Playback Functions; Playing A Cassette; Playing Ntsc Cassettes; Tape Position Indication - Philips VR605/02 User Manual

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PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS

Playing a cassette

a
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. '
the display.
b
Press the PLAY G button.
c
To stop, press the STOP h
d
To eject the cassette, press the
on the video recorder.
To eject a cassette, you can also use the
on the remote control.
D 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.

Playing NTSC cassettes

With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for
example, American cassettes). But this only works for
PAL-television sets which are suitable for a picture frequency
of 60 Hz.
D Some special features (for example, still picture) are
not possible while you are playing an NTSC
cassette.
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' will appear on
v
button.
button
STOP/EJECT ?
EJECT J button

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 COUNTER' or
'TIME LEFT'. The LINEAR COUNTER shows the tape position
in hours, minutes and seconds. This LINEAR COUNTER is reset
to 0:00:00 everytime a cassette is inserted even if the tape is
not at the beginning. You can also reset to 0:00:00 by pushing
the button. 'TIME LEFT' shows the actual amount of
CLEAR (CL)
playing/recording time left on the cassette in hours and
minutes.
D When you play an NTSC cassette, the video
recorder will only show 'LINEAR COUNTER'.
a
Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
b
Press the button on the remote control. The main
MENU
menu will appear.
c
Select the line 'COUNTER' with the
and confirm with the
d
Select the type of counter with the
confirm with the
OK
D To reset the tape position 'LINEAR COUNTER' to
'0:00:00', press the
e
To end, press the STANDBY m
D This video recorder will automatically recognise the
length of the tape.
D When you put a cassette in the video recorder and
you want to see 'TIME LEFT', 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.
D If the video recorder does not find a recording at a
certain tape position with 'LINEAR COUNTER'
switched on, the counter will stop.
button, you can
OK
or
P q P r
button.
OK
button and
P q
button.
button.
CLEAR (CL)
button.
button