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Notes:

If you leave the VCR in the freeze-frame mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing the tape.

To reduce or eliminate jitter in the freeze- frame picture, press and hold CH s/t until the picture is clear.

Frame Advance

During freeze-frame, you can advance the pic- ture one frame at a time by repeatedly pressing SLOW. This feature works best with video cas- settes recorded at the SP or EP speed. Press PAUSE to return to normal playback.

REAL-TIME COUNTER

Using the Counter

Your VCR’s counter shows how long a tape has been running. To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY on the remote control.

Notes:

The real-time counter might stop if you fast-forward or rewind through a blank sec- tion on the tape. This is normal.

You can press COUNTER RESET to reset the counter to 0:00:00.

Slow Motion

To start slow motion playback, while a tape is playing, press SLOW. Press SLOW again or PLAY to return to normal playback.

Notes:

During slow motion, the sound is muted and the picture quality is lower than during normal playback. Slow motion picture qual- ity is best with tapes recorded at the SP or EP speed.

If you leave the VCR in the slow-motion mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing the tape.

If the slow-motion picture is poor, press and hold CH s/t until the picture improves.

One Minute Skip

You can skip over unwanted material on the re- corded tape, such as commercials. Press ZERO/1MIN during playback. The VCR fast for- wards over 1 minute of recording, then re- sumes normal playback.

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Using the Zero Search Function

You can reset the counter to 0:00:00 at any position on the tape and then return to that po- sition.

Follow these steps to use the zero search func- tion.

1.Press COUNTER RESET once so the counter appears on the TV screen.

2.Within 5 seconds, press COUNTER RESET again at the location you want to return to later. The counter resets to 0:00:00.

3.When you want to return to the selected location, stop the tape, then press ZERO/ 1MIN. The tape rewinds or fast-forwards and automatically stops at the location you selected in Step 2.

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