Philips MatchLine VR 820 User manual

6 head HiFi VCR
• Smart Picture
• Tape List
• Turbo Timer
• Record Link
• Dirty Head Warning
• Automatic Longplay Recording
• Super Multisystem with NTSC Tuner
• Jog Shuttle Multibrand TV Remote Control
with glow buttons
VR 820
VR 820

6 head HiFi VCR
Product Information
Reception
• Tuner: UHF + VHF + Hyperband
• Tuner System: BG, DK, I, K1, M
• Tuning: FST, 99 presets
• Tuning/Install Features: Auto Channel preset, Manual Search/Store
• Sound System Off Air: NICAM I/BG, 2CS BG, Mono
Video System
• Video Systems: REC: PAL/MESECAM/NTSC 3.58 & 4.43
PLAY: PAL/MESECAM/PAL 60/NTSC 3.58 & 4.43
• Picture Improvement System: Crystal Clear Video, SMART Picture, Digital
Noise Reduction
Sound System
• Audio Recording System: Linear, FM audio
• Audio Recording Level: Automatic
• Audio Dubbing: yes
User Interface
• OSD Menu Languages: /55: English, Chinese
/75: English
• Tape List: yes
• Tape Position Indicator: yes
• Special Features: Child Lock
• Commercial Skip: yes
Remote Control Unit
• Remote Control type: 3.1M/G, Jog/Shuttle, glow buttons
• Remote Control codes: TV Multibrand,VCR-RC5
• Alternate Channel button: yes
Programming
• Number of Events: 8/year
• G-Code/ShowView: /55, /75: yes
• Programming Mode: Quick Programming,Turbo Timer
• Record Link: yes
•
Record Speed: Standard Play (SP), Long Play (LP), Super Long Play (SLP, NTSC)
Tape Deck
• Number of (S-)VHS Video / FM Audio / Flying Erase Heads: 4/2/-
•Play:-1,+1, repeat
• Additional Playback Features: Still, Fast Search Speed, Slow Motion,
Reverse Slow Motion
• Repeat Play: 100 times
• Index Related Functions: Next/Previous index search
• Record End Search: yes
• Tape Counter: Real Time Counter,Time Left
• Automatic Functions: Auto Play, Auto Rewind, Auto Eject
• Winding / Rewinding Time: 110 sec
• Head Cleaning Mode: Automatic
• Dirty Head Warning: yes
Connectors Rear
• Video in/out: RCA/RCA
• Audio in/out: Stereo, RCA/RCA
• Terrestrial Antenna In & Out: 75 Ohm
Connectors Front
• Audio/Video Conn. Front: RCA/RCA
General
• Power Voltage: 110-240V, 50/60Hz
• Backup Presets & Timer Events: 6 months
• Backup Clock: 6 months
• Power Cons. in Play / Std-By: 16.4/4.1
• Equipment Supplied: Remote Control, Batteries, Aerial Cable,
/75: RCA A/V cable
• Weight incl. / excl. package in kg: 6.4/4.6
• Set Size - W x D x H (mm): 435x330x94
• Packaging - W x D x H (mm): 562x466x200
Color
• Front, side panels: Silver Shadow
•Cover:Silver Shadow
VR 820
VR 820
Subject to modification without notice
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Product Highlights
• Turbo Drive
Turbo Drive is not only a synonym for winding and rewinding at very high
speed. It also stands for other high performance Deck features.The built-in
Head Cleaner removes dirt from the video heads each time you put in a
cassette.The new Dirty Head Warning feature will display a message on
the TV screen whenever it is recommended to use a cleaning tape to over-
come severe dirt coating. In addition there’s a Tape Position Indicator,
which shows on your TV screen the progress of winding and rewinding of
the tape in real time.
• Crystal Clear Video
With Crystal Clear Video, Philips has created the perfect combination of
technologies to guarantee the best possible picture quality:
• Digital Studio Picture Control: Optimises the picture rendition regardless
of the quality of tape used.
• Studio Tracking System: It improves the tracking accuracy and reduces
the noise caused by adjacent tracks.
• Natural Colour: Removes any kind of noise from the colour in the pic-
ture.
• SMART Picture
With this unique feature, you can adapt the picture to your own prefer-
ence: you can enhance the contours on a cartoon or suppress the noise
from a rental tape.We offer you the possibility to play your tapes the way
you like to see them.
• Tape List
Philips’Tape List offers a convenient and easy to use tape content
information system for your most frequently used tapes (up to 9).
You can use any tape, even those with existing recordings.To browse
through the content of your most frequently used tapes, simply press the
Tape List button on the remote control.The complete tape content
overview will be shown on the TV screen. And you have immediate access
to any recording just by selecting the desired recording (from the
information displayed on your TV screen). On top of that you can edit the
titles whenever you want to.
• Turbo Timer
Is Timer Programming complicated? No!
Is Timer Programming time consuming? No!
Just push the Turbo Timer button on the remote control and follow the
Mini Guide on the rear side of your Remote Control.The display of your
VCR asks you for the start and end time as well as the channel number.
That’s it. Just a number of seconds.
• Record Link
You want to record a channel from your satellite receiver or any other
external device when you’re not at home, or while you watch another
channel at the same time? And you want to set your receiver to switch on
at a specific time?
Just activate the ‘RECORD LINK’, put the VCR in standby and programme
the desired timer on your satellite receiver - when the satellite receiver
switches on, the VCR will start the recording automatically.
• G-Code/ShowView
G-Code/ShowView provides you an easy way of programming your VCR.
Just enter the G-Code/ShowView number from your magazine and the
programming is done.
• Super Multi System with NTSC Tuner
This VCR is equipped with an additional NTSC tuner for easy NTSC record-
ing off-air.The VCR can record and playback in PAL, NTSC and
ME-SECAM standard.
• Multibrand Remote Control
Your Remote Control can control not only your VCR but also your TV.
You can select from a large variety of supported brands.