Philips VR810BPH Tape Manager, Find a Title, Insert a tape that was recorded with this VCR

64 Tape Manager

The Tape Manager will tell you:

•on which tape you have recorded programs,

•on which tape you have enough blank space for new recordings, and

•what recordings are on a tape.

Information about every recording made on this VCR will be memo- rized (date, start and stop time, length, and channel). Tapes will have a unique number to identify them.

Find a Title

This function is useful when you wish to quickly find out what pro- grams you have recorded on a tape using this VCR. It allows you to select a program to watch, then automatically searches for the start of the program and begins playback.

1

Insert a tape that was recorded with this VCR.

The tape will run for a few seconds while the VCR searches for the tape number. The tape number will appear briefly.

23-4

Press the VCR button, then press the TAPE

MANAGER button. The directory screen will appear

within a few seconds. If no cassette is in the VCR, “NO CASSETTE” appears on the screen briefly, followed by the FIND TITLE menu.

SAT/							2
CBL/DBS				TV	VCR
VCR/TV			POWER SMARTPICTURE
	QUICK PROGRAMMING
1— +* + 2 ABC + 3 DEF
START			STOP		DATE
4 GHI - 5 JKL - 6 MNO
VPS/PDC			DAILY		WEEKLY
7PQRS			8 TUV		9WXYZ
SPEED			DBS/SAT
ALT			0		CLEAR
		STILL/SLOW
-	..........			..........		+
REW						FF
			PLAY
			STOP
VOL		OK/STATUS				CH
			MENU
			TIMER
TURBO		AUDIO/		SKIP		TAPE
TIMER		MUTE		SEARCH MANAGER

						Tape Title or date of recording
		Current tape number					Current page/Total pages
Recording			] 0013 FOOTBALL					1/3	blank portion
date					BLANK 1:25 (SLP)
				10:00PM		02/26/00		CH30		Recorded
Recording				08:00PM		02/27/00		CH10
start time			→09:00PM			02/28/00		CH25		channel
			*10:15PM			02/28/00		CH56
				09:00P[		10:30P	1:30 (SLP)			Details of
			WORLD CUP					/SPORTS
			SELECT: ,9 CONFIRM: OK							selected
										program
			END: TAPE MANAGER
	“*” Current tape position

3

Press the PLAY 8 button or the STOP 9 button to select the program you want to watch.

4

Press the OK/STATUS button. The VCR will find the selected program, then start playback automatically. Press the STOP 9 but- ton to stop playback.

Helpful Hints

•Tape Manager only memorizes recordings made with this VCR.

•Make sure the VCR’s clock is set cor- rectly before recording.

•If the Tape Manager does not show the content of the inserted tape, rewind or fast forward the tape to a recent recording, then press the TAPE MANAGER button again.

•If the power fails, the Tape Manager information may be lost.

•Tape Manager only memorizes recordings that are more than five minutes long (if in SP) or 15 minutes long (if in SLP).

•The Tape Manager directory screen may not appear if the information

can’t be found. The ] - * - - symbol will appear briefly after you press the TAPE MANAGER button, indicating that the VCR is searching for the information.