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UsingtheAdvanced Playback Controls (cent.)
Time counter
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manual t racking
From time to time, you might play a tape that has excess "noise"
in the picture
(often looking like vibration
or interference
at the
top or bottom
of the screen).
To correct the picture,
you will have
to manually
track the tape.
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While the tape is playing,
press the CHANNEL
buttons
on
the front panel
until the picture
is clear of excess "noise."
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To continue
automatic
tracking,
press both front panel
CHANNEL
buttons
at the same time. Automatic
tracking
will
also resume
when you eject the tape.
slow tracking
Slow tracking
is used to adjust
the playback
quality
during
slow
motion
playback
and still frame.
You can only use slow tracking
if
your tape was recorded
in extended
play (EP) speed. To adjust
the
slow tracking,
put a tape into slow motion, then press the CHAN-
NEL buttons
on the front panel of the VCR until the best picture
is obtained.
Usingthe time counter
Your VCR has a time counter
that shows the amount
of time the
tape has run in hours, minutes,
and seconds.
This counter
is
useful when you want to find specific points on a tape. The
counter
will not work with blank tapes,
on blank
sections
of tape,
or when the VCR's power is off.
settingthecounter
To set the counter
to "0H00M00S," press the CANCEL
button
on
the remote
control.
(You cannot
reset the counter
if the VCR
channel
number
is being displayed
on the TV or if you are using
the VCR's menus.)
Your VCR will automatically
reset the counter
to "0H00M00S"
when you load a tape into the VCR. It will display
"- H - - M
- -
S"
when there
is no tape in the VCR.
$ Displaying the RemainingTimeandthe PresentTime
This sections
explains
displaying
the remaining
time and present
time.
Displayingthe time gauge and the remainingtime
The time gauge is a graphic
representation
of your position
on a
video tape. The left side of the gauge is the start
(S) of the tape,
and the right side is the end (E) of the tape. For a T-120 length
tape, played at standard
(SP) speed, each mark on the gauge
represents
about
15 minutes.
The remaining
time display
shows
the time, in hours and minutes,
left until the end of a tape.
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