Basic Vcr Operation; Loading A Video Tape; Playing A Video Tape; Automatic Rewind/Eject - Optimus 16-429 Owner's Manual

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BASIC VCR OPERATION

LOADING A VIDEO TAPE

Hold the cassette with the main label facing up
and the spine facing out from the Model 36.
Then insert the cassette into the cassette com-
partment and gently push the center of its spine
until the Model 36 draws it in.
The Model 36 automatically turns on. If the
erase-protection tab has been removed from the
cassette, playback automatically begins (see
"Erase Protection" on Page 28) and
appears. If the erase-protection tab is intact, the
tape does not play and STOP
Caution: Never insert anything except a VHS
video cassette into the cassette compartment.
You might damage the Model 36's internal
mechanisms.
Note: If a cassette was loaded when you last
turned off the Model 36, you must press
to turn on the Model 36.

PLAYING A VIDEO TAPE

1. Load a video tape.
2. If playback does not automatically begin,
press .
PLAY PLAY
Model 36 plays the tape.
Note: During playback, the Model 36 auto-
matically adjusts the tracking, but you can
manually adjust it if necessary (see "Track-
ing" on Page 23).
3. Repeatedly press
VOLUME
the volume.
Note: To adjust the brightness, contrast,
color, tint, or sharpness, see "Adjusting the
Picture" on Page 20.
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4. To stop playback before it automatically
stops at the end of the tape, press
EJECT
remote control.
5. To eject the tape, press
on the Model 36 or
control.
Note: When the Model 36 is off, you can press
STOP/EJECT
remote control to eject a tape. The Model 36
turns on, ejects the tape, then turns off.

Automatic Rewind/Eject

If the tape reaches the end before you press
STOP/EJECT
PLAY
cally stops the tape, then completely rewinds it.
appears.
Notes:
• If
Automatic Repeat Playback" on Page 26),
the Model 36 also ejects the tape then turns
off.
• If the counter return feature is turned on
(see "Using Counter Return" on Page 25),
POWER
the tape stops at
eject, and the Model 36 does not turn off.
• The Model 36 ejects the tape and turns
itself off, but does not automatically rewind
the tape during one-touch recording or
automatic timer recording (see "One-Touch
Recording (OTR)" on Page 29 and "Auto-
matic Timer Recording" on Page 30).
appears and the
s or t to adjust
on the Model 36 or
STOP/EJECT
EJECT
on the Model 36 or
or , the Model 36 automati-
EJECT
is set to
REPEAT PLAY OFF
0:00:00
STOP/
on the
STOP
again
on the remote
on the
EJECT
(see "Using
and does not