Philips VR 708/07 manual

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    T T a a b b l l e e o o f f c c o o n n t t e e n n t t s s Intr oduction Connecting the video r ecorder Initial installation Settings Operating instructions Pla yback Removing pictur e interfer ence Manual r ecording Pr ogrammed r ecordings Other functions Suppr essing interfer ence Befor e you call an engineer Important notes for operation . . . [...]

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    VR 708/07 Operating instructions with[...]

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    R EMO TE CONTR OL E NGLISH 2 2 R R e e m m o o t t e e c c o o n n t t r r o o l l E E J J E E C C T T J J ä Eject inserted cassette S S T T A A N N D D B B Y Y / / O O N N m m ä Switch set on / off ä Interrupt function ä Interrupt pr ogrammed recording C C L L E E A A R R / / C C L L ä Delete TV channel / entr y S S M M A A R R T T * * ä sel[...]

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    I MPOR T ANT NO TES FOR OPERA TION E NGLISH 4 4 I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n 1 1 Y ou should not under any cir cumstances open the set yourself. Y ou would expose y ourself to the risk of an electric shock fr om the hazardous high v oltage inside . I I m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t n n o o t t e e s s f f o o r r o o p p e e r [...]

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    E NGLISH T HE MOST IMPOR T ANT FUNCTIONS 5 5 MODEL NO . VR 708/07 PR OD . NO . .............................. So that y ou can identify y our machine in the e vent of theft, enter the serial n umber (PR OD . NO) here. Y ou will find it on the type plate on the back of the set. T T h h e e m m o o s s t t i i m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t f f u u [...]

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    I MPOR T ANT INFORMA TION FOR CUST OMERS IN G REA T B RIT AIN E NGLISH 6 6 I I m m p p o o r r t t a a n n t t i i n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n f f o o r r c c u u s s t t o o m m e e r r s s i i n n G G r r e e a a t t B B r r i i t t a a i i n n This set is fitted with an appr oved moulded 13 amp plug. T o change the fuse in this plug [...]

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    E NGLISH R EMO TE CONTR OL / CONNECTION WITH A SCAR T SOCKET 7 7 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g t t h h e e v v i i d d e e o o r r e e c c o o r r d d e e r r 2 2 C C o o n n n n e e c c t t i i n n g g t t o o a a T T V V s s e e t t w w i i t t h h a a s s c c a a r r t t s s o o c c k k e e t t 2 Switch off your TV set 3 Remov e the ae[...]

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    C ONNECTING T O A TV SET WITHOUT SC AR T SOCKET E NGLISH 8 8 5 T ake a scart cable and connect one end to the scar t sock et on the back of your TV set and the other to the scar t sock et A A V V 1 1 E E X X T T 1 1 on the back of the video recor der 6 T ake the enclosed mains cable and connect the appr opriate end to the mains socket 4 4 on the ba[...]

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    E NGLISH C ONNECTING ADDITIONAL DEVICES 9 9 5 T ake the enclosed mains cable and connect the appr opriate ends to the mains socket 4 4 on the back of the video recor der and the other to the nearest fr ee sock et 6 Switch on your TV set and select on y our TV set the pr ogramme number which will in future be used f or operation with the video recor[...]

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    S ETTING TV CHANNELS , D A TE AND TIME E NGLISH 10 10 1 Using the O O K K button activate the automatic initial installation S S e e t t t t i i n n g g T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s , , d d a a t t e e a a n n d d t t i i m m e e f f o o r r t t h h e e f f i i r r s s t t t t i i m m e e I I n n i i t t i i a a l l i i n n s s t t a a l[...]

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    E NGLISH S EARCHING FOR A TV CHANNEL MANUALL Y 11 11 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessar y - select the pr ogramme number set f or video recor der operation S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g f f o o r r a a T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l m m a a n n u u a a l l l l y y 4 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  MANUAL SEA[...]

