Slow Motion

During playback press SLOW.

To return to playback: Press PLAY or SLOW.

Slow tracking and vertical lock adjustment

If noise bars appear in the picture during slow motion, press the TRK + or to reduce the noise bars.

If the still picture jitters excessively, press TRK + or to stabilize the still picture.

Frame by Frame picture

Press PAUSE during playback.

Press SLOW one by one: The picture advances frame by frame.

To return to playback: Press PLAY or PAUSE.

Adjusting tracking condition

Automatic tracking adjustment

Whenever you insert a tape and start playback, automatic tracking starts working and continuously analyzes the signal to enable optimum picture quality during playback.

Manual tracking adjustment

If automatic tracking cannot eliminate noises well during playback, press TRK +/– to eliminate the noises.

“MANUAL TR.” will appear. Press it briefly for a fine adjustment, or press and hold for a coarse adjustment.

Press ATR to reactivate automatic tracking again. “AUTO TR.” will appear.

Repeat playback

The entire video tape will be played until its end. The tape will then automatically rewind to the beginning and the playback will be repeated.

1Press VCR MENU. Press SET + or to select “AUTO REPEAT”.

2 Then press ENTER to se-

 

MENU

 

 

lect “ON” or “OFF”.

 

TIMER REC SET

ON

OFF

 

 

If“ON”isselected,theplay-

 

AUTO REPEAT

 

 

SAP

ON

OFF

 

back will be repeated end-

 

 

CH SETUP

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM SETUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

lessly.

 

 

 

 

 

3Press VCR MENU until the menu screen is cleared. if you press DISPLAY, “” will appear on the screen.

4To start the playback, press PLAY.

The playback will be repeated endlessly.

To cancel repeat mode:

Follow the above step 1, then press ENTER to select the OFF position. Press VCR MENU to return to the TV.

NOTES:

The audio output is muted during SPEED SEARCH, STILL, FRAME ADVANCE and SLOW MOTION.

During picture search mode there will be noise bars which are caused by the system.

The Special Playback will automatically change to playback after approx. 5 minutes to protect the video tape against excessive wear.

ZERO RETURN function

This function makes tape-rewinding stop at the counter 00:00:00 position automatically.

1

Press DISPLAY.

 

VCR

 

 

 

The counter display shows the tape

 

 

 

 

 

 

running time during playback or re-

 

 

cording.

 

2

Press COUNTER RESET at the

 

VCR

 

 

desired tape position. The counter

 

 

display will be reset to the

 

 

“00:00:00” position (e.g. the

 

 

beginning of recording).

 

3Press STOP when playback or recording is finished. Press ZERO RETURN.

The tape will be rewound or fast forwarded and automati- cally stop at the “00:00:00” position.

The CLOCK/COUNTER-button

Press CLOCK/COUNTER. The clock and tape counter alter- nate with each other in the display.

NOTES:

If you rewind the tape beyond “00:00:00”, a minus sign (“–”) will be displayed in front of the time.

When you load a tape, the counter will reset to “00:00:00”.

The counter does not function on nonrecorded (blank) sec- tions of the tape. When you rewind, fast forward or play tapes through blank sections, the counter stops.

Video index search system

This function enables you to locate the beginning of any recording made on the VCR.

Recording an INDEX MARK

The Index Search function automatically records an INDEX

mark on the tape whenever a recording is initiated.

Index Search

Press INDEX 7 or 6 during stop or play mode. For Succeeding programs: Press INDEX 7.

For Preceding programs: Press INDEX 6 . (Additional press increases the INDEX NO. up to 9.) When the INDEX 7 or 6 is pressed, the unit starts searching the INDEX NO. selected and finds the portion, then playback starts automatically.

To stop the Index Search, press STOP.

NOTES:

When you record an INDEX mark at the very beginning of the tape, the mark may not be found.

During INDEX search, the tape may stop and begin to play at a slightly different location.

INDEX may not function properly with old or worn out video tapes.

INDEX marks may not be found if it is extremely close to the point where the search began.

In recording, if you stop recording temporarily, the INDEX mark is not recorded on the tape.

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Pioneer DV-PT100 operating instructions Zero Return function, Video index search system