Samsung VR5160 Owner's Manual page 10

VCR operation
Playing a cassette
Load a recorded cassette.
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Power is automatically turned on.
Press the PLAY button to start playback.
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When playback starts, the VCR automatically adjusts
the tracking for clear pictures and sound.
To stop playback, press the STOP button.
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Tape Controls
Play and Pause/Still
• Press the PLAY button on the remote control or on the front of the VCR to play a video. (If Auto
play is selected and the video tape has no safety tab, it will begin playing automatically when you
insert it in the VCR.)
• In play or slow motion mode, press the STILL button to stop the tape on a single still frame.
Press the button again to resume normal viewing.
Fast Forward and Forward Search
• Press the FF button when the tape is stopped to fast-forward the cassette at top speed.
• Press the FF button once while a tape is playing for forward search. Press the PLAY button to stop
search.
• Press and hold to increase speed by 7 times for tapes recorded at SP speed and 21 times for tapes
recorded at SLP speed. Release button to play.
Rewind and Reverse Search
• Press the REW button when the tape is stopped to rewind the cassette at top speed.
• Press the REW button once while a tape is playing for rewind search. Press the PLAY button to
stop search.
• Press and hold button while tape is playing to increase reverse speed by 7 times for tapes recorded
at SP speed and 21 times for tapes recorded at SLP speed. Release button to play.
Frame Advance and Skip Search
F.ADV/SKIP
• Press the F.ADV/SKIP button repeatedly to advance a video tape frame by frame in still mode.
Press the PLAY button to resume normal viewing.
• For Skip Search, press F.ADV/SKIP once to skip ahead 30 seconds.
Press the F.ADV/SKIP button twice to skip ahead 60 seconds, three times to skip ahead 90
seconds and four times to skip ahead 120 seconds.
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VCR Operation
Tape Controls
Slow Motion
SLOW Press the SLOW + or - button while a cassette is playing for slow motion.
Press the SLOW buttons repeatedly to vary slow motion speed from 1/5 to 1/30 of normal
playback. Press the PLAY button twice to resume normal viewing.
Replay
REPLAY
Press the REPLAY button when a video is playing at normal speed or in slow motion, and the
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VCR will rewind for about five seconds of material in SP mode or about fifteen seconds in SLP
mode, then play back the section again.
Shuttle Buttons
SHUTTLE Shuttle buttons on the remote control offer one-touch search speed playback.
Press 6 to advance or 4 to reverse playback in play mode. Playback speed is determined by
how many times you press the shuttle button.
V-LOCK
V-LOCK
During still mode, press the V-LOCK buttons to reduce picture "jitter" (bouncing up and down).
A small amount of "jitter" or some "streaks" are normal during still viewing.
Automatic Tracking (A.TRK)
A.TRK
Press the A.TRK button to automatically adjust cassette tracking.
Key Lock
If you do not want others to operate the VCR (for example if you have programmed a timer recording) you can set
the VCR to lock out all button controls.
Press and hold the TV/VCR button on the remote
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control for 5 seconds. The VCR display will show
"SAFE" when the feature is activated.
To resume normal mode, press and hold the
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TV/VCR button again for 5 seconds. "SAFE" will
disappear and the VCR will operate normally.
VCR
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