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Содержание Magnavox VRX344AT

Страница 1: ...Manual ...

Страница 2: ...orst President and Chief Executive Officer RS Remember to get the most from your PHILIPS MAGNAVOX product you must return your Warranty Registration Card within I 0 days So please mail it to us right now Know these safetysymbols I_I _VI Cm l_ll m II la_ IW m 1_41S _L This bolt of lightning indicates uninsulated material within your unit may cause an electrical shock For the safety of everyone in y...

Страница 3: ...the user s authority to operate it ThisVCR equipped with a HQ High Quality system is compati ble with existingVHS video home system equipment Philips Consumer Electronics Company recommends that you use only video cassette tapes that have been tested and inspected for use in two four six and eight hour VCRs and which are labeled with the V _ _ mark The use of tapes that have not been inspected for...

Страница 4: ...rols Remote Control Buttons 22 24 VCR Display Panel 25 Front Panel 26 27 Rear Panel 28 On Screen Status Displays 29 Basic Operations Playing 30 Recording 31 Recording Recording One Channel Watching Another 32 One Touch Recording 33 Timer Recording 34 37 Setting Up the VCR Plus Programming System 38 39 Timer Recording With the VCR Plus Programming System 40 41 Rerecording Tape Duplication 42 Playin...

Страница 5: ...u use the remote control to operate yourTV you must first press the TV button Before you use the remote control to operate your Cable Box or Digital Satellite System you must first press the CBL DSS button Erasure Prevention Video cassette tapes have record tabs to ensure that recordings are not accidentally erased I To prevent accidental erasure break off the tab with a screwdriver 2 To record ag...

Страница 6: ...a Digital Satellite System please refer to pages eight nine If you have a Stereo TV please go to page 10 After you hook up theVCR please go to page I I to turn on theVCR I Disconnect the antenna or cable from yourTV Antenna IndoorlOutdoor 300 ohm Cable 75 ohm Jack on back of TV 2 Connect the antenna or cable to the ANT enna IN Jack of yourVCR Antenna IndoorIOutdoor I IIII 3oo ohm Cable 75 ohm AUDI...

Страница 7: ...NTENNA IN Jack VIDEO on back of TV RF coaxial cable example only 4 Plug in theTV and theVCR 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 To operate yourVCR with yourTV 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 3 CH3 CH4 Switch CH3 CH4 6 You ...

Страница 8: ...ant to watch or record at the Cable BoxiDSS Receiver Watching TV With the VCR Off I Use the TV channel selector to set the TV to the Cable BoxiDSS Receiver output channel channel 3 or 4 2 Select the channel you want to watch at the Cable BoxiDSS Receiver Timer Recordings With this connection you may set a timer recording as described on pages 34 37 However you must remember the following You can o...

Страница 9: ...atching Another I Put the Cable Box DSS Receiver on the same channel as the VCR s CH3 CH4 switch Put the TV on the same channel With theVCR in VCR position theVCR light will appear on the dis play panel use the CHANNEL Up Down buttons at theVCR to select the channel you want to record Start the recording 2 Press the VCR TV button once to put the VCR in TV posi tion The VCR light will disappear 3 U...

Страница 10: ... on the back of the VCR Then connect the other end of the video cable to theVIDEO IN Jack on yourTV 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 yourTV 4 Turn on yourTV making sure it is in Line Input mode Please refer to your IV owner s manual for details This hookup will not give you stereo sound...

Страница 11: ...OL on screen 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 CR HEN SH CH UP KEY 5 Press the CHANNEL Up button to begin automatic channel programming AUTO SET PROCEEDING PLEASE WAIT will appear on screen TheVCR will place all of the channels you receive into its memory so when you scan th...

Страница 12: ...ORIZED CHANNEL PLEASE WAIT will appear on screen TheVCR will place all the channels you receive into its memory 6 Wait for a few minutes while theVCR programs channels When programming is complete CHANNELS ARE SET will appear on screen Then the programming of the lowest channel number placed in theVCR s memory will appear on screen Now when you press the CHANNEL Up Down buttons you will scan only ...

Страница 13: ...er channel If you do not make a choice within five seconds you will return to the previous menu display 7 Press the STATUS EXIT button to exit 2 3 5 Reviewing Programmed Channels Press the VCR button 2 Press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display 3 Press the Number 3 button to selectTUNER SET UR 4 Press the Number 5 button to select CH MEMORY REVIEW A list of programmed channels will ap...

