Philips SV2000 SVA102 Owner's Manual

Philips video cassette recorder owner's manual

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  • Page 1 Video Cassette Recorder Owner’s Manual MODEL SVA102...
  • Page 2 Return your Warranty Registration Card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. Once your purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning this prod- uct. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once.
  • Page 3: Introduction 3

    Welcome to your VCR owner’s manual. This manual has six sections: Setting Up Your VCR; Description of Controls; Basic Operations; Recording; Playing; 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 –...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Before Using Your VCR ........
  • Page 5: Before Using Your Vcr 5

    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.
  • Page 6: Hookups Without A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    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. Disconnect the antenna or cable from your TV.
  • Page 7: Hookups Without A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    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. You are ready to turn on the VCR. Please go to page 11 before turning on the VCR. AUDIO...
  • Page 8: Hookups With A Cable Box/Direct Broadcast System

    You may not program channels at the VCR. You can only program a timer recording for one channel at a time. Set the TV and the VCR to the Cable Box/DBS output channel (channel 03 or 04), and set the CH3/CH4 switch to the same channel.
  • Page 9 Recording One Channel/Watching Another Put the Cable Box/DBS on the same channel as the VCR’s CH3/CH4 switch. (Make sure the TV is on the Cable Box/DBS output channel, 03 or 04.) Then, with the VCR in VCR position (the VCR/TV light...
  • Page 10: Hookups With A Stereo Tv

    VCR. Connect a video cable to the yellow VIDEO 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. Connect an audio cable to the white AUDIO OUT Jack on the back of the VCR.
  • Page 11: Turning On Your Vcr 11

    You can not set up channels if you are using a Cable Box/DBS. The instructions on this page only work when you turn on the VCR for the first time. If there is a power failure or if the VCR is unplugged for more than one minute, you may need to repeat the instructions on this page.
  • Page 12: Automatic Channel Setup

    Make sure: The VCR is on and is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear on the display panel. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.)
  • Page 13 You also may add new channels into the memory. Make sure: The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) Press the MENU button repeatedly until the INITIALIZE menu appears.
  • Page 14: Setting The Clock

    14 Setting the Clock Follow the steps below to set your VCR’s clock. Make sure: The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) Press the MENU button repeatedly until the INITIALIZE menu appears.
  • Page 15 STOP button to enter the correct information. Press the COUNTER RESET/EXIT button to exit. • This VCR is ready for the year 2000 and the years beyond. To set a date in the year 2000, enter 2000 for the year in step 5 on page 14.
  • Page 16: Language Selection

    Follow the steps below to change the language of the on-screen menus and displays. Make sure: The VCR is on and in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.) Press the MENU button repeatedly until the INITIALIZE menu appears.
  • Page 17: On-Screen Status Displays 17

    You may access on-screen status displays by pressing the DISPLAY button repeatedly. On-screen status displays may include the current time, channel, and other information. Press the DISPLAY button once. The COUNT on-screen status display will appear for five seconds. After five seconds, only the real-time counter will appear on the screen.
  • Page 18: Remote Control Buttons

    Details are on page 34. Use to enter digits and information when programming a function in the on-screen menu (setting the clock, for example). Press to select POWER Button Press to turn the VCR on or off. Number Buttons Use to select channels. Channels 1-9 Channels 100 and above the +100 button, 1, 7.
  • Page 19: Eject Button

    Use to watch TV (changing channels at the TV) or to watch one program while recording another. Details are on page 31. Press to scan up or down through the VCR’s channels after the channels have been set up. Details are on page 12.
  • Page 20: Vcr Display Panel

    It also glows during a One-Touch Recording. It flashes when you turn off the power to set a timer recording if a tape has not been placed in the VCR. It flashes when all timer recordings have finished. CST.IN Light This light appears when a tape is in the VCR.
  • Page 21: Front Panel 21

    TV broadcast using the CHANNEL o/p or Number buttons to change channels at the VCR. The VCR/TV light will appear when the VCR is in VCR position. TV Position Use to watch TV (changing chan- nels at the TV) or to watch one program while recording anoth- er.
  • Page 22: Rear Panel

    VCR, or an audio source here. Details are on page 32. AUDIO OUT Jack Connect a cable going to the audio in jack of a camcorder, another VCR, or an audio system here. Details are on pages 10 and 32. VIDEO OUT Jack...
  • Page 23: Playing 23

    Read and follow the steps below to play a tape. Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever channel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Insert a tape in the VCR. The POWER, VCR/TV, and CST.IN lights will appear.
  • Page 24: Recording

