Page 2 - For Customer Use; Know these; safety; symbols; rry
Once your PHILIPS MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privilegesof owning a PHILIPS MAGNAVOX product. So complete and return the Warranty RegistrationCard enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Return your Warranty Registr...
Page 3 - Introduction 3; Features; Helpful Hint
Introduction 3 Features • Automatic Channel Setup• Automatic Head Cleaner• Automatic Operation Features• Automatic Tracking Adjustment• Blue Background• Daylight-Savings Time• Display Panel• Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System• High Quality (HQ) System• MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System• 19 micron h...
Page 4 - Table of Contents
4 Table of Contents Setting Up Your VCR Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Befor...
Page 5 - Before Using Your VCR 5; Putting Batteries in the Remote Control; Replace the battery compartment lid.; Using the Remote Control; To prevent erasure, break off the tab with a screwdriver.; Erasure Prevention; Helpful Hints
● Use only tapes with the mark. ● Remove any light adhesive stick-on notes from the video cas-sette tape before putting the tape in the VCR. Removablelabels can jam the VCR. ● Periodic maintenance is required to maintain your VCR’s excel-lent performance. This VCR has an Automatic Head Cleaner.Howev...
Page 6 - ANT; Hookups Without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System; Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV.
CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT OR CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO 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 Direc...
Page 7 - Switch; Hookups Without a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 7; Plug in the TV and the VCR.
CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT CH 4 or CH 3 CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT CH3 / CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT 75 V ANT / CABLE 75 V ANT / CABLE CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT AUDIO R L VIDEO OUT IN IN OUT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO RF coaxial cable Antennaor Cable...
Page 8 - Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System; Recording/Viewing Any Channel; button to set the VCR to the Cable
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 yo...
Page 9 - Recording One Channel/Watching Another; button to; Connections
Hookups With a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 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 Ca...
Page 10 - 0 Hookups With a Stereo TV
10 Hookups With a Stereo TV R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT antenna or cable to ANT(enna) IN Jack Video Cable Audio Cable VIDEO (yellow) and AUDIO (red and white) OUT Jacks Audio and Video IN Jacks on TV ● Audio and Video cables are not supplied. 1 Connect the antenna or cable to th...
Page 11 - Turning on Your VCR 11
1 Press the VCR button, then press the POWER button.The VCR light and the PWR. (power) light will appear on the dis-play panel. 2 Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as theCH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR. The display shownbelow will appear. (If the display does not appear, check yourhoo...
Page 12 - 2 Automatic Channel Setup; Press the MENU button.; button to select; button to select; Press the VCR button.
12 Automatic Channel Setup 2 Press the MENU button. SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAMVCR SET UPTUNER SET UPSET CLOCK TO END PUSH EXIT • You can not enter the TUNER SET UP menu when you are in LineInput mode (channel 00). Whenyou select channel 00, A/V IN willappear on the screen briefly. • You can not pr...
Page 13 - Adding/Deleting Channels
Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 2 Press the MENU button. SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 124 DELETED 125 DELETED 1 → DELETED 2 ADDED 3 ADDED TO END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the PLAY/...
Page 14 - Reviewing Memorized Channels; Press the STATUS/EXIT button once or twice to exit.
14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 4 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select CH MEMORY REVIEW, then press the F.FWD/ B button. A list of programmed channels will appear on the screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t fit on the screen, press theF....
Page 15 - Setting the Clock 15
Setting the Clock 15 Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: ● The VCR is on and the VCR light appears on the display panel.(If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) ● You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry. 5 Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) and...
Page 16 - 6 Daylight-Savings Time
2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. SET CLOCK → SET CLOCKDAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXIT SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAMVCR SET UPTUNER SET UPSET CLOCK T...
Page 17 - Language Selection 17
Language Selection 17 2 Press the MENU button. Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screendisplays and menus. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select LANGUAGE,...
