your TV set 3 Remove the aerial cable plug from the back of your TV set and insert it...

C ONNECTING TO A TV SET WITHOUT SCART SOCKET E NGLISH 8 8 5 Take a scart cable and connect one end to the scart socket on the back of your TV set and the other to the scart socket A AVV11 EEX XTT11 on the back of the video recorder PPRRO OBBLLEEM M 8 8 M Myy TTVV sseett hhaass m moorree tthhaann oon...

E NGLISH C ONNECTING ADDITIONAL DEVICES 9 9 5 Take the enclosed mains cable and connect the appropriate ends to the mains socket 4 4 on the back of the video recorder and the other to the nearest free socket 6 Switch on your TV set and select on your TV set the programme number which will in future ...

S ETTING CHANNEL , DATE AND TIME E NGLISH 10 10 1 Using the O OK K button activate the automatic initial installation SSeettttiinngg cchhaannnneell,, ddaattee aanndd ttiim mee ffoorr tthhee ffiirrsstt ttiim mee IInniittiiaall iinnssttaallllaattiioonn 3 3 T TIIPP 2 The set seeks out and stores all av...

E NGLISH S EARCHING FOR A TV CHANNEL MANUALLY 11 11 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessary - select the programme number set for video recorder operation SSeeaarrcchhiinngg ffoorr aa TTVV cchhaannnneell m maannuuaallllyy 3 Use == PP-- or ;; PP++ to select the option “ MANUAL SEARCH ” 5 Use S S ++...

A LLOCATING DECODER E NGLISH 12 12 8 8 II ddoonn’’tt kknnoow w tthhee cchhaannnneellss ffoorr m myy TTVV ssttaattiioonnss 4 4 No problem. Hold down the button P P to start the automatic channel search. A changing channel number will appear on screen. Continue the automatic channel search until you h...

E NGLISH U SING A SATELLITE RECEIVER 13 13 U Ussiinngg aa ssaatteelllliittee rreecceeiivveerr Those TV channels which are received via a satellite receiver connected (to the scart socket A AVV22 EEX XTT22), can be viewed on the video recorder on programme number “ E2 ”. On the remote control press t...

S EARCHING FOR A TV CHANNEL AUTOMATICALLY E NGLISH 14 14 SSeettttiinnggss 4 4 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessary - select the programme number set for video recorder operation SSeeaarrcchhiinngg ffoorr aa TTVV cchhaannnneell aauuttoom maattiiccaallllyy 4 The set seeks out and stores allavaila...

E NGLISH S ORTING AND CLEARING OF TV CHANNELS MANUALLY 15 15 SSoorrttiinngg aanndd cclleeaarriinngg ooff TTVV cchhaannnneellss m maannuuaallllyy After you have performed the automatic channel search you may not agree with the sequence in which the individual TV channels have been allocated to the pr...

C HANGING THE TIME AND DATE E NGLISH 16 16 MAIN MENU CLOCK AUTO INSTALL MANUAL SEARCH TV CHANNEL ALLOC. RECORD SPEED AUTO STANDBY TV SYSTEM SPECIAL SETTINGS OK CLOCK YEAR Q 2000 P MONTH 01 DATE 01 TIME 20:00 EXIT P MENU STORE P OK C Chhaannggiinngg tthhee ttiim mee aanndd ddaattee 3 In the “ YEAR ” ...

E NGLISH G ENERAL INFORMATION / N AVIGATION 17 17 O Oppeerraattiinngg iinnssttrruuccttiioonnss 5 5 G Geenneerraall iinnffoorrm maattiioonn A Auuttoom maattiicc ssw wiittcchh--ooffff If the video recorder is not used for several minutes, it switches itself off automatically. This function can be deac...

18 18 P LAYING CASSETTES / PLAYING BACK NTSC CASSETTES E NGLISH 1 Insert a VHS cassette in the cassette opening on the front of the video recorder. The tape will be caught and automatically placed in the correct position.The display will show “ v v ” 2 Press the Playback button C C to play the tape ...

