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.

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VCR

1

 

2

To start

 

 

 

playback

 

 

 

PLAY

3

To stop

4

To eject

 

playback

 

OPEN/CLOSE

 

STOP

 

/EJECT

 

 

 

Other Operations

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

SLOW

 

REW

F.FWD STOP/EJECT PLAY REC/OTR

CHANNEL

 

 

0

+10

VIDEO

L -- AUDIO -- R

/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY

VCR

DVD

PAUSE

 

 

 

DVD

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

PLAY

 

 

 

3 2

 

 

 

STOP

 

3

 

 

 

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]).

To cue or review picture during playback (Picture Search)

Press [g] or [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 F]. 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

You can skip the program backward and forward by the Index Mark.

VCR

VCR

Insert a tape into this unit.

SEARCH

1 MODE

INDEX SEARCH

– –

3

1

SEARCH

 

To rewind

 

MODE

TIME SEARCH

 

 

 

 

– : – –

 

 

 

 

ss

 

 

To fast forward

Hit twice.

 

 

 

 

 

BB

 

 

2 Select the desired length of

After searching,

time for fast forwarding or

VCR

Hit once.

2

 

INDEX SEARCH

 

 

 

or

0 3

 

 

4 PLAYB

Hint

The Index Mark will be made automatically at the beginning of each recording.

The time gap between Index Marks should be greater then 1 minute for SP mode, 2 minutes for LP mode and 3 minutes for SLP mode.

rewinding.

TIME SEARCH

2 : 5 0

or

0:01~ 9:59 (1 minute~9 hours and 59 minutes)

 

 

 

 

01 ~ 20

Time Search

CURRENT PROGRAM

 

 

 

Beginning

 

 

 

End of

You can search backward and for-

of the tape

 

 

 

the tape

Pro.1

Pro.2

Pro.3

Pro.4

Pro.5

ward a specific length of time on a

02

01

01

02

03

tape.

 

 

 

INDEX MARK

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VCR

 

 

 

 

 

• Insert a tape into this unit.

Hint for Index Search & Time Search

These functions are not available during recording.

Hit [STOP C] to stop the search.

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

3

To rewind

ss

To fast forward

BB

After searching,

4 PLAYB

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Sylvania DVC860F owner manual VCR Functions Playback, Other Operations, Hint for Index Search & Time Search