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Operating instructions PHILIPS VR850/07
Congratulations ! You now have one of the most sophisticated 1. Installing your video recorder ...................... 2
and easy-to-use video recorders (VCR) on the market. With Connecting your video recorder to the TV set ......... 2
this VCR you can record and play standard VHS cassettes. Automatic tuning (autoinstall) ....................... 4
Tuning in your video recorder for the first time ........ 4
Tuning in your video recorder at other times ......
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1. Installing your video recorder Important for the United Kingdom Connecting your video recorder to the TV set This machine is fitted with an approved moulded 13 Amp plug. To change a fuse in this type of plug, please follow these To install your video recorder, you will need to read one of the instructions. following. a Take off the fuse cover and take out the fuse. E If your TV set has ’Easy Link’ or ’NexTView’ - the paragraph ’Connecting with a scart cable and Easy Link b Put in a new fuse w
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d Switch on the TV set. e Plug one end of the mains cable into the mains socket 4 on the back of the video recorder. Then plug the e Plug one end of the mains cable into the mains socket other end into the wall socket. 4 on the back of the video recorder. Then plug the other end into the wall socket. f If your TV set automatically switches to a programme number, a text will appear on your TV screen. f Your video recorder will automatically store all the If not, select your programme as shown in
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Automatic tuning (autoinstall) Automatic TV channel store (FOLLOW TV) Your video recorder will search for all TV channels. It stores the TV channels it finds in the following order: BBC 1, BBC 2, With this function, the video recorder stores the channels in ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Sky, others. the same order as on the TV set. It only works if the video recorder (socket AV1 EXT1 ) and the TV set are connected with Tuning in your video recorder for the first a scart cable. You must switch off a
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D If you have selected the wrong TV channel, you can go g Select ’ON’ with the menu buttons Q or P . back a step with the menu button Q . When you select ’OFF’, the function will be switched off. k Repeat stepsh toj until all TV channels have been h Confirm with the OK button. stored on the video recorder. D When the function is switched on, ’DEC’ will appear in the video recorder display. l To end, press the MENU button. i To end, press the MENU button. Connecting a decoder or other equipment M
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f If you know the frequency or number of the TV channel Sorting and clearing TV channels manually you want to tune in, you can enter this information in line ’ENTRY/SEARCH’ with the digit buttons 0-9 . D If you are following the instructions on page 2 under ’Connecting with a scart cable and Easy Link or E If you don’t know the frequency or number, press the NexTView’ your video recorder will automatically load P button to start the channel search. the TV channels from the TV set. So you cannot
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E Enter or change: with the Q or P or with the 0-9 Setting the time and date buttons. E Store: with the OK button. If the time shown on the video recorder display is not correct E Confirm: with the P button. or ’--:--’ appears on the display, please follow these instructions. E Exit menu: with the MENU button. For more details of OSD, please see ’On-screen display’ a Switch on the TV set and select the programme number in chapter 5. for the video recorder. b Press the MENU button. The main menu
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2. Playback functions D By pressing the OK button, you can show the present Playing a cassette tape position on the TV screen. a Put a cassette in the cassette slot. Searching for a tape position with the picture (picture search) a While a cassette is playing, press the H (rewind) or I (wind) button. b To stop at a certain picture, press the PLAYG button. D During picture search, the picture quality may not be so good and there will be no sound. b Press the PLAYG button. JOG and SHUTTLE c To sto
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Instant view Tracking while a cassette is playing a Press the MENU button. With this function you can switch to picture search during wind or rewind. b Select the line ’PLAY FUNCTIONS’ with the menu buttons P= or P; and confirm with the P button. a If you hold the H (rewind) or I (wind) button c Select the line ’MANUAL TRACKING’ with the menu during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search. buttons P= or P; . b If you release the button, the video recorder will d Hold the menu buttons Q
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3. Manual recording Recording without automatic switch-off Auto-assembling a Put a cassette into the machine. You can use this function to join individual recordings without any major picture disturbance between them. b Use the P; or P= button to select the programme number you want to record from. a While the cassette is playing, search for the correct position on the tape. D If you are using ’Direct record’, select the programme number on the TV set. Then, with the video recorder b Stop the ca
