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Playback Features

Adjusting tracking condition

Automatic tracking adjustment
When a new cassette is loaded, the recorder enters the automatic
tracking mode.
Manual tracking adjustment
If automatic tracking cannot eliminate noises well during
playback, adjust the tracking manually.
On the remote control:
APress p to activate manual tracking.
BPress PR r or t to eliminate the noises. Press it briefly for a
fine adjustment, or press and hold for a coarse adjustment.
●Press p again to reactivate automatic tracking.

Selecting Soundtrack

Your recorder is capable of recording three soundtracks (HIFIL j,
HIFIhR and NORM) and plays back the on e you select.
Pressing AUDIO changes the soundtrack as follows:
NOTE:
Set “O.S.D.” to “ON” to display the indications on the screen.
(墌12)

Automatic operations after rewinding

— Next Function Memory

The Next Function Memory “tells” the recorder what to do after
rewinding. Ensure that the recorder is in stop mode.
●For Automatic Playback Start
Press 3, then press 4 within 2seconds.
●For Automatic Power Off
Press 3, then press 1 within 2seconds.
●For Automatic Timer Standby
Press 3, then press # within 2 seconds.
NOTE:
It is not possible to select the Automatic Timer Standby function if
the cassette’s record safety tab is removed.

Playing back tape repeatedly (100 times)

— Repeat Playback

During playback, press and hold 4 for more than 5seconds. “$”
on the display panel starts blinking slowly. To stop playback, press
8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder.
NOTE:
Pressing 4, 3, 5 or 9 also stops Repeat Playback.

Locating beginning of recordings

— Index Search

Index codes are placed on the tape at the
beginning of each recording when
recording on this recorder.
AWhile the tape is not running, press w or
e (2 or 6 ) to start search.
BTo access a recording of 2 to 9index
codes away, press w or e (2 or 6 )
repeatedly until the correct number is displayed on the screen
(only if “O.S.D.” is set to “ON” (墌12)).
Example:
To locate the beginning of B from
the current position, press w
twice.
To locate the beginning of D from
the current position, press e
once.
●Playback begins automatically
when the desired recording is
located.

Locating beginning of timer recordings

— Instant Review

After ensuring that the recorder is turned off and that the timer
mode is disengaged, press REVIEW.
●The recorder turns on, and rewinds to the index code indicating
the beginning of the last timer-recorded programme, then begins
playback automatically.
●You can access a programme as far as
9index code s away from the current
tape position. For example, if you have
timer-recorded 3programmes, the
REVIEW indicator “( )” and “3” blink. To watch the first of the
3programme s, press REVIEW three times.
●The number of recorded programmes is not displayed on the
display panel after Automatic Satellite Programme Recording.
●The Instant Review function can also operate if the recorder is
turned on.

Skipping unwanted portions

— Skip Search

Press 30SEC once to 4 times during playback. Each press
initiates a 30-second period of high-speed playback (up to
2minut es). When the specified portion of the tape is skipped,
normal playback resumes automatically. To return to normal
playback during Skip Search, press 4.

When the tape is not running

Rewind/fast-forward
Press 3 or 5.
Eject the cassette
Press 0.
●You can also eject the cassette when the recorder is turned off.
Turn off the recorder
Press 1.
A
TTENTION:
In the search, still, slow-motion or frame-by-frame playback
mode,
●the picture will be distorted
●the noise bars will appear
●there will be a loss of color with an LP-recorded tape
HIFIL jhR : For Hi-Fi stereo tapes
HIFIL j: For main audio of Bilingual tape s
HIFIhR : For sub audio of Bilingual tapes
NORM : For audio-dubbed tapes
HIFI NORM : For audio-dubbed tapes
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