Philips 21PV708-715-908-918/39 Manual Recording, Protecting your recordings, Auto-assembling

AUDIO L/R

6.MANUAL RECORDING

Use ’Manual Recording’ to make a spontaneous recording (for example, a programme currently being shown).

If you want to start and stop a recording manually, read the section: ’Recording without automatic switch-off’.

If you want to start a recording manually but have it stopped automatically, read the section: ’Recording with automatic switch-off’.

Protecting your recordings

So that you don’t accidentally delete an important recording, remove the special tab on the narrow side of the cassette with a screwdriver or slide the special tab to the left. Later, if you no longer want to protect your recording, you can seal the gap again with sticky tape or slide the special tab to the right.

Recording without automatic switch-off

aInsert a cassette.

b Use the	P	button to select the programme number
you want to record, for example, ’P01’.

Programme number ’E1’ is provided for recording from external sources (via the EXT. 1 scart socket).

Programme number ’AV’ is provided for recording from external sources (via the Audio/Video socket at the front of the TV-VIDEO Combi).

c To start recording, press the RECORD/OTR button on the remote control or e on the TV-VIDEO Combi.

When you are recording, the red recording light at the front panel of the TV-VIDEO Combi will be lit.

d Stop recording with the		STOP		button.
If you want to switch off the screen while recording,
press the			button once .
	STANDBY

To switch the screen back on again, press the

Pbutton.

During a recording you can watch other TV channels.

Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR one-touch-recording)

aPut a cassette in the machine.

b Use the	P	button to select the programme number
you want to record.
c Press the			button on the remote control.
	RECORD/OTR

When you are recording, the red recording light at the front panel of the TV-VIDEO Combi will be lit.

d Press the RECORD/OTR button again and again until the display on the TV-VIDEO Combi shows the desired end time or length of the recording.

To cancel this information, press the CLEAR button.

eConfirm with the OK button.

f To end, press the MENU button.

Auto-assembling

You can use the auto-assembling function to join individual recordings without any major picture disturbance between them.

aWhile the cassette is playing, search for the correct position on the tape.

b Stop the cassette by pressing the STOP button. ’Pause’ will appear on the TV screen.

cNow start recording as usual by pressing the RECORD/OTR button on the remote control.

Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)

You can reduce the recording speed by half. This makes it possible to record, for example, eight-hours instead of four-hours on an ’E240’ (four-hour) cassette.

aPress the MENU button. The main menu appears.

b Select the line ’Tape’ with the } or z button, and

confirm with the button.

cSelect the line ’Tape speed’ with the } or z button.

d Select the required recording speed with the		or
	button.

’LP’: Long Play = half recording speed (double recording time).

’SP’: Standard Play = normal recording speed.

The picture quality will be adversely affected when recording at half recording speed (’LP’).

For playback, the correct recording speed will automatically be selected.

eConfirm with the OK button.

f To end, press the MENU button.

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