Philips VR620/58 Searching for a tape position with picture scanning, Still picture / slow motion

aThe counter does not move

b This occurs when there are no recordings on a portion of a tape. Therefore, the video recorder cannot receive any information from the tape. This is not a fault in your machine.

aThe display/the screen shows '-0:01:20'

b If you rewind a cassette from the tape position '0:00:00', the counter will show for instance, '-0:01:20' (the cassette will be rewound to 1 minute and 20 seconds before '0:00:00').

a' is displayed in the ' REMAIN' counter

b This counter will automatically recognise the length of the tape. In addition, when you put in a cassette the video recorder must first calculate the time played. Therefore, '-:--' appears first and only after the tape has been running for a few seconds will the correct playing time be shown.

Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning)

1	While a cassette is playing, press H (reverse) or I (forward) one
0:30:21	or more times. This will, for example, appear in the display:
2	To stop at a certain place on the tape, press PLAY G .
	Decreased picture quality
	Scanning interferes with the picture quality. The sound is switched off. This is
	not a fault in your machine.

Still picture / slow motion

1	During playback, press STILL R to stop the tape and display a still
0:00:02	picture. This will, for example, appear in the display:
2	Each time you press STILL R , the picture will advance one frame.

3When you hold down the STILL R button, the tape will be played in slow motion.

4When you press I several times, you have a choice of several playback speeds for slow motion.

5 To continue playback, press PLAY G .

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