16 Advanced Functions
Note
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Info.
Supplementary information
Special Effects Playback
The following convenient functions are available. Audio output
is muted during special effects playback.

Still picture

1. Press PAUSE button during playback.
• Press PAUSE button again to resume the playback.

Shuttle ring

By turning the SHUTTLE ring during still picture, you can obtain
a variety of playback speeds as shown below.
1. Turn SHUTTLE to the right or left during still picture.
• The playback speed varies by the angle of SHUTTLE
ring.
• When SHUTTLE ring is released, it comes back to the
center position and the playback picture stays at still.

Shuttle hold

When the SHUTTLE ring is released, the playback speed can
be fixed to one selected.
1. Turn SHUTTLE to the right or left to obtain a desired
playback speed, then press PAUSE button.
2. Release SHUTTLE.
Cancelling the shuttle hold playback
1. Press PAUSE button once to go back to the still picture and
press once again to return to the playback.

Direct shuttle ring

By turning the SHUTTLE ring during playback, you can obtain
some of special effects playback as shown below.

Tape usage and elapsed time of VCR

REPEAT REC TIMES indicates how many times a tape has
been recorded over since it was first
inserted.
ELAPSED TIME indicates the total times the VCR has
been used for recording or playback.
1. Press MENU button.
•<MAIN MENU> appears.
2. Turn JOG to select MAINTENANCE
and turn SHUTTLE to the right.
•<REPEAT REC TIMES> and
<ELAPSED TIME> are shown at
the bottom of the
<MAINTENANCE> menu.
3. Press MENU button.
• The day and present time display appears on screen.
Note
• <REPEAT REC TIMES> is:
– counted when the tape ends during recording (except
when TAPE END of FIRST TIME SET UP menu is set to
STOP)
– memorized even if the VCR is turned off
– reset when a tape is inserted
– shown up to 200 times. OVER is shown if exceeds 200
times.
• <ELAPSED TIME> is shown up to 89,999 hours.

Lock function

Each time the LOCK button is pressed, the Lock/Lock All
indicator illuminates on the fluorescent display in the order of
(No display) ... All or some of the
buttons on the front panel of VCR are locked, and the VCR is
kept in the current condition. To release the lock, press LOCK
button until nothing is displayed on the fluorescent display.
: All buttons except REC button and EJECT button
are locked.
: All buttons are locked.
(No display): No buttons are locked.

Additional Features (Cont.)

( ) indicates the playback speed of
the recorded tape in 2H mode.
15(7)
9(5)
2
1
1/7
1/15
1/30 8
9
10
11
7
56
15(7)
9(5)
311/7
1/15
1/30
4
3
2
1
1 Reverse high speed search
2 Reverse speed search
3 Reverse fast playback (x3)
4 Reverse playback
5 Reverse slow
6 Still
7 Slow playback
8 Normal playback
9 Fast playback (x2)
10 Forward speed search
11 Forward high speed search
( ) indicates the playback speed of
the recorded tape in 2H mode.
15(7)
9(5)9(5)
2
7
5
6
15(7)
3
4
3
2
1
1 Reverse high speed search
2 Reverse speed search
3 Reverse fast playback (x3)
4 Normal playback
5 Fast playback (x2)
6 Forward speed search
7 Forward high speed search
<MAINTENANCE>
POWER LOSS LIST
ALARM LIST
ALL MENU INITIALIZE
POWER LOSS LIST CLEAR
ALARM LIST CLEAR
<REPEAT REC TIMES> 0
<ELAPSED TIME> 0H