PHILIPS VR400/58
Manual de Usuario

Searching for tape position without the picture (wind and rewind)
a Stop the tape with the STOP h button. b Press the [ (reverse) or I (forward) button. c To stop at a certain picture, press the STOP h button.

Picture interference
When the picture quality is poor when you play a cassette, please follow these instructions.

Tracking during playback
a While a cassette is playing, hold the P q button until

Instant View
With this function you can switch to picture search during wind and rewind.
a If you hold the [ (rewind) or I (wind) button

�TRAC� (tracking) appears on the display.
b Hold the P r or P q button until the picture quality is

at its best.

c Wait a few seconds, until �TRAC� disappears from the

display. This picture setting will not change until you eject the cassette.

during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search.
b When you release the button, the video recorder will

Tracking during still picture
If the still picture vibrates vertically, you can improve the still picture as follows:
a During still picture, hold the P q or P r button until

automatically switch back to rewind or wind.

Automatic search for a tape position (index search)
At the start of each recording, the video recorder will write an index code on the tape.
a Press the INDEX E button and then the I button to

the picture quality is at its best. The video recorder will store this setting automatically. D Please note, however, that interference may still occur with poor quality cassettes.

select the next code mark or the previous code mark.

[

button for the

Cleaning the video heads
If horizontal lines appear on the screen when you play a cassette, you should clean the video heads.

b When the video recorder finds the code mark, it will

automatically switch to play.

Automatic search for a blank space on the tape
You can search for a space on the tape (at least 1 minute of blank tape) for a new recording, for example, after an existing recording on the tape.
a Press the INDEX E button. Then press the STOP h

button.
b When the video recorder find a blank space, it will

a While a cassette is playing, hold the PLAY G button until

automatically switch to �pause�. D If no empty space has been found when the end of the tape is reached, the cassette will be ejected.

�HEAD� appears on the display. The video heads will now be cleaned. The video recorder will automatically switch to play again.

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