Basic Vcr Operation; Loading A Video Tape; Playing A Video Tape; Automatic Rewind/Eject - Radio Shack 28 Owner's Manual

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BASIC VCR OPERATION

LOADING A VIDEO TAPE

Hold the cassette with the main label facing up
and the spine facing out from the Model 28.
Then insert the cassette into the cassette com-
partment and gently push the center of its spine
until the Model 28 draws it in.
The Model 28 automatically turns on. If the
erase-protection tab has been removed from the
cassette, playback automatically begins (see
"Erase Protection" on Page 28) and
pears on the TV screen. If the erase-protection
tab is intact, the tape does not play and
appears on the TV screen.
Caution: Never insert anything except a VHS
video cassette into the cassette compartment.
You might damage the Model 28's internal
mechanisms.

PLAYING A VIDEO TAPE

1. Load a video tape.
2. If playback does not automatically begin,
press .
PLAY PLAY
screen and the Model 28 plays the tape.
Note: During playback, the Model 28 auto-
matically adjusts the tracking, but you can
manually adjust it if necessary (see "Adjust-
ing the Tracking Manually" on Page 23).
3. Repeatedly press
VOLUME
on the Model 28 (or
on the remote control) to adjust the volume.
Note: To adjust the contrast, brightness,
color, tint, or sharpness, see "Adjusting the
Picture" on Page 20.
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Note: When the Model 28 is off, you can press
STOP/EJECT
remote control to eject a tape. The Model 28
turns on, ejects the tape, then turns off.

Automatic Rewind/Eject

If the tape reaches the end before you press
STOP/EJECT
cally stops the tape, completely rewinds and
ejects it, then turns off.
PLAY ap-
Notes:
STOP
appears on the TV
or
VOLUME
or
VOL VOL
4. To stop playback before it automatically
stops at the end of the tape, press
on the Model 28 or
EJECT
remote control.
5. To eject the tape, press
on the Model 28 or
EJECT
control.
on the Model 28 or
or , the Model 28 automati-
EJECT
• The tape ejects only if
set to OFF (see "Using Automatic Repeat
Playback" on Page 26).
• If counter return is turned on (see "Using
Counter Return" on Page 25), the tape
stops at 0:00:00 and does not eject,
and the Model 28 does not turn off.
• The Model 28 ejects the tape and turns
itself off, but does not automatically rewind
the tape during one-touch recording, auto-
matic timer recording, or today timer
recording (see "One-Touch
(OTR)" on Page 29, "Automatic Timer
Recording (Timer Numbers 1-7)" on Page
30), and "Today Timer Recording (Timer
Number 8) on Page 33.
STOP/
on the
STOP
again
STOP/EJECT
on the remote
on the
EJECT
REPEAT PLAY is
Recording