VCR FUNCTIONS

Playback

Before: Turn on the TV.

VCR

1

Insert a cassette tape

2

To start playback

 

into this unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

To stop playback

4

To eject the cassette tape

 

 

 

 

OPEN/CLOSE

 

 

STOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

1

POWER

SPEED

OPEN/CLOSE

 

 

T-SET

 

1

2

3

 

 

 

TRACKING

 

4

5

6

 

7

8

9

POWER

REW F.FWD STOP/EJECT PLAY REC/OTR

CLEAR/

 

INPUT

VIDEO

C. RESET

 

SELECT

AUDIO

 

0

+10

 

 

DISPLAY VCR DVD MODE

2PLAY

STOP

3

4

3

2

 

Note:

When a cassette tape without a record tab is inserted, the unit will start playback automati- cally.

Tracking will be auto- matically adjusted upon playback. To adjust the tracking manually, press [TRACKING K / L] during playback.

Other Operations

To cue or review picture during playback (picture search)

Use [g] or [h] ([ F.FWD g] or [REW h] on this unit).

Press it again and the unit will search in super high speed. (in the SLP mode only)

To freeze the picture on TV screen during playback (still mode)

Press [PAUSE F]. Each time you press the button, the picture will be forwarded by one frame.

If the picture begins to vibrate vertically in the still mode, stabilize the picture by using [TRACKING K / L].

If the picture is distorted or rolling vertically, adjust the vertical hold control on your TV if equipped.

To Reset the Cassette Tape Counter (counter reset)

Press [DISPLAY] to display the cassette tape counter on the TV. Press [CLEAR/C.RESET] to reset the counter to “0:00:00”.

To play back in slow motion (slow mode)

Press [PAUSE F] during playback, then press [g] ([ F.FWD g] on this unit).

If you want to change speed in slow mode, press [g] or [h] ([ F.FWD g] or [REW h] on this unit), slow speed will be more fast and slow mode.

If the noise bars appear on the TV screen, you can reduce it by using

[TRACKING K / L].

To rewind the cassette tape automatically (auto rewind)

When a cassette tape reaches its end during playback, fast- forward or recording (except timer recording and one-touch timer recording), the cassette tape will automatically rewind to the beginning. After rewinding finishes, the unit will eject the cassette tape.

VCR FUNCTIONS

Note:

To prevent damage to the cassette tape, still or slow mode will auto- matically stop after 5 minutes.

To return to playback from the picture search, still or slow mode, press [PLAY B].

Index Search

To search by index mark. The index mark will be made automati- cally at the beginning of each recording.

VCR

• Insert a cassette tape into this unit.

1

Press [SEARCH MODE] once.

 

INDEX SEARCH

 

SEARCH

 

 

 

MODE

 

 

– –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

To select index mark

 

INDEX SEARCH

01 ~ 20

 

 

 

 

0 3

 

 

or

beginning of

current program

end of the

 

the contents

 

 

contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro.1

Pro.2

Pro.3

Pro.4 Pro.5

 

 

02

01

01

02

03

 

 

 

 

 

index mark

3

To rewind

 

 

ss

 

 

To fast forward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BB

 

4

When index mark is reached,

 

PLAY B

 

 

 

playback automatically begins.

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

The time gap between index marks should be more than 1 minute for SP mode, 2 minutes for LP mode and 3 minutes for SLP mode.

Time Search

To search by length of time.

VCR

• Insert a cassette tape into this unit.

1

Press [SEARCH MODE] twice.

TIME SEARCH

SEARCH

 

MODE

– : – –

 

 

2

Select the desired length of time

TIME SEARCH

 

for fast forwarding or rewinding.

2 : 5 0

 

 

 

or

0:01~ 9:59

 

 

 

(1 minute~9 hours and 59 minutes)

3

To rewind

ss

 

To fast forward

BB

 

 

4

When selected length of time is

PLAY B

 

reached, playback will start

automatically.

Note for Index Search & Time Search:

These functions are not available during recording.

Press [STOP C] to stop the search.

If a cassette tape ends during a search, your search will be canceled and the cassette tape will rewind to the beginning.

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