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Owner’s Manual

Video
Cassette
Recorder

MODEL SVZ122

SVZ122(H1680).QX33 4/6/99 9:42 PM Page 1

Summary of Contents for SV2000 SVZ122

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Video Cassette Recorder MODEL SVZ122 SVZ122 H1680 QX33 4 6 99 9 42 PM Page 1 ...

Page 2: ... from our convenient home shopping network And most importantly you can count on our uncompromising com mitment to your total satisfaction All of this is our way of saying welcome and thanks for investing in an SV2000 product P S Remember to get the most from your product you must return your Warranty Registration Card within 10 days So please mail it to us right now R E G I S T R A T I O N N E E ...

Page 3: ... two four six and eight hour VCRs may result in poor picture quality and excessive deposits on the video heads which may not be covered by the warranty if damage occurs Note to the Cable TV System Installer This reminder is provided to call the Cable TV system installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the National Electrical Code which provides guidelines for proper grounding in particular specif...

Page 4: ...atus Displays 17 Remote Control Buttons 18 19 VCR Display Panel 20 Front Panel 21 Rear Panel 22 Basic Operations Playing 23 Recording 24 Recording One Touch Recording 25 Timer Recording 26 29 Auto Return 30 Recording One Channel Watching Another 31 Rerecording Tape Duplication 32 Playing Repeat Play 33 Special Effects Playback 34 Rental Play 35 Real Time Counter Memory 36 Automatic Playback Featur...

Page 5: ...direction of the arrow 2 Insert two AA batteries inside the battery compartment with their and ends aligned as indicated 3 Replace the battery compartment lid Using the Remote Control Point the remote control at the VCR s remote sensor see page 21 when using the remote control to operate the VCR Do not put objects between the remote control and the VCR Video cassette tapes have record tabs to ensu...

Page 6: ...x or a Direct Broadcast System please see pages eight nine If you have a Stereo TV please see page 10 After you hook up the VCR go to page 11 to turn on the VCR ANTENNA IN Jack on back of TV Cable 75 ohm Back of VCR Antenna Indoor Outdoor 300 ohm 1 Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV 2 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT enna IN Jack of your VCR Cable 75 ohm Antenna Indoor Outdoor 300...

Page 7: ...r a snap on type supplied or screw on type of coaxial cable whichever you prefer 5 Set the CH3 CH4 switch on the back of the VCR to CH3 or CH4 whichever channel is not used or least used in your area Set the TV to the same channel For example when playing a tape if the CH3 CH4 switch is set to CH3 the TV should be on channel 03 Hookups Without a Cable Box Direct Broadcast System cont d 7 ANTENNA I...

Page 8: ... step 7 on page 28 Leave the Cable Box DBS on for a timer recording VIDEO IN OUT CH3 CH4 AUDIO OUT IN ANT OUT IN 75V ANT CABLE TV s ANTENNA IN Jack Cable Box DBS VCR Recording Viewing Any Channel Connections 1 With the VCR on and in VCR position the VCR TV light will appear on the display panel use the CHANNEL o p buttons to set the VCR to the Cable Box DBS output channel channel 03 or 04 2 Set th...

Page 9: ...the TV to the Cable Box DBS output channel 03 or 04 4 Select the channel you want to watch at the Cable Box DBS When you play a tape make sure the Cable Box DBS is set to the same channel as the CH3 CH4 switch on the VCR Set the TV to the Cable Box DBS output channel 03 or 04 Helpful Hint 1 Connect a Cable signal to the VCR s ANT enna IN Jack 2 Use an RF coaxial cable supplied to connect the OUT J...

Page 10: ...ck on your TV 3 Connect an audio cable to the white AUDIO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR Then connect the other end of the audio cable to the AUDIO IN Jack on your TV If your TV has Right and Left AUDIO IN Jacks you must use a Y splitter audio cable as illustrated to deliver audio to the TV s right and left channels 4 Turn on your TV making sure it is in Line Input mode Please refer to your TV ow...

