Introduction 3
Features
• Auto DBS RecordLink™
• Automatic Channel Setup
• Automatic Clock Setting With Time Zone
• Automatic Head Cleaner
• Automatic Operation Features
• Automatic Tracking Adjustment
• Daylight-Saving Time
• Display Panel
• Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System
• High Quality (HQ) System
• MTS (Multi-Channel Television Sound) System
• On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish
• One-Touch Recording
• Real-Time Counter
• Remote Control: with capability to operate TV, Cable Box, and
Direct Broadcast System; with lighted buttons
• Remote Locator
• Repeat Play
• Search Functions: Quick Search; Time Search; Index Search;
Record End Search; Skip Search
• Special Effects Playback: Forward and Reverse Searching; Still;
Variable Slow; Frame Advance
• The VCR Plus+ Programming System
• Timer Recording
Safety Precautions
Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose
this equipment to rain or moisture.
Federal Communications Commission Warning: Any
unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment
void the user’s authority to operate it.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause unde-
sired operation.
This VCR is equipped with a High Quality (HQ) system and is
compatible with existing Video Home System (VHS) 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 mark. The use of tapes that have not been inspected
for use in 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, specifying that the
cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the
building, as close to the point of cable entry as possible.
Copyright 1998 Philips Consumer Electronics Company. All rights
reserved. VCR Plus+ and PlusCode are trademarks of Gemstar
Development Corporation. The VCR Plus+ system is manufac-
tured under license from Gemstar Development Corporation.
Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual.
This manual has seven sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations;
Recording; Playing; Stereo Features; and Information You May Need. The instructions explain all of the
VCR’s features, which are listed below. You cannot hurt your VCR by trying the features! So read on – and
relax.
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