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| OTHER USEFUL FUNCTIONS (cont.) | |
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| * The default setting is bold in the table below. | |
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⬛ VIDEO CALIBRATION | When this function is set to “ON”, this VCR checks the condition of the | ||
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| tape in use during playback and recording, and compensates to provide | |
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| tape or start recording after inserting a tape. | ||
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| ● During playback, this function is always working even though “VIDEO | |
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| CALIBRATION” appears just at the beginning of automatic tracking. | |
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| ● During recording, this function works only for the first EP recording and the first | |
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| SP recording on an inserted tape. | |
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| For timer recording, this function checks the tape condition both for the SP | |
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| recording and the EP recording before the first timer recording starts. | |
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| ● When you play back rental tapes or tapes recorded on other VCRs, set this | |
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| function either “ON” or “OFF” whichever gives you the best picture. | |
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⬛ PICTURE CONTROL | This function helps you to adjust the playback picture quality according | ||
AUTO (NORM): Normally select | to your preference. | ||
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| When “VIDEO | ● When you select “EDIT”, “SOFT” or “SHARP”, the selected mode will not | |
| CALIBRATION” is “OFF”, | change until you select again. | |
| ● Select "EDIT" when you are editing tapes (☞ pg. 47, 48, and 51). After you | ||
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| finish editing the tapes, select “AUTO” (“NORM” when “VIDEO | ||
| of “AUTO”. | ||
| CALIBRATION” is “OFF”.) | ||
EDIT: | Minimizes picture | ||
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| degradation during editing |
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SOFT: | Reduces image |
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| coarseness when viewing |
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| overplayed tapes |
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| containing much noise. |
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SHARP: Clearer, |
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| picture when viewing |
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| images with much flat, |
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| such as cartoons. |
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⬛ AUTO TIMER | ● When this function is set to “ON”: | ||
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| The timer recording standby mode is automatically engaged when the | |
| VCR is turned off. It is temporarily canceled when the VCR is turned | ||
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| on. You do not have to press TIMER to engage or disengage the timer | ||
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| recording standby mode. | |
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| ● When this function is set to “OFF”: | |
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| You have to press TIMER to engage or disengage the timer recording | |
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| standby mode. | |
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⬛ SUPERIMPOSE | When this function is set to “ON”, various VCR status information (on- | ||
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| screen display) appears on the screen. | |
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| ● When you use this VCR as the playback VCR for editing a tape, be sure to set | |
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| this function to “OFF”; otherwise, the VCR status information | |
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| display) will be recorded on the edited tape. | |
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| ● If you select a channel on which no signal is received, the channel number is | |
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| displayed regardless of this function setting. | |
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Refer to page 39 for setting procedures.