Displaying The Playing Time And Play Information; Selecting The Sound During Playback - Sony RDR-VXD655 Operating Instructions Manual

Displaying the Playing Time
and Play Information
You can check playback information, such as
elapsed or remaining time, recording mode, etc.,
on the TV screen.
DISPLAY
Press DISPLAY during playback.
The information display appears.
Each time you press the button, the display
changes as follows:
Tape and disc information/date and time
m
Tape information only
m
No display
Stop
0:05:30
HQ
Rem 00:25
Original
Wed May 02. 2007
A Playing status
B Time counter (elapsed time)
C Recording mode
D Remaining tape length
E Channel or input source
F Date and time
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0 0
Play
0:30:00
SP
Rem 01:30
Ch 110
10:10 AM
Selecting the Sound During
Playback
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Press AUDIO repeatedly during playback.
To listen to On-screen
display
Stereo Hi-Fi
Left channel Left
Right channel Right
Monaural Mono
sound on the
normal audio
track
* No indicator appears in the front panel display when
you play a tape without Hi-fi recording.
How sound is recorded on a video tape
The VCR records sound onto two separate tracks.
Hi-fi audio is recorded onto the main track along
with the picture. Monaural sound is recorded onto
the normal audio track along the edge of the tape.
Normal audio track
Hi-fi audio track
(main track)
Notes
• To play a tape in stereo, you must use the A/V
connections.
• When you play a tape recorded in monaural, the sound
is heard in monaural regardless of the AUDIO setting.
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0 0
AUDIO
Front panel
display
STEREO
STEREO
STEREO
STEREO*
Monaural sound
Stereo sound
(left/right channels)