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    A LLOCA TING DECODER E NGLISH 12 12 7 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  PROGRAMME NUMBER  and use P P or Q Q to select the pr ogramme position wher e y ou wish to store the TV station y ou ha ve f ound P P R R O O B B L L E E M M 8 8 I I c c a a n n n n o o t t f f i i n n d d t t h h e e T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l[...]

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    E NGLISH U SING A SA TELLITE RECEIVER 13 13 U U s s i i n n g g a a s s a a t t e e l l l l i i t t e e r r e e c c e e i i v v e e r r Those TV channels which are r eceived via a satellite r eceiver connected (to the scar t sock et A A V V 2 2 E E X X T T 2 2 ) can be view ed on the video r ecorder on pr ogramme number  E2 . On the remote co[...]

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    S EARCHING FOR A TV CHANNEL AUT OMA TICALL Y E NGLISH 14 14 S S e e t t t t i i n n g g s s 4 4 1 Switch on the TV set and - if necessar y - select the pr ogramme number set f or video recor der operation S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g f f o o r r a a T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y 5 The[...]

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    E NGLISH S OR TING AND CLEARING OF TV CHANNELS MANUALL Y 15 15 S S o o r r t t i i n n g g a a n n d d c c l l e e a a r r i i n n g g o o f f T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s m m a a n n u u a a l l l l y y After y ou ha ve perf ormed the automatic channel sear ch y ou ma y not agr ee with the sequence in which the individual TV channels ha[...]

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    S OR TING TV CHANNELS AUT OMA TIC ALL Y E NGLISH 16 16 S S o o r r t t i i n n g g T T V V c c h h a a n n n n e e l l s s a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y ( ( F F o o l l l l o o w w T T V V ) ) After you ha ve performed the automatic channel sear ch you ma y not agree with the sequence in which the individual TV channels ha ve [...]

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    9 Lea ve the on-scr een menu with the M M E E N N U U button 8 Check the settings displa yed f or year , month, date and time and stor e them by pr essing O O K K . The screen will sho w  STORED  E NGLISH C HANGING THE TIME AND DA TE 17 17 C C h h a a n n g g i i n n g g t t h h e e t t i i m m e e a a n n d d d d a a t t e e 6 Use = = P P - [...]

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    G ENERAL INFORMA TION / N A VIGA TION E NGLISH 18 18 O O p p e e r r a a t t i i n n g g i i n n s s t t r r u u c c t t i i o o n n s s 5 5 G G e e n n e e r r a a l l i i n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n A A u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c s s w w i i t t c c h h - - o o f f f f If the video recor der is not used for several min utes, it s[...]

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    E NGLISH P LA YING C ASSETTES / PLA YING B A CK NTSC CASSETTE 19 19 1 Inser t a VHS cassette in the cassette opening on the fr ont of the video r ecorder . The tape will be caught and automatically placed in the corr ect position. The displa y will show  v v  2 Press the Pla yback button C C to pla y the tape 3 Press the Stop button h on the [...]

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    S ELECTING T APE POSITION DISPLA Y TYPE E NGLISH 20 20 D D i i s s p p l l a a y y i i n n g g t t a a p p e e p p o o s s i i t t i i o o n n If the C C O O U U N N T T E E R R button is pr essed during pla yback and recor ding the curr ent tape position will be briefly displa yed on the scr een. There ar e three diff er ent types of displa y a va[...]

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    E NGLISH D ISPLA Y / RESET / FIND T APE POSITION 21 21 1 During pla yback press H (r ewind) or I (forwar d) S S e e a a r r c c h h i i n n g g f f o o r r t t a a p p e e p p o o s s i i t t i i o o n n w w i i t t h h p p i i c c t t u u r r e e ( ( p p i i c c t t u u r r e e s s e e a a r r c c h h ) ) 2 Interrupt the sear ch where ver y ou lik[...]

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    1 T o stop the pictur e , press the Still button R during pla yback S S t t i i l l l l p p i i c c t t u u r r e e / / s s l l o o w w m m o o t t i i o o n n 2 K eep R pressed down to pla y back the picture in slo w motion or press R sev eral times in succession in order to mo v e the picture f orward frame by frame S EARCH FOR T APE POSITION / S[...]

