Philips 14PV340 TV VCR Combo User Manual


 
1. CONNECTING YOUR TV-VIDEO COMBI 4..............
Connecting the cables 4.............................
Connecting a decoder or other equipment 4............
2. INSTALLING YOUR TV-VIDEO COMBI 5................
Initial installation 5..................................
Allocating a decoder 6..............................
Manual TV channel search 6.........................
Manual radio channel search 7.......................
Satellite receiver 7..................................
Special installation functions 7.......................
Automatic TV channel search 7......................
Channel Number Allocation 8........................
Delete a TV Channel 9...............................
Setting the language 9..............................
Setting the time and date 10..........................
Automatic time and date setting (SMART CLOCK) 10....
3. IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION 11..............
SUMMARY OF USER GUIDE 11.......................
User guide (OSD) 11.................................
4. TV SET FUNCTIONS 12..............................
Selecting a TV programme 12........................
Automatic volume control (AVL) 12....................
5. RADIO FUNCTIONS 13...............................
Selecting a radio channel 13.........................
Searching a radio channel 13........................
6. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS 14..........................
Playing a cassette 14................................
Playing NTSC cassettes 14...........................
Tape position indication 14...........................
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture
search) 14.........................................
Still picture 14......................................
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind
and rewind) 14.....................................
Instant View 14.....................................
Automatic search for a tape position (index search) 15..
Picture interference 15..............................
Cleaning the video heads 15.........................
7. MANUAL RECORDING 16............................
Recording without automatic switch-off 16............
Recording with automatic switch-off (OTR
one-touch-recording) 16.............................
Protecting your recordings 16........................
Auto-assembling 16.................................
8. PROGRAMMED RECORDING (TIMER) 17...............
’VPS’ (Video Programming System) and ’PDC’
(Programme Delivery Control) 17.....................
Programming a recording (with ’SHOWVIEW’) 17.......
Programming a recording (without ’SHOWVIEW’) 18....
How to check or change a TIMER 19..................
9. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS 20.........................
How to read TELETEXT 20............................
Selecting the display brightness 20...................
Changing the TV system 21..........................
Parental control 21..................................
Switching the On-screen display (OSD) on or off 22.....
Switching to 16:9 wide screen picture 22..............
Continuous playback 23.............................
Switch off function (SLEEP TIMER) 23.................
Switch on function (WAKE-UP TIMER) 23..............
10. Before you call an engineer 24.......................
Technical terms used 24.............................
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