Special VCR Playback Features

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Press the DISPLAY button to see the current status of the VCR deck, as well as the tape counter position and record speed.

While a videotape is playing, you can enjoy a variety of special playback features, including Still, Frame Advance, Skip, Repeat, and more. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button again to resume normal playback.

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From Play mode, press PLAY/PAUSE to still a single frame.

2Frame Advance

From Still mode, press F.ADV/SKIP to advance to the next frame.

 

 

 

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Cue/Review

 

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From Play mode, press FF  or REW  to cue/review at two

 

 

 

speeds:

 

 

 

 

• Picture Search — Press and release to advance the tape

 

 

 

 

forward or backward at 5 times normal speed.

 

 

 

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• Jet Search — Press and hold to advance the tape forward or

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backward at 7 times normal speed.

 

 

 

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Skip

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Play mode, press F.ADV/SKIP to cue ahead exactly 60

 

 

 

 

seconds. Press SKIP up to five times to cue ahead up to five

 

 

 

 

minutes.

 

 

 

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Repeat

 

 

 

 

• From Play mode, press REPEAT to review the last 30 seconds

 

 

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of tape.

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Jog Shuttle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Play mode, press JOG/SHUTTLE repeatedly to enable the

 

 

 

 

following modes:

 

 

 

 

• Shuttle mode (green light) — Rotate the Jog/Shuttle wheel

 

 

 

 

clockwise (FWD) to gradually increase the cue speed. Rotate

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the wheel counter-clockwise (REV) to gradually increase the

 

 

 

review speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Jog mode (red light) — Rotate the Jog/Shuttle wheel to advance

 

 

 

 

frame by frame forward and reverse.

 

 

 

 

• Off (no light) — The Jog/Shuttle wheel is disabled to prevent

 

 

 

 

accidental operation.

Tracking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Tracking adjustment removes the white lines that sometimes

 

 

 

appear during playback because of slight differences in recording

 

 

 

decks. The AUTO button will automatically align the recorded

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tracks with the playback heads to solve this problem. You may also

 

set tracking manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Adjust Tracking Manually

 

 

 

 

During playback, press the TRACK+/- buttons to remove white

 

 

 

 

lines from the picture.

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