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Press áPLAY.

PLAY

OK

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

Additional tasks

To

Press

Stop play

pSTOP

 

 

Pause play

PPAUSE

 

 

Resume play after pause

PPAUSE or áPLAY

 

 

Fast-forward the tape

)#FF during stop

 

 

Rewind the tape

03REW during stop

 

 

Eject the tape

6EJECT

 

 

To set the colour system

If the playback picture has no colour, or streaks appear during playback, set COLOUR SYSTEM in the OPTIONS-1 menu to conform to the system that the tape was recorded in (see page 58). (Normally set the option to AUTO.)

To play an NTSC-recorded tape

Set NTSC PB at the rear of the VCR according to the colour system of your TV.

When your TV is

Set NTSC PB to

 

 

PAL only

ON PAL TV

 

 

PAL and NTSC

NTSC 4.43

 

 

To use the time counter

At the point on the tape that you want to find later, press CLEAR. The counter in the display window resets to “0:00:00.” Search for the point afterwards by referring to the counter.

SP VIDEO

OPC

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

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Operations Basic

Basic Operations 33