Normal Playback

Normal Recording

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•A slow motion effect or accelerated play- back effect can be achieved by using a slower or faster play- back speed than the speed used for recording.

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•Noise will appear in the image when audio playback is used in 12/24- hour mode.

Normal Playback

1Turn on the power to the TV monitor.

2Load the video cassette tape.

3Press the REC/PLAY SPEED (or ) button to select the playback speed.

•The selected playback speed is displayed on the display panel.

•A tape recorded with SP heads can be played in 2 / 12 / 24 / 36 / 48 / 72 / 96 / 120 / 168 / 240 / 360 / 480 / 720 / 960 / Hour.

4Press the PLAY button.

•Playback starts.

•If necessary, adjust the tracking to eliminate the noise from the picture.

5To stop playback, press the STOP button.

•To advanced or rewind the tape, press the FF/CUE or REW/REVIEW button.

Tracking Control

If there is noise in the image during playback,

1While looking at the playback picture, press and hold the TRACKING + button to minimize the noise.

2If it cannot be minimized, press the TRACKING - button.

3Press the play button in the playback mode.

Audio Playback

Audio playback is only possible in 2-hour, 12-hour and 24- hour modes.

The playback speed has to be the same as the recording speed, for normal playback of the audio.

For a tape recorded in 2-hour, 12-hour, and 24-hour modes, press the AUDIO ON button after pressing the PLAY button. “A” will be displayed to the left of the playback speed on the display panel. Press the AUDIO ON button again to remove “A”.

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•If the Repeat Rec Set is set to “NO” in the

REC MODE SET menu, recording will continue to the end of the tape, then stop and the tape will be ejected.

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•A tape recorded on this VCR cannot be played back on another make of time lapse VCR.

•If you press the REC button and the loaded cassette has no erasure-prevention tab, the VCR will eject the cassette.

•During recording, the Menu button will not function (the menu cannot be accessed).

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•If you playback the recorded part where recording check was performed, noise may appear.

•If you change the recording speed dur- ing recording, noise or a missing signal may result.

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•During pause, the image appears on screen but it is not recorded.

•If a recording pause continues for 5 min- utes or more, the VCR will go into stop mode to avoid damage to the tape.

Normal Recording

1Turn the power on to all devices used.

2Load a cassette tape with erasure prevention tab in place.

3Press the REC/PLAY SPEED (or ) button to set the recording speed.

•The recording speed is displayed on-screen and on the display panel.

•If you don’t want to record the recording speed, counter, title, time, date etc, press the DISPLAY button, then start recording.

4Press the REC button.

•The “REC” indicator is displayed on the display panel and recording starts.

5To stop recording, press the STOP button. <Recording Speed>

Recording

Maximum recording

Recording

Audio

Tape Motion

Speeds

duration (with an

interval

Recording

 

 

T-120 cassette tape)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Standard mode

1/60 second

 

 

 

 

 

Possible

Continuous

12

 

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

0.22

 

 

36

 

0.32

 

 

48

 

0.42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72

 

0.62

 

 

96

Time Lapse mode

0.82

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

 

1.02

Not possible

Intermittent

 

 

 

168

 

1.42

 

 

 

240

 

2.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

360

 

3.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

480

 

4.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

720

 

6.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

960

 

8.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record Pause

Recording can be interrupted temporarily.

1Press the PAUSE/STILL button during recording.

•The “REC” and “ ” indicators are displayed on the display panel.

2To resume recording, press the REC button, or press the PAUSE/STILL button again.

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960-Hour Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder

960-Hour Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder

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