Playing a tape (continued)
To view the tape status on the screen
Press DISPLAY.
The following information appears on the TV screen.
STEREO
Audio monitor mode*
S– 
E
Remaining tape length
SP 0 : 0 0 : 22 Time counter
Tape speed*
*Appears for a few seconds when the DISPLAY button is pressed and when the mode is changed.
To turn the display off, press DISPLAY again.
Notes
•You can eject a tape even when the power is off. When you press ZEJECT, the VCR turns on automatically. After ejecting the tape, the VCR turns off again.
•When the pause mode lasts for more than approximately five minutes, the VCR will automatically enter the playback mode.
•You can play back tapes recorded in the SP mode only.
•The counter resets to “0:00:00” whenever a tape is inserted.
•The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording.
•If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL and NTSC systems, the time counter reading will not be correct. This is due to the difference between the counting cycles of the two colour systems.
•Depending on your TV, the following may occur while playing an
–the picture is black and white,
–the picture shakes,
–no picture appears on the TV screen,
–black streaks appear horizontally on the TV screen, and
–the colour density increases or decreases.
12Basic Operations