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    E NGLISH C OMMERCIAL SKIP 23 23 1 During pla yback, press button G S S k k i i p p p p i i n n g g c c o o m m m m e e r r c c i i a a l l s s Do you get anno yed b y the commer cial br eaks which ar e recor ded along with your pr ogrammes ? With the function Commer cial Skip y ou can skip these quickly and easil y . 2 The video r ecorder win[...]

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    S ELECTING PICTURE SETTING E NGLISH 24 24 S S e e l l e e c c t t i i n n g g p p i i c c t t u u r r e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g ( ( S S m m a a r r t t P P i i c c t t u u r r e e ) ) Using the button S S M M A A R R T T * * the picture settings can be displa yed and alter ed during pla yback. There ar e four diff er ent settings a vailable .[...]

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    E NGLISH O PTIMIZING T RA CKING / STILL PICTURE 25 25 1 During pla yback press the M M E E N N U U button on the remote contr ol. The on-screen men u appears O O p p t t i i m m i i z z i i n n g g t t r r a a c c k k i i n n g g 2 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  PLAY FUNCTIONS  and confirm with P 3 Use = = P P - - or ; ;[...]

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    C LEANING VIDEO HEADS E NGLISH 26 26 P P R R O O B B L L E E M M 8 8 I I c c a a n n   t t g g e e t t o o p p t t i i m m a a l l q q u u a a l l i i t t y y 4 4 When using rental cassettes or older ta pes, it ma y not be possible to get rid of all interfer ence completely T T I I P P T T h h e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g i i s s r r e e t[...]

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    E NGLISH S T AR TING / ST OPPING RECORDING MANUALL Y 27 27 3 Use the buttons = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the pr ogramme number , under which your video recor der has stor ed the desired TV channel S S t t a a r r t t i i n n g g a a n n d d s s t t o o p p p p i i n n g g o o f f r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g m m a a n n u u a a l l [...]

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    S T AR TING RECORDING MANUALL Y / ST OPPING AUT OMA TIC ALL Y E NGLISH 28 28 2 Use the buttons = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the pr ogramme number , under which your video recor der has stor ed the desired TV channel S S t t a a r r t t i i n n g g r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g m m a a n n u u a a l l l l y y / / s s t t o o p p p p i [...]

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    E NGLISH L INING UP RECORDINGS / RECORDING SPEED 29 29 L L i i n n i i n n g g u u p p m m a a n n u u a a l l r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s 2 Press the Stop button h at the point where y ou want the ne w r ecording to start (the displa y will show 9 ) 3 Press the Recor d button n in the usual wa y to star t the ne w recor ding 1 Look at [...]

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    A CTIV A TE / DEA CTIV A TE DIRECT RECORDING E NGLISH 30 30 A A c c t t i i v v a a t t e e / / d d e e a a c c t t i i v v a a t t e e d d i i r r e e c c t t r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g 5 Use P P or Q Q to select the setting  ON  to enable dir ect r ecordings, or  OFF  to deactivate this function. 7 Lea ve the on-scr een menu [...]

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    E NGLISH M AKING A DIRECT RECORDING 31 31 M M a a k k i i n n g g a a d d i i r r e e c c t t r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g 1 The direct r ecord function must be activated in the on-scr een menu (see pr evious page). No direct r ecordings can be made unless this function has been activated 2 Inser t a cassette without erase pr otection [...]

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    R ECORDING AUT OMA TIC ALL Y FR OM A SA TELLITE RECEIVER E NGLISH 32 32 Y ou can only use this function if y ou hav e a satellite receiv er which can control other de vices via a scar t cable R R e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c a a l l l l y y f f r r o o m m a a s s a a t t e e l l l l i i t t e e r r e e c c e [...]

