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Language setting
AAccess Main Menu screen, then Initial

Set screen

Press MENU on the Remote. Press PUSH
JOG rt to place the pointer next to
“INITIAL SET”, then press OK or PUSH
JOG e.
BAccess Language Select screen
Press PUSH JOG rt to place the pointer
next to “LANGUAGE”, then press OK or
PUSH JOG e.
CSelect language
Press PUSH JOG rt to place the pointer
next to the language of your choice (English or Chinese), then
press OK or PUSH JOG e.
Press MENU to return to normal screen.
Clock setting
AAccess Main Menu screen, then Initial

Set screen

Press MENU on the Remote. Press PUSH
JOG rt to place the pointer next to
“INITIAL SET”, then press OK or PUSH
JOG e.
BAccess Clock Set screen
Press PUSH JOG rt to place the pointer
next to “CLOCK SET”, then press OK or
PUSH JOG e. The Clock Set screen
appears.
CSet Time, Date and Year
Press PUSH JOG rt to set the time, date
or year. Then press OK or PUSH JOG e.
Press and hold either button to delay or
advance the time by 30 minutes.
Press and hold either button to change
the date by 15 days.
Press MENU to return to normal screen.
NOTE:
If the year digits are automatically cleared, it is possible that you
have input February 29th in a non-leap year. Input the correct
data.
To make corrections any time during the process
Press OK or PUSH JOG e repeatedly until the item you want to
change blinks, then press PUSH JOG rt.
Basic Playback
ALoad a cassette
Make sure the window side is up, the rear label side is facing you
and the arrow on the front of the cassette is pointing towards the
recorder.
Do not apply too much pressure when inserting.
The recorder turns on, and the counter on the on-screen display
is reset, automatically.
Select the appropriate colour system with “PAL/MESECAM” and
“NTSC” in Function settings (13).
If the cassette’s record safety tab has been removed, playback
begins automatically (8).
BStart playback
Press 4.
Turn on the TV and select the VIDEO channel or (AV mode).
MAIN MENU
[MENU] : EXIT
[R/T]
FUNCTION SET
TUNER SET
INITIAL SET
CLOCK SET
LANGUAGE
G-CODE/SHOWVIEW SETUP
INITIAL SET
[MENU] : EXIT
[R/T]
MAIN MENU
[MENU] : EXIT
[R/T]
FUNCTION SET
TUNER SET
INITIAL SET
CLOCK SET
LANGUAGE
G-CODE/SHOWVIEW SETUP
INITIAL SET
[MENU] : EXIT
[R/T]
Playback
Turn on the TV and select the video channel (or AV mode).
ATTENT ION
In the search, still, slow-motion or fram e-by-frame playback
mode,
the picture will be distorted.
the noise bars will appear.
there may be a loss of colour.

During playback

Stop playback
Press 8 on the remote
control.
OR Press 0 on the recorder.
Pause playback and view still picture
Press 9.
Press 4 to resume normal playback.
Pause and Frame-by-Frame playback
Press 9 to pause, then press 6 (or 9) repeatedly.
Press 4 to resume normal playback.
Picture search
Press 3 or 5. Press 3 or 5 again to perform high-
speed search.
Each time you press 3 or 5, the search speed changes
between low-speed and high-speed.
Press 4 to resume normal playback.
Variable speed search (including slow-motion)
Press PUSH JOG w or e repeatedly.
Press
4
to resume normal playback.
Each time you press
PUSH JOG
w
or
e
, the playback speed
changes. To decrease the speed during picture search, press the
opposite direction button repeatedly.
During still picture, press and hold
PUSH JOG
e
to start forward
(or
PUSH JOG
w
to start reverse) slow motion playback. When
you release the button, still picture resumes. During still picture,
holding
9
for more than 2 seconds also starts forward slow
motion playback. If you press
9
again, still picture resumes.
During slow motion playback, some noise may appear on the
screen. Press
PR
r
/
t
to eliminate the noise.
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