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Problemsand solutionsfor programmed
recordings

PROBLEM

SOLUTION

The video recorder
doesnot react

b

While a programmed recording is being made, you cannot operate your video recorder manually.
If you want to cancel the programmed recording, press

STANDBY/ON

m

.

'

k

' will flash in the

video recorder display

b

The video recorder was switched on several minutes before the start of a programmed recording.
Switch off the video recorder with

STANDBY/ON

m

. A programmed recording (timer) will

only function if the video recorder is switched off.

b

No cassette was inserted. Insert a cassette and switch off the video recorder using

STANDBY/ON

m

.

Cassette is ejected
during recording

b

The end of the tape was reached during recording.

The '

PROT

' error

message appears
briefly in the display
then the cassette is
ejected

b

A cassette was inserted with the security tab removed. Undo the erase protection (chapter
'Manual Recording', section 'Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes') or insert a different
cassette.

Error message: '

FULL

'

b

If this error message appears after pressing

TIMER

k

, then all TIMER blocks are already

programmed. No more recordings can be programmed. If you want to clear or check a
programmed recording (TIMER block), select it with

P

;q

or

P

=r

.

Programming a recording (TIMER)

Summary of Contents for VR 670B/07

Page 1: ... position index search 23 Automatic search for a blank space on the tape 24 FEliminating picture interference 25 Optimising tracking 25 Optimising still picture 25 GManual recording 26 General information 26 Recording without automatic switch off 26 Recording with automatic switch off OTR One Touch Recording 27 Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes 27 Lining up recordings assemble cut 27 Sele...

Page 2: ...VCR VR 670B 07 VR 670W 07 ...

Page 3: ...RD n Record To record the TV channel selected at this moment MENU Menu To call up or end main menu CLEAR CL Delete To delete last entry Clear programmed recording TIMER P q Select To select the next line or programme number P r Select To select the previous line or programme number QSr Select Cursor left SqP Select Cursor right OK Store Confirm To store or confirm entry INDEX E Index search In com...

Page 4: ...me up Front of the device STANDBY ON m I Switch on or off To switch off or on interrupt a function interrupt a programmed recording TIMER RECORD n Record To record the TV channel selected at this moment PROGRAMME r Select One line or programme number down PROGRAMME q Select One line or programme number up STOP EJECT Pause Stop eject cassette To stop the tape and eject the cassette H Rewind During ...

Page 5: ...rded with hifi sound or when a hifi sound is transmitted When you are making a recording k When you have programmed a recording or when a programmed recording is being made D When you are programming daily recordings W When you are programming weekly recordings When you have put a cassette in the video recorder DATE When the date of the programmed recording is shown START When the start time of th...

Page 6: ... will be giving you instructions on functions that help make it easier to use your device Problem Here I will help you to find the cause of problems and their solutions For experts Here I will be giving you instructions on functions that are necessary for special applications I hope you have lots of fun with your new device Phil P S If you have questions or if problems come up during operation ple...

Page 7: ...hopes that you will enjoy using your new video recorder This video recorder is used for the recording and playback of VHS video cassettes Cassettes with the VHS C label VHS cassettes for camcorders may only be used with a suitable adapter This product complies with the requirements of Directive 73 23 EEC 89 336 EEC 93 68 EEC Specifications Voltage 220 240V 50Hz Energy consumption 16W Energy consum...

Page 8: ...the facilities available in your country for disposing of the packaging of the video recorder in a way that helps to protect the environment This electronic device contains many materials that can be recycled Please enquire about the possibilities for recycling your old device Make sure that air can circulate freely through the ventilation slots on the video recorder Do not place the device on an ...

Page 9: ...el search save function and the automatic time setting Recordings made on your video recorder can be controlled by an external satellite receiver The precision tape drive from Philips provides short rewind times and automatic tape length recognition Simple programming system for video recorders Makes programming as easy as making a telephone call Simply enter the number code associated with your t...

Page 10: ...be a 3A fuse If your new plug does not contain a built in fuse please do not use any fuses in your fusebox with a rating of more than 5A Please destroy the old cut off plug so that it cannot be used elsewhere 4 Connect the blue cable neutral N to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter N or coloured black 5 Connect the brown cable live L to the terminal in the plug which is marked...

Page 11: ...g your video recorder to the TV set The necessary cable connections must be made before you can record or playback TV programmes using your video recorder We recommend that you use a scart cable to connect your TV set and video recorder What is a scart cable The scart or Euro AV cable serves as the universal connector for picture sound and control signals With this type of connection there is prac...

Page 12: ... suitable scart socket on your TV set reserved for the video recorder operation see your TV s operating instructions My TV set has several scart sockets Which one should I use Select that scart socket which is suited for the video output as well as for the video input My TV offers me a selection menu for the scart socket Select TV as a connection source of this scart socket 4 Switch on the TV set ...

