Sony SLV-685HF Additional tasks, To skip playback, To use the time counter, Basic Operations

3 PLAY Press á PLAY.

When the tape reaches the end, it will rewind automatically.

Additional tasks

To	Press
Stop play	p STOP
Pause play	P PAUSE
Resume play after pause	P PAUSE or áPLAY
Search forward	)FF or #SEARCH during playback
Search backward	0REW or 3SEARCH during playback
Fast-forward the tape	)FF during stop
Rewind the tape	0REW during stop
Eject the tape	6EJECT

To skip playback

You can skip a portion of playback you don’t want to watch such as a commercial and restart playback by pressing a single button.

Press SMART CUE during playback of the scene you want to skip. The VCR starts searching.

Press SMART CUE again when you find the scene you want to watch. The VCR stops searching, rewinds a few seconds, then resumes normal playback.

To use the time counter

At the point on the tape that you want to find later, press COUNTER RESET. The counter in the display window resets to “0H00M00S.” Search for the point afterwards by referring to the counter.

H M S

To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY.

Notes

•Tapes recorded in the LP mode on other VCRs can be played back on this VCR but the picture quality cannot be guaranteed.

•The counter resets to “0H00M00S” whenever a tape is reinserted.

•The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording.

Basic Operations

Basic Operations

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