VR810BPH
For Customer Use
Dear Philips product owner
Picture Quality
Features
Safety Precautions
Introduction
Table of Contents
VCR Maintenance/Video Head Cleaning
Before Using Your VCR
Putting Batteries in the Remote Control
Using the Remote Control
Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV
Hookups without a Cable Box
Antenna Or Cable
Hookups without a Cable Box cont’d
Recording/Viewing Any Channel
Cable signal RF coaxial cable
Hookups with a Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System
Connections
TV’s
Recording One Channel/Watching Another
With this connection
2RF coaxial cable
Menu shown below will appear
Turning on Your VCR
Turn 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’d
Selected channel
To make corrections, follow steps
Setting the Clock
Manual Clock Setting
Channels are set up. Details are on
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 Selection
Press the Menu button
Line Input Mode Remaining Tape Time Indicator
VCR Display Panel VHS Indicator VR1010BP only
Tape Speed Timer Light Lights
Turbo Timer indicators
Front Panel
Rear Panel
Remote Control Buttons
ALTernate Channel
Turbo Timer Button
Timer Button
SAT/CBL/DBS Button
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
Read and follow the steps below to play a tape
Playback options and features are on pages
When you insert a tape, tape manag
Playing
Appear on the display panel
VCR records in a preset volume
Recording
Press the VCR button
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 pages
Starting an OTR
Record Link
Channels
Setting Up the VCR Plus+ Programming System
Call 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 Timer
1Insert a tape into the VCR
Indicates a Daily recording
Checking, Editing, or Clearing Timer Recordings
Program Review
Indicates a Weekly recording
Information about the chosen program will appear
Or, to cancel the timer recording, press the Clear button
Program Overlap Warning
Press the OK/STATUS button to select the program
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
Make sure the video tape’s record tab is intact
Audio cable
Blinks and appears on the VCR display panel
Audio equipment CD player etc
Connect the Cable signal to
Connecting the Controller
Cable 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 DBS
Will 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 System
Receiving 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 Control
To set Dspc to on or OFF, follow these steps
Skip Search
Press the Stop 9 button to cancel a Skip Search
Search Options
Index Search
Viewing a Slow Motion Picture
Playback Options
Forward and Reverse Searching
Viewing a Still Picture
Will light
Viewing a Picture in Slow to Fast Motion
Press the VCR button, then press the Tape
Tape Manager
Find a Title
Insert a tape that was recorded with this VCR
Check Memory screen appears
Tape Manager cont’d
Check Memory
Press the Play 8 or Stop 9 button to select Check
If you don’t see the tape title or pro
Edit Title
Tape 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
CL will disappear from the display panel
When Child Lock is activated
Child Lock
CL will blink intermittently on 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
Check or money order Account number
Limited Warranty cont’d
To obtain a replacement product from Philips
Payment Amount
Specifications
Cable box
Remote control
Timer
Automatic
Supplied Accessories