Philips VR810BPH instruction

Video Cassette Recorder

VR1010BP

VR810BPH

Owner’s Manual

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Philips VR810BPH owner manual

Contents

VR810BPH For Customer Use Dear Philips product owner Safety Precautions FeaturesIntroduction Picture Quality Table of Contents Putting Batteries in the Remote Control Before Using Your VCRUsing the Remote Control VCR Maintenance/Video Head Cleaning Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV Hookups without a Cable Box Antenna Or Cable Hookups without a Cable Box cont’d Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System Cable signal RF coaxial cableConnections Recording/Viewing Any Channel With this connection Recording One Channel/Watching Another2RF coaxial cable TV’s Menu shown below will appear Turning on Your VCRTurn on the TV Turning on Your VCR cont’d Press the VCR button, then press the Menu button Automatic Channel Setup Adding/Deleting Channels Automatic Channel Setup cont’dSelected channel Manual Clock Setting Setting the ClockChannels are set up. Details are on To make corrections, follow steps Setting the Clock cont’d Time Zone Selection Setting the Clock cont’d Manual PBS Channel Selection Automatic PBS Channel Selection Daylight-Savings Time CBL/DBS VCR VCR/TV Power Press the Play 8 or Stop 9 button to select LAN Language SelectionPress the Menu button Tape Speed Timer Light Lights VCR Display Panel VHS Indicator VR1010BP onlyTurbo Timer indicators Line Input Mode Remaining Tape Time Indicator Front Panel Rear Panel Remote Control Buttons Timer Button Turbo Timer ButtonSAT/CBL/DBS Button ALTernate Channel Repeat step Setting the Remote Control to Operate a TV Find the code for your Turn on your Satellite Receiver/Cable Box/DBS Press the Play 8 or Stop 9 button to select on If on Screen Mode is set to on or When you insert a tape, tape manag Playback options and features are on pagesPlaying Read and follow the steps below to play a tape Recording VCR records in a preset volumePress the VCR button Appear on the display panel VHS Recording VR1010BP only VHS ET VR1010BP only VCR light will disappear from the display panel Recording One Channel/Watching Another One-Touch Recording Channels are set up. Details are on pagesStarting an OTR Record Link Channels Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming SystemCall Letters 2on Examine the lists Timer Recording with the VCR Plus+ Programming System If you forget to turn off the VCR To check your timer recordings, see Channels are programmed. Details are on pages Quick Programming Tape Speeds Instructions continue on Quick Programming cont’d Helpful Hint Current channel number will appear on the display panel. To Turbo Timer1Insert a tape into the VCR Program Review Checking, Editing, or Clearing Timer RecordingsIndicates a Weekly recording Indicates a Daily recording Program Overlap Warning Or, to cancel the timer recording, press the Clear buttonPress the OK/STATUS button to select the program Information about the chosen program will appear Follow the steps below to set Timer REC Speed to Auto Timer Recording Speed Setting VCR 1 will play your tape. Insert a prerecorded tape in VCR Rerecording Tape Duplication Blinks and appears on the VCR display panel Audio cableAudio equipment CD player etc Make sure the video tape’s record tab is intact Connect the Cable signal to Connecting the ControllerCable Box/DBS Controller Connect the Controller Make sure the clock is set. You must set the clock manually Setting the Controller to Operate a Cable Box Wait for a few seconds Setting the Controller to Operate a Cable Box cont’d Channel other than Setting the Controller to Operate a DBSWill learn your DBS code 7Wait for a few seconds Setting the Controller to Operate a DBS cont’d Receiving a Stereo Broadcast Multi-Channel Television Sound SystemReceiving a Second Audio Program Record the program as usual. Details are on Multi-Channel Television Sound System cont’d Hi-Fi Stereo Tape Playback Or special effects playback Video Stabilizer SmartPicture To provide the highest possible picture quality Digital Studio Picture ControlTo set Dspc to on or OFF, follow these steps Search Options Press the Stop 9 button to cancel a Skip SearchIndex Search Skip Search Forward and Reverse Searching Playback OptionsViewing a Still Picture Viewing a Slow Motion Picture Will light Viewing a Picture in Slow to Fast Motion Find a Title Tape ManagerInsert a tape that was recorded with this VCR Press the VCR button, then press the Tape Check Memory Tape Manager cont’dPress the Play 8 or Stop 9 button to select Check Check Memory screen appears If you don’t see the tape title or pro Edit TitleTape titles may have up to 10 characters Selected program Entering Characters Football Sorting by Tape Number Sorting by Date As follows, for example Sorting by Category Review the tape portion to make sure it is blank Find Blank Space If you want to erase more information, repeat steps Deleting Tape or Program Information You can disable the Tape Manager if you don’t want to use it Child Lock When Child Lock is activatedCL will blink intermittently on the display panel CL will disappear from the display panel To set Blue Background to on or OFF, follow these steps Blue Background Automatic Operation Features Glossary Helpful Hints Helpful Hints cont’d Video Cassette Recorder or Player Limited Warranty To obtain a replacement product from Philips Limited Warranty cont’dPayment Amount Check or money order Account number Specifications Timer Remote controlAutomatic Cable box Supplied Accessories