32advanced features

Picture Quality

Manual Tracking

Your VCR is equipped with automatic tracking control. This will be adequate for most tapes and will automatically adjust the tracking to suit the particular tape in use but if you insert an old or worn tape, it may be necessary to manually adjust the tracking in order to get the best picture. If automatic tracking fails, you will notice noise bars appearing across the picture; you can correct this by manually overriding the tracking using the following steps.

override automatic tracking During playback, press /on the Remote Control to engage manual tracking.

adjust tracking manually Use the PR + or – buttons to adjust the tracking manually.

NOTES:

•Press /again to re-engage automatic tracking.

•When a new tape is inserted, the VCR returns to automatic tracking.

Digital TBC/NR

You VCR is equipped with a Digital TBC (Time Base Corrector0 that removes jitter from fluctuating video signals to deliver a stable picture even with old tapes and rental cassettes. The on/off of Digital 3-DNR (Noise Reduction) which cuts noise and enables clear picture reproduction is also linked to this function.

*The default setting is ON.

We recommend that you use the Digital TBC feature when...

...playing back a tape recorded on a camcorder.

... playing back a tape repeatedly used.

... using this video recorder as the player for editing.

get to the mode set screen Press m. Move the highlight bar to MODE SET using the Aand Bbuttons and press

3

OK /

(or E).

 

 

 

 

 

 

select digital tbc/nr mode Move the highlight bar to

 

 

DIGITAL TBC/NR using the Aand Bbuttons. Press

3

OK /

 

 

 

 

MODE SET

 

FDIGITAL TBC/NR

ON

B.E.S.T.

ON

PICTURE CONTROL

AUTO

AUTO TIMER

OFF

O.S.D.

ON

PROG. NAVIGATION

ON

DIRECT REC

ON

NEXT PAGE

 

(or E) to set to ON or OFF.

return to normal screen Press m.

[1] ak [MENU]: EXIT

NOTES:

•If you play back a tape recorded under poor TV reception

condition, there may be cases where the picture becomes more stable with DIGITAL TBC/NR set to OFF.

•When DIGITAL TBC/NR is set to ON, if you play back a tape where certain types of signals are recorded (using a PC or some character generators, the playback picture may be distorted. If this the case, set DIGITAL TBC/NR to OFF.