Page 18 - 8 Remote Control Buttons
18 Remote Control Buttons VOL CH 3 2 1 6 5 4 9 8 7 0 POWER STATUS/EXIT MEMORY REC/OTR SLOW SPEED TIME SEARCH ALT. CH PAUSE/STILL MUTE TV VCR F.FWD REW PLAY STOP VCR/TV EJECT MENU CLEAR SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed (SP or SLP). Details are on pages 30 and 44. REC(ord)/OTR Button P...
Page 20 - 0 On-Screen Status Displays; Status Display
Current statusof tape Time MTSBroadcastAvailable CounterandCounterMemory TapeSpeed STOP 12:00 AM TV STEREO CH10 STEREO 2ND AUD SLP M 1:23:45 HIFI Receiving andRecording Mode Channel AudioOutMode SELECT op CHOOSE B → STATUS [ON] COUNTER ONLY [OFF] TO END PUSH EXIT 20 On-Screen Status Displays • You m...
Page 21 - VCR Display Panel 21
VCR Display Panel 21 Cassette CompartmentInsert a tape here. VCR LightThis light appears when theVCR is in VCR position. Thislight does not appear whenthe VCR is in TV position. REC(ord) LightThis light appears during a record-ing. It flashes when a recording ispaused. Cassette-Inside LightThis ligh...
Page 22 - 2 Front Panel
22 Front Panel PAUSE ButtonWhile recording, press to pause the recording. Pressagain to resume recording. Details are on page 25. Youcan not pause a One-Touch Recording. During tapeplayback, press to freeze the picture. Press again toresume playback. Details are on page 36. POWER ButtonPress to turn...
Page 23 - Rear Panel 23
AUDIO IN JacksConnect cables coming from theAUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder,another VCR, or an audio sourcehere. Details are on page 32. VIDEO IN JackConnect a cable coming from theVIDEO OUT Jack of a cam-corder, another VCR, or anaudio-visual source (laser discplayer, video disc player, etc.)here. D...
Page 24 - Press the EJECT button to remove the tape.
24 Playing • If the tape you want to play is already in the VCR, make sure theVCR power is on and the VCR is inVCR position. (The VCR light willappear on the display panel. If itdoes not, press the VCR/TV button.)Press the VCR button, then pressthe PLAY/ o button. • Other playback options and fea- t...
Page 25 - Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR.; button or the Number buttons to
Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. 1 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4, whicheverchannel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Recording 25 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact in the VCR. 4 If the VCR light appears on the display panel, go...
Page 26 - 6 Recording One Channel/Watching Another; button to stop the recording.
2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button to start a recording ofthe current channel. (See page 25.) 26 Recording One Channel/Watching Another • If you use a Cable Box or Direct Broadcast System hookup, you maynot be able to watch one channelwhile recording another. See pageseight-nine for details. Helpful Hi...
Page 27 - One-Touch Recording 27; button or the POWER button.
One-Touch Recording 27 1 Press the VCR button, then press the CH(annel) o / p but- ton or the Number buttons to select the channel youwant to record. OTR (0:30) CH12 2 Press the REC(ord)/OTR button repeatedly until thedesired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours)appears on the screen. Recordi...
Page 28 - 8 Timer Recording; Do each step within 60 seconds of the previous step.
DAILY PROGRAM (MON-FRI) PROGRAM -1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8- SELECT PROGRAM NUMBER TO END PUSH EXIT 28 Timer Recording Follow the steps below to program your VCR to record TV pro-grams while you’re away from home. The VCR will turn itself on,record, and turn itself off automatically. Before you begin: ● Set up...
Page 29 - Instructions continue on page 30.
ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON – – : – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEARTO END PUSH EXIT 6 Press two Number buttons for the hour you want therecording to begin. Press two Number buttons for theminute you want the recording to begin. Press 1 for AMor 2 for PM. For example, for 9:30 PM, press 09,...
