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4.
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
Playing a cassette
1
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. '
the display.
2
Press the
button.
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This will, for example, appear in the display.
3
To stop, press the
h
4
To eject the cassette, press
when the video recorder is in STOP mode.
Note: Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture or poor
sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine. Please
read 'Eliminating picture interference'.
* 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.
* For playback, the correct recording speed will
automatically be selected. Please read the section
'Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP)' in the chapter
'MANUAL RECORDING'.
Tape position indication
When playing a tape, by pressing the
show the present tape position on the TV screen.
You have a choise of selecting 'LINEAR' or 'T.LEFT'.
•
'LINEAR' will show the tape position in hours, minutes
and seconds.
•
'T.LEFT' will show the actual amount of
playing/recording time left on the tape in hours and
minutes.
1
Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
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' will appear on
v
0:00:
02
button.
on the video recorder
J
button, you can
OK
2
Press
on the remote control. The main menu will
MENU
appear.
Select the line 'SPECIAL SETTINGS' with
3
and confirm with
P- =
SPECIAL SETTINGS
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CLOCK DISPLAY
COUNTER
SAT RECORDING
REPEAT PLAY
DIRECT RECORD
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4
Select the line 'COUNTER' with
5
Select 'LINEAR' or 'T.LEFT' with
confirm with
.
OK
Note: The counter 'LINEAR' will be set to '0:00:00' when
you put a cassette in the machine. You can also reset the
tape position to '0:00:00' when you press
* If you rewind a cassette from the tape position '0:00:00',
the counter 'LINEAR' will show for instance, '-0:01:20'
(the cassette will be rewound to 1 minute and 20 seconds
before '0:00:00').
* If there is an empty space on the tape, the counter
'LINEAR' will stop running.
* The counter type 'T.LEFT' will automatically recognise
the length of the tape.
When you put in a cassette 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.
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To end, press
.
MENU
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
1
While a cassette is playing, press
(forward) once or several times.
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This will, for example, appear in the display.
2
To stop a certain place on the tape, press
Note: During picture search, the picture quality may not be
so good and there will be no sound.
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or
.
OK
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OFF
T.LEFT
OFF
OFF
OFF
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or
.
;P+
P- =
or
and
Q
P
.
CLEAR (CL)
(reverse) or
H
0:30:
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