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䡵PICTURE CONTROL—AUTO(NORM) / EDIT / SOFT
This function helps you to adjust the playback picture quality
according to your preference.
AUTO(NORM):Normally select this. Picture quality is adjusted
automatically. When “B.E.S.T.” is “OFF”, “NORM” will appear
instead of “AUTO”.
EDIT:Minimizes picture degradation during ed iting (recording and
playback).
SOFT:Reduces image coarseness when viewing overplayed tapes
containing much noise.
NOTE:
Select “EDIT” when you are editing tapes. After you finish editing ,
select “AUTO”.
䡵AUTO TIMER —ON / OFF
●When this function is set to “ON”:
The timer recording standby mode is automatically engaged when
the recorder is turned off. It is temporarily cancelled when the
recorder is turned on. You do not have to press # to engage or
disengage the timer recording standby mode.
●When this function is set to “OFF”:
Press # to engage or disengage the timer recording standby mode.
NOTE:
“AUTO TIMER” does not work if “POWER SAVE” is set to “ON”.
䡵O.S.D.—ON / OFF
When this function is set to “ON”, various recorder status
information (on-screen display) appears on the screen.
NOTE:
When you use the recorder as the source player for editin g a tape,
be sure to set this function to “OFF”. Otherwise, the recorder
status information will be recorded on the edited tape.
䡵AUTO SP]LP TIMER—ON / OFF
When this function is set to “ON”, the recorder automatically
switches to LP mode to allow complete recording if there is not
enough tape to record the entire programme while timer-
recording in SP mode.
For example, recording a programme of 210 minutes in length
onto a 180 minute tape.
NOTES:
●If you have programmed the recorder to timer-record 2 or more
programmes, do not use this function, but change the tape
speed manually during timer programming.
●There may be some noise and sound disturbance where the tape
speed switches from SP to LP mode on the tape.
●This function is not available during ITR (Instant Timer
Recording), and will not work properly with any tapes longer
than E-180 or with some tapes of shorter lengths.
●If you perform timer recording with both this function and VPS/
PDC activated, and the programme goes beyond its originally
scheduled length, sometimes the programme cannot be
recorded in its entirety.
䡵POWER SAVE —ON / OFF
When this function is set to “ON”, you can reduce the power
consumption while the recorder is turned off.
NOTES:
●During Power Save mode,
•the display panel is turned off,
•the Just Clock does not work,
•and the picture may be distorted momentarily when you turn
on/off the recorder.
●Power Save does not work in the following cases:
•When “L-2 SELECT” is set to “DECODER” or “SAT”,
•or when the recorder is in the timer recording standby mode,
•or in the Automatic Satellite Programme Recording mode,
•or when the recorder’s power is turned off after timer-
recording or ITR (Instant Timer Recording).
䡵VIDEO STABILIZER—ON / OFF
When this function is set to “ON”, you can automatically correct
vertical vibrations in the picture when playing back unstable
recordings made on another recorder.
NOTE:
To watch recordings with close-caption or when you finish
viewing a tape, set this function to “OFF”.
䡵S-VHS —ON / OFF
You can determine which recording mode — either S-VHS mode
or VHS mode — is used for recording on S-VHS tapes.
●When this function is set to “ON”, you can record on S-VHS
tapes with S-VHS picture quality.
●When this function is set to “OFF”, you can record on S-VHS
tapes with VHS picture quality.
NOTES:
●S-VHS mode allows you to make high quality video recordings
with horizontal resolution of 400 lines, comparing with the 230
lines of resolution of conventional VHS recordings. To achieve
the highest quality picture we recommended to record in S-VHS
mode. (But remember that a conventional VHS recorder without
SQPB cannot play back S-VHS tapes recorded in S-VHS mode.)
●S-VHS setting does not affect recording on VHS tapes.
Recording on VHS tapes is always performed in VHS mode
except when using S-VHS ET mode (墌11).
䡵COLOUR SYSTEM—PAL/ NTSC / MESECAM
You can play back PAL, NTSC and MESECAM tapes, or record PAL
and SECAM* signals on this recorder. Select the appropriate
colour system.
* SECAM signals will be recorded as MESECAM on this recorder;
MESECAM is the designation for tapes with SECAM signals that have been
recorded on a MESECAM-compatible PAL video cassette recorder.
PAL/NTSC: To record PAL signals, or playback a PAL or NTSC tape.
MESECAM:To record SECAM signals, or play back a MESECAM
tape.
NOTES:
About NTSC Playback
●Some TVs shrink the picture vertically and place black bars at
the top and bottom of the screen, or cut off the top and bottom
portions of superimposed displays. This is not a malfunction.
●The picture may roll up and down. This can be corrected if your
TV has the V-HOLD control function.
●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.
䡵AUTO POWER OFF —3H / OFF
When this function is set to “3H”, the recorder turns off
automatically if no operation is done in 3 hours. “AUTO POWER
OFF IN 3MIN” appears on the screen 3 minutes before the
recorder is turned off.
Approximately 150 minutes Approximately 60m inutes
SP mode LP mode
Total 210minutes
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