Page 13: ...le Have the following cables ready an aerial cable 1 supplied a mains cable 2 supplied 1 Switch off your TV set 2 Remove the aerial cable plug from the aerial input socket of the TV set Insert it into the socket 2 at the back of the video recorder 3 Insert one end of the supplied aerial cable into the socket TV at the back of the video recorder and the other end into the aerial input socket at the...

Page 14: ...en b Check the cable connections b The video recorder transmits on the 583MHz frequency channel 35 Repeat the channel search on your TV set 7 Save this programme number setting on your TV set for video recorder operation Programme number for video recorder operation You have now saved a programme number for use by your video recorder as you would a regular TV channel This programme number must now...

Page 15: ... aThe video recorder does not find any TV channels during the search b Select channel 1 on the TV set Can you see the saved TV channel on the TV set If not check the cable connection of the aerial aerial socket video recorder TV set b Please have patience The video recorder searches the entire frequency range in order to find and save the largest possible number of TV channels It is possible that ...

Page 16: ...to allocate the decoder to 3 Press the button MENU on the remote control The main menu will appear 4 Use the buttons P q or P r to select the line MANUAL SEARCH and confirm with OK MANUAL SEARCH PROGRAMME NUMBER è P01 p S CHANNEL NO CHANNEL NUMBER 21 DECODER OFF NICAM ON ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 5 Use the buttons P r or P q to select the line DECODER 6 Use the buttons QS...

Page 17: ...______________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 Select line PROGRAMME NUMBER using P r or P q 5 Using QSr or SqP select the desired programme number that you want to use for the TV channel e g P01 6 In line S CHANNEL select the desired display using SqP What is hidden behind the settings NO Display Entry of channels YES Display Entry of special channels What is a special channel TV channels are transmitted in...

Page 18: ...g in sound disruptions you can turn off NICAM In line NICAM select OFF using QSr or SqP 8 Save the TV channel with OK STORED will briefly appear on the TV screen 9 To search for other TV channels begin again at step 3 0 To end press MENU Using the satellite receiver TV channels from a satellite receiver connected to the scart socket EXT 2 AV 2 are received on the video recorder on programme number...

Page 19: ...ramme number for the video recorder 2 Press the MENU button on the remote control The main menu will appear 3 Select line AUTO INSTALL using P r or P q 4 Press OK AUTO INSTALL SEARCHING 00 TV CHANNELS FOUND ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ__________________ PLEASE WAIT 5 Autoinstall starts Wait until all TV channels have been found This can take several minutes 6 When Autoinstall is complete STORED will briefly appear on ...

Page 20: ...o recorder You can use this function to individually sort the TV channels already saved or to delete unwanted TV channels or those with poor reception 1 Switch on the TV set If required select the programme number for the video recorder 2 Press MENU on the remote control The main menu will appear 3 Select line TV CHANNEL ALLOC using P r or P q 4 Confirm with OK TV CHANNEL ALLOC ALLOCATE ON P01 TV ...

Page 21: ...th poor reception 9 Confirm with OK The following message will briefly appear on the TV screen STORED aThe main menu will appear on the screen b After you have confirmed the last channel that can be sorted you will automatically return to the main menu since no more TV channels can be assigned 0 To assign other TV channels to a programme number repeat steps 7 to 9 A Confirm the assignment of the T...

Page 22: ...ATE 01 TIME 20 00 SMART CLOCK ON ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 Check the year in line YEAR If required please change the year with the number buttons 0 9 on the remote control 5 Select the next line with P q or P r 6 Check MONTH DATE and TIME in the same way aTime date is displayed incorrectly despite manual setting b With Smart Clock time date is transferred from the TV ch...

Page 23: ...s not to affect the use of the TV or programmed recordings Your video recorder uses less than 4W with clock display switched off Power outage no power Channel information remains saved for up to 1 year the time and timer information is saved for up to 3 hours Emergency exit The video recorder and the remote control have the option of an Emergency exit You can use the STANDBY ON m button to interru...

Page 24: ...he cassette slot The cassette is inserted automatically v will appear on the display 2 Press the Play button PLAY G to view the tape This will for example appear in the display 0 00 02 aPicture sound quality is poor b When playing rental videos or older poorer quality cassettes it may not be possible to completely filter out picture and sound interference This is not a fault in your machine Read t...

Page 25: ...or a picture frequency of 60Hz When you play an NTSC cassette 60HZ will appear on the display Some special features for example still picture are not possible while you are playing an NTSC cassette Displaying current tape position The display shows the tape position in hours minutes and seconds In addition by pressing OK you can show the present tape position on the TV screen The following informa...

