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Time Scan
Your VCR is equipped with the TimeScan function. TimeScan allows noise free pictures to be displayed on your TV screen in the forward and reverse search modes. Audio will be played back at normal speed during any of the TimeScan modes (☞ pg. 35). TimeScan allows you to view a program in search mode while listening to the audio.
POWER | MENU |
TIME SCAN INDICATOR
PLAY
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JOG
SHUTTLE
TIME SCAN SHUTTLE
NOTES:
●"TIMESCAN AUDIO" must be set to "ON", or the sound will not be heard in TimeScan mode (☞ pg. 36).
●The audio will not synchronize with the video in TimeScan modes.
●In Pause mode 3 seconds (approx.) of audio will be played back repeatedly. (☞ pg. 24)
●In TimeScan search modes some of the audio information will not be played so that the audio can keep up with the video.
Audio signal during TimeScan
Playback tape 1 2 3 4 5Sound of 1, 3 and 5 is heard. Sound of 2 and 4 is not heard.
Output audio signal is normal (monaural) sound.
1 2 3
2
4 5 6
7 8 9
0 4
PLAY
1
3
TIME SCAN
Variable-Speed Search/ Reverse Motion Playback
ACTIVATE VARIABLE-SPEED SEARCH
1 During playback or still, turn the VCR's TIME SCAN SHUTTLE ring. It remains at that position even after you release it. Each time it passes a click position, the playback speed changes.
(Refer to the chart on pg. 35 for playback speeds).
OR
During playback, repeatedly press and release TIME SCAN ª or £ to select the search speed.
●To increase the speed in the forward direction, press and release £ repeatedly to select the various forward search modes.
●To decrease the speed in the forward direction, press and release ª.
●To play in reverse slow motion and in reverse play mode, continue to press ª repeatedly after selecting all the forward slow motion modes. (Refer to the chart on pg. 35 for playback speeds).
To resume normal playback, press PLAY.
If the superimposed picture jitters vertically during Time Scan, adjust the tracking manually so that the optimum picture is obtained. (☞ pg. 25)
