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Set the BLUE BACK mode to AUTO on the MODE-selection screen. (See Mode Selection on page 17.) This
function eliminates monitor noise and mutes sound during playback of unrecorded portions of a tape, and
when receiving a non-broadcasting channel. A blue screen will also appear if the VCR is set to the Auxiliary
input (LINE IN) mode but no video signal is fed to the VCR. (The BLUE BACK mode is set to AUTO at the
factory.)
Blue Back does not function during still picture, variable slow motion and video search.
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Blue Back may not function
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Blue Back cannot be recorded.
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If the antenna signal
weak while recording a TV programme, or if the Input signal
IS
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monitor screen may turn blue back since the unit may not recognize whether or not a proper signal is being recerved. In
this event, set the BLUE BACK mode to OFF.
Full Auto Playback
(This function only works when AUTO RENTAL mode on the MODE selection screen is set to OFF.)
Full Auto Playback lets you enjoy playback with ease. When you insert a cassette with the erasure protection
tab removed, your VCR automatically turns on the power and plays back the tape. When the tape reaches its
end, the VCR automatically rewinds the tape, ejects it and turns into POWER STANDBY mode.
If the erasure protection hole is covered, press PLAY/x2
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Playback of Hi-Fi Recorded Tapes
This VCR will play back both video and audio-only tapes recorded in the Hi-Fi mode.
Stereo sound output is only possible using the AUDIO OUT terminals Sound from the radio frequency converter (RF OUT) is
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mono only. A blue screen will appear if audio-only Hi-Fi tapes are played back.
Audio Output Mode
The audio output mode is controlled by AUDIO OUT on the remote control. The VCR is normally set to the Hi-Fi
mode, with 0 and 0 displayed on the On Screen Display (OSD), and normal stereo sound output.
q
Select
, and only the Hi-Fi Left channel audio is heard from both the Right and Left speakers.
q
Select
, and only the Hi-Fi Right channel audio is heard from both the Right and Left speakers.
If you select the mono linear track, 0 and II will disappear.
Should the Hi-Fi output level be poor, the VCR will automatically select the mono linear track output.
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When playing back tapes which have only Hi-Fi sound recorded: if Hi-Fi sound is not reproduced, or if there is some noise In
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the audio, press CHANNEL A or v (CH A or v) until the sound improves.
Adjusting Hi-Fi Audio Tracking
(To adjust the Hi-Fi tracking manually when playing back a poorly recorded Hi-Fi tape)
*Normally you can simultaneously press and hold both CHANNEL A and v (CH A and v) to obtain the
optimal Hi-Fi audio tracking.
If Hi-Fi audio is unstable (frequent dropouts, etc.) with a rental video, a tape recorded on another VCR, restore
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normal tracking while playing back the tape as described below:
from the On Screen Display (OSD).
indicators reappear and then disappear again.
tracking.
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properly if the broadcast signal is too strong or too weak.
after the power turns on automatically.
Playback
is weak while tape dubbing, the
q
indicators disappear
q
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