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PLAYBACK (cont.)

Variable Speed Search

(including Slow Motion)

During playback, turn the JOG dial to the right for forward variable-speed search, or to the left for reverse variable-speed search.

OR

During playback, press w or e repeatedly.

●Each time you press wor eor each time the JOG dial passes a click position, the playback speed changes. To decrease the speed during picture search, press the opposite direction button repeatedly or turn the dial in the opposite direction.

●During still picture, press and hold e to start forward (or w to start reverse) slow motion playback. When you release the button, still picture resumes. During still picture, holding 9for more than 2 seconds also starts forward slow motion playback. If you press 9 again, still picture resumes.

Manual Tracking

Your video recorder is equipped with automatic tracking control. During playback, you can override this and adjust the tracking manually by pressing the PR buttons.

1Override automatic tracking.

Press p on the remote control.

2Adjust the tracking manually.

Press PR + or –.

●Press p again to return to automatic tracking.

NOTE:

When a new tape is inserted, the recorder enters the automatic tracking mode automatically.

Instant ReView

Simply by pressing a single button, the recorder power comes on, rewinds, and begins playback of the last timer-recorded programme. If you have several programmes recorded, you can easily access any of them.

NOTE:

Before starting, make sure that the recorder is off and that the Timer mode is disengaged.

Activate Instant ReView.

Press REVIEW. The recorder power comes on and the recorder searches for the index code indicating the start of the last timer-recorded programme. Once it’s found, playback begins automatically.

●The front display panel tells you how many programmes have been timer-recorded. If you have, for example, 3 programmes, the Instant REVIEW indicator and “3” blink. To watch the first of the 3 programmes, press REVIEW three times. The recorder searches and begins playback automatically. You can access a programme as far as 9 index codes away from the current tape position.

●The number of recorded programmes will not be displayed on

the front display panel after Auto Satellite Programme Recording ( pg. 31).

To resume normal playback, press 4.

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HR-J781EU, HR-J780EU specifications

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