Optimus 109 owner manual Visual Search, Variable-Speed Slow Motion

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Visual Search

Visual search lets you play a tape at a faster speed (either forward or backward) so you can search for a specific section of the tape. You can select normal or fast visual search speeds.

For normal visual search speed, during play-

back, press or once (or turn and hold the shuttle dial on the VCR clockwise or coun- terclockwise about halfway).

CH	AM/	0	INPUT
	100/ PM
			ZERO BACK
MENU	SET		CANCEL
RECORD		PLAY	PAUSE
			/STILL
REW		STOP	FF

For fast visual search speed, during normal

visual search press or (or turn the shut- tle dial on the VCR fully clockwise or counter- clockwise).

To stop visual search and return to normal playback, press PLAY.

Notes:

•VCR must appear on the VCR’s display to use visual search. If it does not, press TV/ VCR so VCR appears.

•During visual search, the sound is muted and the picture quality is lower than during normal playback. The search picture is best with tapes recorded at the EP speed.

Variable-Speed Slow Motion

You can play a tape in slow-motion and vary the slow-motion speed.

To start slow-motion playback, during play- back, freeze-frame, or visual search, press SLOW. The tape plays at 1/10 of the normal playback speed.

MENU	SET		CANCEL
RECORD		PLAY	PAUSE
			/STILL
REW		STOP	FF

Press SLOW to increase, or SLOW to de- crease the slow-motion playback speed.

MENU	SET		CANCEL
RECORD		PLAY	PAUSE
			/STILL
REW		STOP	FF

Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

Notes:

•The slow motion picture is best with tapes recorded at the EP speed.

•During slow motion, the sound is muted.

•To protect the VCR’s heads, if you leave the VCR in slow-motion play for 5 minutes, the VCR automatically returns to normal playback.

•To reduce or eliminate jitter in a slow- motion picture, press PAUSE/STILL , then press and hold down CH or CH until the pic- ture is clear.

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