    Read and follow the steps below to record a television program. Turn on the TV; set it to channel 3 or 4, whichever chan- nel the CH3/CH4 switch on the back of the VCR is set to. Insert a tape with its record tab intact (see page five) in the VCR.
  • Page 25: One-Touch Recording 25

    The desired recording speed (SP, SLP) has been selected with the SPEED button. There is a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape’s record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). The VCR is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.)
  • Page 26: Timer Recording

    Channels are set up. The clock is set. There is a tape in the VCR. Make sure the tape’s record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). The VCR is in VCR position. The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.
  • Page 27: Helpful Hints

    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. ONE TIME PROGRAM PROGRAM NUMBER DATE...
  • Page 28 VCR.) If a timer recording will take place several hours or days from now, you may use the VCR until time for the timer recording. Just make sure you turn off the VCR about five minutes before the scheduled start time.
  • Page 29 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.) Press the MENU button so that the TIMER PROGRAM- MING menu appears.
  • Page 30: Auto Return

    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.) Press the MENU button repeatedly until the VCR SET UP menu appears.
  • Page 31: Recording One Channel/Watching Another 31

    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. Press the VCR/TV button on the VCR remote control to put the VCR in VCR position.
  • Page 32: Rerecording (Tape Duplication)

    Make sure the record tab is intact (details are on page five). Make sure the VCR 2 power is on and VCR 2 is in VCR position. (The VCR/TV light will appear. If it does not, press the VCR/TV button once.)
  • Page 33: Repeat Play 33

    COUNTER RESET/EXIT button to exit, 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.)
  • Page 34: Special Effects Playback

    To return to playback, press the PLAY button. Super High Speed Searching (LP/SLP) During tape playback, press the F.FWD button or the REWIND button, then press again. The VCR will now search in super high speed. To return to playback, press the PLAY button.
  • Page 35: Rental Play 35

    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. There is a tape in the VCR.
  • Page 36: Real-Time Counter Memory

    Follow the steps below to reset the real-time counter to zero at a tape location you want to refer to later. 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.
  • Page 37: Automatic Playback Features 37

    VCR will not eject the tape or shut itself off. Tape Eject A tape can be ejected with the VCR power on or off (but the VCR must be plugged in). If a Timer Recording is programmed or has just finished, a tape can only be ejected with the power on.
  • Page 38: Helpful Hints

    • Noon is 12 p.m. Midnight is 12 a.m. • If the tape runs out before the recording ends, the VCR will stop, eject the tape, and turn itself off. The TIMER light will blink. (The Auto Return feature will not operate.) •...
  • Page 39: Helpful Hints

    • Gently push on the center of the tape when putting it in the VCR. Never force the tape into the VCR. • If a timer recording is set, the VCR will not accept a tape that does not have a record tab. You may only insert a tape with the record tab intact.
  • Page 40: Glossary

    HQ: high quality; a feature in the VCR circuitry which provides enhanced picture detail. Line Input: The channel to which you set your VCR during dub- bing. The line input channel is always channel 00. If you accidentally enter Line Input mode (AUX will appear on your TV screen briefly), press the CHANNEL (o/p) buttons or use the Number buttons to select another channel.
  • Page 41: Specifications 41

    Specifications 41 Video Heads Two heads Video Signal EIA standards; NTSC color Antenna VHF/UHF – 75 ohm external antenna terminal VHF Output Signal Channel 3 or 4 (switchable) 75 ohms unbalanced Power Requirement 120V AC; 60Hz Power Consumption Operating Temperature 41°F (5°C) to 104°F (40°C) Relative Humidity 10% to 80%...
  • Page 42: Limited Warranty

    Consumer Electronics Company. In countries where Philips Consumer Electronics Company does not distribute the product, the local Philips service Philips Service Solutions Group, P.O. Box 2976, Longview, Texas 75606, VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER 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).
  • Page 43: Index 43

    ...32 eject...37 speed...40 time (setting)...14-15 timer light...20 recording cancelling...29 correcting ...29 setting...26-28 tracking...37 hookups ...6-10, 32 position...19, 21, 31, 39 vcr position...19, 21 vcr/tv button ...19, 21 vcr/tv light...20 video in/out jacks ...10, 22, 32, 40 warranty ...42...
  • Page 44: Accessories

    UPPLIED The following items are supplied with your VCR; they are provided to help you use or set up your VCR. Remote Control 4835 218 37256 Two AA Batteries 4835 138 17012 PTIONAL The following additional items are not provided with your VCR, but they are designed for use with your new VCR.

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