Страница 14: ...s the MENU button to bring up the main menu display PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SETUP SET CLOCK END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the Number 4 button to select SET CLOCK f sETcLocK 1 A OCLOCK ION1 _ET MANUAL CLOCK I 3DAYLIGHTSVGTIME ON I 4SETTIMEZONE AUTO I CABLE BOX USERS I sETCLOCK MANUALLY TO SELECT PUSH NO SHOWN TO END PUSH EXIT 4 Press the Number 2 button to select SET MANUAL CLOCK I TIME DATE I END PUSH EX...

Страница 15: ...ton until the space for the number you want to correct is flashing Then enter the correct number _TO TIME 02 IS PM 1 MONTH I CORRECT PUSH CLEAR O END PUSH EXIT 6 Press two Number buttons for the month two Number buttons for the day and two Number buttons for the year For example for July I 1997 press 07 01 97 The day of the week will appear automatically DATE 07 01 97 TUE CORRECT PUSH CLEAR END PU...

Страница 16: ...he Number buttons to enter the channel number of the desired PBS station When the current time appears on screen you re finished Press the STATUS EXIT button to exit NOTE CANNOT FIND PBSCLOCK DATA may flash on screen In this case press the Number I button to choose SELECT NEW PBSCH then use the Number buttons to enter the channel number of another PBSstation Or press the Number 2 button to select ...

Страница 17: ...TO CABLE BOX USERS SET CLOCK MANUALLY TO SELECT PUSH NO SHOWN OEND PUSH EXIT 3 Press the Number 4 button to select SETTIME ZONE _ SELECT PUSH NO SHOWN 1 AUTO ON ATLANTIC EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC ALASKA HAWAII CONTINUE PUSH MENU 4 Find your time zone then press the Number button to select it You will return to the previous menu The time Tone you selected will appear beneath SET TIME ZONE j_...

Страница 18: ...e MENU button to bring up the main menu display PROGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the Number 4 button to select SET CLOCK r_ f SET CLOCK 2 SET MANUAl CLOCK 3 DAYLIGHT SVG TIME ON 4 SETTIME ZONE AUTO CABLE BOX USERS SET CLOCK MANUALLY TO SELECT PUSH NO SHOWN TOEND PUSH EXIT 4 Press the Number 3 button so that OFF or ON appears to the right of DAYLIGHT SVG TIME UTO CLOC...

Страница 19: ...NOL KE SELECTION OR H MENU TO CONTINUE 5 Press the Number I button if you want the on screen displays in English ON will appear to the right of ENGLISH on screen Or press the Number 2 button if you want the on screen displays in Spanish SI will appear to the right of ESPAIXlOL on screen 6 Press the MENU button to exit 2 6 PHILIPS 3 Helpful Hint If you accidentally select Spanish on screen displays...

Страница 20: ...after releasing the MUTE button press and release the TV button 5 Within 30 seconds after releasing the TV button use the Number buttons to enter the two digit code for yourTV brand For example if you have a Zenith TV press Number but tons I 5 6 Try step I again If the remote control works your TV you re finished If the remote control still doesn t work your TV repeat steps 2 5 using another code ...

Страница 21: ...on use the Number buttons to enter the two digit code for your Cable Box or Satellite System For example ifyou have a Zenith Cable Box press Number buttons I 3 6 Try step I again If the remote control works your Cable Box or Satellite System you re finished If the remote control still does n t work your Cable Box or Satellite System repeat steps 2 5 using a different code 1 6 There is no guarantee...

Страница 22: ... STATUSIEXIT Button Press to see the on screen status display or to remove status displays Details are on page 29 Press to exit on screen menus Or if you have a Magnavox l V presswhen inTV mode to see a status display or to remove the MagnavoxTV menu Tape SPEED Button Press to select the recording speed SP LP or SLP Details are on pages I 36 and 52 _ TV Button _ Press to operate the IV Details are...

Страница 23: ... touch recording an imme diate recording 30 minutes to eight hours long of the channel you are watching Details are on page 33 Jog When you turn this dial in either direction while in the Jog Shuttle mode the tape moves forward or backward frame by frame at a I speed that corresponds to the speed at which the dial is turned Details are on page 47 1 I Shuttle Ring Turn and hold this ring while in t...

