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Freeze-Frame/Frame Advance

Freeze-frame lets you pause the tape to view a
single frame. Press PAUSE during playback to
freeze the picture. Press PAUSE again or PLAY
to return to normal playback.
During freeze-frame, picture quality is lower
than during normal playback. The picture quali-
ty is best with recordings made at the SP or EP
speed (see “Recording Speeds/Tape Selec-
tion” on Page 32).
Notes:
• If you leave the VCR in the freeze-frame
mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing
the tape to protect the video heads.
• To reduce or eliminate jitter in t he freeze-
frame picture, hold down CH s or t until the
picture is clear.
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 or PLAY to return to normal playback.

Slow Motion

To start slow motion playback, while a tape is
playing, press SLOW. Press SLOW again or
PLAY to return to normal playback. During slow
motion, the sound is muted and the picture
quality is lower than during normal playback.
Slow motion picture quality is best with tapes
recorded at the SP or EP speed.
Notes:
• If you leave the VCR in the slow-motion
mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing
the tape to protect the video heads.
• If the slow-motion picture is poor, hold
down
CH s or t until the picture improves.
REAL-TIME COUNTER

Using the Counter

Your VCR’s counter shows how long a tape
has been running. To have the counter display
on the TV screen, press DISP/ENT on the re-
mote control.
The counter resets to 0:00:00 when you
eject a tape then put in a new tape. To reset it
manually, press COUNTER RESET.
Note: The real-time counter might stop if you
fast-forward or rewind through a blank section
on the tape. This is normal.

Using the Zero Search Fu nction

You can reset the counter to 0:00:00 at any
position on the tape and then return to that po-
sition. This lets you quickly return to a selected
place on the tape later.
Follow these steps to use the zero search func-
tion.
1. Press COUNTER RESET twice at the loca-
tion you want to return to later. The co unt e r
resets to 0:00:00.
2. When you want to return to the selected
location, stop the tape, then press C/A
SKIP/ZERO. The tape rewinds or fast-
forwards and automatically stops when it
reaches
0:00:00.
Notes:
• If you p ress REW to rewind the tape past
0:00:00, the time appears with a minus
(–) sign.
• The counter does not work with blank
tapes or blank portions of partially
recorded tapes.
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