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Visual Search
Visual search lets you play a tape at a faster
speed (either forward or backward) so you can
search for a specific section of the tape. You
can select normal or fast visual search speeds.
For normal visual search speed, during play-
back, press or once (or turn and hold
the shuttle dial on the VCR clockwise or coun-
terclockwise about halfway).
For fast visual search speed, during normal
visual search press or (or turn the shut-
tle dial on the VCR fully clockwise or counter-
clockwise).
To stop visual search and return to normal
playback, press PLAY.
Notes:
•VCR must appear on the VCR’s display to
use visual search. If it does not, press TV/
VCR so VCR appears.
• During visual search, the sound is muted
and the picture quality is lower than during
normal playback. The search picture is
best with tapes recorded at the EP speed.
Variable-Speed Slow Motion
You can play a tape in slow-motion and vary
the slow-motion speed.
To start slow-motion playback, during play-
back, freeze-frame, or visual search, press
SLOW. The tape plays at 1/10 of the normal
playback speed.
Press SLOW to increase, or SLOW to de-
crease the slow-motion playback speed.
Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
Notes:
• The slow motion picture is best with tapes
recorded at the EP speed.
• During slow motion, the sound is muted.
• To protect the VCR’s heads, if you leave
the VCR in slow-motion play for 5 minutes,
the VCR automatically returns to normal
playback.
• To reduce or eliminate jitter in a slow-
motion picture, press , then press
and hold down CH or CH until the pic-
ture is clear.
CH INPUT
78
100/
0
9
ZERO BACK
CANCEL
MENU
RECORD
PAUSE
/STILL
PLAY
REW
FF
STOP
SET
AM/
PM
CANCEL
MENU
RECORD
PAUSE
/STILL
PLAY
REW
FF
STOP
SET
CANCEL
MENU
RECORD
PAUSE
/STILL
PLAY
REW
FF
STOP
SET
PAUSE
/STILL
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