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Special Effect Playbacks
Are you familiar with tape playback?
If so, you are ready to enjoy the special
effect playback features described
below.
To skip playback for a certain
period
Press SKIP SEARCH during playback
to search forward for 30 seconds by the
time counter reading.
Each time you press the button, the
search time increases as follows:
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30
60
90
120 sec.
The VCR automatically resumes
normal playback after searching for the
specified period.
To view a still picture
Press STILL/SLOW
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STILL/PAUSE
on the front panel)
during playback.
Playback is freezed and a still picture
appears.
Press the STILL/SLOW
repeatedly to advance the still picture
frame by frame.
To advance a still picture:
Press STILL/SLOW
8
PAUSE
again. Each time a button is
pressed, a still picture advance one
frame.
To resume playback, press PLAY
To view a slow motion picture
Press STILL/SLOW
8
PAUSE
on the front panel) for more
than 2 seconds during playback.
To decrease the slow motion speed
(and reverse the slow motion
playback), press STILL/SLOW
To increase the slow motion speed
(and forward the slow motion
playback), press STILL/SLOW
To resume playback, press PLAY
Notes:
• No sound comes out during special effect
playbacks.
• If you keep viewing slow motion and still
pictures for more than 5 minutes, the VCR
automatically stops to protect the tape
and video heads.
• During special effect playbacks, some
noise bars will appear on the TV screen.
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PERATIONS
Tracking Adjustments
Auto tracking
Each time a tape is inserted, auto
tracking starts working and
continuously analyses the signal to
adjust for optimum picture quality
during playback. So, there is no need
for you to minimize noises in most
tapes during playback.
Manual tracking
• During normal playback:
If auto tracking cannot eliminate
noises well during playback, press
5
CH
• During a slow motion picture:
Press CH
in the slow motion picture.
• During a still picture:
Press CH
briefly (or
inthe still picture.
button
To cancel manual tracking, stop the
or STILL/
tape, eject the tape, then re-insert it.
Notes:
If you keep pressing CH
you might get "USE CLEANING
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CASSETTE" message on the screen (and
.
"U:01" on display window). Please
disregard this message and re-adjust the
(or STILL/
tracking. However, if the message appears
automatically (without pressing CH
this indicates that your video heads
are dirty. ( P.20)
Index Search
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You can locate an index marked at the
beginning of each recording on a tape
recorded on this VCR (or an indexed
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tape).
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Press
appropriate number is displayed on the
TV screen before starting play.
Rapid forward or reverse search begins.
When it finds the designated index,
playback starts automatically.
• Locate an index number by pressing the
button repeatedly, indicating how many
index marks ahead of or behind that
recording you want is from the tape's
current position.
• Up to ±9th index mark from the current
position on the tape can be located.
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or
.
5
∞
or
to minimize noises
5
∞
or
to reduce jitter
5
∞
/
button,
5
4
or
repeatedly until the
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Record End Search
This function enables you to search
forward to the next unrecorded portion
of the tape (or to the point at which
recording was stopped).
1 Press the REC END SEARCH
button. The VCR begins fast
forwarding or rewinding to find the
blank portion or the recording end
portion on the tape.SEARCHING
FOR REC END will appear on the
screen during the search.
2 The VCR automatically stop when
the blank portion or the recording
end portion is reached. REC END
SEARCH COMPLETED will
appear on the screen briefly.
The tape remaining tape time also
appears on the display panel.
Repeat Playback
When you press and hold PLAY
more than 5 seconds, you can play back
the same tape repeatedly (100 times).
When the tape runs to its end, the VCR
automatically rewinds the tape, and
starts playback.
Child Lock
You can prevent the VCR operations.
To use Child Lock
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/
),
When the VCR is turned on, press and
hold POWER on the remote control
for more than 10 seconds to turn off the
VCR.
The "CL" appears blinking on the
display.
While "CL" is on the display, you
cannot turn on the VCR by pressing
POWER on the VCR.
To cancel Child Lock
Press and hold POWER on the remote
control for more than 10 seconds to
turn on the VCR.
The "CL" disappears on the display
and VCR is turned on.
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