Page 30 - Turn off the VCR
ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL 10 TIME ON 09:30 PM TIME OFF 11:00 PM REC SPEED SP SP=1 SLP=2 TO CORRECT PUSH CLEARTO END PUSH EXIT 30 Timer Recording (cont’d) 8 Press the Number 1 button to record in SP speed or theNumber 2 button to record in SLP speed. (See the chartbelow.) You cannot use the ...
Page 31 - Checking or Cancelling Timer Recordings
Timer Recording (cont’d) 31 6 Repeat steps 1 - 4 to make sure you have cleared the cor-rect timer recording. • CLASH may flash on the screen when you finish setting a timer recording. Thismeans that the timer recording you justprogrammed and another timer record-ing overlap. The current timer record...
Page 32 - VCR 1 will play your tape. Put a prerecorded tape in VCR 1.; from the OUT jack
1 Make the connections shown above. 32 Rerecording (Tape Duplication) 3 VCR 2 will record your tape. Insert a blank tape in VCR 2. TheVCR must be in VCR position. (The VCR light will appear on the displaypanel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) 4 Turn on the TV and set it to channel 03 ...
Page 33 - Repeat Play 33
Repeat Play 33 Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over andover. 2 Press the MENU button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 5 Press the F.FWD/ B button so that ON appears beside REPEAT PLAY. 6 Press the STATUS/EXIT b...
Page 34 - button; 4 Real-Time Counter Memory
• The MEMORY button does not function if REPEAT PLAY is set toON. Details are on page 33. • To erase a real-time counter memo- ry, press the MEMORY button untilthe M disappears from the screen. • You may only set the real-time counter to zero at one location at atime. If you set the real-timecounter...
Page 35 - Time Search 35; Press the TIME SEARCH button.
Time Search 35 Follow the steps below to program the VCR to search forward orbackward on a tape a specific length of time. There must be a tapein the VCR. 2 Press the TIME SEARCH button. 3 Within 10 seconds, use the Number buttons to enter thedesired length of time you want to skip forward or back-w...
Page 36 - 6 Special Effects Playback; Viewing a Still Picture
36 Special Effects Playback Forward and Reverse Searching (SP/LP/SLP) 1 During tape playback, press and release the F.FWD/ B button or the REW(ind)/ { button. A fast forward or reverse picture search will begin. 2 To return to playback, press the PLAY/ o button. Super High Speed Searching (LP/SLP) 1...
Page 37 - Automatic Operation Features 37; Automatic Playback
Automatic Operation Features 37 The following playback features will always operate. 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.If a timer recording is set, the power will not come on automati-cal...
Page 38 - 8 Multi-Channel Television Sound System; Understanding On-Screen Displays
38 Multi-Channel Television Sound System To record and play back programs broadcast in stereo, even if you have a single-speaker TV, just use oneof the connections shown, then follow the steps on pages 39-41. STOP 12:00 AM TV STEREO CH 02 STEREO 2ND AUD SLP 1:23:45 HIFI Your VCR can play recordings ...
Page 40 - 0 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System; Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button.
40 Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System 1 Press the VCR button, then press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select VCR SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 3 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select AUDIO OUT, then press the F.FWD/ B button. Multi-Channel ...
Page 42 - 2 Helpful Hints
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...
Page 44 - Dubbing: copying a tape using a second VCR.
44 Glossary AUDIO IN/OUT Jacks: jacks located on the back of the VCRwhich are used to record audio from another source (IN) or tosend audio to another system (OUT). Automatic Channel Setup: process in which the VCR memo-rizes all available channels. Then, when you press the CH(annel) o / p button, y...
Page 45 - Specifications 45
Specifications 45 Video HeadsFour heads - Hi-Fi Video SignalEIA standards; NTSC color AntennaVHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output SignalChannel 03 or 04 (switchable)75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption16W Operating Temperature41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C)...
Page 46 - VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER; 6 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 consideredproof of purchase. WHAT ...
Page 48 - UPPLIED; Philips Parts & Accessories Marketing Department
IB8111E003 Printed In China 0VMN02343 / H3991UD * * * * * 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...