Страница 24: ... 20 CHANNEL UplDown Buttons J Press to scan up or down through the VCR TV Cable Box or Digital l Satellite System s channelsafter the channels have been programmed l VCR PLUS IENTER Button Press to set aTimer Recording with theVCR Plus programming system Detailsare on pages 38 4 I When in TV or Cable Box mode press after pressingthe Number buttons to select a channel Detailsare on pages 20 2 h TIM...

Страница 25: ...es when a timer recording has finished unless another timer recording is pro grammed in which case it glows PWR power Light This light indicates that the power is turned on I Cassette Inside Light This light appears when there is a tape in the VCR VCR Light This light appears when the VCR is inVCR position _ ord Light This lightindicatesthat a recording is in progress It flashes when a recording h...

Страница 26: ...ss to eject the tape 1 VIDEO IN Jack Connect a cable coming from the video out jack of a cam corder another VCR or an audio visual source laser disc video disc player etc here Details are on page 42 Press once to start a recording Press three to 18 times to start a one touch record ing an immediate recording 30 minutes to eight hours long of the channel you are watching Details are on page 33 REC ...

Страница 27: ...uttons When the VCR light appears on the display panel the VCR is inVCR position IV Position Use to watch IV or to watch one pro gram while recording another When theVCR light does not appear on the display panel the VCR is inTV position PHILIPS REW ind Button When in Stop mode press to rewind the tape at high speed When in Play mode press to rewind the tape while the picture stays on screen Detai...

Страница 28: ... pages 10 and 42 VIDEO OUT Jack Connect a cable going to the VIDEO IN Jack of a camcorder anotherVCR or an audio visual source laser disc video disc player etc here Details are on pages 10 and 42 Connect a cable coming from the VIDEO OUT Jack of a camcorder another VCR or an audio visual source laser disc video disc player etc here Details are on page 42 AUDIO OUT IN OUT AI ITIN CH31CH4 Switch Set...

Страница 29: ... up the main menu display _ SELECT PUSH NO SHOWN 1 P_OGRAM VCR SET UP TUNER SET UP SET CLOCK END PUSH EXIT 2 Press the Number 2 button to selectVCR SET UR _ SELECT PUSH NO SHOWN 1 REPEAT PLAY OFF ON SCREEN MODE LANGUAGE VCR PLUS REE MAP END PUSH EXIT 3 Press the Number 2 button to select ON SCREEN MODE COUNTER ONLY ON SCREEN OFF END PUSH EXIT 4 Press the Number I button to select ON SCREEN ON the ...

Страница 30: ...oes not start automatically press the PLAY button to start playback 4 Press the STOP button on the remote control or the STOPIEJECT button on theVCR onceto stop playback 5 Press the REW ind button on the remote control or theVCR to rewind the tape 6 When the tape stops press the EJECT button on the remote control or the STOP EJECT button on theVCR to remove the tape 3 5 4 DmD I DDD D D r 1 o_ DB _...

Страница 31: ...ec onds 6 Use the CHANNEL UplDown buttons or the Number buttons to select the channel to be recorded 7 Press the REC ord IOTR button once to start recording The REC ord light will appear 8 To pause the recording for example during commer cials press the PAUSE STILL button once The REC ord lighl will flash To start recording again press the REC ord OTR button or the PAUSE STILL button again The REC...

Страница 32: ... back of theVCR is set to Or if the VCR remote control doesn t operate your TV use the IV remote control to select channel 3 or 4 6 Press the VCR button 7 Press the VCR TV button to put the VCR in VCR position The channel being recorded will appear on screen 8 Press the STOP button to stop the recording 8 2 6 3 I1ENTIER S_H V_ SLOW PHILIPS 4 5 If your remote control operates your T_ press the TV b...

Страница 33: ... the screen Recording will begin immediately The REC ord light and the Timer light will appear on the display panel P 0 30 CHI2 1 4 To stop an OTR before recording is finished press the STOP button or the POWER button To cancelthe OTR but continue recording pressthe REC ord OTR button until REC appearsin the upper left corner of theTV screen The REC ord light will remain on the displaypanel of the...

