Philips CCA193AT owner manual Introduction, Features, Safety Precautions

Introduction 3

Welcome to your TV/VCR owner’s manual.

This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your TV/VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording Options; Playing Options; Additional Features; and Information You May Need. The instructions explain all of the TV/VCR’s features, which are listed below.

Features

•A-B Repeat Play

•Automatic Channel Setup

•Automatic Head Cleaner

•Automatic Operation Features

•Automatic Tracking Adjustment

•Blue Background

•Closed Caption

•Daylight-Savings Time

•High Quality (HQ) System

•19 micron head, improves the picture quality during playback of SLP tapes

•On-screen displays in English or Spanish

•On-screen Menu Programming, accessible with remote control or front panel buttons

•One-Touch Recording

•Real-Time Counter

•Remote Control

•Repeat Play

•Sleep Timer

•SmartClockTM

•SmartLockTM

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

•Timer Recording

•Wake Up Timer

Safety Precautions

Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Warning: Any unau- thorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’s authority to operate it.

This TV/VCR, equipped with a High Quality (HQ) system, is com- patible with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment.

Philips Consumer Electronics Company recommends that you use only video cassette tapes that 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 cov- ered 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.

SmartClockTM and SmartLockTM are trademarks of Philips Consumer Electronics Company.

Copyright 1999 Philips Consumer Electronics Company. All rights

mreserved.

Helpful Hints

•Before doing anything else, record the TV/VCR’s model and serial num- bers in the spaces provided on page two. These numbers will help us assist you if you ever call for help.

•Your new product, its packaging, and this manual 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.