Using The Time Counter - Sony SLV-X821MK2 Instruction & Operation Manual

Playing a tape (continued)
Note
Depending on your TV, the
following may occur while
playing an NTSC-recorded
tape:
– the picture becomes black
and white
– the picture shakes.
– no picture appears on the
TV screen
– black streaks appear
horizontally on the TV
screen
– the color density
increases or decreases
– the display does not
appear properly during
search forward or search
backward.
Notes
The remaining tape length
will not appear while
playing an NTSC-recorded
tape.
The display won't appear
during still mode or slow-
motion playback.
When you insert a short
tape such as E-30 or a
nonstandard commercially
available tape, the
remaining tape length may
not be correct.
Notes
When a tape is reinserted,
the counter returns to
"0H00M00S."
The counter will not work
on tape portions with no
recording.
If a tape has portions
recorded in both PAL and
NTSC systems, the time
counter reading will not be
correct. This discrepancy is
due to the difference
between the counting cycles
of the two video systems.
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Basic Operations
To set the color system
If streaks appear during playback, set the COLOR SYSTEM switch on
the VCR to conform to the system that the tape was recorded in. (The
normal setting is AUTO.) You can check the present color system in the
display window. Refer to the page 8.
When your tape was recorded in
PAL
NTSC
MESECAM
Displaying the remaining tape length and time
counter
Press DISPLAY to turn the display on or off.
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0 : 00 : 22
Time counter

Using the time counter

At the point on a tape that you want to find later, press COUNTER
RESET to reset the counter to "0H00M00S." When you rewind or
advance the tape to this point, refer to the counter.
Set COLOR SYSTEM to
PAL/MESECAM
NTSC
PAL/MESECAM
Remaining tape length
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The white bar represents the
approximate length of tape
remaining.