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4.
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
Playing a cassette
a
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. '
the display.
b
Press the
button.
PLAY G
c
To stop, press the
STOP h
d
To eject the cassette, press the
video recorder.
D Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture or
poor sound quality. This is not a fault in your
machine. Please read the section 'Selecting the
picture setting (SMART PICTURE)', or 'Eliminating
picture interference'.
D Some functions switch off automatically after a
while (for example, pause, still picture, picture
search). This helps to protect the cassette and
avoids wasting power.
Playing NTSC cassettes
With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for
example, American cassettes). But this only works for
PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency
of 60 Hz.
When you play an NTSC cassette '60HZ' will appear on the
display.
D Some special features (for example, still picture) are
not possible while you are playing an NTSC
cassette.
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button.
button on the
EJECT J
Tape position indication
By pressing the
button, you can show the present tape
OK
position on the TV screen.
a
During playback press the
b
Select one of the following options with the
button:
'TIME USED' to indicate the time used on the tape
'TIME LEFT' to indicate the time left on the tape
'COUNTER' to indicate the actual position on the tape
D To reset the tape position to '0:00:00', press the
button.
CLEAR (CL)
D This video recorder will automatically recognise the
length of the tape.
D When you put in a cassette, the video recorder must
first calculate the playing time for 'TIME USED' or
'TIME LEFT'. Therefore, the display first shows '
and then shows the playing time after the tape has
been running for a few seconds.
D If there is no recording on the tape and you have
selected 'COUNTER', the counter will stop.
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
a
While a cassette is playing, press the
(forward) button once or several times.
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b
To stop at a certain picture, press the
D During picture search, the picture quality may not be
so good and there will be no sound.
Still picture/Slow motion
a
Press the
STILL R
button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
b
Each time you press
STILL R
move on one step.
c
When you hold the
STILL R
played in slow motion.
d
When you press the
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a choice of several playback speeds.
During slow motion there will be no sound.
button.
COUNTER
COUNTER
(reverse) or
H
button.
PLAY G
again, the picture will
button, the tape will be
button several times, you have
s
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