Playing A Tape - Sony SLV-D940P AZ Service Manual

Locking the disc tray
You can lock the disc tray so that the disc tray
is not opened by mistake.
To lock the disc tray
When the DVD-VCR is turned on, press x, X and SELECT DVD on the unit at the
same time. "LOCK" appears in the display window. The disc tray is locked.
To unlock the disc tray
Press x, X and SELECT DVD on the unit at the same time. The disc tray is
unlocked.
Notes
• If you lock the disc tray while open, the disc tray will be locked after closing.
• You cannot lock the disc tray when the DVD-VCR is turned off. If the DVD-VCR is turned
on, you can lock the disc tray either in play mode or stop mode.
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Locking the disc tray (Child Lock)
Additional tasks
To Press
x
Stop play
X
Pause play∗
X or H
Resume play after pause
M during stop
Fast-forward the tape
m during stop
Rewind the tape
Z
Eject the tape
* If you pause the VCR for more than 5 minutes, the VCR will automatically resume play.
To turn off the power while rewinding (Rewind Shut Off)
Press ?/1 while the tape is rewinding. The power will turn off, but the tape will keep
rewinding until it reaches the end.
To play/search at various speeds
Playback options Operation
During fast-forward, hold down M. During rewind, hold
View the picture during fast-
down m.
forward or rewind
• During playback, briefly press M or m. The tape
Play at high speed
continues to play at 5 times normal speed.
• During playback, hold down M or m. The tape
continues to play at 5 times normal speed. When you
release the button, normal playback resumes.
During pause, press y.
Play in slow motion* 1
Replay the previous scene in During playback, press
continuous play mode* 2
(Instant Replay)
Fast forward the current scene During playback, press
for 30 seconds in continuous
play mode* 3
(Instant Skip)
During playback, press .or >. You can change the
Play at various speeds
playback speed as follows.
(Shuttle play)
REW*
y SLOW y PLAY y PLAY2 y FF*
You can change the slow motion playback speed by pressing M or m.
* 1
* 2 For 10 seconds in SP or LP mode/for 15 seconds in EP mode
* 3 You can press SKIP up to 4 times. This allows you to fast forward up to 2 minutes in
total.
* 4 "REW" flashes in the display window.
* 5 "FF" flashes in the display window.
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Playing a tape

(Child Lock)
SELECT DVD
X x
REPLAY.
SKIP.
4 y –PLAY2 y –PLAY y –SLOW y STILL
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Playing a tape
Before you start...
• Turn on the DVD-VCR and your TV.
• Set your TV to the video channel so that
the signal from the player appears on the
TV screen.
• Set TV / DVD·VIDEO to DVD·VIDEO,
then press SELECT VIDEO to control the
VCR (page 9).
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Insert a tape.
The VCR starts playing automatically if
you insert a tape with its safety tab
removed.
2 Press H.
The display window shows the
playback time.
When the tape reaches the end,
it will rewind automatically.
To play a recently watched scene
You can immediately rewind and playback the scene you want to watch again.
During playback, press
To skip playback
You can skip a scene that you do not want to watch and restart playback.
During playback, press
To resume normal playback
Press H.
To set the colour system
If the playback picture has no colour, or streaks appear during playback, set "Colour
System" in the "USER SET" menu to conform to the system that the tape was
recorded in (see page 108). (Normally set the option to "Auto.")
To use the time counter
Press CLEAR at the point on the tape that you want to find later. The counter in the
display window resets to "0:00:00."
To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY during normal playback.
Tip
• Adjust the picture using the TRACKING +/– buttons if:
– Streaks appear while playing in slow motion.
– Bands appear at the top or bottom while pausing.
– The picture shakes during pause.
1-8
?/1
Z
TRACKING +/–
CLEAR
/
m/M y
./>
X
x
H
DISPLAY
Hour Minute Second
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REPLAY (see "To play/search at various speeds" above).
SKIP (see "To play/search at various speeds" above).
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