Philips 14PV385/07 manual Playback

STOP C-L

PLAY B-K

1.Press

2.Press

SMART picture

You can change the picture setting during playback. 1.Press SMART PICTURE to show the current pic-

ture setting.

2.Press SMART PICTURE again to select the pic- ture setting of your choice.

‘NATURAL’: best all-purpose-setting to watch a well-recorded tape (natural picture). ‘SPORTS’: accentuate the details. Valuable to watch high quality tapes or recorded sport events. ‘MOVIE’: to get the best picture when you play a movie.

‘WEAK SIGNAL’: for rented tapes. It reduces the noise, making the picture more enjoyable. ‘VIDEO GAMES’: best setting when playing a video game.

Switch-off function (SLEEP TIMER)

You can programme your set to switch-off automati- cally after a predetermined period.

SLEEP .

SLEEP repeatedly to extend the time

until switch-off in 30 minute increments. The screen will show the time remaining until switch-off, e.g.: ‘+0:30’

The machine now counts backwards to the switch- off time.

The maximum time period to be set until switch- off is 2 hours.

If you would like to turn this function off, press SLEEP on the remote control several times until switch-off appears. ‘--:--’ will appear on the screen. To check the time until switch-off, press SLEEP on the remote control.

If a recording is in process, switch-off function will be cancelled.

5. Playback

Playing back cassettes

You can operate the TV-Video Combi using the remote control or the buttons on the set.

Your TV-Video Combi can only record and play standard VHS cassettes.

1.Put a cassette into the cassette slot. The cas- sette is inserted automatically.

DIGITAL STUDIO PICTURE CONTROL

Philips has developed a system which produces the best possible playback quality. For old and often-used video cassettes, this system reduces interference. For new or high quality cassettes, it emphasises the details.

Picture/ sound quality is poor

When playing back rental videos or older, poor- er quality cassettes, it may not be possible to completely filter out picture and sound interfer- ence. This is not a fault in your machine. Read the section ‘Manual tracking’.

2.Press to view the tape.

3.To stop the playback, press or STOP/EJECT on the TV-Video Combi.

4.To eject the cassette, press STOP/EJECT when

the TV-Video Combi stops the playback.

Do I need to change the playback speed when playing back LP recordings?

During playback, the correct speed will automati- cally be selected. For more information, please read the section ‘Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)’ in the chapter ‘Manual recording’.

Automatic switch-off of special functions Many functions (e.g. pause, still picture) switch themselves off automatically after a short time in order to protect the cassette and to save energy.

Playing back NTSC cassettes

This TV-Video Combi can also play back cas- settes that have been recorded in SP [Standard Play] or SLP [Super Long Play] mode in the NTSC standard (for example, American cas- settes). However, this only works on PAL-televi- sion sets that are suitable for a picture frequency of 60Hz.

Displaying current tape position

The following information is displayed on the screen: e.g.: 0:02:45 shows the counter in hours, minutes and seconds.

SP/LP: will show the recorded speed of your cassette.

‘REM 0:06’: will show the remaining time left on the tape in hours and minutes.

When you play back an NTSC cassette, the TV- Video Combi will show ‘REM -:--’.

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