Philips CCX252AT warranty Recording, Press the RECord/OTR button once to start recording

Read and follow the steps below to record a TV program.

1

Place a tape with its record tab intact (see page five) in the TV/VCR. The power will come on. Or, if the tape is already in the TV/VCR, press the POWER button.

2

Press the (Tape) SPEED button until the desired tape speed appears on the TV/VCR screen. Details about tape

speed are given below.

3

Use the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons or the Number buttons to select the channel to be recorded. (Channels

cannot be changed during recording.)

4

Press the REC(ord)/OTR button once to start recording.

The REC(ord) light will glow.

●If there is not a tape in the TV/VCR, NO CASSETTE flashes on- screen briefly.

●If the tape does not have a record tab, PROTECTED CAS- SETTE / CANNOT RECORD flashes on-screen briefly. The TV/VCR will eject the tape. Replace it with another tape.

5

To pause the recording (for example, during commer- cials), press the PAUSE/STILL button. The REC(ord) light will flash. To resume recording, press the PAUSE/STILL button again or the REC(ord)/OTR button. The REC(ord) light will glow.

6

To stop recording, press the STOP/▼ button.

Tape Speeds

This chart shows the recording/playback time for three types of video cassettes (T160, T120, and T60). There are three playback speeds: SP, LP, and SLP. During playback, the TV/VCR selects the tape speed automatically. When recording, you can change the tape speed using the (Tape) SPEED button (see page 22).

Tape Speed		Maximum Record/Playback Time
	Type	T160	T120	T60
SP		2 hrs.	2 hrs.	1 hr.
(Standard Play)		40 mins.
LP		5 hrs.	4 hrs.	2 hrs.
(Long Play)		20 mins.
SLP		8 hrs.	6 hrs.	3 hrs.
(Super Long Play)

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1		POWER			SLEEP
		1	2	3	ALT.CH	3
		4	5	6	o
					CHANNEL
2		7	8	9	p
			0	+100	o
		SPEED		MUTE	VOLUME
					p
			o
			PLAY
6	–	REW		F.FWD +		5
			STOP
			p
		REC/OTR	MEMORY	PAUSE/STILL	o
		MENU	STATUS/EXIT	CLEAR	TRACKING
4					p

Helpful Hints

•You cannot record one channel and watch another channel at the same time with a combination TV/VCR.

•Recording options are on pages 30 - 36.

•You cannot record if the TV/VCR is in Record Defeat mode (REC DEFEATED will flash on-screen). Details are on page 36.

•If you pause a recording for more than five minutes, the TV/VCR will switch to Stop mode automatically to protect the video cassette tape from damage.

•You can change the tape speed with the (Tape) SPEED button while a recording is in progress, but some distortion may appear on the tape.