Philips 21PV548, Operating Instructions Manual

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Playing a pre-recorded cassette
a
Put a cassette into the cassette slot (see illustration). The
cassette will be pulled in automatically.
b
Press the button
PLAY
G
to play the cassette. The
screen displays for example:
0:00
TIME USED
c
To stop, press the
STOP
h
button.
d
To eject the cassette, press ? on the front of the
TV-Video Combi while it is in Stop mode.
You may also use the
STOP
h
button on the remote
control for more than 3 seconds.
D
Before transportation, make sure that there is no
cassette in the TV-Video Combi.
D
Some hired cassettes may have poor picture or
sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine.
Please read the section ’Selecting the picture
settings (SMART PICTURE)’, or ’Eliminating picture
interference (Tracking)’.
D
Some functions will automatically switch off after a
while (e.g.: pause, still picture, picture search). This
helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting
power.
D
During playback, the machine will automatically
switch between the speeds ’LP/SP’. Please read the
section ’Selecting the recording speed (SP/LP)’ in
the chapter ’MANUAL RECORDING’.
D
During playback the switch-over between TV
systems will take place automatically. If
picture/sound interference occurs, you can switch
the TV system manually. In that case, turn to chapter
’ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS’, section ’Switching the
TV system’.
Playing NTSC cassettes
With this TV-Video Combi you can playback cassettes that
have been recorded in NTSC standard on other video
recorders (e.g. American cassettes).
D
During NTSC playback, ’
NTSC
’ will briefly appear on
the screen.
D
Some special functions (e.g.: still picture) are not
possible during NTSC playback.
Tape position indication
By pressing
OK
you can show the present tape position on
the TV screen. You can read the elapsed playing time in hours
and minutes.
D
The length of the inserted cassette is automatically
detected. When you put in a new cassette the video
recorder must first calculate the playing time.
Therefore, ’-:--’ appears first and only after the tape
has been running for a few seconds the playing time
will be shown.
D
During NTSC playback, the cassette length cannot
be detected automatically. Therefore, only the
playing time since the insertion of the cassette is
displayed.
* You can reset the counter to ’
0:00:00
’ using the
CLEAR (CL)
button.
*If there is an empty space on the tape, the counter
will stop.
* If you rewind an NTSC cassette starting at the
’
0:00:00
’ position, the counter will show:
’
-0:01:20
’. (rewound 1 minute 20 seconds from
the ’
0:00:00
’ position).
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
a
While a cassette is playing, press the
H
(reverse) or
I
(forward) button once or several times. The screen
displays for example:
0:00
TIME USED
b
To stop at the desired position, press the
PLAY
G
button.
5. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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