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Freeze-Frame/Frame Advance
Freeze-frame lets you pause the tape to view a
single frame. Press
PAUSE
freeze the picture. Press
to return to normal playback.
During freeze-frame, picture quality is lower
than during normal playback. The picture quali-
ty is best with recordings made at the SP or EP
speed (see "Recording Speeds/Tape Selec-
tion" on Page 32).
Notes:
• If you leave the VCR in the freeze-frame
mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing
the tape to protect the video heads.
• To reduce or eliminate jitter in the freeze-
frame picture, hold down
picture is clear.
During freeze-frame, you can advance the pic-
ture one frame at a time by repeatedly pressing
. This feature works best with video cas-
SLOW
settes recorded at the SP or EP speed. Press
or
to return to normal playback.
PAUSE
PLAY
Slow Motion
To start slow motion playback, while a tape is
playing, press
. Press
SLOW
to return to normal playback. During slow
PLAY
motion, the sound is muted and the picture
quality is lower than during normal playback.
Slow motion picture quality is best with tapes
recorded at the SP or EP speed.
Notes:
• If you leave the VCR in the slow-motion
mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing
the tape to protect the video heads.
• If the slow-motion picture is poor, hold
down
s or t until the picture improves.
CH
during playback to
again or
PAUSE
PLAY
s or t until the
CH
again or
SLOW
REAL-TIME COUNTER
Using the Counter
Your VCR's counter shows how long a tape
has been running. To have the counter display
on the TV screen, press
mote control.
The counter resets to
0:00:00
eject a tape then put in a new tape. To reset it
manually, press
COUNTER RESET
Note: The real-time counter might stop if you
fast-forward or rewind through a blank section
on the tape. This is normal.
Using the Zero Search Function
You can reset the counter to
position on the tape and then return to that po-
sition. This lets you quickly return to a selected
place on the tape later.
Follow these steps to use the zero search func-
tion.
1. Press
COUNTER RESET
tion you want to return to later. The counter
resets to
0:00:00
.
2. When you want to return to the selected
location, stop the tape, then press
. The tape rewinds or fast-
SKIP/ZERO
forwards and automatically stops when it
reaches
.
0:00:00
Notes:
• If you press
to rewind the tape past
REW
0:00:00
, the time appears with a minus
(–) sign.
• The counter does not work with blank
tapes
or
blank
portions
recorded tapes.
on the re-
DISP/ENT
when you
.
at any
0:00:00
twice at the loca-
C/A
of
partially
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