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manual t racking
From time to time, you might play a tape that has excess °noise"
in the picture
(often looking
like vibration
or :interference
at the
top or bottom
of the screen). To correct
the picture,
you will have
to manually
track the tape. To do this:
O
While the tape is :playing, press the channel
buttons
on the
front panel until the picture
is clear of excess "noise."
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To continue
automatic
tracking,
press both front pane:[
CHANNEL
buttons
at the same time. Automatic
trac]_ing
will
also resume
when you eject the tape.
slowtracking
Slow tracking
is used to adjust, the playback
quality
during
slow
motion
playback
and still frame. You can only use slow tracking
if
your tape was recorded
in extended
play (EP) speed. To adjust
the
slow tracking,
put a tape into slow motion,
then press the CItAN-
NEL buttons
on the front panel of the VCR until
the best pict_ure
is obtained.
Using the time counter
Your VCR has a time counter
that shows the amount
of time 1;he
tape has run in hours,
minutes,
and seconds.
T_ds counter' is
useful when you want to find specific points
on a tape. The
counter
will not work with blank tapes,
on blank sections
of tape,
or when the VCR's power is ofl.i
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Time counter
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settingthecounter
To set the counter
to
U0H00M00S,"
press the C.._NCEL button
on
the remote
control.
(You cannot
reset the counter
if you are using
the VCR's on-screen
menus.)
Your VCR Will automatically
reset the counter
to
U0H00M00S
_
when you load a tape into the VCR. It will also display
the cur-
rent time when the VCR is turned
off, or when no tape is loaded
in the VCR.
The counter
cannot
display
times
greater
them "9H59M59S" in
either
the forward
or reverse
direction.
If you are using
a tape
labeled
T-210, the counter
will not be displayed
correctly
when
the tape runs longer than "9H59M59S."
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