basic features24
before you start
Turn the TV on
Tune the TV to your
Video Channel or to its
AV mode

ntsc tapes

Some TVs will shrink
the picture and place
black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen.
This is not a malfunction
but you may lose some
on-screen information
The picture may roll up
or down. Correct this by
adjusting the vertical
hold on the TV set
The counter and tape
remaining times will be
incorrect
The picture will be
distorted during search
or still mode
Playback
Playback is the most basic operation possible with your VCR. Audio-visual
information recorded on a cassette will be played back on your TV screen
just like a broadcast programme.

Load a Video Cassette

Make sure that the window side of the cassette is facing up and the spine label is
facing away from the VCR. Insert the cassette as shown in the diagram below;
don’t use too much force. If the VCR was turned off before you inserted the
cassette, the power will come on automatically.
The counter on the TV screen will reset to read
‘0:00:00’. If the record safety tab on the video
cassette has been removed, playback begins
automatically.

Play

If the cassette that you inserted does not start playing automatically, press the .
button on the VCR or the Remote Control.
• If the tape reaches its end during playback, the VCR stops playback, rewinds
the tape and ejects the cassette, then enters the standby mode automatically.

Stop & Eject

stop Press the § button on the VCR or the S button on the Remote
Control once to stop playback.
eject Press the § button on the VCR a second time or the 0 button on the
Remote Control to eject the cassette from the VCR. The cassette will take about 6
seconds to appear once the § button has been pressed.
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