Page 11: ... If you still do not see any on screen displays follow the steps under Automatic Channel Setup on page 12 and Language Selection on page 16 Helpful Hint LANGUAGE SELECT ENGLISH ON ESPAÑOL 5 Press the MENU button the F FWD button or the REWIND button to begin automatic channel setup TUNER SET UP will flash on screen The VCR will memorize all available channels so when you use the CHANNEL o p button...

Page 12: ...dly to select CHANNEL SET UP Then press the F FWD but ton 3 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to point to TV if you have an antenna or CATV if you have a cable connection 4 Press the F FWD button once or twice ON will appear beside your selection then the VCR will memorize all available channels When setup is complete the lowest channel you receive will appear on screen Line Inpu...

Page 13: ...r deleted will appear The channel will be added or deleted whichever was flashing on screen when you exited the menu ADD DELETE CH 0 2 TV 2 3 CHANNEL SET UP TV ON CATV ADD DELETE CH Adding Deleting Channels The channels you no longer receive or seldom watch can be deleted from the memory You also may add new channels into the memory Make sure The VCR is on and in VCR position The VCR TV light will...

Page 14: ...tton 5 While the YEAR space is flashing press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly until the desired year appears Press the F FWD button The day of the week will appear automatically To reset the clock follow steps 1 2 above Select the information you want to change using the F FWD button or the REWIND button When the desired information is flashing use the PLAY button or the STOP button ...

Page 15: ...rs Then press the F FWD button 9 Press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button or the F FWD button to start the clock SETTING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR 0 3 0 1 SUN 1 9 9 8 HOUR MINUTE AM PM 0 5 4 0 SETTING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR 0 3 0 1 SUN 1 9 9 8 HOUR MINUTE AM PM 0 5 4 0 PM AM PM 6 7 If the clock has never been set the SETTING CLOCK menu may appear immediately when you press the MENU button If this happens foll...

Page 16: ... SET UP SETTING CLOCK LANGUAGE SELECT LANGUAGE SELECT ENGLISH ON ESPAÑOL 1 Press the MENU button repeatedly until the INITIALIZE menu appears VCR TV POWER EJECT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 100 CHANNEL SPEED RENTAL SELECTOR AUTO REPEAT CLOCK COUNTER EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND PLAY F FWD RECORD PAUSE STILL STOP 1 2 3 If you accidentally select Spanish on screen displays and need English o...

Page 17: ...l number will also appear on screen Press the DISPLAY button once again The on screen status display will disappear OFF mode COUNT mode STOP SLP 0 12 34 CLOCK mode STOP 5 40 PM CH 02 SLP Press the DISPLAY button once If the channel you select has no broadcast the screen will be solid blue You may bring up a status display at any time by pressing the DIS PLAY button The exception is when viewing a ...

Page 18: ...e step when setting the clock or a timer recording Press to add or delete channel numbers Details are on page 13 RECORD Button Press to start a recording Details are on page 24 DISPLAY Button Press repeatedly to view the on screen status displays Details are on page 17 Number Buttons Use to select channels Channels 1 9 To select press 0 then press the channel number you want For example to select ...

Page 19: ...R s channels after the channels have been set up Details are on page 12 COUNTER RESET EXIT Button Press to set the real time counter to zero Details are on page 36 Press to remove menus VCR TV Button Use to select the signal that your TV receives VCR Position Use to watch a tape to watch a program while recording it or to watch a TV broadcast using the CHANNEL o p or Number buttons TV Position Use...

Page 20: ...n VCR position REC ord Light This light appears during a recording It flashes when a recording is paused CST IN Light This light appears when a tape is in the VCR POWER Light This light indicates that the power is on TIMER Light This light glows when you turn off the power to set a timer recording It also glows during a One Touch Recording It flashes when you turn off the power to set a timer reco...

Page 21: ...s to eight hours long of the channel you are watching Details are on page 25 CHANNEL o p Buttons Press to scan up or down through the VCR s channels TRACKING Function During normal tape playback press the CHANNEL o p buttons to adjust the tracking Details are on page 37 PLAY Button Press to play a tape Also press to release Search or Still mode and to return to normal playback Details are on page ...

