Introduction, Features, Safety Precautions

Introduction 3

Welcome to your VCR instruction book. This book shows you how to hook up your VCR, then explains all the things the VCR can do. There’s also some information for your parents or anoth- er adult - just in case you have questions about your VCR. 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 have fun.

Features

•Alarm Clock

•Automatic TV Channel Setup

•Automatic Head Cleaner

•Automatic Playback Features

•Automatic Tracking Adjustment

•Display Panel

•Forward and Reverse Searching

•On-Screen displays in English or Spanish

•One-Touch Recording (recording TV shows for 30 minutes to eight hours)

•Pausing a Picture

•Picture Select

•Real-Time Counter

•Remote Control

•Repeat Play

•S-VHS Quasi Play Back (SQPB)

•Timer Recording (recording a TV show when you are not at home)

Safety Precautions

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

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

This VCR has the High Quality (HQ) system and works with Video Home System (VHS) equipment. Use only video cassette

tapes that are labeled with the mark. The use of other tapes may harm the picture quality and the video heads. Such damage may not be covered by the warranty.

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.

Declaration of Conformity

Model Number: VRKD11YL/VRKD12BL

Trade Name: Philips

Responsible Party: Philips Consumer Electronics P.O. Box 14810 Knoxville, TN 37914-1810 (865) 521-4316

As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Philips Consumer

Electronics has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency. ENERGY

STAR® is a U.S. registered mark.

Using products with the ENERGY STAR® label can save energy. Saving energy reduces air pollution and lowers utility bills.

Helpful Hints

•Before doing anything else, write down the VCR’s model and serial numbers on page two. These num- bers will help us assist you if you ever call for help.

•Your new VCR and its packaging contain materials that can be recy- cled and reused. Specialized compa- nies can recycle your product to increase the amount of reusable materials and to minimize the amount that needs to be properly disposed.

Your product uses batteries that should not be thrown away when depleted but should be disposed of as small chemical waste.

Ask about your community’s rules on disposal of your old product, bat- teries, and packaging.