Magnavox VRT642, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...VID EO CASSETTE RECORD OWNER S MANUAL MODEL VRT642 i I ...

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Page 3: ...damage occurs Note to the CATV System Installer This reminder is provided to call the CATV system installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding in par titular specifying that ground cable shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close as to the point of cable entry as possible Copyright 1995 Philips Consumer Electronics Compa...

Page 4: ...ording One Channel Watching Another One Touch Recording 18 Rerecording Tape Duplication 19 Timer Recording 20 Setting Up the Cable Box Controller 22 Setting Up VCR Plus 24 Timer Recording With VCR Plus 27 Channel Memory 28 Language Daylight Saving Time Selection 30 Playback Options 31 Playback Features 34 TV Code Setting 35 Cable Converter Box Code Setting 36 Information You May Need Specification...

Page 5: ...nnels and when CABLE TV has been selected at the Tuner Setup menu tS _ _ B _3 0 c 3 0 O0 0 O0 _ o _j Remote Control press 0 then press the desired channel number For exam ple for channel 6 press 0 6 100 Button Iremote control before pressing Iother VCR opera tion buttons on the remote control Erase Protection Video cassette tapes have record tabs to ensure that recordings are not accidentally eras...

Page 6: ...nation Antenna Jack 2 Connect the antenna cable to your VCR 1 IIII ANT IN Jack Back of VCR RF OUI Jack 3 Connect your VCR to your TV with the black RF coaxial cable Back of VCR Wall Outlet Back of TV Jack example only OUT Jack supplied j cVomlm_iAJnalH_ion Antenna Jack 4 Select channel 3 or 4 Set the CH3 CH4 switch on the back of the VCR to CH3 or CH4 whichever channel is not used or least used in...

Page 7: ... but eventually NO TV SIGNALS will appear on screen If this happens connect an antenna or cable to the VCR and try again You cannotprogram channels ifa cable converter box is connected to a VCR that is connected to a TV If you have this kind of connection see page 38for details Before turning on your VCR make sure there are batteries in the remote control and i the VCR and TV are connected see pag...

Page 8: ...Y button to start playback 4 Press the STOP button on the remote con trol or the STOP EJECT button on the VCR to stop playback _ess the REW_ ind SEARCH button to rewind the tape 6 Press the EJECT button on the remote con trol or the STOP EJECT button on the VCR to remove the tape e e e o TVan VCR E Liil Turn the TV on and set it to channel 3 or 4 Insert a tape _ _ I vt3 nn 7301 _ _ J I UU LUI_ Pre...

Page 9: ... is recording but some distor tion will appear on the tape Read and follow the steps below to record i a telivision program Turn the TV on and set it to channel 3 or 4 whichever the CH3 CH4 switch on the back of the TV is set to 2 Insert a tape with its record tab intact see page five in the VCR The power will come on and the Cassette Inside light will appear i If the VCR light on the display pane...

Page 10: ...correct number ITT_ TIME ng 15PM _ I 4 Press two Number buttons for the month two Number buttons for the day and two Number buttons for the year For example for July 1 1995 press 07 01 95 The day of the week will appear automatically I TIME 2 15 PM _ DATE 07 01 95 l SAT I TOCORRECT PUSH CLEAR l TO END PUSH MENU J 5 Press the MENU button to start the clock The screen will return to the program you ...

Page 11: ...an choose when you want the status display to appear and for how long it will appear ON SCREEN ON Whenever you press a function button STOP FF etc the status display will appear for five seconds COUNTER ONLY Whenever you press a function button STOP FF etc the status display will appear for five seconds After five seconds only the counter informa tion will remain on screen You must press the STATU...

Page 12: ...ils see page 33 CBL Button Press to operate the Cable Converter controls Details are on page 36 Shuttle Ring Turn in either_lirection while in the Play or Still mode to vary search speed The forther the ring is rotated the faster the search speed For detail see page 33 TIME SEARCH Button Press to select the time counter number to which you want the tape automatically to forward or rewind Details a...

