Playback options

Operation

 

 

Play frame by frame

During pause, press C SKIP.

 

 

Play at various speeds

During playback, press .or > SHUTTLE. You can

(Shuttle play)

change the playback speed as follows.

 

–⋅7 y –⋅5 y –⋅3 y STILL y SLOW y PLAY

 

y ⋅ 2 y ⋅ 3 y ⋅ 5 y ⋅ 7

 

 

To resume normal playback

Press H PLAY.

To use the time counter

Press CLEAR at the point on the tape that you want to find later. The counter in the display window resets to “0:00:00.” To search for the counter 0:00:00 point automatically, see “To search for the counter 0:00:00 point” on page 82.

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

Tip

•Adjust the picture using the TRACKING +/– buttons if:

–Streaks appear while playing in slow motion.

–The picture shakes during pause.

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 “0:00:00” whenever a tape is reinserted.

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

•When 10 hours have passed, the counter in the display window returns to “0:00:00” and the count starts over again.

•The sound is muted during playback at various speeds.

•The picture may show noise when playing at high speed in reverse.

•While playing a tape, you can display the “SETUP MENU” but the remote commander’s function switches to DVD automatically. Press O RETURN repeatedly to exit the menu.

•When playback does not start even if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed, set “Auto Play” to “On” in the “VIDEO FUNCTION SETUP” menu (page 84).

•Stop disc playback while playing back a video.

36Playing a tape