JVC SR-L910EK appendix Playback and SPECIAL-EFFECTS Playback, Special-Effects Playback

8 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK
[STOP/EJECT] button	[OPERATE] button

8 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK

[REVERSE] button [PLAY] button

[PLAY] button	Playback mode [TIME MODE] button
	indication

[REW] button	[FF] button
[PAUSE/STILL] button

	8-1 Preparation
Connection
Make sure the output connectors on the rear panel are
properly connected.
Function menu switch settings
Set the function menu switches as required.
5	[SHARPNESS] . . . Factory setting: NORMAL
	Set to SHARP to emphasize contours for sharper
	playback pictures.
5	[INDEX SEARCH] . . . Factory setting: OFF
	To enable or disable index search.

•Set to ON to search the alarm-recorded positions (index code).

5	[NOISELESS PLAY] ... Factory setting: OFF
	Set to "ON" to enable frame transport playback when
	the picture recorded in the 12/24H Timelapse mode
	contains much noise and is difficult to see. However,
	there will be no sound output.

8-2 Playback
1Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode
	on.
2[		The [OPERATE] indicator lights.
	Press the [TIME MODE] button to set the Play mode to
	the VHS Standard (3H).
	The 3H indicator is shown on the display.
	• To use playback in the Timelapse Play mode, make
	sure the same mode (L12H or L24H) is set for
3	playback as was used for timelapse recording.
	Load the recorded cassette correctly.
	* If a cassette is loaded when the power is off, power is
	switched on automatically (auto-power on function).
	If the cassette's safety tab has been removed, power is
	switched on and play starts automatically (auto play
4	function).
	Press the [PLAY] button to start play.
		The play indicator is shown on the display and
		the Play mode is engaged.

•	Cassettes recorded in the VHS Long Play mode
	(LP) are played back in the VHS Long Play mode.
•	"6H" is shown in the display.

8-3	Special-Effects Playback
1Still and field/frame advance
Press the [PAUSE/STILL] button during playback.
	The still indicator is shown on the display and a
2	still picture is displayed.

Each time the [PAUSE/STILL] button is pressed in the Still mode, the picture is advanced one field.

Pressing and holding the [PAUSE/STILL] button for more than 2 seconds in the Still mode, advances the

picture field by field in the forward direction (continuous field advance playback).

	* No sound is output.
•	In the Field Advance Playback mode, pressing the
3	[PAUSE/STILL] button engages the Still mode.
Press the [PLAY] button to restore the Normal Play
mode.
The Stop mode is automatically engaged if the VCR
remains in the Still mode for 5 minutes (approx.).

1Reverse playback
	Press the [REVERSE] button in the Play or Still mode.
	The reverse indicator is shown on the display
	and the Reverse mode is engaged.
	Reverse playback is executed at VHS SP mode speed.
	When the play time mode is set to 3H,L12H, L24H, 12H
	or 24H, reverse playback is executed at the VHS SP
	mode’s speed.
2	* No sound is output.
	To return to the Normal Play mode, press the [PLAY]
	button.

	Notes
	• When a tape recorded in the VHS standard
	(3H) mode is played back in the Timelapse
	mode, noise appears in the playback picture.
	• Tapes recorded in the Long Play (LP) mode
	can be played back only.
	Still, Reverse Play and Shuttle Search modes
	are not available with LP tapes.
Menu check during playback
•	When the [MENU] button is pressed during
	playback, the monitor screen display switches from
	the playback picture to the input video signal (EE
	picture) and the main menu is shown on the screen.
	This means that even during playback you can
	check menu contents.
	Press the [MENU] button again to restore the
	playback picture.

5To stop playback

Press the [STOP] button. The tape stops and the Stop mode is engaged.

Audio playback of a timelapse-recorded tape

•Due to the difference in tape speed, audio signals cannot be monitored when a tape recorded in the L12H or L24H Timelapse mode is played back in the VHS Standard (3H) mode.

To monitor audio recorded in the Timelapse mode, play back the tape in the same mode (L12H or L24H)

as it was recorded in.

Shuttle search (reverse and fast-forward) playback
Reverse shuttle search	Fast-forward shuttle search
Press the [REW] button during play.	Press the [FF] button during playback.
The rewind search indicator is shown on	The fast-forward search indicator is shown
the display and the Reverse Shuttle	on the display and the Fast-Forward
Search mode is engaged.	Shuttle Search mode is engaged.
* No sound is output.	* No sound is output.

Shuttle search operations vary according to how the [REW] or [FF] button is pressed. Refer to the table below for details.
Operation of the [REW] or	Tape recorded in the	Standard mode or the Timelapse mode
[FF] button
Press the button once.	9 times normal speed (lock). Pressing the [PLAY] button restores the Normal Play mode.
Hold the button pressed	9 times normal speed.	Releasing the finger restores the Normal Play mode.
for more than 2 seconds.

Note Still, Reverse Play and Shuttle Search modes are not available with tapes recorded in the Long Play (LP) mode.

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