Page 26: ...n running for a few seconds will the correct playing time be shown Searching for a tape position with picture scanning 0 30 21 1 While a cassette is playing press H reverse or I forward one or more times This will for example appear in the display 2 To stop at a certain place on the tape press PLAY G Decreased picture quality Scanning interferes with the picture quality The sound is switched off T...

Page 27: ...u release the button the video recorder will automatically switch back to rewind or wind Automatic search for a tape position index search Every time a tape is recorded an index marking is written on the tape This marking can be compared with a bookmark These marked positions can be found again quickly and easily later by pressing a button 1 To search for the previous marking press INDEX E and the...

Page 28: ...ample after an existing recording on the tape 0 00 00 1 Press INDEX E Then press STOP h This will for example appear in the display 2 As soon as the video recorder finds the corresponding tape position it automatically switches to pause aThe cassette is ejected b The video recorder was unable to find any blank space on the tape inserted Playback ...

Page 29: ...the playback quality is at its best 3 Wait a few seconds until TRAC disappears from the display These selected picture settings will not change until you eject the cassette Optimising still picture If the still picture vibrates vertically you can improve the still picture as follows 1 During still picture hold P q or P r until the picture quality is at its best JITT will appear in the display 2 Wh...

Page 30: ...trolled automatically by a satellite receiver Recording without automatic switch off 1 Insert a cassette BBC1 2 Use P q or P r to select the programme number you want to record for example P01 This will appear on the display Station name If a TV station transmits a station name it will be shown in the display Programme numbers E1 E2 This programme number is provided for recording from external sou...

Page 31: ...ty tab or slide it to the left If you later decide to record on a protected cassette simply cover the hole with adhesive tape or slide the tab to the right Lining up recordings assemble cut When you add a further recording to a cassette which already has a recording on it a short blank flicker can appear between the old and the new recording or the picture itself can flicker To help reduce these f...

Page 32: ...e RECORD SPEED using P r or P q and confirm with OK 4 Select the required recording speed with QSr or SqP SP LP AUTO SP StandardPlay normal recording speed offers the usual first class picture quality LP LongPlay half recording speed double recording time 8 hours can be recorded on a 4 hour cassette E240 with a somewhat reduced picture quality AUTO AUTOmatic Long Play If there is not enough space ...

Page 33: ...____________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 Select line RECORD LINK using P r or P q 5 Select function ON with QSr or SqP Switching off Record Link To switch off the function select OFF 6 Confirm with OK 7 To end press MENU 8 Insert a cassette 9 Use a scart cable to connect scart socket EXT 2 AV 2 on the video recorder to the corresponding scart socket on the satellite receiver 0 Programme t...

Page 34: ...xactly to the minute If you want to programme a time that is different from the VPS or PDC time you must switch off VPS or PDC Only one TV program of a TV channel can be controlled using VPS PDC at a time If you want to record two or more TV programmes on a TV channel using VPS PDC you will need to programme these as two separate recordings Programming a recording with VIDEO Plus Thanks to this pr...

Page 35: ...NU b Check the time date see chapter Installing your video section Setting the time and date aThe following message appears on the screen MO FR PROGRAMMING NOT POSSIBLE FOR WEEKEND b A daily recording was entered for the wrong day Daily programming can only be used for recordings to be made from Monday to Friday 5 The decoded data appears after confirmation You can go back to change the data Selec...

Page 36: ...was inserted with the security tab removed Undo the erase protection chapter Manual Recording section Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes or insert a different cassette Error message ALL TIMERS OCCUPIED bIf this error message appears after pressing TIMER k then all TIMER blocks are already programmed No more recordings can be programmed If you want to clear a programmed recording TIMER bloc...

Page 37: ...PS PDC in the START input field Select the START input field using TIMER k Using SELECT switch on VPS PDC lights up If you press SELECT again you will switch VPS PDC off goes out 5 When all informations are correctly confirm with OK The programming information is stored in a TIMER block 6 Insert a cassette with an intact security tab unprotected 7 Switch off with STANDBY ON m The programmed record...

Page 38: ...ll flash in the video recorder display bNo cassette was inserted Insert a cassette and switch off the video recorder using STANDBY ON m The PROTECTED CASSETTE error message appears briefly on the screen then the cassette is ejected bA cassette was inserted with the security tab removed Undo the erase protection chapter Manual Recording section Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes or insert a...

Page 39: ...recorder clock is not set correctly Please read the section Setting the time and date in chapter Installing your video recorder 20 00 2 Press TURBO TIMER The current time start time will appear in the display for instance START 20 00 If required you can change this using P q or P r 22 00 3 Press TURBO TIMER The end time will appear in the display for instance END 22 00 END 22 00 If required you ca...