Page 22: ...he same chan nel Details are on page seven OUT Jack Use the supplied RF coax ial cable to connect this jack to the Antenna In Jack on your TV or Cable Box DBS Details are on pages six nine VIDEO OUT Jack Connect a cable going to the video in jack of a camcorder another VCR or an audio visual source laser disc player video disc player etc here Details are on pages 10 and 32 AC Power Cord Connect to...

Page 23: ...l 3 or 4 whichever channel the CH3 CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to 2 Insert a tape in the VCR The POWER VCR TV and CST IN lights will appear If the tape s record tab has been removed play back will begin automatically 3 If playback does not start automatically press the PLAY button Turn on the TV Insert a tape 3 1 2 If the tape you want to play is already in the VCR make sure the VCR p...

Page 24: ...ls one minute remaining During the last minute of paused recording the mark will flash If any menu is activated on the TV screen the RECORD button on the remote control does not function Press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button to remove the menu Then press the RECORD button Helpful Hints 4 Press the SPEED button until the desired tape speed appears on screen The tape speed will disappear after about f...

Page 25: ...OP but ton on the remote control To cancel the OTR but continue recording press the REC ord OTR button on the VCR repeat edly until REC appears in the upper left corner of the screen Press the REC ord OTR button on the VCR repeat edly OTR 0 30 To change the recording length while an OTR is in progress press the REC ord OTR button on the VCR repeatedly until the desired length appears on screen You...

Page 26: ... the TIMER PROGRAM MING menu appears Program numbers that do not have a timer recording stored will flash TIMER PROGRAMMING PROG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DATE START TIME END TIME CHANNEL REC SPEED 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select a program number Then press the F FWD button If you select a program number that already has a timer recording stored information about that program w...

Page 27: ...utton or the STOP button repeatedly until the desired month appears Then press the F FWD button Next press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeat edly until the desired day appears Then press the F FWD button The day of the week will appear automatically You can not pro gram the VCR to record more than one year in advance Timer Recording cont d 27 6 Repeat the procedure in step 5 to set the rec...

Page 28: ...cted tape speed will flash beside REC SPEED 9 Press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button 10 Press the POWER button to turn off the VCR The TIMER light will appear The TIMER light will flash if there is not a tape in the VCR If a timer recording will take place several hours or days from now you may use the VCR until time for the timer recording Just make sure you turn off the VCR about five minutes befor...

Page 29: ...recording 4 Press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button to exit Timer Recording cont d 29 Correcting a Timer Recording If you need to correct a timer recording after you have finished setting the program follow these steps Make sure the VCR is on and is in VCR position The VCR TV light will appear If it does not press the VCR TV button once 1 Press the MENU button so that the TIMER PROGRAM MING menu appea...

Page 30: ...s are completed the TIMER light will flash and the VCR will rewind the tape to the beginning of the record ed programs VCR SET UP AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN VCR SET UP AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN VCR SET UP AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN AUTO If additional timer recordings are programmed to take place later the Auto Return function will not operate until all the programs are recorded To can...

Page 31: ...ch at the TV 4 To return to the channel being recorded use the TV remote control to select channel 3 or 4 whichever chan nel the CH3 CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to 5 Press the VCR TV button on the VCR remote control to put the VCR in VCR position The VCR TV light will appear The channel being recorded will appear on screen 6 To stop recording press the STOP button If you use a Cable B...

Page 32: ...CR 2 Use the SPEED but ton to select SP LP or SLP 6 Press the PLAY button on VCR 1 and the REC ord OTR button on VCR 2 at the same time 7 To stop recording press the STOP EJECT button on VCR 2 once then stop the tape on VCR 1 Unauthorized recording of copy righted television programs video tapes or other materials may infringe on the rights of copyright owners and violate copyright laws Audio and ...

Page 33: ... must first press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button to exit then press the PLAY button to begin tape playback The VCR will play the tape to the end rewind it then play it again TV programming will appear on screen while the tape is rewinding 1 3 2 VCR SET UP AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN VCR SET UP AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN You also may set AUTO REPEAT to ON or OFF by pressing the AUTO REPEAT bu...