Page 13: ... page 11 Iord OTR Button Press to once start a recording see page nine for details Or press three to ten times to start a one touch recording an immediate timed recording 30 minutes to four hours long of the channel you are watching see page 18for details TRACKING Up Down Buttons When in Play or Slow mode press to adjust the tracking Details are on page 34 MEMORY Button Press to memorize a tape po...

Page 14: ...s light appears when the Memory function is in select ed For details see page 32 Channel Line Input Display When a number appears here the number is the channel selected When LI or L2 appears here Line Input mode has been selected Select line input by pressing Number buttons 0 0 1 or 0 0 2 or by pressing the CHANNEL Up Down buttons until AV REAR or AV FRONT appears on screen Exit Line Input mode b...

Page 15: ...ch Button When in Stop mode press to rewind the tape at high speed When in Play mode press to rewind while the picture stays on screen Details are on page 33 FWD Forward Search Button When in Stop mode press to fast for ward the tape at high speed When in Play mode press to fast forward while the picture stays on screen Details are on page 33 I_c s rI_wT_Ec_r PAUSE I i i l J STOP EJECT Button Pres...

Page 16: ... 19 DDDBDIIDOBDIIBD L I VIDEO OUT put Jack Connect a cable coming from the video input jack of a camcorder another VCR or an audio source here Details are on page 19 AC Power Cord Connect to a standard household wall outlet 120W60Hz to supply power to the VCR AI CABLEBOX CONTnO t_ OUT IN OUT i i VIDEO IN put Jack Connect a cable coming from the video output jack of a camcorder or another VCR here ...

Page 17: ...els please repeat the steps on page six then fol low the instructions above carefully Start a recording see page nine 2 Press the VCR TV button to put the VCR in TV position The VCR light will disappear from the VCR s display panel 3 you want to watch To return to the channel being recorded use the TV remote control or the TV to select channel 3 or 4 see page six for details Press the VCR TV butto...

Page 18: ...e upper left comer of the screen Recording will begin immediately Stopping an OTR To stop an OTR before recording is fin ished press the STOP button or the POWER button To cancel the OTR but continue recording press the REC ord OTR button repeatedly until REC appears on screen o Remote Control 2 Press the REC ord OTR button three to ten times to start an OTR and select a recording length O c _ O U...

Page 19: ...ord i tab playback begins If this happens press the STOP EJECT button on the VCR 1 VCR 2 will record your tape Insert a blank tape in VCR 2 Make sure the power is on and VCR 2 i is in VCR position Turn the TV on and put it on channel 3 or 4 whichever channel to which the CH3 CH4 switch on VCR 2 is set see page seven for details 4 Point your remote control at VCR 2 If you use AUDIO and VIDEO IN put...

Page 20: ... VCR will record on the same day at the same time and for the same length every week _ _ Daily IIIIII tl _llll_ I r _ _ 8 _P n Recording Menu Screen S_CrPROGRAMN_ ee_ TOE OPU_M_ 4 Use the Number buttons I 8 to select a position in which to store the timer recording Flashing numbers indicate an open position one in which a timer recording has not yet been stored NOTE If you select a number that has...

Page 21: ...ording go to step 12 12 Turn off the VCR power The Timer light will appear The VCR must be turned off for a timer recording to take place If you forget to turn the VCR off PLEASE TURN OFF VCR FOR TIMER RECORDING flashes on your TV screen two minutes before a timer recording starts You can remove it by pressing the CLEAR but ton The VCR must be off for a timer recording to take place VCR II II POWE...

Page 22: ...DE_ LECT ENDPUSHMENU 6 Press the MENU button In 15 sec onds the cable box controller will send a signal to your cable converter box If the channel of the cable con verter box channel 2 or channel 9 appears on screen go to step 7 If the channel of the cable converter box does not appear on screen press the MENU button then repeat steps 1 5 using another cable converter box code at step 5 7 Use the ...

Page 23: ...entered is incorrect in some way Press the CLEAR button on the remote control Then use the Number buttons to enter the correct number Ifyou don t complete steps 4 7 within 60seconds of completing the previous step CABLE BOX CONTROL IS OFF will appear on screen for three seconds then the on screen display will disappear Although the provided cable box controller can be operated with many different ...

