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PLAY

OK

Press HPLAY.

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

Additional tasks

To

Press

 

 

Stop play

xSTOP

 

 

Pause play

XPAUSE

 

 

Resume play after pause

XPAUSE or HPLAY

 

 

Fast-forward the tape

M FF during stop

 

 

Rewind the tape

m REW during stop

 

 

Eject the tape

ZEJECT

 

 

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 79). (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

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.” 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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