Super VHS ET S-VHS ET, Audio Recording Level Control

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Super VHS ET (S-VHS ET)

—Recording on VHS cassettes with S-VHS quality

You can record in SP mode on VHS cassettes with S-VHS picture quality. Tapes recorded using this function can be played back on a recorder equipped with the S-VHS ET function.

●You can activate the S-VHS ET function only before you start recording on a VHS cassette.

●Before recording, make sure that “B.E.S.T.” is set to “ON”. ( pg. 69)

Engage the S-VHS ET mode.

Press S-VHS ET on the recorder. The S-VHS ET indicator on the recorder’s front panel lights up.

●The S-VHS indicator lights up on the front display panel.

●To disengage the S-VHS ET mode, press S-VHS ET. The S-VHS ET indicator goes off.

NOTES:

●You cannot activate the S-VHS ET function ...

... while recording is in progress.

... while timer-recording or Instant Timer Recording ( pg. 27) is in progress.

... while B.E.S.T. ( pg. 31) is in progress.

●The S-VHS ET function does not work ...

... with S-VHS cassettes.

... with recordings in LP/EP mode.

●To keep the highest quality recording and playback pictures over a long period of time, S-VHS recording on S-VHS cassettes is recommended.

●Use of high grade tapes is recommended for S-VHS ET recordings. On some tapes, picture quality will not improve even if the S-VHS ET function is used. Check the recording quality before you start important recordings.

●You can play back a tape recorded using the S-VHS ET function on most of S-VHS recorders and of VHS recorders equipped with SQPB (S-VHS QUASI PLAYBACK) function. (Notice some recorders are not compatible with the S-VHS ET function.)

●While playing back a tape recorded using the S-VHS ET function on some recorders, noise may appear. (If playback picture becomes blurred or interrupted, use a cleaning cassette.)

●In the high-speed search, still, slow-motion or frame-by-frame playback modes ( pg. 21), noise may appear. If these modes are performed frequently on a tape recorded using the S-VHS ET function, the tape may be damaged and the picture may be deteriorated.

Audio Recording Level Control

Your recorder allows manual adjustment of the audio recording level.

A Access the Main Menu screen.

Press MENU.

B Access the Recording Level Control screen.

Press rt to move the highlight bar (pointer) to “REC LEVEL CTL”, then press OK or e.

C Adjust the audio recording level.

Press r or t.

●Press r or t briefly 5 times to move the on-screen’s audio levels by one division on the scale. To move the audio levels

faster, press and hold r or t.

●Adjust the recording level

while watching the audio level indicator on the recorder’s front display panel. Set the level so that maximum volume causes the indicator to vary between 0dB to 4dB.

D Return to the normal screen.