Страница 34: ... then press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display PROGRAM I VCR SET UP I_NER SET UP SET CLOCK END PUSH EXIT _IV 2 Press the Number I button on the remote control to select PROGRAM I E S H 1 ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGRAM REVIE_ V rND PUSH EXIT 3 Select a once daily or weekly recording Press the Number I button to select ONCE The VCR will record a TV program on any day you choose up to 12 mo...

Страница 35: ...0 AV REAR will appear on screen If you are using a Cable Box DSS Receiver enter the Cable Box DSS Receiver output channel channel 03 or 04 See page eight for details CORRECT PUSH CLEAR qD PUSH EXIT 6 ETIME PROGRAM OGRAM I HANNEL 10 IME ON CORRECT PUSH CLEAR END PUSH EXIT Press two Number buttons for the hour s you want the recording to begin Press two Number buttons for the minute s you want the r...

Страница 36: ...y againfrom step I In three seconds the on screen displaywill dis appea r II Turn off the VCR power The Timer light will appear The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take place If the timer recording will take placeseveral hoursor daysfrom now you may use theVCR untiltime for the recording Just turn off theVCR a few minutesbefore the recording starts If yo J_ forget to turn off the V...

Страница 37: ... 5 To cancel the timer recording displayed press the CLEAR button Either the display will disappear or information about other timer recordings will appear If you do not press any other buttons the display will disappear after all timer recordings have been displayed 6 Repeat steps I 4 to make sure you have cleared the cor rect timer recording 5 PHILIPS Helpful Hints CLASH may flash on the screen ...

Страница 38: ... since channel numbers differ from area to area you must program theVCR with your local channel infor mation To fill in the boxes you will need I a cable channel line up list if applicable you can request one from your cable company and 2 a chart that listsVCR Plus channel numbers which you can find in your IV guide or the TV listings of your local newspaper TV Channels LocalTV Stations VCR PLUS C...

Страница 39: ...ECT CH PUSH CH UP DOWN THEN ENTER CH NO _END PUSH EXIT 6 Look at the lists you filledin on page38 For stations whose VCR Plus and CablelTV channels do not match press the CHANNEL Up Down buttons until the arrow is beside the VCR Plus channel you need Then press the Number buttons to enter the corresponding Cable TV channel from your list Enter a 0 before single digit channels Continue this process...

Страница 40: ...the Number buttons to enter the PlusCode pro gramming number of the program you wish to record this number is different for every program and it can be four to eight digits long Finally press the VCR PLUS ENTER button vcr PLUS P_OG _ _ PLUS CODE 13285 TO SET PUSH VCR TO CORRECT PUSH CLEAR X _lO PUSH EXiT 4 To record the program once press the Number I button to select ONCE To record the same progr...

Страница 41: ...in the VCR If the timer recording will take place several hours or days from now you may use theVCR until time for the recording Just turn off the VCR a few minutes before the recording starts The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take place If you forget to turn off theVCR PLEASETURN OFFVCR FOR TIMER RECORDING flashes on your TV screen two minutes before a timer recording starts You...

Страница 42: ...he STOPIEJECT button onVCR I once 3 VCR 2 will record your tape Insert a blank tape inVCR 2 Make suretheVCR 2 power ison andVCR2 isinVCR position TheVCR lightwill appearon the displaypanel Ifit does not presstheVCR I V button once 4 Turn the TV on and set it to channel 3 or 4 whichever chan nel the CH3 CH4 switch on VCR 2 is set to 5 Point the remote control atVCR 2 Press Number buttons 0 0 I or 0...

Страница 43: ...IT 4 Press the Number I button so that ON appears to the right of REPEAT PLAY on screen 5 Press the STATUSIEXIT button to exit Now when a tape has finished playing theVCR will rewind it and start playback again TV programming will appear while the tape is rewinding POWER IE JECTA slow PHILIPS 2 3 The VCRwill stay in Repeat Play mode until you cancel Repeat Play mode To do this follow steps I 3 abo...

Страница 44: ...itTime Search mode 4 Within 10 seconds press the F FWD button or the REW ind button to skip forward or backward TheVCR will kip over the specified length of time then begin playback The time counts down on screen as the searching progresses 4 2 If you want to search for more than 59 minutes you must enter the length of time in hours and minutes For example to search forward 70 minutes press I 1 0 ...

