To play/search at various speeds

Playback options

Operation

 

 

 

View the picture during fast-

During fast-forward, hold down M. During rewind, hold

forward or rewind

down m.

 

 

 

Play at high speed

• During playback, briefly press M or m. The tape

 

continues to play at 5 times normal speed.

 

• During playback, hold down M or m. The tape

 

continues to play at 5 times normal speed. When you

 

release the button, normal playback resumes.

 

 

 

Play in slow motion

During pause, press y.

 

 

 

 

Play frame by frame

During pause, press

SKIP.

 

 

 

Replay the previous scene in

During playback, press

REPLAY.

continuous play mode*1

 

 

(Instant Replay)

 

 

 

 

 

Fast forward the current scene

During playback, press

SKIP.

for 30 seconds in continuous

 

 

play mode*2

 

 

(Instant Skip)

 

 

 

 

Play at various speeds

During playback, press .or >. You can change the

(Shuttle play)

playback speed as follows.

 

–⋅7 y –⋅5 y –⋅3 y STILL y SLOW y PLAY

 

y ⋅ 2 y ⋅ 3 y ⋅ 5 y ⋅ 7

 

 

 

*1 For 10 seconds in SP or LP mode/for 15 seconds in EP mode

*2 You can press SKIP up to 4 times. This allows you to fast forward up to 2 minutes in total.

Operations Basic

To skip playback

You can skip a scene that you do not want to watch and restart playback.

During playback, press SKIP (see “To play/search at various speeds” above).

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 89.

To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY during normal playback.

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