5.PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
Playing a cassette
aPut a cassette into the cassette slot.
bPress the PLAY G button.
c If you press the STOP h button once, the
d To eject the cassette, press the ? button.
Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture or poor sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine. Please read ’Eliminating picture interference’.
Some functions switch off automatically after a while (for example, pause, still picture, picture search). This helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting power.
Playing NTSC cassettes
With this set you can play cassettes that have been recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for example, American cassettes).
Some special features (for example, still picture) are not possible while you are playing an NTSC cassette.
Tape position indication
Press the OK button to display the current tape position.
Searching for tape position with the picture (picture search)
a While a cassette is playing, press the H (reverse) or
I(forward) button once or several times.
b To stop at a certain picture, press the PLAY G button.
During picture search, the picture quality may not be so good and there will be no sound.
Still picture
aPress the STILL R button. A still picture will appear on the screen.
bEach time you press STILL R again, the picture will move on one step.
Searching for tape position without the picture (wind and rewind)
a Stop the tape with the STOP h button.
bPress the H (reverse) or I (forward) button.
c To stop at a certain picture, press the STOP h button.
Instant View
With this function you can switch to picture search during wind and rewind.
a If you hold the H (rewind) or I (wind) button during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search.
bWhen you release the button, the
Automatic search for a tape position (index search)
At the start of each recording, the
a Press the INDEX E button. Press the I button to select the next code mark or the H button for the previous code mark.
bWhen the
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