Page 24: ...am the VCR with your local channel information To fill in the boxes you will need 1 a cable channel line up list if applicable you can request one from your cable company and 2 a chart that fists VCR Plus guide channel numbers which you can find in your TV guide or the TV listings of your local newspaper TV Channels Local TV Stations call letters VCR Plus Guide Channel Number GUIDE CH Local Channe...

Page 25: ...eeeo ee eo eoe eeoe oe eeeee eeeeee ee eeeeo oooeee Use the following charts if you need extra space TV Channels VCR Plus Local Channel Local TV Stations Guide Channel Number call letters Number GUIDE CH USER CH Cable Channels Cable Stations call letters VCR Plus Guide Channel Number GUIDE CH Cable Channel Number USER CH ...

Page 26: ...CORRECT PUSH CLEAR END PUSH MENU _ 7 Repeat steps 5 and 6 for all the stations on your list which have different guide channel and user channel numbers 8 Press the MENU button to exit 9 To confirm the guide channel and user channel numbers you have selected press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display Then press the Number 2 button to select VCR SET UP Finally press the Number 6 button ...

Page 27: ... have to start again at step 1 See page 37for more notes 1 Press the VCR PLUS ENTER button on the remote control The on screen display shown below will appear _RPLu_PRO_ 1 Pws COOE_ _ X_ END PUSH MENU 2 Press the Number buttons for the VCR Plus 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 ENTE...

Page 28: ... chan nels you receive into its memory 5 Wait for a few minutes while the VCR pro grams channels When programming is complete AUTO SET COMPLETED will appear on screen Then the lowest channel number placed in the VCR s memory will appear on screen Now when you press the CHANNEL Up Down buttons you will scan only through channels you receive e e e e e e e e e e Press the Number 1 button to select TV...

Page 29: ...he MENU button to exit i Adding Deleting Channels 1 4 Press the MENU button to bring up the main menu display Press the Number 3 button to select TUNER SET UP Press the Number 4 button to select ADD DELETE CH S ELECTCHANNEL NUMBER _ N_ _ _ Enter the desired chamqelnumber see Number Buttons on page 12 T0 SELECT PUSH NO SHO_ _ CH12 DELETE SELECTANOTHERCH i5 Press the Number 1 button to add that chan...

Page 30: ...me Selection Follow the step_ below to program the VCR so i its clock automatically will move forward one hour in April and tum back one hour in October Press the Number 1 button to select ON or the Number 2 button to select OFF ON will appear to the right of SELECT D S T on screen 4 Language Selection 4 Press the Number 1 button if you want the on screen displays in English Press the Number 2 but...

Page 31: ...me Search mode by pressing the TIME SEARCH button To cancel 7_meSearch mode when the VCR isfast forwarding or rewinding press Press the Number 2 button to select REPEAT PLAY ON will appear on screen i to the right of REPEAT PLAY Press the MENU button to exit Now i when a tape has finished playing the VCR i will rewind it and start playback again Time Search 3 Follow the steps below to program the ...

Page 32: ...n to the previous point at which the time counter was reset to zero when in Stop mode press the REW ind SEARCH button To return to the next point at which the time counter was reset to zero when in Stop mode press the FF SEARCH button o Q Q o Q o e J L gg 2o I Play fast forward or rewind a tape to the point that you would like to refer to later VCR 5 When in Stop mode press the REW ind SEARCH or F...

Page 33: ...o Fast Motion Press the JOG SHUTH_ E button while in the Play or Still mode The Jog Shuttle Light comes on If you do not operate the Jog Dial or Shuttle Ring for a period of 30 seconds the Jog Shuttle light will go off Turn the outer ring in either direction The farther the ring is rotated the faster the search speed Releasing the ring stops the picture in the Still mode Turn the inner dial in eit...

Page 34: ...pe cannot be ejected when a timer recording is programmed Auto Tracking The VCR has automatic tracking which continually adjusts tracking to give you the best possible 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 manually press the TRACKING Up Down buttons on the remote control NOTES To...

Page 35: ...If the remote control works your TV you re finished If the remote con trol still doesn t work your TV repeat steps 2 5 using another code There is no guarantee that the remote control will work your TV i 3 c_ l _ _ _ i _ _ o c _ o 00000 _ o _ Remote Control 6 Try step 1 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...