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    E NGLISH P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS + 33 33 P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m e e d d r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s 9 9 P P R R O O B B L L E E M M P P A A R R D D O O N N ? ? 1 Press the T T I I M M E E R R button k k P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g t t i i m m e e r r w w i i t t h h V V I I D D E E O O P P l l u u s[...]

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    P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITH VIDEO P LUS +E NGLISH 34 34 5 The data of pre viously entered VIDEO Plus recor dings are displa y ed. If necessar y select the entr y fields with with P P or Q Q and enter date , programme number , star t time or end time with = = P P - - , ; ; P P + + or 0 0 - - 9 9 6 Confirm with O O K K . The scr een will show the messag[...]

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    E NGLISH P R OBLEM SOL VING (VIDEO P LUS -P R OGRAMMING ) 35 35 P P r r o o b b l l e e m m s s o o l l v v i i n n g g ( ( V V I I D D E E O O P P l l u u s s - - P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g ) ) E E r r r r o o r r m m e e s s s s a a g g e e : :   P P L L U U S S C C O O D D E E N N U U M M B B E E R R Ä P P - - - - Å  [...]

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    P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITHOUT VIDEO P LUS E NGLISH 36 36 1 Press the button T T I I M M E E R R k k P P r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g t t i i m m e e r r w w i i t t h h o o u u t t V V I I D D E E O O P P l l u u s s + + D D a a i i l l y y / / w w e e e e k k l l y y r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s If you lik e , you can use S S E[...]

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    E NGLISH P R OGRAMMING TIMER WITHOUT VIDEO P LUS 37 37 8 Check that the date, pr ogramme number , star t and finish time ar e shown corr ectly on the scr een. Confirm with O O K K . The scr een will show  STORED  7 Use P P or Q Q to select the entry field  END.  and use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + or the number buttons 0 0 - - 9 9 to ent[...]

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    P R OBLEM SOL VING (T IMER PR OGRAMMING )E NGLISH 38 38 P P r r o o b b l l e e m m s s o o l l v v i i n n g g ( ( T T i i m m e e r r p p r r o o g g r r a a m m m m i i n n g g ) ) E E r r r r o o r r m m e e s s s s a a g g e e : :   S S W W I I T T C C H H T T O O S S T T A A N N D D B B Y Y - - T T I I M M E E R R R R E E C C O O R R D [...]

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    E NGLISH D ELETE / CHECK / CHANGE RECORDINGS /N EX TV IEW 39 39 D D e e l l e e t t e e / / c c h h e e c c k k / / c c h h a a n n g g e e p p r r o o g g r r a a m m m m e e d d r r e e c c o o r r d d i i n n g g s s 4 D D e e l l e e t t e e : : P r ess C C L L E E A A R R ( ( C C L L ) ) , , confirm with the button O O K K (screen shows  TI[...]

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    A UT OMA TIC SWITCH - OFF / C HILD LOCK E NGLISH 40 40 A A d d j j u u s s t t i i n n g g a a u u t t o o m m a a t t i i c c s s w w i i t t c c h h - - o o f f f f If the video recor der is not used for several min utes, it switches itself off automatically . If you want to use the video recor der as a TV receiv er , you can deactivate the autom[...]

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    E NGLISH R EPLA YING C ASSETTE CONTINUOUSL Y 41 41 R R e e p p l l a a y y i i n n g g c c a a s s s s e e t t t t e e c c o o n n t t i i n n u u o o u u s s l l y y This function can be used to pla y a tape ov er and ov er again. If the end of the cassette or of the r ecording has been r eached, the video recor der automatically re winds to the s[...]

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    C HANGING THE TV SYSTEM E NGLISH 42 42 C C h h a a n n g g i i n n g g t t h h e e T T V V s s y y s s t t e e m m When pla ying back cassettes which ha ve been r ecorded with signals fr om a differ ent TV system ther e ma y be interfer ence with the colour .T o deactivate the automatic change to a differ ent TV system, you must f ollow these steps[...]

