Magnavox VRZ362AT owner manual Introduction, Features, Safety Precautions

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Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.

This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; Stereo Features; and Information You May Need. The instructions explain all of the VCR’s features, which are listed below. You cannot hurt your VCR by trying the features! So read on – and relax.

Features

•Auto DBS RecordLink™

•Automatic Channel Setup

•Automatic Clock Setting With Time Zone

•Automatic Head Cleaner

•Automatic Operation Features

•Automatic Tracking Adjustment

•Daylight-Saving Time

•Display Panel

•Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System

•High Quality (HQ) System

•MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System

•On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish

•One-Touch Recording

•Real-Time Counter

•Remote Control: with capability to operate TV, Cable Box, and Direct Broadcast System; with lighted buttons

•Remote Locator

•Repeat Play

•Search Functions: Quick Search; Time Search; Index Search; Record End Search; Skip Search

•Special Effects Playback: Forward and Reverse Searching; Still; Variable Slow; Frame Advance

•The VCR Plus+ Programming System

•Timer Recording

Safety Precautions

Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture.

Federal Communications Commission Warning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’s authority to operate it.

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause unde- sired operation.

This VCR is equipped with a High Quality (HQ) system and is compatible with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment. Philips Consumer Electronics Company recommends that you use only video cassette tapes that have been tested and inspected for use in two, four, six, and eight hour VCRs, and which are labeled

with the mark. The use of tapes that have not been inspected for use in two, four, six, and eight hour VCRs may result in poor picture quality and excessive deposits on the video heads, which may not be covered by the warranty if damage occurs.

Note to the Cable TV System Installer: This reminder is provided to call the Cable TV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the National Electrical Code, which provides guidelines for proper grounding – in particular, specifying that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as possible.

Copyright 1998 Philips Consumer Electronics Company. All rights reserved. VCR Plus+ and PlusCode are trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation. The VCR Plus+ system is manufac- tured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation.

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Contents
VRZ362AT For Customer Use Dear Philips Magnavox product ownerFeatures Safety PrecautionsIntroduction Table of Contents Before Using Your VCR Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV Hookups Without a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast SystemCH3 Plug in the TV and the VCRHookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System ConnectionsRecording/Viewing Any Channel Recording One Channel/Watching Another Hookups With a Cable Box / Direct Broadcast System cont’dHookups With a Stereo TV Turning on Your VCR Press the VCR button, then press the Power buttonPress the VCR button Press the Menu button Automatic Channel SetupAdding/Deleting Channels Automatic Channel Setup cont’dPress the STATUS/EXIT button once or twice to exit Reviewing Memorized ChannelsDo each step within 60 seconds of the previous step Manual Clock SettingSetting the Clock cont’d Press the VCR button, then press the Menu button Automatic Clock SettingTime Zone Daylight-Saving Time Press the VCR button Language SelectionSetting the Remote to Operate a TV Cable BOX Codes If another remote control beeps Letting your VCR find your remote for youPress the Mute button, then press the PAUSE/STILL button Remote Control Buttons Speed Button VCR/TV ButtonVCR Position TV PositionRemote Control Buttons cont’d If you select Status OFF Status Display example onlyIf you select Status ON, then select Counter only on If you select Status ON, then select Counter only OFFVCR Display Panel Front Panel Rear Panel 1Turn on the TV 2Insert a tape in the VCR PlayingRecording Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4, whicheverVCR light does not appear, press the VCR/TV button once Recording One Channel/Watching Another Itself off One-Touch RecordingDaily Timer RecordingInstructions continue on Timer Recording cont’dTape Speeds Press the STATUS/EXIT button. Program WAS COMSee page 58 for more hints Checking or Cancelling Timer RecordingsAuto DBS RecordLink Channels Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming SystemSetting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System cont’d Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System Timer Recording With the VCR Plus+ Programming System cont’d VCR Rerecording Tape DuplicationRepeat Play Press the PLAY/o button or the STOP/p button to selectPress the F.FWD/B button so that on appears beside Press the VCR button Press the Time Search button Time SearchPress the VCR button Press the Index Search button ExampleRecord End Search Skip SearchDuring tape playback press the Skip Search button To resume normal tape playback, press the PLAY/o but- ton Quick SearchReal-Time Counter Memory Viewing a Still Picture Forward and Reverse Searching SP/LP/SLPSuper High Speed Searching LP/SLP Playing a Tape at Double SpeedDuring tape playback, press the Slow button. The tape Viewing a Slow Motion PictureAutomatic Operation Features Understanding On-Screen Displays Multi-Channel Television Sound SystemMulti-Channel Television Sound System cont’d Please see additional notes on Hi-Fi Stereo Sound SystemHi-Fi Stereo Sound System cont’d 77-8Helpful Hints Helpful Hints cont’d Cable Box/DBS Output Channel 03 or GlossarySpecifications Video Cassette Recorder Limited WarrantyAutomatic IndexSupplied Accessories
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