Pioneer VP-1000 Operating Instructions Manual page 11

OPEARATION
NOTES:
• When the CL V indicator is lit (to show that a extended play
d isc is be ing played), the STILL/STEP, SLOW, FAST, and
FRAME NUMBER SEARCH functions do not operate.
• If yo u try to play the players without a disc or if the unreco rd·
ed side of a laser disc is installed facing down, spindle rotation
will stop automatically, and the lid la tch will be released.
• When the player is used for the first time, adiust the fi ne tun·
ing control on TV set for best picture quality.
• If
the player fails to respond to command or continues to ex·
hibit an unusual cha racteristic, push off the PO WE R switch.
Then start the operation sequence again by pushing the
POWER switch followed by PLA Y.
5) When a laser disc program has been played to the end,
the laser pick·up automatically returns to the beginning
of the program and play begins again. This function is
called "auto·repeat".
STOPPING THE PLAYER
1) Press the REJECT/OPEN key. It doesn't matter which
function mode the player is in when you press this key.
2) The laser disc will gradually slow down and stop. The
I id latch is
released
about 10
seconds after the disc
comes to a stop.
3) When commercial TV broadcasting is desired to be seen
or the player is not in use, please switch off the power of
the player.
SPECIAL FUNCTION FEATURES
PAUSE
Operation is interrupted at the point where you press the
PAUSE key, and the video picture disappears from the TV
screen. To get a picture again, press one of the function
keys (PAUSE, PLAY, FAST, SCAN, SLOW, STILL/STEP),
and operation will then be resumed. A red indicator lights
up on the PAUSE key during the pause mode.
AUDIO
All laser discs have two audio channels.
Both audio channels always turn on when the player's
power is turned on . The red indicators on both AUDIO
keys light up at the same time.
In special cases, such as bilingual program, you do not want
to reproduce both channels simultaneously, press either the
Li1
or R / 2 key to turn off the sound from the channel you
are not using. This will also turn off the indicator light on
the key. Press the same key again to turn on the sound
from that channel again; the indicator will also come back
on.
NOTE:
Audio reproduction is only possible in the normal play mode.
Also, there w ill be no sound
if
both audio key indicators are off.
When one audio channel is in u se the sound is fed to both audio
outputs.
FAST
X
3 (standard play disc only)
Press the right end of the FAST key, as shown in
fig. 13, to
play the disc at three times the normal speed in the forward
direction. Press the left end of the key, as shown in fig. 14,
to play the disc at three times the normal speed in the reo
verse direction. Fast play continues for as long as you keep
pressing the key, and audio is not reproduced.
The player returns to the previous mode when you release
the FAST key.
NOTE:
The FAST, SCAN, SLOW, and STILL /S TEP keys are rocker
type switches, so they will not operate if you press the center of
the key. Please do not press down hard on both ends of a key at
once since this may damage the mechanism.
Fig. 13
Fig.
14
SCAN
This is for quickly finding a particular point in the program
from which you wish to play the disc. Scanning continues
in the forward direction for as long as you keep the right
end of the SCAN key depressed. Scanning continues in the
reverse direction for as long as you keep the left end of the
key depressed. Audio is not reproduced during scanning.
The player returns to the previous mode when you release
the SCAI\J key .
SLOW (standard play disc only)
Pressing the right end of the SLOW key will produce for·
ward slow motion. Pressing the left end of the key will
produce reverse slow motion .
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