Page 36: ...he remote control works your cable converter box you re finished If the remote control still doesn t work your cable con verter box repeat steps 2 5 using another code i 2 i Remote Control There is no guarantee that the remote control will work your cable converter box 1 Press the CBL button then the POWER button to see if the remote control oper ates your cable converter box If it doesn t go to s...

Page 37: ...ookups if you e use accessory audio and video cables to connect your VCR to your TV you i will have to program your VCR to accept line input To enter Line Input mode press O O 1 if audio video cables are connected via the AUDIO and VIDEO IN put jacks on the rear of the VCR or 0 0 2 if audio video cables are connected via the AUDIO e and VIDEO Input jacks on the front of the VCR AV REAR or AV FRONT...

Page 38: ... VCR COMBINATION VHFAJI IFSYSTEM A F TypeConnector 1 VHF ONLY OR UIIF ONLY f ___ r 4 SEPARATE VHF UHF I SYSTEMS COMBINED C I I i i UHF VHFBandMixer notsupplied CABLE I Cable Input A I Cable Box Controller BO Cable Input Cable TV Converter Box To CABLE BOX CONTROL Jack 1 H OO90OO000gOlO00 o m nna or cable CABI__BAX _ CONTROL _F _l out to cable _ I_ rJ box co _oller CABtE eoxl 7 III 1 L _I i _ RFOUT...

Page 39: ...UHF only antenna system Even if you only plan to play tapes and view record UHF channels you still need to make one of the combination UHF VHF connections shown above This is because when your VCR operates it sends VHF signals to the TV across the RF coaxial cable I COMBINATION VEIF UHF SYSTEM I i i 1 RF Coaxial _ble _ _ supplied UFIF VHF Band Separator I not supplied UHF VHF Band Separator not su...

Page 40: ...he VCR will select the cable converter box channel automatically when you program a timer recording You can only program a timerrecording for one channel at a time When you are prompted to enter the channel you want to record select channel 3 or 4 whichever is the output channel of your cable converter box Set your cable converter box to the channel you want to record Leave the cable converter box...

Page 41: ...able converter box 4 Select the channel you want to watch at the cable converter box Use the TV channel selector to put the TV on the same chan nel as the output channel of the cable converter box Put the cable converter box on the same channel as the VCR CH3 CH4 switch 1 Use the CHANNEL Up Down buttons to select the chan nel being recorded even when programming a timer recording or a one touch re...

Page 42: ...et correctly pages 20 27 Make sure the VCR power is off Make sure the clock is set page 10 The VCR 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 Make sure the TV is on the same channel as the VCR s CH3 CH4 switch page six Make sure the VCR is in VCR position pages 13 16 Make ...

Page 43: ... places the ones you receive in its mem ory Then when you push the CHANNEL Up Down but tons you only scan through channels you receive Bands settings that allow you to tune channels Antenna VHF very high frequency channels 2 13 and UHF ultra high frequency channels 14 69 Cable all standard channels can be received without a cable converter box Dubbing copying a tape using a second VCR Frame a sing...

Page 44: ...icially 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 receipt or other document sho...

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Page 47: ...3 18 pause still button 13 playback features 34 options 31 34 play button 13 15 playing 8 power button 12 15 cord 16 rear panel 16 rec otr button 13 15 recording basic 9 one channel watching another 17 timer 20 21 vcr plus 27 remote control buttons 12 13 using 5 sensor 5 repeat playback 31 requesting service 42 rerecording 19 rewind search button 12 15 rf coaxial cable 6 39 rf output jack 16 safet...

Page 48: ...urCost 19 95 Electricalfluctuationsand powersurgescan damage yourvaluableelectronic entertainment equipment Protectyour antenna cable and electricallineswiththe MagnavoxAudio Video Equipment Surge Protector Featuresinclude Coaxial cable input output Fivegrounded outlets Built in LEDand reset button LITE4 UniversalNightLite_ Audio VideoRemote YourCost 24 95 Replace yourlostorbroken remote control o...