Page 40: ...f bNo cassette was inserted Insert a cassette and switch off the video recorder using STANDBY ON m Cassette is ejected during recording bThe end of the tape was reached during recording The PROT error message appears briefly in the display then the cassette is ejected bA cassette was inserted with the security tab removed Undo the erase protection chapter Manual Recording section Preventing accide...

Page 41: ...t the programmed recording TIMER you want to check change or delete with P r or P q Delete programmed recording Press CLEAR CL appears rather than the displayed values To end press MENU 4 Press TIMER k Select the input field with QSr or SqP If required change the information with P q P r or the number buttons 0 9 5 Confirm with OK 6 Switch off with STANDBY ON m ENGLISH Programming a recording TIME...

Page 42: ...uring playback press the MENU button on the remote control The main menu will appear MENU CLOCK AUTO INSTALL MANUAL SEARCH TV CHANNEL ALLOC RECORD SPEED AUTO STANDBY VIDEOSYSTEM SPECIAL SETTINGS ________________________________ EXITpMENU OK HOTLINEpCL 2 Select line VIDEOSYSTEM using P r or P q and confirm with OK 3 Select the TV colour system with the least disruptions using SqP or QSr If colour i...

Page 43: ...tched on press CHILD LOCK on the remote control for five seconds will appear on the video recorder display 2 Put away the remote control somewhere out of reach of children 3 If you want to switch off the child lock press CHILD LOCK again for five seconds with the video recorder switched on will disappear from the video recorder display a will flash in the video recorder display b This symbol flash...

Page 44: ...cassettes 1 Switch on the TV set If required select the programme number for the video recorder 2 Press MENU on the remote control The main menu will appear 3 Select line SPECIAL SETTINGS using P r or P q and confirm with OK SPECIAL SETTINGS OSD è ON p CLOCK DISPLAY OFF RECORD LINK OFF REPEAT PLAY OFF ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 In the line OSD select the desired setting ...

Page 45: ... appear 3 Select the line SPECIAL SETTINGS with P r or P q and confirm with OK SPECIAL SETTINGS OSD è ON p CLOCK DISPLAY OFF RECORD LINK OFF REPEAT PLAY OFF ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 To switch off the time display on the video recorder select in the line CLOCK DISPLAY with SqP OFF How can I switch on the clock display Select with QSr ON time display switched on 5 Confir...

Page 46: ...elect line SPECIAL SETTINGS using P q or P r and confirm with OK SPECIAL SETTINGS OSD è ON p CLOCK DISPLAY OFF RECORD LINK OFF REPEAT PLAY OFF ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 3 Select line REPEAT PLAY using P q or P r 4 Select function ON with QSr or SqP If you select OFF continuous playback will be switched off 5 Confirm with OK STORED will appear briefly on the screen 6 To en...

Page 47: ... multi language transmissions 1 Press SELECT This will show the current sound setting What goes on behind the settings STEREO Left and right stereo HIFI sound tracks can be heard LEFT The left stereo HIFI sound track can be heard RIGHT The right stereo HIFI sound track can be heard MONO The mono linear sound track can be heard MIXED The mono linear sound track can be heard at the same time as the ...

Page 48: ...r video recorder playback see TV operating instructions 2 Press STOP EJECT to eject any cassette that might be in the device 3 Press the STOP h button on the remote control Then press STOP EJECT until the pre set modulator frequency e g M583 appears in the display The video recorder will now transmit a test image on UHF channel 35 Frequency 583MHz OPTIMIZE MODULATOR OPTIMIZE FREQUENCY 583 p MODULA...

Page 49: ...he video recorder 2 Press STOP EJECT to eject any cassette that might be in the device 3 Press the STOP h button on the remote control Then press STOP EJECT until the set modulator frequency e g M583 appears in the display OPTIMIZE MODULATOR OPTIMIZE FREQUENCY 583 p MODULATOR ON ________________________________ EXITpMENU STOREpOK 4 Select the line MODULATOR on the TV screen or MOD in the display w...

Page 50: ...ctive switch the child lock off bThere is a technical problem disconnect from the mains power supply for 30 seconds then connect again If this doesn t help you could reset your video recorder to the default factory settings Resetting devices to default factory settings bAttention All the information stored TV channels time and date TIMER will be cleared 1 Disconnect from the mains power supply 2 P...

Page 51: ...ording does not work bYou have programmed the wrong time or date check time and date bCheck time and date If time and date are wrong despite manual setting you can switch SMART CLOCK off Please read the section Setting the time and date in the chapter Installing your video recorder bYou have not set the TIMER properly Check the programmed recordings TIMER block bYou have put in a cassette that can...

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