Philips 21PV548/07 TV VCR Combo User Manual


 
1. CONNECT THE TV-VIDEO COMBI 5...................
Placing the batteries in the remote control 5...........
Connecting the cables 5.............................
Connecting a decoder or other equipment 5............
2. INSTALLATION 6...................................
Initial installation 6..................................
Allocating a decoder 6..............................
Manual TV channel search 7.........................
Satellite receiver 7..................................
Special installation functions 7.......................
Automatic TV channel search (Autoinstall) 7...........
Sorting and clearing TV channels manually 8...........
Setting the time and date 8...........................
3. TV SET FUNCTIONS 10..............................
Selecting a TV channel 10...........................
(Switch-on volume) 10...............................
Automatic volume control (Automatic Volume
Leveller AVL) 11....................................
Selecting the picture setting (SMART PICTURE) 11......
How do I read TELETEXT? 11.........................
Wake up function (WAKE-UP) 12.....................
Switch-off function (SLEEP TIMER) 12.................
4. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 13..............
General information 13..............................
Summary of user guide 14...........................
User guide (OSD) 14.................................
5. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 15..........................
Playing a pre-recorded cassette 15...................
Playing NTSC cassettes 15...........................
Tape position indication 15...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 16.........................................
Still picture/Slow motion 16..........................
Searching for tape position without the picture
(winding) 16........................................
’Instant View’ function 16............................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 16..
Skipping commercials automatically 16................
Eliminating picture interference (tracking) 17...........
6. MANUAL RECORDING 18............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 18............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 18.............................
Protecting your recordings 18........................
Auto-assembling 18.................................
Selecting the recording speed (SP/LP) 19..............
Automatic recording from a satellite receiver (SAT
RECORDING) 19....................................
Activating a SAT recording using OTSR (OTSR = One
Touch Sat Recording) 20.............................
7. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 21...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) / ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) 21.....................
Programming a recording (with ’VIDEO Plus+’) 21.......
Programming a recording (without ’VIDEO Plus+’) 23....
How to check or change a programmed recording
(TIMER) 24.........................................
Clearing a programmed recording (TIMER) 24..........
8. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 25.........................
Parental control (Child lock) 25.......................
Switching OSD information on/off 25..................
Continuous playback of a cassette 26.................
Hotel mode 26......................................
9. BEFORE YOU CALL AN ENGINEER 27..................
10. GLOSSARY 29......................................
Technical terms used 29.............................
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