Philips VR499/75, VR299/75 Using On-Screen Display Special Effect Playbacks, Child Lock

ADVANCED OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)

Using On-Screen Display

Special Effect Playbacks Tracking Adjustments

You can display the VCR operating status on the TV screen.

For the information about what you can see on the TV screen, see page 6.

1Select VCR Set Up Mode

1	Press VCR.	SELECT CHOOSE /OK
2	Press MENU.	ON SCREEN MODE ON
		TIMER REC SPEED MANUAL

3Press PLAY 5or STOP °to select

“VCR SET UP” TO END PUSH EXIT

then press 3/OK.

The VCR Set Up menu appears.

2Select On-Screen Mode

1Press PLAY 5 or STOP °to select “ON SCREEN MODE.”

2Press 3/OK.

Each time you press the button, the setting changes.

ON:

When you press a tape running button (Stop, Play, etc.), the VCR status appears for 5 seconds.

COUNTER:

When you press a tape running button, the VCR operating status appears for 5 seconds.

After 5 seconds, the VCR status disappears except the time counter.

OFF:

The VCR operating status does not appear even if you press a tape running button.

3Finish Setting

Press EXIT/STATUS.

To display the VCR status on the TV

screen manually, press EXIT/ STATUS. The VCR status appears for about 5 seconds.

•If “ON SCREEN MODE” is set to “OFF,” no VCR status appears though you press EXIT/STATUS.

Are you familiar with tape playback? If so, you are ready to enjoy the special effect playback features described below.

To skip playback for a certain period

Press SKIP SEARCH during playback to search forward for 30 seconds by the time counter reading.

Each time you press the button, the search time increases as follows:

30=60=90=120 sec.

The VCR automatically resumes normal playback after searching for the specified period.

To view a still picture

Press STILL/SLOW briefly (or STILL/PAUSE 8on the front panel) during playback.

Playback is freezed and a still picture appears.

Press the STILL/SLOW button repeatedly to advance the still picture frame by frame.

To view a slow motion picture

Press STILL/SLOW (or STILL/

PAUSE 8on the front panel) for more than 2 seconds during playback.

To decrease the slow motion speed (and reverse the slow motion playback), press STILL/SLOW –.

To increase the slow motion speed (and forward the slow motion playback), press STILL/SLOW +.

To resume playback, press PLAY 3.

Notes:

•No sound is present during special effect playbacks.

•If you keep viewing slow motion and still pictures for more than 5 minutes, the VCR automatically stops to protect the tape and video heads.

•During special effect playbacks, some noise bars will appear on the TV screen.

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Auto tracking

Each time a tape is inserted, auto tracking starts working and continuously analyses the signal to adjust for optimum picture quality during playback. So, there is no need for you to adjust noise in most tapes during playback.

Manual tracking

•During normal playback:

If auto tracking cannot eliminate noise well during playback, press CH 5or °.

•During a slow motion picture: Press CH 5or °to minimize noise in the slow motion picture.

•During a still picture:

Press CH 5or °to reduce jitter in the still picture.

To cancel manual tracking, stop the tape, eject the tape, then re-insert it.

Child Lock

You can prevent the VCR operations.

To use Child Lock

When the VCR is turned on, press and hold POWER on the remote control for more than 7 seconds to turn off the VCR.

The “—” appears on the display. While “—” is on the display, you cannot turn on the VCR by pressing POWER on the VCR.

To cancel Child Lock

Press and hold POWER on the remote control for more than 7 seconds to turn on the VCR.

The “—” disappears on the display.

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