Philips VR400BMG owner manual Auto Satellite Link Using a Satellite Tuner

Auto Satellite Link Using a Satellite Tuner 31

If you connect your VCR to a satellite tuner that has the Electronic Program Guide, the VCR will turn itself on, record, then turn itself off. First, read the owner’s manual of your satellite tuner; then, follow the steps below. Before you begin:

●Use audio and video cables to connect the VCR’s AUDIO/VIDEO IN jacks to the satellite tuner’s AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks.

●Press the SPEED button to select the desired recording tape speed (SP or SLP).

●Set the clock. Details are on pages 14-15.

●Put a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape’s record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s).

1

Set the program to be recorded on the satellite tuner. See

your satellite tuner owner’s manual for details.

2

Press the MENU button until the main menu appears.

3

Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to select AUTO SATELLITE LINK. Then, press the F.FWD button. The current time appears on the screen.

•If you want the VCR to begin recording immediately, press the F.FWD button again, then go to step 6.

•If you want to tell the VCR the time to start recording, go to step 4.

Set the program to be recorded

1 on the satellite tuner.

POWER VCR/TV EJECT

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9 CHANNEL

	SPEED	0	+100
2	SLOW	QUICK-	SEARCH
		FIND	TIME	INDEX
	MENU	DISPLAY	EXIT	COUNTER
			RESET	MEMORY	3-6
	REWIND	/ PLAY		F.FWD
	RECORD		/ STOP	PAUSE/STILL

4

Press the PLAY button or the STOP button until the desired hour (AM or PM) appears. Then, press the F.FWD button.

AUTO SATELLITE LINK

01:00 PM

5

Press the PLAY button or the STOP button until the desired minute appears.

AUTO SATELLITE LINK

01:30 PM

6

Press the F.FWD button. [ON] will appear briefly beside AUTO SATELLITE LINK. Then, the VCR will turn itself off and the TIMER light will appear on the display panel.

Helpful Hints

•To stop an Auto Satellite Link recording that is in progress, press the STOP/EJECT button on the VCR.

•If a program has copy guard pro- tection, it may not record clearly.

•When you use this feature, the first few seconds of a program may not be recorded.

•If your satellite tuner synchronizes the recording start time with the broadcasting start time, refer to the tuner’s owner’s manual.

•When you turn on the VCR power, the AUTO SATELLITE LINK will be cancelled.

•If the start time for a timer record- ing comes up during an Auto Satellite Link recording, the timer recording has priority.