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Other Operations

VCR

Press [VCR] first.

To cue or review picture during playback (Picture Search):

Press [FWD f] or [REV r] during playback. Press it again and the unit will search in super high speed (in the LP mode only).

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

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

If the picture begins to vibrate vertically during the still mode, stabilise the picture by pressing the [PROG. / ].

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

To reset the tape counter:

Press [CLEAR].

To play back in slow forward motion: During playback, press [PAUSE p], then press [FWD f].

If the noise bars appear on the TV screen, you can reduce it by pressing [PROG. / ]. Slow reverse is not available in VCR mode.

To repeat a playback indefinitely without touching [PLAY P] (Auto Repeat Playback):

During normal playback, press [REPEAT]. When a tape is played to its end, the tape will rewind to the beginning and start playback itself. To cancel the Auto Repeat Playback, press [REPEAT] again.

Note

Still / Slow / Pause mode will be automatically cancelled after 5 minutes to prevent damage to the tape and the video head.

To return to normal play back from the Picture Search / Still / Slow mode, press [PLAY P].

Hi-Fi Stereo Sound System

This unit will record and playback Hi-Fi stereo sound. In addition, it has a NICAM stereo sound decoder. This unit will receive stereo and bilingual broadcasts and it is possible to record in several ways and to play back the sound.

Selecting the Sound Mode

You can select each mode by pressing [AUDIO ] on the remote control. Each mode is indicated on the TV screen as following.

During playback of the recorded tape in Hi-Fi mode

During reception of stereo broadcasts

Mode

Audio output

Display on

the TV screen

 

 

 

 

 

Stereo

Stereo

STEREO

 

 

 

L

L audio from both speakers

LEFT

 

 

 

R

R audio from both speakers

RIGHT

 

 

 

Normal

Monaural

MONO

 

 

 

• During reception of bilingual broadcasts

 

 

 

Mode

Audio output

Display on

the TV screen

 

 

 

 

 

Main

Main audio from the both

Main

speakers

 

 

 

 

 

Sub

Sub audio from the both

Sub

speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Main audio from the left

 

Main /

speaker

Main

Sub

• Sub audio from the right

Sub

 

speaker

 

 

 

 

Note

If you play back non-Hi-Fi tapes, the unit will play back automatically in monaural even if you select any mode.

If the stereo signal becomes weak, the broadcast is automatically recorded in monaural.

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D-VR17KB specifications

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