Special Effect Playbacks - Philips VR1200/02 User Manual

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Special Effect Playbacks

Are you familiar with tape playback? If so, you
are ready to enjoy the special effect playback
features described below.
To skip playback for a certain period
Press S.SEARCH during playback to search
forward for 30 seconds by the time counter
reading.
Each time you press the button, the search time
increases as follows:
30=60=90=120 sec.
The VCR automatically resumes normal play-
back after searching for the specified period.
To view a still picture
Press STILL/SLOW
STILL 8 on the front panel) during playback.
Playback is frozen or stopped and a still picture
appears.
To advance a still picture:
Press STILL/SLOW
again. Each time a button is pressed, a still
picture advance one frame.
or
Press JOG/SHTL so that the JOG/SHTL lamp
lights up. Rotate the jog dial clockwise (or
counterclockwise) to advance (or reverse) a still
picture frame by frame, while the JOG/SHTL
lamp is lit.
To resume playback, press PLAY 3.
To view a slow motion picture
Press STILL/SLOW
the front panel) for more than 2 seconds during
playback.
To decrease the slow motion speed (and
reverse the slow motion playback), press
STILL/SLOW –.
To increase the slow motion speed (and
forward the slow motion playback), press
STILL/SLOW +.
To resume playback, press PLAY 3.
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P E R A T I O N S P E R A T I O N S
P E R A T I O N S
briefly (or PAUSE/
or PAUSE/STILL 8
(or PAUSE/STILL 8 on
To rapidly locate, then freeze, a particular
scene
During tape playback or Still mode, follow these
steps.
1 1 1 1 1 Press JOG/SHTL so that the JOG/SHTL
button lights.
2 2 2 2 2 Turn and hold the Shuttle ring clockwise (or
counterclockwise) to fast forward (or reverse)
a picture.
As you turn the ring further, the search speed
increases. You may only use the Shuttle ring
when the JOG/SHTL button is lit.
3 3 3 3 3 Releasing the Shuttle ring freezes the picture
in still mode.
Notes:
• No sound comes out during special effect
playbacks.
• If you keep viewing slow motion and still
pictures for more than 5 minutes, the VCR
automatically stops to protect the tape and
video heads.
• During special effect playbacks, some noise
bars will appear on the TV screen.
• When normal playback resumes from search,
still, slow motion or frame-by-frame
playback, the picture may jitter vertically
momentarily depending on the type of TV
being used.
• When using the jog dial or shuttle ring on
the front panel, you do not have to press
JOG/SHTL on the remote control.
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