Magnavox VRA431AT99 owner manual Introduction, Features, Safety Precautions

Introduction 3

Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.

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

•Child Lock

•Daylight-Saving Time

•Display Panel

•High Quality (HQ) System

•On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish

•One-Touch Recording

•Real-Time Counter

•Remote Control with capability to operate TV, Cable Box, and Direct Broadcast System

•Repeat Play

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

•The VCR Plus+ Programming System

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

This VCR is equipped with a High Quality (HQ) system and is compatible with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment. Philips Consumer Electronics Company recommends that you use

only video cassette tapes which are labeled with 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.

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.

As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Philips Consumer

Electronics Company 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.

Copyright 1999 Philips Consumer Electronics Company. All rights reserved. VCR Plus+TM and PlusCode® are registered trademarks of Gemstar Development Corporation. The VCR Plus+ Programming system is manufactured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation.

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.