Beta Skipscan; Playback.modes; Played Back - Sony sl-hf600 Owner's Manual

PICTURE ADJUSTMENTS
To adjust the sharpness of the playback plcture, turn
the SHARPNESS control.
If the plcture of a tape played back at the normal or
double speed seems distorted or snowy, turn the
TRACKING NORMAL control for the best possible
picture.
Be sure to return the control to the center detent posi-
tlon after viewing that partlcular tape.
Note
The playback plcture may blank out for an instant at a
spot on the tape where the swltchlng of the recording
mode from B E to
I B l O
had been made.
AUTO PLAY
To have the tape automatlcally be played back after
the tape has fully rewound itself.
Press
U
(rewlnd) button and while holding It down,
press
b
(play) button.
8 1 1
The tape wlll
be
rewound and playback wlll begin.
BETASCAN
Vlerrlng the plcture at a fast
.peed
to flnd a particular
OEBnB
Press H or
4
durlng playback. When you release
the button, the normal playack wlll resume.
p or
beverse
hlgh-speed For forward high-speed
playback playback
BETA SKIPSCAN
VlewInf~ the picture
mommtcrrlly
durlng fast-forward
or
rewind
Press
H
or 4 durlng fast-forward or rewind mode.
When you release the button, the fast-fonnrard or rewlnd
mode wlll resume.
V
F O ;
reverse high-speed +or forward hlgh-speed
playback playback
Streaks will appear and sound wlll be muted In the
Betascan and Beta SklpScan pictures.
Durlng Betascan, the Beta hi-fl lndlcator may
sometlmes not light even when a Beta hi-fl recorded
tape is played back.
VARIOUS PLAYBACK MODES
I
FREQE PICTURE
1
Press II PAUSE durlng playback.
The sound wlll
be
muted
To resume playback press il (pause) agaln.
If
the displayed still picture seems to shake, turn the STILL
AW
(adjustment) control In the tunlng compartment untll
the plcture
stabilizes.
As long as the same N Is used wlth
this VCR,
it
should not
be
necessary to make thls adjust-
ment so frequently.
Thls control may not work for particular tapes recorded in
the
nil
mode.
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If
streaks or nolse appear, play back the tape at slow speed
(sw next page), adjust the TRACKING SLOW control and
then freeze the picture wlth the
II
(pause) button agaln.
To protect the vldeo heads and the tape, the pause mode
wlll
be
automatlcally released after about
8
minutes and
playback
wlll
resume.
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DOUBLE-SPEED
PLAYBACK
(
(for tapes recorded in the
B1
or B I B mode)
Press the x2 button during normal playback.
The tape wlll be played back at double speed and If the
tape was recorded in the Beta hl-fl system the sound
wlll be played back at double speed also. (Adjust
TRACKING NORMAL control If necessary.)
Thls button
will
not functlon for tapes recorded in them1
mode.
To return to normal playback, press the W (play) button.