Philips VCR VR 170/07 User Manual

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Introduction

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Dear Philips customer,

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Specifications

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Supplied accessories

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Important notes regarding operation

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Special functions of your new video recorder

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Important information for customers in Great Britain

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Connecting the video recorder

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Preparing the remote control for operation

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Connecting your video recorder to the TV set

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Connecting with a scart cable

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Connecting without a scart cable

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Connecting additional devices

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Installing your video recording

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Initial installation

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Decoder allocation

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Manual TV channel search

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Using the satellite receiver

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Sorting TV channels automatically (Follow TV)

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Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall)

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Monitor function

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Sorting and clearing TV channels manually

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Setting the time and date

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Important notes for operation

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Navigation in the screen menu

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Playback

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Playing cassettes

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Playing back NTSC cassettes

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Displaying current tape position

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Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning)

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Still picture

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Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and
rewind)

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Instant View

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Automatic search for a tape position (index search)

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Automatic search for a blank space on the tape

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Eliminating picture interference

Optimising tracking

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Optimising still picture

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Manual recording

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General information

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Recording without automatic switch-off

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Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR One-Touch-Recording)

Preventing accidental erasing of cassettes

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Lining up recordings (assemble cut)

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Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)

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'Direct Record'

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Switching 'Direct Record' on or off

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Programming a recording

(TIMER)

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General information

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Programming a recording (with 'VIDEO Plus+')

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Problems and solutions for programmed recordings

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Programming a recording (without VIDEO Plus+)

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Problem solving for programmed recordings

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Programming a recording with 'TURBO TIMER'

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Problems and solutions for programmed recordings

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How to check, change or delete a programmed recording (TIMER)

Other functions

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Changing the video (colour) system

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Child lock

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Switching the on-screen display (OSD) off or on

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Switch off the clock display

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Switching the remote control command

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Continuous playback

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Automatic switch-off

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Suppressing interference

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Optimising the modulator

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Switching the modulator on / off

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Before you call an engineer

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HOTLINE telephone numbers

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