Philips VR299/75, VR499/75 specifications Advanced Operations, Index Search, SmartPicture

ADVANCED OPERATIONS

One Touch Recording (OTR)

The OTR function lets you quickly specify how long you want a recording to continue. You do not have to programme the timer.

1On TV

1Turn on the TV.

2Select the video channel (or external video input).

2On VCR

Insert a cassette with the record tab in place.

The VCR turns on.

•If a cassette is already in the VCR, turn on the VCR.

3Select Channel

Press CH 5/ °or Number buttons to select the channel to record.

4Start OTR

Press REC/OTR ¦twice.

Recording starts immediately, and the

à(Record) indicator lights up and blinks on the display.

This indicates that the	OTR(0:30)
		CH12
VCR will
automatically shut off
after 30 minutes of	SLP
recording.

5Select Recording Length

Press REC/OTR ¦repeatedly until the desired recording length appears.

Each time you press the button, recording length increases in 30-minute intervals.

=0:30=1:00=1:30.....5:30=6:00

REC (Normal recording)+

To cancel an OTR

Press STOP 7 to stop recording before the preset recording length is reached. If you want to cancel the OTR mode but continue recording, press REC/OTR several times until “OTR” changes to “REC” on the TV screen.

Notes on the indications on the display while an OTR operation

•During recording, the displayed time counts down. When “0:00” is reached, recording stops and the VCR turns off automatically.

•If an OTR is engaged during pause, the displayed time counts down normally but recording does not begin until you cancel the pause.

Index Search

You can locate an index marked at the beginning of each recording on a tape recorded on this VCR (or an indexed tape).

Press INDEX ¢or INDEX 4 repeatedly until the appropriate number is displayed on the TV screen before starting play.

Rapid forward or reverse search begins. When it finds the designated index, playback starts automatically.

•Locate an index number by pressing the button repeatedly, indicating how many index marks ahead of or behind that recording you want is from the tape’s current position.

•Up to ±9th index mark from the current position on the tape can be located.

SmartPicture

You can make the picture softer or sharper or distinct the picture when playing back the tape.

SmartPicture is set to NATURAL when you receive the VCR.

1Select SmartPicture Mode

1	Press VCR.
2	Press SMART-
	PICTURE button.	NATURAL
	The current setting
	will appear on the

screen for about 5 seconds.

3While the current setting appears, press the SMARTPICTURE button repeatedly, the setting changes as follows.

NATURAL:

Normally select this mode.

DISTINCT:

Select this mode when you want the distinct picture. The picture detail is emphasized.

SOFT:

Select this mode when you want the soft picture. The signal noise of the picture is softened.

SHARP:

Select this mode when you want the sharp picture. The picture details are emphasized more.

Notes:

It is recommended that the SmartPicture is set to “SOFT” if playback picture is noisy.

To check time remaining during an OTR

Press EXIT/STATUS.

To change the recording length during an OTR

Press REC/OTR until the desired length appears.

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