Basic Operations

Playing a tape (continued)

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Press 0PLAY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

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 H PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast-forward the tape

MFF during stop

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rewind the tape

mREW during stop

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eject the tape

ZEJECT

 

 

 

 

 

To set the colour system

If the playback picture has no colour or streaks appear during playback, set the COLOUR SYSTEM option in the VIDEO OPTIONS menu to conform to the system that the tape was recorded (see page 71).(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.

OPC VIDEO

VPS

PDC

EDIT H MS

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

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