Philips DVD740VR Owners Manual - Page 33

DVD740VR 4/12/02 12:08 PM Page 33 One-Touch Recording 33 VCR One-Touch Recording (OTR) lets you set an immediate timed recording 30 minutes to eight hours long. Before you begin: q Place the DVD/VCR in VCR mode. Press OUTPUT SELECT so the green VIDEO light appears on the front of the DVD/VCR. q Place the DVD/VCR in VCR position. Press VCR/TV so the green VCR/TV light appears on the front of the DVD/VCR. q Set up the TV channels at the DVD/VCR. Details are on page 24. q Select a recording speed (SP, SLP) with the SPEED button. q Put a tape in the cassette compartment of the DVD/VCR. Make sure the tape's record tab is intact and the tape is long enough to record the program(s). q If the end of a tape is reached during an OTR, the DVD/VCR will eject the tape. The DVD/VCR will switch to DVD mode immediately, and the TIMER light will blink. To let the OTR continue, insert another tape in the DVD/VCR. To return to VCR mode, press TIMER on the front of the DVD/VCR to cancel the OTR, then press OUTPUT SELECT so the green VIDEO light appears on the front of the DVD/VCR. 2 3 1 Press VCR, then press CHANNEL/SKIP j/i (p/o) or the Number buttons to select the channel you want to record. 2 Press REC/OTR repeatedly until the desired recording length (30 minutes to eight hours) appears on the screen. Recording will begin immediately. The REC light and the TIMER light will appear on the front of the DVD/VCR. MARKER POWER SETUP AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE REC/OTR TITLE REPEAT CHANNEL/SKIP CLEAR MODE REPEAT A-B RETURN OUTPUT SELECT DVD DISC VCR MENU OK 1 STOP PLAY REW FF PAUSE TIMER SET 1 23 VCR/TV 4 56 MEMORY 7 89 +10 0 SPEED SEARCH MODE DISPLAY ZOOM SLOW TIME SEARCH STATUS/EXIT OTR (0:30) CH12 3 To stop an OTR before recording is finished, press STOP C (p). To cancel the OTR but continue recording, press REC/OTR repeatedly until REC appears in the upper left corner of the TV screen. (STATUS must be ON. See page 30 for details.) The REC light will remain on the front of the DVD/VCR, but the TIMER light will disappear. When the OTR finishes, if no timer recordings are set, the TIMER light will blink. The DVD/VCR will switch to DVD mode automatically. To return to VCR mode, press TIMER SET to turn off the TIMER light, then press OUTPUT SELECT so the green VIDEO light appears on the front of the DVD/VCR. Helpful Hints • To check the time remaining for an OTR, press DISPLAY/STATUS/EXIT. • To change the recording length while an OTR is in progress, press REC/OTR until the desired length appears on the screen. • You can begin an OTR when another recording is paused. • You cannot pause an OTR. • If the preset time for a timer recording comes up during an OTR, the OTR has priority. A message will remind you when the timer recording was scheduled to begin. You may let the OTR continue; the timer recording will not take place. Or, press STOP C (p) to stop the OTR and press TIMER SET immediately. The timer recording will take place if you press TIMER SET before the timer recording's scheduled start time.