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h To end, press the MENU button. Direct record When this function is switched on and the video recorder is Automatic recording from a satellite switched to standby, the video recorder will automatically receiver (SAT RECORDING) record the programme number selected on the television. D If you are following the instructions on page 2 under You can only use this function when you have a satellite ’Connecting with a scart cable and Easy Link or receiver which can control other equipment by a NexTVie
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4. Programmed recording To make a programmed recording, your video recorder needs d Use the number buttons on the remote control to enter to know: the PlusCode number printed in your TV guide. the date you want to make the recording; If you make a mistake, you can clear your instructions the programme number of the TV channel you want to record; with the CLEAR (CL) button. the start and stop time of the recording; whether you want to use VPS or PDC (see below); and TIMER the recording
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D If any of the TIMER blocks are in use, ’k’ will light up on D The programming information has been stored in a TIMER the video recorder display. block. D If you reach the end of the cassette during a recording, g To end, press the TIMERs button. the video recorder will automatically eject the cassette. h Make sure that the cassette you have put in can be D If you forget to load a cassette, ’NO CASSETTE’ will recorded on. Switch off the video recorder with the appear on the TV screen and ’k’ wi
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How to clear a TIMER a Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the video recorder. b Press the TIMERs button on the remote control. c Select the line ’TIMER LIST’ with the menu buttons P= or P; and confirm with the P button. d Select the TIMER you want to clear with the menu buttons P= or P; . e Press the CLEAR (CL) button. f Confirm with the OK button. g Switch off with the TIMERs button. NexTView Link This video recorder has NexTView Link. If your television also has NexTView,
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5. Other functions D You can make programmed recordings while the child Changing the TV system lock is on. If you play recordings made on another video recorder, it may You can also switch on the child lock with the remote control. lead to problems with the colour of your picture. Press the mSTANDBY button on the remote control for a few seconds until ’{’ appears on the video recorder display. a Switch on the TV set and select the programme number Switch the child lock off in the same way. for t
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g On the remote control, press the SELECT button and but- Switching to 16:9 wide screen picture ton 2 at the same time to switch the remote control to ’VCR 2’. When you play a cassette that has been recorded in 16:9 wide D If you want to switch back to ’VCR 1’, press the SELECT screen format, you can switch this function ’ON’. The TV set button and button 1 at the same time. will now automatically switch to wide screen. This only works if you have connected the TV set and the video recorder with
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Automatic switch-off The ’DEMO’ function If you do not use the video recorder for a few minutes it will When the DEMO function is switched on and the video switch to standby automatically. You can cancel this function recorder is switched to standby, several menus will be shown to use the video recorder as a television receiver. on the TV screen. This does not prevent you from operating the video recorder as usual. a Switch on the TV set and select the programme number for the video recorder. a
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Reducing picture disturbance Switching off the modulator (’optimizing the modulator’) If you cannot clear picture or sound interference, you can switch off the built-in modulator. You should only do this if you You may experience picture disturbance if you have not used have connected the video recorder to the TV set with a scart a scart cable to connect your video recorder and TV. This is cable. because another TV station in your reception area may D If you have Easy Link or NexTView, the modul
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b Press the TVm button and the relevant number button Manual audio control at the same time. With the MANUAL button you can switch to manual audio Number button TV make control. 0 Philips, Radiola (F), Schneider (F) a Press the MANUAL button on the video recorder. The 1 Grundig current selection will appear in the video recorder 2 Panasonic display. 3 Panasonic b Keep pressing the MANUAL button until ’MAN’ (manual 4 Sony audio control) appears on the display. c With the PROGRAMME; and PROGRAMME=
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k Press the STOPh button. ’Synchro edit’ l Press the nRECORD/OTR button. The video recorder will start to record the sound from the audio equipment. The You can copy between this video recorder and a suitable normal soundtrack will be re-recorded, but the stereo camera recorder. Start both machines at the same time and sound will remain. use the adjustable start delay (preroll time). The audio recording will stop automatically when the counter reaches ’0:00:00’. Adjusting the video recorder to t