Page 34: ... PAUSE STILL button in the Still mode the noise lines will change position on screen 2 To release the still picture and return to normal playback press the PLAY button Viewing a Still Picture Still mode will automatically switch to Stop mode after five minutes to protect the VCR and the tape from damage SP LP SLP means this feature will work with tapes recorded in Standard Play Long Play or Super ...

Page 35: ...ng tape playback press the MENU button repeatedly until the VCR SET UP menu appears 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select RENTAL Then press the F FWD button The menu will disappear and RENTAL ON or RENTAL OFF will appear on screen for five seconds Each press of the F FWD button within five seconds will turn RENTAL to ON or OFF You may only set RENTAL to ON or OFF during t...

Page 36: ...ess the REWIND button or the F FWD button when playback is stopped When the tape reaches the point at which the real time counter was reset to zero the tape will stop Press the PLAY button to watch the tape 0 00 00 You may only set the real time counter memory at one location at a time If you set the real time counter to zero at a second loca tion the previous real time counter to zero setting wil...

Page 37: ...d with the VCR power on or off but the VCR must be plugged in If a Timer Recording is programmed a tape can only be ejected with the power on Be sure to insert a tape for the Timer Recording then turn off the VCR power Automatic Tracking Adjustment The VCR automatically adjusts tracking to give you the best possi ble picture quality With some recordings however you may get a better picture using t...

Page 38: ...ism the cylinder will rotate for about five minutes This is normal The quick play mechanism switches the tape mechanism from Stop to Play in just one second A TV program cannot be recorded Check the connections between the VCR TV antenna cable and Cable Box DBS if applicable Details are on pages six 10 Make sure the tape has a record tab Details are on page five The VCR will not perform a timer re...

Page 39: ...er is turned off to set a timer recording Make sure the tape has a record tab Details are on page five There is no playback picture or the playback picture is noisy or contains streaks Make sure the TV is on the same channel as the VCR s CH3 CH4 switch Details are on page seven Make sure the VCR is in VCR position The VCR TV light will appear If it does not press the VCR TV button once Make sure c...

Page 40: ... buttons or use the Number buttons to select another channel Mode a VCR operation OTR One Touch Recording programming a timed recording that starts immediately and records for 30 minutes to eight hours whichever you specify Remote Control the small electronic unit that came with your VCR allows you to operate your VCR from a distance RF coaxial cable The cable supplied with your VCR Use it to conn...

Page 41: ...mption 16W Operating Temperature 41 F 5 C to 104 F 40 C Relative Humidity 10 to 80 Weight 5 5 lbs 2 5 kg Dimensions 14 3 16 W x 3 1 16 H x 9 3 16 D 360 mm x 92mm x 230mm Tuner Broadcast Channels VHF 2 13 UHF 14 69 Cable TV Channels 2 13 Midband A 1 Superband J W Hyperband A 5 A 1 Special Channel 5A Ultraband 37 94 100 125 NOTE Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice SVZ122 ...

Page 42: ...s officially distributed by Philips Consumer Electronics Company In countries where Philips Consumer Electronics Company does not distribute the product the local Philips service organization will attempt to provide service although there may be a delay if the appropriate spare parts and technical manual s are not readily available MAKE SURE YOU KEEP Please keep your sales receipt or other documen...

Page 43: ...utton 18 number buttons 18 on screen status displays 17 one touch recording 25 out jack 7 9 22 32 pause button 21 pause still button 19 24 34 play button 18 21 23 34 playing 23 power button 18 21 cord 7 22 light 20 rear panel 22 rec ord light 20 rec otr button 21 record button 18 record tab 5 recording basic 24 one channel watching another 31 timer 26 29 remote control buttons 18 19 using 5 sensor...

Page 44: ...o be sure the items on this page are packed with your VCR These accessories are provided to help you use or set up your VCR If any of these items are not included or if you need to replace an item contact our Service Solutions Group at the address below Service Solutions Group P O Box 967 Greeneville TN 37744 0967 Or call 1 800 851 8885 SVZ122 H1680 QX33 4 6 99 9 43 PM Page 44 ...

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