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Chapter 4: Usingthe Advanced Features
UsingtheAdvanced Playback Controls (conL)
manualtracking
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. To do this:
O
While the tape is playing,
press the CHt_L
buttons
on
the front panel until the picture
is clear of excess "noise."
O
To continue
automatic
tracking,
press both front panel
CHANNEL
buttons
at the same time. Automatic
tracking
will
also resume
when you eject the tape.
slowtracking
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, t:hen press the CHAN-
NEL buttons
on the front panel of the VCR _mtil the best picture
is obtained.
• Using thetimecounter
Your VCR has a time counter
that shows the amount
of ti,me 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 b[ank sections
of tape,
or when the VCR's power is off.
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Time counter
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settingthecounter
To set the counter
to "0H00M00S," press the CANCEL
button
on
the remote
control. (You cannot
reset the co_mter if you a=ceusing
the VCR's on-screen
menus.)
Your VCR will automatically
reset the counter
to =0H00M00S"
when you load a tape into the VCR. It will also display
the cur-
rent time when the VCR is turned
off, or if there is no tape in the
VCR.
The counter
cannot display times greater
th=m "gH59M59S" in
either
the forward
or reverse
direction.
If you are using a tape
labeled
T-210, the counter will not be disp].ayed
correctly
when
the tape runs longer than "9H59M59S."
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