Toshiba MW24F12 Zero return function Video head cleaning, Press Display, Video head clogging

DISPLAY

ZERO RETURN

STOP

PLAY

REC

COUNTER RESET

Zero return function Video head cleaning

The zero return function provides a convenient method of rap- idly returning to the starting point of recording or playback. The starting point can be indexed for any location on the tape by

pressing COUNTER RESET and ZERO RETURN￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿.		￿￿￿￿￿
1 Press DISPLAY.	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿		￿￿
	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿	￿￿￿￿￿
Before playback or recording, press COUNTER
2 RESET to set the counter to “00:00:00”.
3 Begin playback or recording.	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿
4 Press STOP.	￿	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿
	￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

5 Press ZERO RETURN. The tape will rewind and automatically stop at the “00:00:00” position.

	Video head clogging
The video heads are the means by
which the unit reads the picture from the
tape during playback. In the unlikely
event that the heads become dirty
enough to be clogged, no picture will be		Good Picture
played back. This can easily be deter-
mined if, during playback of a known
good tape, there is good sound, but no
picture (picture is extremely snowy). If
this is the case, the unit need to check			Playback
and clear by the qualified service per-		Snowy Picture
sonnel.
	Video head cleaning		(VCR)
Video head cleaning is needed when the playback picture

becomes unclear. This signifies that the heads are getting dirty and can occur when playing poor quality or damaged tapes. If the heads require cleaning, use a equivalent high quality chemical non-abrasive (wet) head cleaning tape or have them cleaned professionally. If playing a head cleaning tape in the unit once does not improve the picture, play it several times before requesting service.

Notes:

•DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAN THE VIDEO HEADS OR SERVICE THE UNIT BY REMOVING THE REAR COVER.

•Video heads may eventually wear out and should be replaced when they fail to produce clear pictures.

•To help prevent video head clogging, use only good quality VHS tapes. Discard worn out tapes.

37

5W50101A [E]p33-37 37 2/22/06, 6:42 PM