20 20 D ISPLAY / RESET / FIND TAPE POSITION E NGLISH 1 During playback press H (rewind) or I (forward) SSeeaarrcchhiinngg ffoorr ttaappee ppoossiittiioonn w wiitthh ppiiccttuurree ((PPiiccttuurree sseeaarrcchh)) 2 Interrupt the search wherever you like with the Playback button G RReesseett // ddiiss...

21 21 E NGLISH S EARCH FOR TAPE POSITION / F IND BLANK PART OF TAPE 1 Insert a tape recorded on this video recorder or on another set with index marking SSeeaarrcchhiinngg aauuttoom maattiiccaallllyy ffoorr ttaappee ppoossiittiioonn ((IInnddeexx sseeaarrcchh)) 2 Press the Index button E and then I (...

22 22 S TILL PICTURE / SLOW MOTION E NGLISH 1 To stop the picture, press the Still button R during playback SSttiillll ppiiccttuurree // sslloow w m moottiioonn 2 Keep R pressed down to play back the picture in slow motion or press R several times in succession in order to move the picture forward f...

23 23 E NGLISH O PTIMIZING TRACKING / STILL PICTURE 1 During playback, hold down the button == PP-- or ;; PP++ until the display shows “ TRAC ” O Oppttiim miizziinngg ttrraacckkiinngg 2 Hold down the button == PP-- or ;; PP++ until the playback quality is at its best 3 Wait a few seconds until the m...

24 24 S TARTING / STOPPING RECORDING MANUALLY E NGLISH 3 Use the buttons == PP-- or ;; PP++ to select the programme number, under which your video recorder has stored the desired TV channel SSttaarrttiinngg aanndd ssttooppppiinngg ooff rreeccoorrddiinngg m maannuuaallllyy 4 Start recording by pressi...

25 25 E NGLISH S TARTING RECORDING MANUALLY / STOPPING AUTOMATICALLY 2 Use the buttons == PP-- or ;; PP++ to select the programme number, under which your video recorder has stored the desired TV channel SSttaarrttiinngg rreeccoorrddiinngg m maannuuaallllyy // ssttooppppiinngg aauuttoom maattiiccaal...

26 26 L INING UP RECORDINGS / RECORDING SPEED E NGLISH LLiinniinngg uupp m maannuuaall rreeccoorrddiinnggss 2 Press the Stop button h at the point where you want the new recording to start (the display will show 9 ) 3 Press the Record button n in the usual way to start the new recording 1 Look at th...

27 27 E NGLISH R ECORDING AUTOMATICALLY FROM A SATELLITE RECEIVER You can only use this function if you have a satellite receiver which can control other devices via a scart cable RReeccoorrddiinngg aauuttoom maattiiccaallllyy ffrroom m aa ssaatteelllliittee rreecceeiivveerr W Whhaatt iiss aa ssccaa...

28 28 P ROGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS + E NGLISH PPrrooggrraam mm meedd rreeccoorrddiinnggss 9 9 PPRRO OBBLLEEM M PP A ARRD DO ON N ?? 1 Press the TTIIM MEERR button k k PPrrooggrraam mm miinngg ttiim meerr w wiitthh VVIID DEEO O PPlluuss++ 2 The VIDEO Plus screen will appear 3 Use the 00--99 ke...

30 30 P ROBLEM SOLVING (VIDEO P LUS -P ROGRAMMING ) E NGLISH PPrroobblleem m ssoollvviinngg ((VVIID DEEO O PPlluuss--PPrrooggrraam mm miinngg)) EErrrroorr m meessssaaggee:: ““ SSEELLEECCTT PPRROOGG.. NNRR.. ”” A correct PlusCode programming number has been entered - but automatic recognition of the ...

33 33 E NGLISH P ROBLEM SOLVING (T IMER PROGRAMMING ) PPrroobblleem m ssoollvviinngg ((TTiim meerr pprrooggrraam mm miinngg)) EErrrroorr m meessssaaggee:: ““ SSWWIITTCCHH TTOO SSTTAANNDDBBYY -- TTIIMMEERR RREECCOORRDDIINNGG ”” A recording was programmed, but the video recorder was not switched into ...

