Playback Functions; Playing A Cassette; Playing Ntsc Cassettes; Tape Position Indication - Philips VR400 Operating Manual

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PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS

Playing a cassette

Put a cassette into the cassette slot. '
the display.
Press the
PLAY G
button.
To stop, press the
STOP h
To eject the cassette, press the
on the video recorder.
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.
D Some special features (for example, still picture) are
not possible while you are playing an NTSC
cassette.

Tape position indication

By pressing the
button, you can show the present tape
OK
position on the TV screen.
If you want to see the tape position, you can select 'LINEAR
COUNTER' (to show the present position on the tape in hours,
minutes and seconds) or 'TIME LEFT'.
D When you play an NTSC cassette, the video
recorder will only show 'LINEAR COUNTER'.
Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
v
' will appear on
button.
button
STOP/EJECT ?
Press the
button on the remote control. The main
MENU
menu will appear.
Select the line 'COUNTER' with the
and confirm with the
OK
Select the type of counter with the
confirm with the
button.
OK
D To reset the tape position 'LINEAR COUNTER' to
'0:00:00', press the
To end, press the
TV/STANDBY m
D This video recorder will automatically recognise the
length of the tape.
D When you put a cassette in the video recorder and
you want to see 'TIME LEFT', the video recorder
must first calculate the time played. Therefore, '-:--'
appears first and only after the tape has been
running for a few seconds the playing time will be
shown.
D If the video recorder does not find a recording at a
certain tape position with 'LINEAR COUNTER'
switched on, the counter will stop.
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
While a cassette is playing, press the
I
(forward) button once or several times.
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

Press the
STILL R
button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
Each time you press
STILL R
move on one step.
When you hold the
STILL R
played in slow motion.
When you press the
I
a choice of several playback speeds.
During slow motion there will be no sound.
or
button
P q
P r
button.
button and
P q
CLEAR (CL), y
button.
button.
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(reverse) or
button.
PLAY G
again, the picture will
button, the tape will be
button several times, you have
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