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    E NGLISH A DJUSTING OSD INFORMA TION / A UDIO RECORDING 43 43 A A d d j j u u s s t t i i n n g g t t h h e e O O S S D D i i n n f f o o r r m m a a t t i i o o n n If this function is activated, the current operating details of the video r ecorder will be briefl y displa y ed on the screen W W h h a a t t i i s s a a n n O O S S D D ? ? The on-sc[...]

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    A UDIO D UBBING E NGLISH 44 44 2 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the corr esponding pr ogramme number W W h h i i c c h h i i s s t t h h e e c c o o r r r r e e c c t t p p r r o o g g r r a a m m m m e e n n u u m m b b e e r r ? ? Socket Programme number A A V V 1 1 E E X X T T 1 1 (Rear) E1 A A V V 2 2 E E X X T T 2 2 (Rear) E2 A A U U[...]

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    E NGLISH A UDIO D UBBING 45 45 3 Press the M M E E N N U U button. The on-screen menu appears 4 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  RECORDING FUNCTIONS  and confirm with P P 5 Use = = P P - - or ; ; P P + + to select the option  AUDIO DUBBING  and confirm with P P 0 On the connected sound sour ce start the pla yback of [...]

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    S ELECTING THE SOUND CHANNEL / M ANUAL MUTE E NGLISH 46 46 2 Press the S S E E L L E E C C T T button sev eral times until the desired setting can be seen on the scr een T T I I P P W W h h a a t t g g o o e e s s o o n n b b e e h h i i n n d d t t h h e e s s e e t t t t i i n n g g s s ? ? STEREO : Both left and right stereo sound tracks can be [...]

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    E NGLISH D EMONSTRA TION MODE / E NERGY - SA VING MODE 47 47 1 Press M M E E N N U U . The on-screen men u appears D D e e m m o o n n s s t t r r a a t t i i o o n n m m o o d d e e In this operating mode, the video recor der automatically giv es a demonstration of its functions after s witching off. Programmed recor dings are obviousl y performed[...]

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    A D APTING REMO TE CONTR O L / S MAR T C LOCK E NGLISH 48 48 1 During pla yback pr ess the M M E E N N U U button on the remote contr ol. The on-screen men u appears 4 Now pr ess, on the r emote contr ol, s s i i m m u u l l t t a a n n e e o o u u s s l l y y on the buttons S S E E L L E E C C T T and the number button corr esponding to the pre vi[...]

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    E NGLISH U SING THE TV REMO TE CONTR OL 49 49 U U s s i i n n g g t t h h e e T T V V r r e e m m o o t t e e c c o o n n t t r r o o l l With the enclosed multicode r emote control y ou can control the main functions of your TV set. T o do this, you must first enter the mak e of your TV set. 1 Find the mak e of your TV set from the list belo w and[...]

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    O PTIMIZING THE MODULA T OR E NGLISH 50 50 O O p p t t i i m m i i z z i i n n g g t t h h e e m m o o d d u u l l a a t t o o r r If the TV set and the video recorder ar e only connected with an aerial cable - rather than with an additional scart cable - it ma y happen that in certain reception locations the modulator frequency of the video r ecor[...]

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    E NGLISH S WITCHING THE MODULA T OR ON / OFF 51 51 S S w w i i t t c c h h i i n n g g t t h h e e m m o o d d u u l l a a t t o o r r o o n n / / o o f f f f If picture and sound interf erence cannot be remo ved by optimising the modulator , the integral modulator can be switched off. W arning: this is only possible if y ou hav e connected the vid[...]

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    P R OBLEM SOL VING / T ECHNIC AL D A T A E NGLISH 52 52 T T h h e e s s e e t t i i s s s s t t i i l l l l n n o o t t r r e e a a c c t t i i n n g g , , t t h h e e d d i i s s p p l l a a y y s s h h o o w w s s e e . . g g . .   E000   4 4 Remov e the mains plug from the sock et, hold down the Standby button m m on the front of the[...]

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    E NGLISH N O TES 53 53 N N o o t t e e s s[...]

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    N O TES E NGLISH 54 54 N N o o t t e e s s[...]

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