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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

• Auto Return

• Automatic Channel Setup

• Automatic Playback Features

• Automatic Tracking Adjustment

• Display Panel

• High Quality (HQ) System

On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish

One-Touch Recording

Real-Time Counter

• Remote Control

• Rental Play

• Repeat Play

• Special Effects Playback: Forward and Reverse Searching; Still

• Timer Recording

Safety Precautions

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

FCC Warning: Any unauthorized changes or modifica- tions to this equipment void the user’s authority to oper- ate it.

This VCR, equipped with a High Quality (HQ) system, is compati-

 

ble with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment.

 

Philips Consumer Electronics Company recommends that you use

 

only video cassette tapes that have been tested and inspected for

 

use in tw

o

,

 

fo

ur, six, and eight hour VCRs, and which are labeled

 

with the

mark. The use of tapes that have not been inspected

 

for use in two, four, six, and eight hour VCRs 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.

 

Copyright 1998 Philips Consumer Electronics Company. All rights

 

 

 

Helpful Hint

reserved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before doing anything else, record

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the VCR’s model and serial numbers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the spaces provided on page two.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These numbers will help us assist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you if you ever call for help.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Philips SVZ122 owner manual Introduction, Features, Safety Precautions