FWD 1- B
PLAY B-K
1.Press
FWD 1- B .
2.Press

6. Other Functions

Changing the video (colour) system

If you playback recordings made on other video recorders or you want to record from external sources (via the scart socket), the automatic video (colour) system switch-over may lead to colour distortion.

You can switch off the automatic TV system switch-over as follows.

Video (colour) systems

Other countries, other video (colour) systems: In central Europe transmissions are broadcast in the PAL system (Phase Alternation Line) standard. France uses SECAM (Séquentiel à mémoire). In some countries (USA and Japan), TV viewers receive their programmes as an NTSC signal (National Television System Committee).

SYSTEM on the remote control to select the TV (colour) system with the least disruptions during playback.

Each pressing SYSTEM , the display will change cyclicaly; AUTO, ME-SECAM, PAL.

AUTO

2.After 5 seconds, the OSD will disappear.

Which settings can I choose?

'ON': Shows the status display for a few sec- onds only.

'OFF': Switches off the status display.

Switching the status display off or on

Along with the on screen menu, the status dis- play also displays information on the current operating status (counter, playback, recording, TV channel, etc.) on the TV screen. You can switch off the information about the operating status so that the status display is not recorded when copying videocassettes.

1.Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme number for the video recorder.

MENU . The main menu will appear. 3.Select 'VCR SET UP' with PLAY B-Kor STOP C-L

and confirm with

4.Select 'STATUS DISPLAY' with PLAY B-Kor

STOP C-L .

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT K L CHOOSE B

 

 

STATUS DISPLAY

[ON]

 

 

BLUE BACKGROUND[ON]

 

 

AUTO STANDBY

[OFF]

 

 

CLOCK DISPLAY

[ON]

 

 

END=EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

 

 

 

 

5.Select 'ON' or 'OFF' with

 

 

FWD 1- B

 

 

6.To end, press STATUS/EXIT .

Blue Background on or off

If you want the TV screen to be solid blue when a weak signal is received, set BLUE BACK- GROUND to ‘ON’. The screen will be blue and the sound will be muted. Or, if you want to receive the weak signal, set BLUE BACK- GROUND to ‘OFF’.

1.Switch on the TV. If required, select the pro- gramme number for the video recorder.

2.Press MENU . The main menu will appear.

3.Select 'VCR SET UP' using STOP C-Land confrim with FWD 1- B .

4.Select 'BLUE BACKGROUND' using PLAY B-Kor STOP C-Land confirm with

.

 

 

SELECT K L CHOOSE B

STATUS DISPLAY

[ON]

BLUE BACKGROUND [ON]

AUTO STANDBY

[OFF]

CLOCK DISPLAY

[ON]

END=EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

5.Select 'OFF' (no blue background) or 'ON' (blue background on) with FWD 1- B .

If you select 'OFF', the menu display will disap- pear.

6.To end, press STATUS/EXIT .

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Philips VR558 Other Functions, Changing the video colour system, Switching the status display off or on