Introduction, Features, Safety Precautions

Introduction 3

Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.

This manual describes the VR423CAT and the VR623CAT. The VR423CAT is a monaural (single sound source) system, while the VR623CAT is a stereo system. Otherwise, the two models are exactly the same. In this manual, the VR623CAT is illustrated. (The VR423CAT has single AUDIO IN/OUT jacks. Otherwise, the VR423CAT looks exactly like the VR623CAT.)

This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; Additional 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

•Automatic Channel Setup

•Automatic Clock Setting with Time Zone

•Automatic Head Cleaner

•Automatic Operation Features

•Automatic Tracking Adjustment

•Blue Background

•Daylight-Savings Time

•Display Panel

•Front Panel Menu Access

•Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System (VR623CAT only)

•High Quality (HQ) System

•MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System (VR623CAT only)

•19 micron head

•On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish

•One-Touch Recording

•Real-Time Counter

•Remote Control with glow-in-the-dark buttons and the capability to operate a TV, Cable Box, and Direct Broadcast System

•Repeat Play

•S-VHS Quasi Play Back (SQPB)

•Special Effects Playback: Forward and Reverse Searching; Still; Slow Motion

•Time Search

•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 unau- thorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’s authority to operate it.

This VCR has a High Quality (HQ) system and is compatible with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment.

Philips Consumer Electronics recommends you use only video cas-

sette tapes that have the mark. The use of other tapes may result in poor picture quality and excessive deposits on the video heads, which may not be covered by the warranty if damage occurs. The 19 micron head provides a better picture when you view tapes recorded in slow speed (SLP).

Note to the Cable TV System Installer: This reminder calls 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: VR423CAT/VR623CAT

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 Hint

•This manual, your new product, and the packaging contain materials that can be recycled and reused. Specialized companies 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.

Please find out about the local regu- lations on disposal of your old prod- uct, batteries, manual, and packag- ing whenever you replace existing equipment.