Страница 45: ... the left of the real time counter on screen 2 VCR ca_0ss _ulE D D Em ER _ SEARCH V_ SL_ PHILIPS I 3 _TO P 1 08 PM 1 CHI0 _P M 0 00 00 5 To go to a tape location where the real time counter was reset to zero press the REW ind 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 ...

Страница 46: ...de press the PAUSE STILL button A still picture frozen image will appear on screen 2 To release the still picture and return to normal playback press the PLAY button or press the PAUSEISTILL button again Slow and Still modes will automati cally switch to Stop mode after five minutes to protect the VCR and the tape from damage SP LP SLPmeans this feature will work with tapes recorded in Standard Pl...

Страница 47: ...ay or Still mode The Jog Shuttle Light comes on If you do not operate the Jog Dial or Shuttle Ring within 30 seconds the Jog Shuttle light will go off 2 Turn the Shuttle Ring in either direction and hold it The more the ring is rotated the faster the search speed will be Releasingthe ring stops the picture in the Still mode 3 Turn the Jog dial in either direction for frame by frame control The fas...

Страница 48: ... into the Stop mode eject the tape then turn itself off If the real time counter memory is set the VCR will only rewind to the point at which the counter is set to zero then stop The VCR will not eject the tape automatically or shut itself off Tape Eject A tape can be ejected with theVCR power on or off but theVCR must be pluggedin If aTimer Recording is programmed a tape can only be ejected with ...

Страница 49: ...en the VCRwas shipped from the factory press the CHANNEL Up and CHANNEL Down buttons on the VCR at the same time Tracking is returned to auto tracking when a tape is inserted or when the STOPbutton is pressed to halt playback When the VCR is in Slow mode auto tracking will not work Instead use the CHANNEL Up Down buttons on the VCR to reduce noise lines in slow motion playback Manual tracking will...

Страница 50: ...off Make sure the clock is set pages 14 17 TheVCR may not perform or continue a timer recording if a power interruption of more than one minute occurs during the timer recording even if the power comes back on afterward If you have a Cable Box timer recordings are programmed differently Seepageeight for details It is best to finishprogramming a timer recording at least five minutes before the reco...

Страница 51: ...t be received Select CABLE TV at the TUNER SET UP menu page 12 then let the VCR program the channels Poor reception You mayneed to tune yourTV again The motor cylinder rotates even when theVCR is in Stop mode To enable the quick play mechanism the cylinder will rotate for about five minutes This is normal Satellite Hookups Watching oneTV channel while recording another may not be possible if you h...

Страница 52: ...pear on yourTV screen briefly press the CHAN NEl Up Down buttons or use the Number buttons to select another channel aVCR 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 yourVCR from a distance You may be able...

Страница 53: ...Power Consumption 17W Operating Temperature 41 F 5 C to 104 F 40 C Relative Humidity 10 to 80 Weight 5 95 Ibs 2 7 kg Dimensions 14 3 16 W x 3 1 16 H x 10 D 360 mmx 92mm x 230ram Tuner Broadcast Channels VHF 2 13 UHF 14 69 Cable TV Channels 2 13 Midband A I Superband J W Hyperband A 5 A I Special Channel SA Ultraband 37 94 100 125 NOTF Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice...

Страница 54: ...t not limited to rental purposes WHERE IS SERVICE AVAILABLE Warranty service is available in all countries where the product is officially distributed by Philips Consumer Electronics Company In countries where Philips Consumer Electronics Company does not dis tribute the product the local Philips service organiza tion will attempt to provide service although there may be a delay if the appropriate...

Страница 55: ... mode 29 on screen status displays 29 one touch recording 33 out jack 6 9 28 pause button 27 pause still button 22 3 I 46 play button 22 26 30 46 47 playing 30 power button 22 26 cord 28 pwr power light 25 rear panel 28 rec otr button 23 26 3 I 33 rec ord light 25 record tab 5 recording basic 3 I one channel watching another 32 timer 34 37 with the vcr plus programming system 38 4 I remote control...

Страница 56: ...5 218 37204 Two AA Batteries 4835 138 17012 RF Coaxial Cable 75 ohm 4835 323 2701 I If any of these items are not included or if you need to replace an item contact Philips Service Company at the address below Philips Service Company P O Box 967 Greeneville TN 3 7744 096 7 Or call 1 800 851 8885 m77uEool MAC6198 PrlnuKI In China 0VI_I01934 1 H7395UD ...

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