Introduction. Philips vr 220

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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 – and relax.

Features

• Automatic Channel Setup

• Automatic Head Cleaner

• Automatic Operation Features

• Automatic Tracking Adjustment

• Blue Background

• Daylight-Savings Time

• Display Panel

• Front Panel Menu Access

• High Quality (HQ) System

• On-Screen Displays in English or Spanish

• One-Touch Recording

• Real-Time Counter

• Remote Control with glow-in-the-dark buttons and the capability to operate a Magnavox, Philips, or Philips Magnavox TV

• Repeat Play

• S-VHS Quasi Play Back (SQPB)

• Special Effects Playback: Forward and Reverse

Searching; Still

• Timer Recording

Safety Precautions

Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture.

Federal Communications Commission Warning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’s authority to operate it.

This VCR is equipped with a High Quality (HQ) system and is compatible with existing Video Home System (VHS) equipment.

Philips Consumer Electronics recommends that you use only video cassette tapes which are labeled with the mark. The use of other tapes may result in poor picture quality and excessive deposits on the video heads, which may not be covered by the warranty if damage occurs.

Note to the Cable TV System Installer: This reminder is provided to call the Cable TV system installer’s attention to

Article 820-40 of the National Electrical Code, which provides 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.

Declaration of Conformity

Model Number:

Trade Name:

VR220CAT

Philips

Responsible Party: Philips Consumer Electronics

P.O. Box 14810

Knoxville, TN 37914-1810

(865) 521-4316

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Electronics has determined that this product meets the

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Using products with the E

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Saving energy reduces air pollution and lowers utility bills.

Copyright 2001 Philips Consumer Electronics. All rights reserved.

Helpful Hint

• Your new product, its packaging, and this manual contain materials that can be recycled and reused.

Specialized companies can recycle your product to increase the amount of reusable materials and to minimize the amount that needs to be properly disposed.

Your product uses batteries that should not be thrown away when depleted but should be disposed of as small chemical waste.

Please find out about the local regulations on disposal of your old product, batteries, manual, and packaging whenever you replace existing equipment.