34 34 “T URBO T IMER ”-R ECORDING E NGLISH 5 The display shows the programme number to which the video recorder is currently set, e.g.: “PROG. 01 ”. Change – if necessary – the displayed start time with == PP-- or ;; PP++.. Confirm with the TTU URRBBO O TTIIM MEERR button. The display briefly shows ...

35 35 E NGLISH P ROBLEM SOLVING 6 Insert a cassette without erase protection 7 SS W WIITTC CH H O OFFFF TTH HEE VVIID DEEO O RREEC CO ORRD DEERR W WIITTH H TTH HEE SSTTA AN ND DBBYY//O ON N BBU UTTTTO ON N m m !! II FF YYO OU U D DO ON N ’’ TT D DO O TTH HIISS ,, TTH HEE SSEETT W WIILLLL N NO OTT RR...

36 36 D ELETE / CHECK / CHANGE RECORDINGS E NGLISH D Deelleettee // cchheecckk // cchhaannggee pprrooggrraam mm meedd rreeccoorrddiinnggss 3 D Deelleettee:: Press C CLLEEA ARR ((C CLL)) and finish with the button O OK K. C Chheecckk:: Press TTIIM MEERR k k , check the stored details and (once you ha...

37 37 E NGLISH A UTOMATIC SWITCH - OFF / C HILD LOCK A Addjjuussttiinngg aauuttoom maattiicc ssw wiittcchh--ooffff If the video recorder is not used for several minutes, it switches itself off automatically. If you want to use the video recorder as a TV receiver, you can deactivate the automatic swi...

39 39 E NGLISH C HANGING THE TV SYSTEM C Chhaannggiinngg tthhee TTVV ssyysstteem m When playing back cassettes which have been recorded with signals from a different TV system there may be interference with the colour. To deactivate the automatic change to a different TV system, you must follow thes...

40 40 A DJUSTING OSD INFORMATION / SELECT SOUND CHANNEL E NGLISH A Addjjuussttiinngg tthhee O OSSD D iinnffoorrm maattiioonn If this function is activated, the current operating details of the video recorder will be briefly displayed on the screen W Whhaatt iiss aann O OSSD D?? The on-screen menu or...

41 41 E NGLISH E NERGY - SAVING MODE 2 Press the SSEELLEEC CTT button several times until the desired setting can be seen on the screen T TIIPP W Whhaatt ggooeess oonn bbeehhiinndd tthhee sseettttiinnggss?? STEREO : Both left and right stereo sound tracks can be heard LEFT : The left stereo sound tr...

42 42 O PTIMIZING THE MODULATOR E NGLISH O Oppttiim miizziinngg tthhee m moodduullaattoorr If the TV set and the video recorder are only connected with an aerial cable - rather than with an additional scart cable - it may happen that in certain reception locations the modulator frequency of the vide...

43 43 E NGLISH S WITCHING THE MODULATOR ON AND OFF SSw wiittcchhiinngg tthhee m moodduullaattoorr oonn aanndd ooffff If picture and sound interference cannot be removed by optimizing the modulator, the integral modulator can be switched off. Warning: this is only possible if you have connected the v...

44 44 P ROBLEM SOLVING / T ECHNICAL DATA E NGLISH TThhee sseett iiss ssttiillll nnoott rreeaaccttiinngg,,ddiissppllaayy sshhoow wss ee.. gg.. „„ E000 ““ 4 4 Remove the mains plug from the socket, hold down the standby button m m on the front of the video recorder and reinsert the mains plug.When “ -...

47 47 E NGLISH V IDEO RECORDER / DISPLAY 1 2 3 4 1 STANDBY/ON m ä Switch set on / off ä Interrupt function ä Interrupt programmed recording 2 RECORD n ä Record 3 PROGRAMME - ä Select previous programme no. / menu point 4 PROGRAMME + ä Select next programme no. / menu point 5 MONITOR ä Toggle between...