PLAYBACK

Variable Speed Playback

You can play back a tape at various tape speeds.

Picture Search

A tape runs at 5 times or 7 times the normal playback speed so that you can quickly locate a particular scene.

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Press

FF or REW during playback.

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The tape runs at 5 times the normal playback speed.

 

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REW

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To change the tape speed to 7 times the normal playback

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY/x2

 

PLAY/x2

 

 

speed, press and hold

FF or REW.

REW

ENTER

FF

FF

 

If you release it, the tape speed returns to 5 times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAUSE/STIL

L Note

 

 

VCR Plus+

 

 

 

DNR

SLOWIf you pressFF or REW

during picture search, the mode changes to fast-

 

 

 

 

 

forwarding or rewinding.

 

A.SELECT

 

REMAIN

 

COUNT

 

 

 

 

 

COUNTER

 

RESET

 

To resume normal playback

POWER

CH DOWN

 

CH UP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press

PLAY/x2.

 

Still Picture

Slow-motion Picture

PLAYBACK

A picture freezes so that you can watch closer.1 Press PAUSE/STILL during playback. The picture freezes.

To resume normal playback

Press PAUSE/STILL.

Notes

•The still mode is automatically cancelled after about 5 minutes and returns to normal playback.

•The still picture may shake if a picture of a fast- moving object or scene is frozen. This is not a defect in the unit.

Adjusting Still Picture Stability

If the still picture is distorted or flickers, holddown one of CH/TRK until the picture becomes stable.

Note

The distortion of the still picture may not be eliminated completely.

The tape runs at 1/7th or 1/15th the normal playback speed.

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Press

SLOW during playback.

 

The tape runs at about 1/7th the normal

playback speed.

 

Each time you press

SLOW, the speed

alternates between 1/7th and 1/15th.

To resume normal playback

Press PLAY/x2.

Notes

•The slow-motion picture mode is automatically cancelled after about 5 minutes and returns to normal playback.

•The slow-motion picture may flicker up and down. This is not a defect in the unit.

Adjusting the Tracking Manually

If the slow-motion picture is noisy, hold down one of CH/TRK until the best picture is obtained.

Note

The noise in the slow-motion picture may not be eliminated completely.

Note

 

When playing back a tape which is recorded in S-VHS or S-VHS ET format, distortion may occur during the

 

variable speed playback.

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