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; Safety Precautions; Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.; Helpful Hint
Introduction 3 Features • Automatic Channel Setup• Automatic Head Cleaner• Automatic Operation Features• Automatic Tracking Adjustment• Daylight-Saving Time• Display Panel• Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (VRZ250 only)• High Quality (HQ) System• MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System (VRZ250 only)• O...
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; Helpful Hints; Using the Remote Control; VCR maintenance; Erasure Prevention
● 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 - Hookups Without a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System; Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV.; 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, please see pages eight-nine. If you have a StereoTV, please see page 10. After ...
Page 7 - Hookups Without a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 7; Plug in the TV and the VCR.; Switch
3 Connect the RF coaxial cable (supplied) to the OUT Jack on the back of theVCR and to the ANTENNA IN Jack on the TV. (You may use either a snap-ontype (supplied) or screw-on type of coaxial cable, whichever you prefer.) 5 Set the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR to CH3 or CH4, whicheverchannel...
Page 8 - Hookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System; Recording/Viewing Any Channel
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 ...
Page 9 - Hookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9; Recording One Channel/Watching Another; Connections
Hookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System (cont’d) 9 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/DBS on the same channel as the VCR’sCH3/CH4 switch. Then, with ...
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 1 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT(enna) IN Jack on the back of theVCR. 2 Connect a video cable (not supplied) to the yellow VIDEO OUT Jack on theback of the VCR. Then, connect the other end of the video cable to the...
Page 11 - Turning on Your VCR 11
1 Press the POWER button. The VCR/TV light and the POWERlight will appear on the display 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 yourhookups, then follow the steps on p...
Page 12 - 2 Automatic Channel Setup
12 Automatic Channel Setup 1 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-screen briefly. • You can not progra...
Page 13 - Adding/Deleting Channels
Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) 13 Adding/Deleting Channels 1 Press the MENU button. SELECT op ADD/DELETE B 124 DELETED 125 DELETED 1 → DELETED 2 ADDED 3 ADDED TO END PUSH EXIT 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select TUNER SET UP, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 3 Press the PLAY/...
Page 14 - Reviewing Memorized Channels
14 Automatic Channel Setup (cont’d) Reviewing Memorized Channels 3 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-screen. ● If all the programmed channels don’t fit on the screen, press the F.FWD...
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/TV light appears on the displaypanel. (If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) ● You make each entry within 60 seconds of the previous entry. 4 Press two Number buttons for the hour(s) ...
Page 16 - 6 Daylight-Saving Time
1 Press the MENU button. 2 Press the PLAY/ o button or the STOP/ p button to select SET CLOCK, then press the F.FWD/ B button. 4 Press the STATUS/EXIT button. SET CLOCK SET CLOCK → DAYLIGHT SVG TIME [ON] SELECT op CHOOSE B TO END PUSH EXIT SELECT op CHOOSE B → PROGRAMVCR SET UPTUNER SET UPSET CLOCK ...
Page 17 - Language Selection 17
Language Selection 17 1 Press the MENU button. Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screendisplays. 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 LANGUAGE, then pres...
Page 18 - 8 Remote Control Buttons
18 Remote Control Buttons POWER EJECT VCR/TV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 CHANNEL MEMORY STATUS/EXIT CLEAR SLOW MENU REWIND /PLAY F.FWD REC/OTR PAUSE/STILL /STOP +100 TIME SEARCH SPEED POWER Button Press to turn the VCR on or off. MENU Button Press to bring up the main menu display. SPEED Button Press to sel...
Page 20 - 0 On-Screen Status Displays; Time; Status Display; Channel
SELECT op CHOOSE B → STATUS [ON] COUNTER ONLY [OFF] TO END PUSH EXIT 20 On-Screen Status Displays • If the channel you select has no broadcast, the screen will becomesolid blue. • You may not access a status display when viewing a still picture, duringslow motion playback (VRZ250only), or when the F...
Page 21 - VCR Display Panel 21
VCR Display Panel 21 CHANNEL VCR/TV POWER VCR/TV POWER TAPE IN TIMER REC REW REC/OTR F.FWD CHANNEL VCR/TV POWER VCR/TV POWER TAPE IN TIMER REC STOP EJECT PLAY PAUSE VCR Display PanelInformation about VCR opera-tions is displayed here. Cassette CompartmentInsert a video cassette tape here. VCR/TV Lig...
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. On the VRZ250,press the PAUSE button again to resume playback. Onthe VRZ220, eac...
Page 23 - Rear Panel 23
CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO AUDIO IN JacksConnect cables coming from the AUDIO OUT Jacks of a camcorder,another VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 32.The VRZ250 is shown here. The VRZ220 has only one AUDIO IN Jack. VIDEO IN JackConnect a cable coming from theVIDEO...
Page 26 - 6 Recording One Channel/Watching Another
1 Start a recording. (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 Hint 2 Press the VCR/TV button to put the VCR in TV posit...
Page 27 - One-Touch Recording 27
One-Touch Recording 27 1 Press the CHANNEL o / p buttons or the Number but- tons to select the channel you want 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-screen. Recording will begin immediately. The ...
Page 28 - 8 Timer Recording
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 – – TO CORRECT PUSH CLEARTO END PUSH EXIT 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 recor...
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-screen when you finish setting a timer recording.This means that the timer recordingyou just programmed and anothertimer recording overlap. The currenttimer recording wil...
Page 33 - Repeat Play 33
Repeat Play 33 Follow the steps below to make the VCR play a tape over andover. 1 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. 4 Press the F.FWD/ B button so that ON appears beside REPEAT PLAY. 5 Press the STATUS/EXIT b...
Page 35 - Real-Time Counter Memory 35
Real-Time Counter Memory 35 • 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 ...
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 REWIND/ { 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 D...
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 - Understanding On-Screen Displays
38 Multi-Channel Television Sound System (VRZ250 only) To record and play back programs broadcast in stereo, even if you have a Mono Speaker TV, just use oneof the connections shown, then follow the steps on pages 39-41. Your VCR can play recordings broadcast in Hi-Fi (high fidelity) stereo, which p...
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 45 - Specifications 45
Specifications 45 Video HeadsTwo heads (VRZ220)Four heads with Hi-Fi stereo (VRZ250) 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 (VRZ220)18...
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
IB8077E001 Printed In China 0VMN02171 / H1989UD, H1689UD * * * * * S UPPLIED A CCESSORIES Remote Control for VRZ220 4835 218 37235Remote Control for VRZ250 4835 218 37236Two AA Batteries 4835 138 17012 RF Coaxial Cable, 75 ohm 4835 323 27011 Check to be sure the items on this page are packedwith you...
