Playback; Playing Cassettes; Playing Back Ntsc Cassettes; Displaying Current Tape Position - Philips VR740/02 User Manual

4. Playback

Playing cassettes

You can operate the video recorder using the
remote control or the buttons on the front of the
video recorder.
If you press
PLAY , STOP
set is in Stand-by, the power will be automatical-
ly turned on. Additionally, if a cassette was
already inserted, the corresponding operation
will be performed.
Your video recorder can only record and play
standard VHS cassettes.
1.
1.
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. The cas-
sette is inserted automatically. '
appear on the display.
DIGITAL STUDIO PICTURE CONTROL
Philips has developed a system which produces
the best possible playback quality. For old and
often-used video cassettes, this system reduces
interference. For new or high quality cassettes,
it emphasises the details.
Picture/ sound quality is poor
When playing rental videos or older, poorer
quality cassettes, it may not be possible to com-
pletely filter out picture and sound interference.
This is not a fault in your machine. Read the
section 'Manual tracking'.
2.
2.
Press to view the tape.
PLAY B-K
3.
3.
To stop the playback, press
STOP / EJECT on the video recorder.
4.
4. To eject the cassette, press
when the video recorder stops the playback.
Automatic switch-off of special functions
Many functions (e.g. pause, still picture) switch
themselves off automatically after a short time
in order to protect the cassette and to save
energy.
Do I need to change the playback speed
when playing back LP recordings?
During playback, the correct speed will auto-
matically be selected. For more information,
please read the section 'Selecting the recording
speed (SP or LP)' in the chapter 'Manual
recording'.
while the
, FWD or REW
' will
or
STOP C-L
STOP / EJECT

Playing back NTSC cassettes

This video recorder can also play back cassettes
that have been recorded in SP [Standard Play]
or SLP [Super Long Play] mode in the NTSC
standard (for example, American cassettes).
However, this only works on PAL-television sets
that are suitable for a picture frequency of 60Hz.

Displaying current tape position

The following information is displayed on the
screen: e.g.: 0:02:45 shows the counter in hours,
minutes and seconds.
SP/LP: will show the recorded speed of your
cassette
'REM 0:06': will show the actual amount of play-
ing/recording time left on the tape in hours and
minutes.
When you play an NTSC cassette, the video
recorder will show 'REM -:--'.
How can I set the counter to '0:00:00'?
You can set the counter to '0:00:00' with
.
CLEAR
When you put a cassette in the video recorder,
the counter will automatically reset to '0:00:00'.
The counter does not move
This occurs when there are no recordings on a
portion of a tape. This is not a fault in your
video recorder.
The screen shows '-0:01:20'
If you rewind a cassette from the tape position
'0:00:00', the counter will show for instance,
'-0:01:20' (the cassette was rewound to 1
minute and 20 seconds before '0:00:00').
'-:--' is displayed in the 'REM' counter
This counter will automatically recognise the
length of the tape. In addition, when you put in
a cassette the video recorder must first calcu-
late the time played. Therefore, '-:--' appears
first and only after the tape has been running
for a few seconds, the correct playing time will
be shown.
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