Philips VRX562AT warranty Turning on Your VCR, Helpful Hints

Before turning on your VCR, make sure there are batteries in the remote control and the VCR and TV are connected correctly.

●Follow the steps on this page only when you plug the VCR power cord into the wall outlet for the first time.

●You may not be able to program channels at step 5 if you are using a Cable Box. In this case, press the Number 1 button at step 5. You can go to step 5 on page 38 to set up the VCR’s internal Cable Box Controller.

1

Turn on the TV. Set it to the same channel as the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR.

2

Press the VCR button, then the POWER button. The VCR light will appear on the display panel and the language select display screen shown below will appear. (If the display does not appear, check your hookups, then follow the steps on page 12 to program channels and page 19 to select a language.)

TO SELECT PUSH NO. SHOWN

1	ENGLISH	ON
2	ESPAÑOL

MAKE SELECTION OR

PUSH MENU TO CONTINUE

3

Press the Number 1 button to select English on-screen dis- plays. ON will appear to the right of ENGLISH on-screen. Or, press the Number 2 button for Spanish on-screen displays. SI will appear to the right of ESPAÑOL on-screen.

Turning on Your VCR 11

1Turn on the TV.

2	CBL/DSS		VCR	TV
	PAUSE	POWER		VCR PLUS+
	/STILL			/ENTER
4	SLOW			F.ADV
	STATUS/EXIT			CLEAR	5
		MENU
	V	VOL	CH	C
	V			C
3	1		2	3
	4		5	6
	7		8	9
	100		0	A.CH
	REC/OTR	INDEX	SKIP
		SEARCH	SEARCH	VCR/TV
	SPEED	MEMORY
	EJECT	X2 PLAY	VAR.SLOW	TRACKING
	MUTE		TIME SEARCH REC END SEARCH

JOG & SHUTTLE

4

Press the MENU button. The channel program display shown below will appear. The display will disappear after about 60 sec- onds if you do not press any buttons.

CABLE BOX USER : PRESS 1

OTHERS : CONNECT ANTENNA

OR CABLE TO VCR

THEN . . .

PUSH CH UP KEY

OR . . .

FOR PLAY ONLY – PUSH STOP

5

Press the CH(annel) Up button to begin automatic chan- nel programming. AUTO SET PROCEEDING PLEASE WAIT will appear on-screen. The VCR will place all of the channels you receive into its memory, so when you scan through channels using the CH(annel) Up/Down buttons, you’ll only scan through chan- nels that you receive. When all channels are programmed, CHAN- NELS ARE SET will appear on-screen briefly. Then the TV will go to the lowest channel programmed.

Helpful Hints

•To skip this feature and play a tape immediately, insert a tape with its record tab removed. Or, to skip step 3, press the MENU button. All on- screen displays will be in English. To skip step 5, press the STOP button. Channels will not be programmed, and CHANNELS NOT SET will appear on-screen.

•If you try to program channels when there is no antenna or cable connected to the VCR, programming will appear to take place, but even- tually a NO TV SIGNALS message will appear on-screen. Connect an antenna or cable to the VCR’s ANT(enna) IN Jack and try again. You may need to follow the steps on page 12.