Philips VR870CC/L/P/07 Before you call an engineer, Hotline telephone numbers, With STANDBY/ON

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Before you call an engineer

If, contrary to expectation, you have any problems using this video recorder, it may be caused by the following reasons. You can also call the customer service centre in your country.

The telephone numbers can be found on the back of this instruction manual. Have the model number (MODEL NO) and the production number (PROD.NO.) of your video recorder ready.

HOTLINE telephone numbers

ENGLISH

The telephone numbers for after-sales service (HOTLINE) are also saved in your video recorder.

To call them up, proceed as follows:

1Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the video recorder.

2Press MENU . The main menu appears.

3Press CLEAR (CL) . The after-sales service telephone numbers will appear on the screen.

4Using OK , you can select more telephone numbers.

5 To end, press MENU .

 

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

 

 

 

 

 

There is no power supply: check the power supply.

 

 

Your video recorder

A programmed recording is currently being made: if desired, cancel the programmed recording

 

 

does not respond to

with STANDBY/ON .

 

 

Child lock active: switch the child lock off.

 

 

any button being

 

 

There is a technical problem: disconnect from the mains power supply for 30 seconds, then

 

 

pressed:

connect again.

 

 

 

If this doesn't help, you could reset your video recorder to the default factory settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

Resetting devices to

All the information stored (TV channels, time and date, TIMER) will be cleared.

 

1. Disconnect from the mains power supply.

 

default factory settings

2. Press and hold the STANDBY/ON button on the device and reconnect to the mains power

 

 

supply.

 

 

3. Release the button when 'OSD' appears in the video recorder display.

 

 

 

 

 

Cassette is jammed in

Don't use force. Pull out the mains plug for a moment.

 

 

the video recorder:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote control not pointed toward the video recorder: point it at the video recorder.

 

Remote control does

There is a technical problem: Take out the batteries, wait for 10 seconds and place them back.

 

not work:

Batteries have run out: change the batteries.

 

You have given the wrong remote control command: read 'Switching remote control command' in

 

 

 

 

chapter 'Additional functions'.

 

 

 

 

No picture when you

There is no recording on the cassette: change the cassette.

 

 

You have selected the wrong programme number on the TV for playing cassette: on the TV,

 

 

play a cassette:

select the correct programme number for the video recorder.

 

 

 

The cable connecting the TV set and the video recorder has come loose: check the cable.

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Table of contents VR 870CC/07 VR 870L/07 VR 870P/07 Remote control Additional TV functions Front of the deviceSymbols on your video recorder display Page Phil IntroductionDear Philips customer Voltage 220-240V/50Hz SpecificationsSupplied accessories Energy consumption 16WImportant notes regarding operation Special functions of your new video recorder Model no Connecting your video recorder to the TV set Connecting the video recorderPreparing the remote control for operation Connecting with a scart cable and Easy LinkConnecting without a scart cable Connecting with a scart cable and Easy LinkConnecting with a scart cable without Easy Link What is Easy Link?My TV set has several scart sockets. Which one should I use? Connecting with a scart cable without Easy Link My TV offers me a selection menu for the scart socketConnecting without a scart cable My screen is emptySocket EXT.2 AV Connecting additional devicesYou can find more details in chapter Initial Installation Do not see a test screenInitial installation Installing your video recordingSeeks out and stores all available TV channels Decoder allocation How can I switch off the decoder?How do I allocate the decoder with Easy Link? Select the desired What is a special channel?Confirm With That you Want to use for the TV channel, e.g. P01What is NICAM? Using the satellite receiverDont know the channels for my TV stations Follow TV Cannot switch my TV set to programme numberSorting TV channels automatically What does Easylink do?Deleting sorting Monitor function AutoinstallAutomatic TV channel search What does Easy Link do?Sorting and clearing TV channels manually Deleting TV channelsTime/date is displayed incorrectly despite manual setting Setting the time and dateMain menu will appear on the screen Navigation in the screen menu Important notes for operationCall up the menu with Playback Playing cassettesDisplaying current tape position Automatic switch-off of special functionsPlaying back Ntsc cassettes How can I set the counter to 00000?Searching for a tape position with picture scanning Still picture / slow motionStop the tape with Stop Instant ViewAutomatic search for a tape position index search Press Reverse orAutomatic search for a blank space on the tape Selecting picture settingsIt automatically switches to pause Press Index . Then press Stop . This will, for exampleOptimising still picture Eliminating picture interferenceOptimising tracking Until Trac TRACkingManual recording Recording without automatic switch-offGeneral information Lining up recordings assemble cut Preventing accidental erasing of cassettesPress RECORD/OTR Selecting the recording speed SP or LP Confirm with OK To end, press MenuWith OK Switching off Record LinkOr P and confirm Select function on withHow does Direct Record work? Search symbol appears in the display a moving symbolDirect Record Notv appears in the displaySwitching Direct Record on or off Programming a recording with Video Plus+ Programming a recording TimerWhat is VPS/PDC? What do I need to know about VPS/PDC?Recorder is switched off with STANDBY/ON Field Using Change Data With Number ButtonsSelect switch Recorder displayRecording Timer block, select it with P Or P Problems and solutions for programmed recordingsThen all Timer blocks are already End of the tape was reached during recordingDate, Prog 9on the remote controlProgramming a recording without Video Plus+ Programme number, Start start time and END end timeProblem solving for programmed recordings ProblemPress Turbo Timer Programming a recording with TurboProblem Solution CassettePress Clear CL NexTView LinkDelete programmed recording Changing the video colour system How can I change back to Automatic Switch-over?Other functions Video colour systemsChild lock Switching the on-screen display OSD off or onWill flash in the video recorder display Which settings can I choose? Switch off the clock displayHow can I switch on the clock display? How can I change back to VCR1? Switching the remote control commandSelect Main menu will not disappear and no message appearsContinuous playback Automatic switch-off Using your video recorder remote control with your TV set My TV set will not switch offAutomatic switch to Mono Press Select . This will show the current sound settingWhat goes on behind the settings? Selecting the sound channelSuppressing interference What is a modulator?What is an modulator frequency? Optimising the modulatorOr in the display MOD Switching the modulator on / offHow can I switch the modulator back on? Modulator offHotline telephone numbers Before you call an engineerWith STANDBY/ON Before you call an engineer English VR870CC/L/P/07 1145/010Page Philips CE, The Philips Centre 3103 166 31411 VR870CC/L/P/07Consumer Information Centre Philips Iberia, S.A
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