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Tape Position Indicator

The tape position indicator appears
on screen when, from the Stop
mode, you press FF, REW or
perform an Index Search. The
position of “5” in relation to “0”
(beginning) or “+” (end) shows you
where you are on the tape.
”O.S.D.” (Z pg. 5) must be set to
“ON”, or the indicator will not
appear.
NOTE:

Depending on the type of tape used, there may be times when

the indication is not correct.

0+++
3
1:23:45

Index Search

Your recorder automatically marks
index codes at the beginning of
each recording. This function gives
you quick access to any one of 9
index codes in either direction.
NOTE:

Before starting, make sure the

recorder is in the Stop mode.

£2
ACTIVATE INDEX SEARCH
1
Press PUSH JOG ™ or £. “™ 1” or “£ 1” is
displayed on screen and search begins in the corre-
sponding direction.
●To access index codes 2 through 9, press PUSH JOG
™ or £ repeatedly until the correct index
number is displayed.
Ex.: To locate the beginning of B from the current
position, press PUSH JOG ™ twice.
To locate the beginning of D from the current
position, press PUSH JOG £ once.
●When the specified index code is located, playback
begins automatically.
AB C D E F
–2 –1 1 2 3
™£
Current position
Index number

NTSC Playback

Your video recorder is equipped with NTSC circuitry that can
play back NTSC tapes.
LOAD A CASSETTE
1
Insert a cassette recorded in NTSC.
START PLAYBACK
2
Press PLAY.
●Some TVs shrink the picture vertically and place
black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. This is
not a malfunction on the part of either the video
recorder or the TV.
●The picture may roll up and down. This can be
corrected using the V-HOLD control found on some
TVs. (This cannot be corrected if the TV does not
have a V-HOLD control.)
●The counter and tape remaining time readings will be
incorrect.
●During search, still, or frame-by-frame playback, the
picture will be distorted, and there may be a loss of
colour.

Counter Memory

Returns to the counter reading of “0:00:00” to conveniently find
a specific place on the tape automatically.
SET COUNTER MEMORY
1
Press C. RESET during playback at a point you wish to
locate later. The counter reads “0:00:00”. Then press C.
MEMORY, and “M” appears on the front display panel.
ACTIVATE COUNTERMEMORY
2
When you wish to return to the designated point, press
STOP and then REW or FF.
●The tape rewinds or fast-forwards and stops at about
0:00:00 automatically.
●To cancel Counter Memory, press C.MEMORY again.

Intelligent Picture

To get a better picture when viewing tapes with noise such as
rental tapes. Useful for normal playback of SP(or LP)-mode
recorded tapes as well.
ACTIVATE INTELLIGENTPICTURE
1
During playback or stop, press PICTURE.
●The INTELLIGENT PICTURE indicator on the recorder
lights.
●To turn it off, press PICTURE again.
●Intelligent Picture is not effective during search, slow,
still, or frame-by-frame playback even though the
INTELLIGENT PICTURE indicator on the recorder
lights.