VCR Functions

Playback

Before:

Turn on the TV and set it to channel 3.

If channel 3 is already occupied for broad- casting, see “RF Output Channel” section.

VCR

VCR

1

 

2

To start

 

 

 

playback

 

 

 

PLAY

3

To stop

4

To eject

 

playback

 

OPEN/CLOSE

 

 

 

/EJECT

 

STOP

 

 

 

 

 

4

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POWER

 

 

OPEN/CLOSE

 

 

 

 

SPEED

AUDIO

/EJECT

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SKIP/CH.

 

OPEN/CLOSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

5

6

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

9

VCR/TV

 

 

OUTPUT

 

POWER

 

VCR

DVD PROGRESSIVE SCAN

 

 

 

 

REW

F.FWD STOP/EJECT PLAY REC/OTR

CHANNEL

SKIP H STOP PLAY

GSKIP

 

0

+10

SLOW

/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REV

FWD

DISPLAY VCR DVD PAUSE

2

PLAY

STOP

3

3

2

REC/OTR

 

4

 

 

 

 

Hint

When a tape without record tab is inserted, the unit will start playback automatically.

Tracking will be automatically adjusted upon playback. To adjust the tracking manually, press [SKIP/CH. G/K H/L] (or [CHANNEL K/L]).

Other Operations

To cue or review picture during playback (Picture Search)

Press [g / h]([F.FWD g] or [REW h] ).

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 play- back (Still mode)

Hit [PAUSE k]. Each time you hit the button, the picture will be forwarded by one frame.

If the picture begins to vibrate vertically during the still mode, stabilize the picture by pressing

[SKIP/CH. G/K H/L] (or [CHANNEL K/L]).

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

Counter Reset

Hit [CLEAR/C.RESET].

To play back in slow motion

Hit [SLOW] during playback or the still mode.

If the noise bars appear on the TV screen, you can reduce it by pressing [SKIP/CH. G/K H/L](or [CHANNEL K/L]).

Auto Rewind

When a tape reaches its end during playback, fast-for- ward or recording (except Timer Recording and One Touch Recording), the tape will automatically rewind to the beginning. After rewinding finishes, the unit will eject the tape.

Hint

Still/Slow mode will be automati- cally cancelled after 5 minutes to prevent dam- age to the tape and the video head.

To return to playback from the Picture Search/Still/ Slow mode, hit [PLAY B].

Functions

Index Search

3

 

1

SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

MODE

You can skip the program backward

To rewind

 

 

TIME SEARCH

 

 

– : – –

and forward by the Index Mark.

 

ss

 

 

 

VCR

 

 

 

Hit twice.

 

VCR

To fast forward

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Insert a tape into this unit.

 

BB

 

 

1

SEARCH

 

 

 

 

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX SEARCH

 

 

2 Select the desired length of

 

– –

 

After searching,

 

 

 

 

time for fast forwarding or

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hit once.

 

4

 

rewinding.

 

 

PLAYB

TIME SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hint

 

2 : 5 0

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

• The Index Mark will be made automatically

0:01~ 9:59

2

 

 

at the beginning of each recording.

(1 minute~9 hours

 

INDEX SEARCH

• The time gap between Index Marks should

and 59 minutes)

 

or

0 3

be greater then 1 minute for SP mode, 2

 

 

 

minutes for LP mode and 3 minutes for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLP mode.

 

 

01 ~ 20

VCR

 

CURRENT PROGRAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of

of the tape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the tape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pro.1

 

Pro.2

Pro.3

 

Pro.4

 

Pro.5

 

02

01

 

01

02

03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX MARK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Search

You can search backward and for- ward a specific length of time on a tape.

VCR

VCR

Insert a tape into this unit.

3

To rewind

ss

To fast forward

BB

Hint for Index Search & Time Search

 

After searching,

• These functions are not available during recording.

 

• Hit [STOP C] to stop the search.

4

 

• If a tape ends during a search, your search will be cancelled and the tape will rewind to the

PLAYB

beginning.

 

 

 

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Sylvania DVC840F owner manual VCR Functions Playback, Other Operations, Hint for Index Search & Time Search