Basic Operations

Playing a tape

Before you start…

• Refer to “Index to parts and controls” for button locations.

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Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.

Insert a tape.

The VCR turns on and starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed.

Press H PLAY.

PLAY

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

 

OK

Additional tasks

To

Press

 

 

Stop play

x STOP

 

 

Pause play

X PAUSE

 

 

Resume play after pause

X PAUSE or H PLAY

 

 

Fast-forward the tape

M FF during stop

 

 

Rewind the tape

m REW during stop

 

 

Eject the tape

Z EJECT

 

 

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 73). (Normally set the option to AUTO.)

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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