Sony RDR-VX555 Service Manual page 27

Playback Options
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REPLAY/ ADVANCE
. PREV
Button Operation
• Fast reverses or fast forwards when pressed during stop mode.
(fast reverse/fast When you hold down during fast reverse or fast forward, you can view the picture.
forward) • Plays at high speed when briefly pressed during playback.
When you hold down the button during playback, the high-speed play continues until
you release the button.
Plays in slow motion when pressed in pause mode.
(slow)
ADVANCE • Advances one frame for each press in pause mode.
• Fast forwards the current scene for 30 seconds when pressed during playback.
REPLAY Replays the previous scene when pressed during playback.
. PREV/
Press during playback. Playback speed changes with each press:
NEXT > –×7 y –×5 y –×3 y PAUSE y SLOW y PLAY y ×2 y ×3 y ×5 y ×7
X PAUSE
Pauses playback.
If you pause playback for more than five minutes, playback starts automatically.
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Can be pressed up to four times to forward about
two minutes.
*2
For 10 seconds in SP or LP mode/for 15 seconds in EP
mode.
To resume normal playback, press H PLAY.
Displaying the Playing Time
and Play Information
You can check playback information, such as
elapsed or remaining time, recording mode, etc.,
on the TV screen.
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TIME/TEXT
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DISPLAY
Press DISPLAY during playback.
The information display appears.
Each time you press the button, the display
changes as follows:
Tape and disc information/date and time
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Tape information only
m
No display
Stop Play
0:05:30 0:30:00
HQ SP
Rem 00:25 Rem 01:30
Line1 Line1
Wed May 02. 2007 10:10 AM
A Playing status
B Time counter (elapsed time)
C Recording mode
D Remaining tape length
E Input source
F Date and time
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> NEXT
H PLAY
X PAUSE
*1
*2
Notes
• The sound is muted during playback at various speeds.
• The picture may show noise during high-speed reverse
play.
Viewing information on the front
panel display
You can view the information on the front panel
display.
Press TIME/TEXT repeatedly.
The displays differ depending on the status.
Example: When playing a tape
Elapsed time
Remaining tape length
Clock
Example: When a tape is in stop mode
Clock
m
Elapsed time
m
Remaining tape length
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Input source
Searching Using Various
Functions
The VCR automatically marks the tape with an
index signal at the point where each recording
begins.
You can easily find a specific point using various
search functions.
Note
During DVD recording, you cannot use VCR search
functions.
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H PLAY
CLEAR
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Press VIDEO to operate the VCR.
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Press OPTIONS.
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Select a search method from the OPTIONS
menu, and press ENTER.
Go To Zero
End Search
Forward Intro Scan
Reverse Intro Scan
Move ENTER Enter
"Go To Zero": Searches for the 0:00:00 point
on the tape counter.
To reset the counter to 0:00:00, press CLEAR.
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Selecting the Sound During
Playback
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Press AUDIO repeatedly during playback.
To listen to On-screen
display
Stereo Hi-Fi
Left channel Left
Right channel Right
Monaural Mono
sound on the
normal audio
track
* No indicator appears in the front panel display when
you play a tape without Hi-fi recording.
How sound is recorded on a video tape
The VCR records sound onto two separate tracks.
Hi-fi audio is recorded onto the main track along
with the picture. Monaural sound is recorded onto
the normal audio track along the edge of the tape.
Monaural sound
Normal audio track
Hi-fi audio track
(main track)
Stereo sound
(left/right channels)
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Go to Zero
0:00:00
"End Search": Searches for the beginning of a
blank space. If no blank space is found, the
tape will reach the end.
End search
VIDEO
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"Forward Intro Scan"/"Reverse Intro Scan":
ENTER
Searches for an index mark and plays back for
about five seconds at that point.
OPTIONS
Press H PLAY to view that program. If you
do not press H PLAY, the VCR
automatically searches for the next index
mark, or until it reaches the end of the tape.
Scan and play
–0:00:01
Notes
• The VCR may not recognize the end of a blank space
depending on its length.
• No index signal is marked if you pause a recording and
then keep recording the same program. To mark an
index, press x STOP or change the input source once
during recording pause.
Notes
• To play a tape in stereo, you must use the A/V
connections.
• When you play a tape recorded in monaural, the sound
is heard in monaural regardless of the AUDIO setting.
AUDIO
Front panel
display
STEREO
STEREO
STEREO
STEREO*