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PLAYING BACK A VIDEO CASSETTE
Sw itch on.
Set the TV receiver in the
appropriate mode.
TV
receiver
PHONES VOLUME control
POWER indicator
Press PLAY/X2.
Press STOP at the end of the program.
High-speed reverse search
REW/SHUTTLE SEARCH button
•To rewind the tape, press this button in the Stop mode.
•To shuttle search the tape in the reverse d irection, press this
button in the Play mode.
•The shuttling speed is about 7 times normal in the SP mode
and 21 times normal in the EP mode.
•Press the PLAY/X2 button to return to normal playback.
Notes:
•The SP/EP button may be in either position.
The SP, LP or EP mode recording is automatically detected
and played back at the correct speed.
• Irrespective of the S-VHS mode button setting, the S·VHS
or VHS recording mode is automatically detected and played
back in the correct mode. The S·VHS mode ind icator lights
for playback of S-VHS recordings.
•When the PLAY /X2 button is pressed to start playback, the
V IDEO mode is automatically entered, the V I DEO indicator
on the FOP lights and "PLAY" appears on the screen for 5
seconds.
•The tape-end auto rewind mechanism functions in both the
Play and Fast Forward modes.
•For briefer scanning, keep the SHUTTLE SEARCH button
pressed for more than 2 seconds; when you release .the
Load a pre-recorded cassette. Power will be switched on
automatically. When the cassette loaded has no safety
tab, playback starts automatically, with "PLAY" appear
ing on the screen for 5 seconds.
PICTURE SHARPNESS control
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TRACKING controls
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Skip Search function
During playback, press
e remote control's S K I P SEARCH
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button from 1 to 4 ti es to zip through 30 . sec. to 2-min.
sections of tape. Press
e PLAY/X2 button to cancel the
Skip Search mode.
button, the Search mode will be cancelled. In this case, the
shuttling speed in the EP mode is about 7 times normal.
•Noise bars may appear on the screen if you play back a tape
which was recorded using another recorder. In such cases,
adjust the TRACKING controls. Press one of the buttons
until a satisfactory picture is obtained. After playback, track·
ing may be reset m�nually by pressing both buttons simul
taneously. It is reset automatically when the tape is ejected
or the power turned off.
•When l istening through headphones, if the volume is too
low or too high, adjust the PHONES VOLUME control for
comfortable l istening.
• l1_11 a ges on the screen can be adjusted to a preferred softer or
sharper definition by turning the PICTU RE SHARPN ESS
control.
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SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK
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h e remote control
Variable speed search is possible in either forward or re
verse direction from either the Still or Play mode.
•To search in the forward direction:
• Press the � bu tton i n the Play mode to start fast
motion searching from 2 times normal speed. To in
crease speed (to 3, 5, 7, 21 times normal), press � re
peatedly.
• Press the � button in the Still mode to start slow
motion searching from 1/30 normal speed. To i ncrease
speed (to 1/24, 1 / 1 8, 1 / 1 2, 1/6, normal, X2, X3, X5,
8i5]
X7, X2 1 ), press � repeatedly. To decrease speed,
press 8i5] repeatedly. ( Pressing the
button in the
Play mode, starts sl ow-motion searching at 1/6 normal
speed.)
8i5]
•To search in the reverse direction:
• Press the
button in the Still mode to start search
ing in the reverse direction at the same speed as normal
speed playback. To increase speed (to -3, -5, -7, - 2 1
times normal), press 8i5] repeatedly. To decrease
speed, press � repeatedly.
•To return to the normal Play mode, press the PLAY/X2
button.
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SKIP PAUSE/STILL
STOP
Notes:
•When the Still mode continues for longer than about 5
minutes, the Stop mode will be entered automatically.
•With some video cassettes, the TV picture may distort during
slow-motion playback. This is not due to any defect of the
unit.
• If noise bars are visible, use TRACKING controls as des
cribed on the previous page.
•With some televisions, the still picture may be unstable. If
vertical vibration of the picture is observed, attempt to
correct it by turning the V.LOCK control.
From the Play mode
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From the Still mode . . .
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•Selected slow-motion and X2 speeds can be displayed on the
screen anytime by pressing the ENTER button.
ON.SCREEN DISPLAY
1 /30
SLOW
1 /24
SLOW
1 / 1 8
SLOW
SLOW
1 / 1 2
SLOW
1 /6
STILL
PLAY X2
(No display for
faster speeds)
PLAY /X2 button
•Press while in the Play mode; dou ble-speed playback will be
engaged.
•To resume normal playback, press the same button again.
PAUSE/STI L L button
•Press while in the Play mode; the tape will stop and a still
picture will be obtained.
•To advance the stHI picture, press again ..
•To return to the normal Play mode, press the PLAY/X2
button.
• No audio is available during any Special-effects playback
mode.
•Special-effects playback is not possible in the LP mode.
When the Special-effects mode is engaged during playback of
LP recorded tapes, the picture disappears from the screen. If
you happen to engage one of the Special-effects modes while
playing an LP tape, simply press the PLAY/X2 button to
restore the picture.
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