Philips 21PV708-715-908-918/39 manual Playback Functions

5.PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS

Playing a cassette

aPut a cassette into the cassette slot.

b Press the	PLAY		button.
If you press the				button once, the TV-VIDEO
		STOP

Combi will switch to pause. To stop, press the STOP button again.

To eject the cassette, press the x button on the TV-VIDEO Combi or press the STOP button on the remote control several seconds.

Before transportation, make sure that no cassette is in the TV-VIDEO Combi.

If you insert an erase protected cassette, the TV-VIDEO Combi will automatically start playback.

Some hired cassettes may have poor picture or sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine. Please read ’Eliminating picture interference’.

Some functions will automatically switch off after a while (for example, pause, still picture, picture search). This helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting power.

Playing an NTSC cassette

With this set you can play cassettes that have been recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for example, American cassettes).

Some special features (for example, still picture) are not possible while you are playing an NTSC cassette.

Searching for tape position with the picture (picture search)

a While a cassette is playing, press the			(reverse) or
	(forward) button once or several times.
b To stop at a certain picture, press the				button.
		PLAY
	During picture search, the picture quality may not be
	so good and there will be no sound.

Still picture

a Press the	STILL	button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
b Each time you press				again, the picture will
			STILL
move on one step.

Slow motion

a Press the	STILL	button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
b When you hold the				button, the tape will be
		STILL
played in slow motion.
c When you press the			button several times, you have

a choice of several playback speeds. During slow motion there will be no sound.

Searching for tape position without the picture (wind and rewind)

a Stop the tape with the		STOP	button.
b Press the	(reverse) or			(forward) button.
c To stop at a certain picture, press the						button.
					STOP

Tape position indication

Press the OK button to display the current tape position.

To change the type of tape position display, proceed as follows:

aDuring playback, press the MENU button.

b Select the line ’Tape’ with the menu buttons } or

z and confirm with the button.

cSelect the line ’Tape counter’ with the menu buttons } or z .

d With the menu buttons or select ’USED’ to

check the time used, or ’LEFT’ to check the time left on the tape.

e Confirm with the OK button.

Instant View

With this function you can switch to picture search during wind and rewind.

a If you hold the (rewind) or (wind) button

during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search.

bWhen you release the button, the TV-VIDEO Combi will automatically switch back to rewind or wind.

Automatic search for a tape position (index search)

At the start of each recording, the TV-VIDEO Combi will write an index code on the tape.

a Press the	INDEX	button. Press the		button to
select the next code mark or the			button for the
previous code mark.

bWhen the TV-VIDEO Combi finds the code mark, it will automatically switch to play.

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