Philips VR558 operating instructions Playback

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3. Playback

Playing cassettes

You can operate the video recorder using the remote control or the buttons on the front of the video recorder.

If you press PLAY , STOP , FWD or REW while the set is in Stand-by, the power will be automatical- ly turned on. Additionally, if a cassette was already inserted, the corresponding operation will be performed.

Your video recorder can only record and play standard VHS cassettes.

1.Put a cassette into the cassette slot. The cas- sette is inserted automatically. ' ' will appear on the display.

2.Press PLAY B-Kto view the tape.

DIGITAL STUDIO PICTURE CONTROL

Philips has developed a system which produces the best possible playback quality. For old and often-used video cassettes, this system reduces interference. For new or high quality cassettes, it emphasises the details.

Picture/ sound quality is poor

When playing rental videos or older, poorer quality cassettes, it may not be possible to completely filter out picture and sound interference. This is not a fault in your machine. Read the section 'Manual tracking'.

3.To stop the playback, press STOP C-Lor STOP/EJECT on the video recorder.

4.To eject the cassette, press STOP/EJECT when

the video recorder stops the playback.

Automatic switch-off of special functions Many functions (e.g. pause, still picture) switch themselves off automatically after a short time in order to protect the cassette and to save energy.

Do I need to change the playback speed when playing back LP recordings?

During playback, the correct speed will auto- matically be selected. For more information, please read the section 'Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)' in the chapter 'Manual recording'.

Playing back NTSC cassettes

This video recorder can also play back cassettes that have been recorded in SP [Standard Play] or SLP [Super Long Play] mode in the NTSC standard (for example, American cassettes). However, this only works on PAL-television sets that are suitable for a picture frequency of 60Hz.

Displaying current tape position

The following information is displayed on the screen: e.g.: 0:02:45 shows the counter in hours, minutes and seconds.

SP/LP: will show the recorded speed of your cassette

'REM 0:06': will show the actual amount of play- ing/recording time left on the tape in hours and minutes.

When you play an NTSC cassette, the video recorder will show 'REM -:--'.

How can I set the counter to '0:00:00'?

You can set the counter to '0:00:00' with

CLEAR .

When you put a cassette in the video recorder, the counter will automatically reset to '0:00:00'.

The counter does not move

This occurs when there are no recordings on a portion of a tape. This is not a fault in your video recorder.

The screen shows '-0:01:20'

If you rewind a cassette from the tape position '0:00:00', the counter will show for instance, '-0:01:20' (the cassette was rewound to 1 minute and 20 seconds before '0:00:00').

'-:--' is displayed in the 'REM' counter This counter will automatically recognise the length of the tape. In addition, when you put in a cassette the video recorder must first calcu- late the time played. Therefore, '-:--' appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds, the correct playing time will be shown.

Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning)

1.While a cassette is playing, press

(reverse) or (forward) one or more times.

2.Press PLAY B-Kto resume playback.

Still picture / slow motion

1.During playback, press to stop the tape and display a still picture.

2.During playback, press SLOW to play the tape in slow motion.

3.Press to resume playback. Scanning and still/slow motion interferes with the picture quality. The sound is switched off. This is not a fault in your video recorder.

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