Philips SV2000 SVA106, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Video Cassette Recorder MODEL SVA106 ...

Page 2: ...ccess to accessories 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 ...

Page 3: ...ovides 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 As an ENERGY STAR Partner Philips Consumer Electronics Company has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency ENERGY STAR is a U S registered mark Using products wit...

Page 4: ...el 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 Auto Satellite Link Using a Satellite Tuner 31 Recording One Channel Watching Another 32 Rerecording Tape Duplication 33 Playing Repeat Play 34 Special Effects Playback 35 Rental Play 36 Real Time Counter Memory 37 Index Search 38 Time Search 39 Quick Fi...

Page 5: ...ding the lid in the 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...

Page 6: ... is shown below If you have a Cable Box 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 C...

Page 7: ...NTENNA IN Jack on the TV You may use either 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 ...

Page 8: ... is step 7 on page 28 Leave the Cable Box DBS on for a timer recording R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 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 ...

Page 9: ... want to record at the VCR Start the recording 2 Press the VCR TV button once to put the VCR in TV position The VCR TV light will disappear 3 Select the channel you want to watch at the Cable Box DBS TV s ANTENNA IN Jack Cable Box DBS VCR 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...

Page 10: ...DEO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR Then connect the other end of the video cable to the VIDEO IN Jack on your TV 3 Connect an audio cable to the red and white AUDIO OUT Jacks on the back of the VCR Then connect the other end of the audio cable to the AUDIO IN Jacks on your TV 4 Turn on your TV making sure it is in Line Input mode Please refer to your TV owner s manual for details 1 2 3 A stereo a...

Page 11: ...e CH3 CH4 switch on the back of the VCR The menu shown below will appear 2 1 Turn on the TV 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 the screen When channels are set up the TV will go to the lowest channel available The VCR will memorize all available channels so when you use the CHA...

Page 12: ...peatedly to select CHANNEL SET UP Then press the F FWD but ton 3 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select AUTO TUNING 4 Press the F FWD button The VCR will memorize all available channels When setup is complete the lowest channel you receive will appear on the screen Line Input mode will always be stored in the VCR s memory as channel 001 or 002 When you select channel 001 or ...

Page 13: ... The channel you added or deleted will appear The channel will be added or deleted whichever was flashing on the screen when you exited the menu ADD DELETE CH 0 2 TV 2 3 CHANNEL SET UP AUTO TUNING 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 p...

Page 14: ...OP button repeatedly until the desired day appears Then press the F FWD button 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 If the clock has never been set the SETTING CLOCK menu may appear immediately when you press the MENU button If this happens follow th...

Page 15: ...or the F FWD button to start the clock SETTING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR 0 3 0 1 MON 1 9 9 9 HOUR MINUTE AM PM 0 5 4 0 SETTING CLOCK MONTH DAY YEAR 0 3 0 1 MON 1 9 9 9 HOUR MINUTE AM PM 0 5 4 0 PM AM PM 6 7 To reset the clock follow steps 1 2 on page 14 Select the information you want to change using the F FWD button or the REWIND but ton When the desired information is flashing use the PLAY button or ...

Page 16: ...SELECT INITIALIZE CHANNEL 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 INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK FIND TIME EXIT COUNTER DISPLAY MENU RESET MEMORY REWIND PLAY F FWD RECORD PAUSE STILL STOP SEARCH 1 2 3 If you accidentally select Spanish on screen displays a...

Page 17: ...hannel number and the availability of stereo or second audio will also appear on the screen Press the DISPLAY button once again The on screen status display will disappear 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 exceptions are during Still mode slow motion play back and forward and re...

Page 18: ...pic ture stays on the screen Details are on page 35 Press to erase a timer recording Details are on page 29 Press to go back one 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 Num...

Page 19: ...hannels after the channels have been set up Details are on page 12 During slow motion playback press to adjust the tracking Details are on page 41 COUNTER RESET EXIT Button Press to set the real time counter to zero Details are on page 37 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 w...

Page 20: ...ght appears when the VCR is in 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 ...

Page 21: ...g an immediate recording 30 minutes 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 or slow motion tape playback press the CHAN NEL o p buttons to adjust the track ing Details are on page 41 PLAY Button Press to play a tape Also press to release Slow Sear...

Page 22: ... 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 system laser disc player video disc player etc here Details are on pages 10 33 and 42 AC Power Cord Connect to a standard AC outlet to supply power to the VCR R L VIDEO IN OUT IN OUT AUDIO CH3 CH4 OUT IN ANT 22 Rear Panel AUDIO IN Jacks Connect the...

Page 23: ...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 pow...

Page 24: ...reen Each mark equals 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 SP or SLP appears on the screen The tape s...

Page 25: ...finished press the STOP 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 ...

Page 26: ...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 will appear Press the PLA...

Page 27: ...esired 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 recording s end time Instructions continue on page 28 ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1 DATE 0 5 0 6 THU START TIME 0 7 3 0 P M END TIME 0 8 3 0 P M CHANNEL REC SPEED A...

Page 28: ...nt to record If you are recording from line input select L1 or L2 L1 is located at channel 001 and L2 is located at channel 002 If you are using a Cable Box DBS select the Cable Box DBS output channel 03 or 04 Select the channel you want to record at the Cable Box DBS Leave the Cable Box DBS on for the timer recording Details are on page eight ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER 1 DATE 0 5 0 6 THU STA...

Page 29: ...off the VCR before the timer recording 4 Press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button 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 PR...

Page 30: ...flash and the VCR will rewind the tape to the beginning of the record ed programs VCR SET UP SATELLITE LINK AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN AUDIO OUT TV STEREO ON SAP VCR SET UP SATELLITE LINK AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN AUDIO OUT TV STEREO ON SAP VCR SET UP SATELLITE LINK AUTO REPEAT RENTAL AUTO RETURN AUTO AUDIO OUT TV STEREO ON SAP If additional timer recordings are programmed to take place l...

