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Additional Operation

On Screen Display

You may easily display the current time or tape counter, amount of tape left, day, month, year, day of week, programme channel, tape speed and operational mode of your VCR on the TV screen. If a recording is taking place these On Screen Displays will not be recorded onto the tape.

1 Press DISPLAY to display.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to cycle through the display options.The tape counter and amount of tape left will appear if there is a tape loaded.

2 After 3 seconds the majority of the On Screen Displays will clear leaving only the clock or tape counter and the amount of tape left on the screen.

Press DISPLAY again to remove all displays from the TV screen.

Tape Counter Memory Stop

The Digital Tape Counter can be displayed on the display window instead of the time by pressing DISPLAY on the remote control.The Digital Tape Counter indicates the relative positions of recordings on the tape.

1 Press DISPLAY.

Press CLEAR to set the counter to 0:00:00. Press PLAY B or start recording.

The tape counter will display the actual play time in hours, minutes and seconds.

2 Press STOP 9 when playback or recording is complete.

Press S.

The tape will rewind and automatically stop when the counter returns to 0:00:00.

Child Lock

The control buttons on the front of the unit can be switched off so that your unit can only be operated using the remote control.

1 Press C.LOCK.

and SAFE will appear in the display window. None of the buttons on the front of your unit will work.

If any buttons on the front of your unit are pressed SAFE will flicker in the display window for a few seconds.

2 Press C.LOCK again to switch off the child lock. OFF will appear in the display window.

Note

– C.LOCK is not available on the DVD mode.

Video Doctor (Self-Diagnosis)

This feature informs you that there is a problem with your VCR.These error messages will appear on the TV screen.

1 Press SYSTEM MENU.

Press 1 or 2 to select Dr.

Press OK.

 

 

 

1 2

 

VCR

VCR

REC

PSET

Pr-12

TIME

SYS-

Dr.

Dr.

ACMS

R

DATE

TEM

 

fOSD

 

+ -

 

NIC

 

AUDIO

ON

16:9

DECO-

OPR

 

OK i

OFF

4:3

DER

 

VCR

Dr. VIDEO DOCTOR

HEAD STATUS

TAPE STATUS

NO. OF TIMER PROGRAMME

NEXT TIMER PROGRAMME

OK

i

2 Press 3 or 4 to check a problem.

HEAD STATUS

OPLEASE CLEAN: Clean your video heads.

TAPE STATUS

ONOT RECORDABLE:

Insert a tape with its protection tab in place

NO. OF TIMER PROGRAMME

O2

Shows the number of timer recording.

NEXT TIMER PROGRAMME

OPR-01 26 10:00~11:00 SP

Shows the current status of timer recording.

3 Press SYSTEM MENU.

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Philips 721VR owner manual Additional Operation, On Screen Display, Tape Counter Memory Stop, Video Doctor Self-Diagnosis