Philips VR730 Digital Studio Picture Control, New Turbo Drive deck, Turbo Timer, Record Link

6 Head Hi-Fi Stereo Video Recorder	VR 730
Product information

Reception - Installation

•Tuner: Hyperband, UHF,VHF

•Tuning - Presets: PLL, CH entry, 99 presets

•TV Related Functions: 16:9 (pin 8), Direct Record, Follow TV

•Time/Date Download: PDC (Time/Date),Text (Time)

User Interface

•Record Speed: Long Play, Standard Play

•Record Speed Selection: Auto LP, Per Menu

•Picture Improvement System: Digital Studio Picture Control

•Audio Recording Level: Automatic

•Special Features: Auto Standby, Channel Name Display

On Tape Standard

Product Highlights

• Digital Studio Picture Control

Digital Studio Picture Control keeps checking the quality of your videotapes and reproduces the best possible picture performance.

Philips’ Digital Studio Picture Control optimises the playback quality. It measures the characteristics of the tape, adapts the resolution and reduces the picture noise.

• Additional Playback Standard: NTSC Playback on PAL TV

Remote Control Unit

•Remote Control - Type Number: RT223/111

•Remote Control - Codes: VCR1,TV Commands

Connectors Rear

•EXT1: Black, Euro CVBS in/out

•EXT2: Black, Euro CVBS in, Euro Decoder

•Rear Audio Connector: Cinch stereo out

•Terrestrial Antenna In/Out: 75 Ohms (IEC type)

Connectors Front

•Front A/V Connectors: Cinch CVBS in, Cinch stereo in

Tape Deck

• Number of Video / FM Audio / Flying Erase Heads: 4 / 2 / 0

•Play: +1, Repeat

•Still Features: Perfect

•Index Related Functions: Next/Prev. index search

•Head Cleaning: Automatic, Dirty Head Warning

•Tape Length Recognition: Automatic

•Tape Counter: Linear Relative (h.m.s),Tape Position Indicator,Time Left (h.m)

•Winding / Rewinding Time (E180): 75 sec.

Programming

•Number of Events: 8/year

•Special Timer Programming: Turbo Timer

•Record Link: SCART 2

General

•Voltage: 198 - 264 V

•Frequency: 50Hz

•Backup Presets: 1yr

•Backup Clock - Calendar - Timer Event: 1mn

•Power Consumption SB in Watts: <4

•Set Size - W x D x H in mm: 435 x 230 x 93

•Equipement Supplied: Aerial Cable, Batteries for RC

• New Turbo Drive deck

The new Turbo Drive deck offers:

•Speed

75-second ultra-fast rewind speed.

•Reliability

To guarantee an optimum playback reliability, a Dirty Head Warning system will automatically detect when the use of a cleaning tape is necessary and display a message.This comes in addition to the Automatic Head Cleaning which has equipped the Philips’Turbo Drive decks over the past years.

•Intelligence

The Tape Position Indicator, in wind and re-wind situations, displays the accurate position of the tape on the TV screen and indicates progress by means of a moving/blinking arrow. At any time, you can follow the tape movement on the TV screen.

•Turbo Timer

Is Timer programming complicated? No!

Is Timer programming time consuming? No!

Just press the Turbo Timer button on the remote control, select the TV channel

you want to record, set the start and the end time.That’s it. All it takes is only a few seconds.

• Record Link

Your satellite receiver is equipped with a Timer function?

Connect both your VCR and the satellite receiver with a SCART cable and make use of the „Record Link“ function.You just have to activate it and switch your VCR to std-by. As soon as the satellite receiver gets active, the VCR switches on and is set in the record mode. At the end of the recording it returns automatically to Stand-by.

		VR730/58	VR730/39	VR730/16	VR730/07	VR730/02
TV Systems Off Air		PAL B/G, PAL D/K,	PAL B/G, SECAM B/G,	PAL B/G	PAL I	PAL B/G
		SECAM B/G, SECAM D/K	SECAM L/L1
Sound	Systems	German Stereo, Mono,	German Stereo, Mono,	German Stereo, Mono,	Mono, NICAM	German Stereo, Mono
		NICAM	NICAM	NICAM
OSD Menu Languages		Czech, English, Hungarian,	Dutch, French, German	Dutch, English, French,	English	Dutch, English, French,
		Polish, Russian Cyrillic		German, Italian,		German, Italian,
				Spanish, Swedish		Spanish, Swedish
Record	/ Playback Standard	MESECAM, PAL	MESECAM, PAL, SECAM	PAL	PAL	PAL
Record	Control &	PDC, VPS	PDC, VPS	PDC, VPS	PDC	PDC, VPS
Transmitter Identification
Programming System		Showview, Manual Timer,	Showview, Manual Timer,	Showview, Manual Timer,	VideoPlus +, Manual Timer,	Showview, Manual Timer,
		One Touch Recording	One Touch Recording	One Touch Recording	One Touch Recording	One Touch Recording

Subject to modification without notice

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