Page 31: ... on the satellite tuner See your satellite tuner owner s manual for details 2 Press the MENU button repeatedly until the VCR SET UP menu appears 3 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to select SATELLITE LINK Then press the F FWD button The current time appears next to SATELLITE LINK If you want the VCR to begin recording immediately or as soon as a signal is received from the satellite tuner ...

Page 32: ...the channel you want to watch 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 the screen 6 To stop recording press the S...

Page 33: ...p recording press the STOP EJECT button on VCR 2 once then stop the tape on VCR 1 If you use the AUDIO and VIDEO IN jacks on the back of VCR 2 press Number buttons 0 0 1 L1 will appear on the screen If you use the AUDIO and VIDEO IN jacks on the front of VCR 2 press Number buttons 0 0 2 L2 will appear on the screen Unauthorized recording of copy righted television programs video tapes or other mat...

Page 34: ...n immediately AUTO REPEAT B will appear on the screen briefly If you are fast forwarding or rewinding the tape you must first press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button to remove the menu 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 the screen while the tape is rewinding 1 3 2 VCR SET UP SATELLITE LINK A...

Page 35: ...playback press the PLAY button Viewing a Still Picture 1 During tape playback press the SLOW button The tape will play in slow motion NOTE You can control the speed of slow motion playback by pressing the F FWD button faster or the REWIND button slower 2 To release Slow mode and return to normal playback press the PLAY button Viewing a Slow Motion Picture Slow and Still modes will automati cally s...

Page 36: ...oes not press the VCR TV button once There is a tape in the VCR 1 During 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 the screen for five seconds Each press of the F FWD button within five seconds w...

Page 37: ...was reset to zero press 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...

Page 38: ...ct 03 to skip three programs 2 3 and 4 Playback will begin at program 5 If you want to skip to program 1 select 02 to skip two programs 2 and 1 Playback will begin at program 1 4 While the number of programs is flashing press the REWIND button or the F FWD button The VCR begins rewinding or fast forwarding to the beginning of the desired program When the program is reached the VCR will start playb...

Page 39: ... the REWIND button or the F FWD button The VCR begins rewinding or fast forwarding to the specified point The time counts down on the screen beneath TIME SEARCH as the searching progresses When the tape finish es rewinding or fast forwarding the VCR will start playback auto matically TIME SEARCH You also may activate the Time Search by pressing the TIME SEARCH button Then continue from step 3 You ...

Page 40: ...ENU button repeatedly until the SEARCH SELECT menu appears 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select QUICK FIND then press the F FWD button The VCR will fast forward the tape to the beginning of the next recording The VCR will play the tape at high speed for 30 sec onds then go to the next recording To skip immediately to the beginning of the next recording on the tape press ...

Page 41: ...ording 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 the manual tracking controls see below Manual Tracking To adjust the tracking...

Page 42: ...en you press the DISPLAY button on the remote control The indication SAP or STEREO that appears on the status display tells you if the program you re watching is available in second audio or stereo Even though a program is available in second audio or stereo you still must program the VCR to receive or record the program Follow the directions on page 43 This indication is not available during tape...

Page 43: ...lect second audio when second audio is not available the VCR will record normal audio Helpful Hints 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 repeatedly until the VCR SET UP menu appears 2 Press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeatedly to select TV STEREO or SAP Press the F FWD button then ON...

Page 44: ...ONO if you want monaural audio play back To do this follow steps 1 2 above At step 3 press the PLAY button or the STOP button repeat edly to select MONO Press the COUNTER RESET EXIT button HIFI will disappear from the status display If you play non Hi Fi tapes while the VCR is set to HIFI HIFI will not appear on the status display and the tape will play in monaural sound Please see additional note...

Page 45: ...01 L1 If you accidentally enter Line Input mode press the CHANNEL o p buttons or use the Number buttons to select another chan nel 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 dis...

Page 46: ...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 recording Make sure the ...

Page 47: ...re channel 3 or 4 is properly adjusted Adjust the tracking Details are on page 41 TVs placed too close to the VCR can cause interference during tape playback Move the VCR away from the TV TV programs cannot be watched normally Press the VCR TV button to put the VCR in TV position The VCR TV light will disappear Check the connections between the VCR TV antenna cable and Cable Box DBS if applicable ...

Page 48: ...120V AC 60Hz Power Consumption 16W Operating Temperature 41 F 5 C to 104 F 40 C Relative Humidity 10 to 80 Weight 5 73 lbs 2 6 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 chan...

Page 49: ...tries where the product is 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...

Page 50: ... touch recording 25 out jack 7 9 22 33 pause button 21 pause still button 19 24 35 play button 18 21 23 35 playing 23 power button 18 21 cord 7 22 light 20 quick find 40 quick find button 18 rear panel 22 rec ord light 20 rec otr button 21 record button 18 record tab 5 recording basic 24 one channel watching another 32 timer 26 29 remote control buttons 18 19 using 5 sensor 5 21 rental play 36 rep...

Page 51: ......

Page 52: ...5 6 7 8 9 0 100 CHANN EL INDEX SLOW SPEED QUICK FIND TIME EXIT COUNT ER DISPLA Y MENU RESET MEMOR Y REWIND PLAY F FWD RECOR D PAUSE STILL STOP SEARC H Remote Control 4835 218 37238 Two AA Batteries 4835 138 17012 VHS Cassette Rewinder M61117 Three Cassette Storage Cases plastic Fits VHS and Beta cassettes M61104 Stereo Audio and Video Cables 6 feet M61106 gold connectors M61105 color coded connect...