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12 EN | PLAYBACK |
Basic Playback
Turn on the TV and select the video channel (or AV mode).
A Load a cassette.
Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you and the arrow on the front of the cassette is pointed toward the recorder.
●Don’t apply too much pressure when inserting.
●The recorder’s power comes on automatically and the counter is reset to 0:00:00.
●If the record safety tab has been removed, playback begins automatically.
B Find the programme start point.
If the tape is advanced past the start point, press 3. To go forward, press 5.
C Start playback.
Press 4. “bESt” appears blinking in the recorder’s front display panel during automatic tracking. ( pg. 19)
D Stop playback.
Press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder’s front panel. Then press 0 to remove the cassette.
Clean the video heads using a dry cleaning cassette —
●Rough, poor picture appears while a tape is played back.
●The picture is unclear or no picture appears.
●“USE CLEANING CASSETTE” appears on the screen (only with “O.S.D.” set to “ON” ( pg. 27).
Usable cassettes
●Compact VHS camcorder recordings can be played on this video recorder. Simply place the recorded cassette into a VHS Cassette Adapter and it can be used just like any full- sized VHS cassette.
●This video recorder can record on regular VHS and Super VHS cassettes. However, it will record and play back regular VHS signals only. It is not possible to play back a recorded Super VHS tape.