Philips VR299/75 8Confirm Programme, 9Finish Settings, To check, edit or erase the programmes

ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM 1 CHANNEL+/– 12 START +/– 08 : 00 PM

STOP +/– 10 : 00 PM REC SPEED LP

DATE +/– 14/07/99

WEDNESDAY TO ERASE PROGRAM=CLEAR NEXT= PREV= END=EXIT

8Confirm Programme

Press EXIT/STATUS.

“PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED” appears on the TV screen.

After 5 seconds, the above message disappears, and the normal TV picture resumes. The (Timer) indicator lights up on the display.

•If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED” appears, try again from step 1.

•If “PROGRAM NOT COMPLETED CLASH” appears, the timer recording you just programmed overlaps another timer recording. The timer recording you just programmed will not take place. The timer recording menu will reappear. To cancel a timer recording. (see right)

If you want to store other

programmes, repeat steps 1 to 8.

9Finish Settings

Press POWER to turn off the VCR. The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take place. If you forget to turn off the VCR, “PLEASE TURN OFF VCR FOR TIMER RECORDING” flashes on your TV screen two minutes before a timer recording starts. To remove the message, press the CLEAR button.

If you want to record the same programme daily, press DAILY (Number button 8) during step 3 through 7. (Press the button again to cancel).

The VCR will record a TV programme every day (Monday through Friday) at the same time and length (Daily Recording).

If you want to record the same programme weekly, press WEEKLY (Number button 9) during step 3 through 7. (Press the button again to cancel).

The VCR will record a TV programme once a week at the same day, time and length (Weekly Recording).

Useful function for Timer Recording: Auto Tape Speed

With this function activated, the VCR can change the tape speed and record the programme in LP or SLP mode unless enough tape remains for recording in SP mode.

1Press VCR.

2Press MENU.

3Press PLAY 5 or STOP ° to select “VCR SET UP” then press 3/OK.

4Press PLAY 5or STOP °to select

“TIMER REC SPEED.”

5Press 3/OK.

Each time you press the button, the setting changes.

AUTO:

Select this to allow the VCR to change the tape speed from SP to LP or SLP when there is not enough tape length remaining.

MANUAL:

Select this to not allow the VCR to change the tape speed.

6Press EXIT/STATUS to exit from the menu operations.

To check, edit or erase the programmes

1Turn on the VCR and TV.

2	Press VCR.	PR CH START STOP				DATE
3	Press TIMER.	1	06	08:00P	10:00	W15/06
		3	05	03:00P 03:15		D15/10
		2	01	10:00A 10:45		MON
4	Press PLAY 5	54	04	11:30P 12:00		DAILY
	or STOP °to	6
		7
	select “PROG-	8
		NEXT=			END=EXIT

RAM REVIEW” then press 3/OK. The list of the timer recording programmes appears.

5Press 3/OK repeatedly to view the

more detailed programme infor- mation.

• When you press the button for the

first time, the detailed programme information for Programme 1 appears. By pressing this button repeatedly, you can review the detailed information of all other programmes.

6If you want to change the programme setting shown on the TV screen, press the following buttons:

CH 5/° : Changes the channels.

START +/– : Changes the start time.

STOP +/– : Changes the stop time.

SPEED : Changes the tape speed.

DATE +/– : Changes the date.

If you want to erase the programme setting shown on the TV screen, press CLEAR. The detailed information of the next programme appears.

7Press EXIT/STATUS to exit from the menu operations.

Note:

This function does not work for OTR (One Touch Recording).

How to see the programme list

1	2	3	4	5
PR CH		START STOP		DATE
1	06	08:00P	10:00	W15/06
2	01	10:00A 10:45		MON
3	05	03:00P	03:15	D15/10
4	04	11:30P 12:00		DAILY
5
6
7
8
NEXT=			END=EXIT

1Programme numbers

2 Preset channel numbers

3 Start time

“A” stands for “AM” and “P” stands for “PM”

4 Stop time

5 Start date

“D” stands for “DAILY,” and “W” stands for “WEEKLY.”

•If the programme has worked once for the Daily recording, “DAILY” will be shown instead of the start date.

•If the programme has worked once for the Weekly recording, the day of the week (in this example, “MON”) will be shown instead of the start date.

After a timer recording has taken place

Press POWER to turn on the VCR.

You can operate your VCR normally.

To stop a started timer recording

Press POWER.

Recording stops and the VCR turns off. If it is a Daily or Weekly Recording, future recordings will be carried out as programmed.

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