Vcr Operation; Tape Controls - Curtis Mathes CMV42002 Owner's Manual

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Tape Controls

Play and Pause/Still
• Press the PLAY button on the remote control or on the front of the VCR to play a video. (If
Auto play is selected and the video tape has no safety tab, it will begin playing automatically
when you insert it in the VCR.)
• In play or slow motion mode, press the STILL button to stop the tape on a single still frame.
Press the button again to resume normal viewing.
Fast Forward and Forward Search
• Press the FF button when the tape is stopped to fast-forward the cassette at top speed.
• Press the FF button once while a tape is playing for forward search. Press the PLAY button to
stop search.
• Press and hold to increase speed by 7 times for tapes recorded at SP speed and 21 times for
tapes recorded at SLP speed. Release button to play.
Rewind and Reverse Search
• Press the REW button when the tape is stopped to rewind the cassette at top speed.
• Press the REW button once while a tape is playing for rewind search. Press the PLAY button
to stop search.
• Press and hold button while tape is playing to increase reverse speed by 7 times for tapes
recorded at SP speed and 21 times for tapes recorded at SLP speed. Release button to play.
Frame Advance and Skip Search
F.ADV/SKIP
• Press the F.ADV/SKIP button repeatedly to advance a video tape frame by frame in still mode.
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Press the PLAY button to resume normal viewing.
• For Skip Search, press F.ADV/SKIP once to skip ahead 30 seconds.
Press the F.ADV/SKIP button twice to skip ahead 60 seconds, three times to skip ahead 90
seconds and four times to skip ahead 120 seconds.
Slow Motion
SLOW
• Press the SLOW + or - button while a cassette is playing for slow motion.
• Press the SLOW buttons repeatedly to vary slow motion speed from 1/5 to1/30
of normal playback. Press the PLAY button twice to resume normal viewing.
Replay
REPLAY
100 • Press the REPLAY button when a video is playing at normal speed or in slow motion, and the
VCR will rewind for about five seconds of material in SP mode or about fifteen seconds in SLP
mode, then play back the section again.
Shuttle Buttons
SHUTTLE
• Shuttle buttons on the remote control offer one-touch search speed playback.
• Press 6 to advance or 4 to reverse playback in play mode. Playback speed is determined by
how many times you press the shuttle button.
PSC
PSC
• The picture sharpness control allows you to adjust the sharpness of the image automatically
during playback.
• The sharpness of the image is changed with each press . (Auto
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