Pioneer VP-1000 Operating Instructions Manual page 12

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OPERATION
Slide the SLOW SPEED lever, as shown in fig . 15, to adjust
the speed of slow motion video play. Speed is continuously
adjustable between the normal speed of 3D-frames per
second and the maximum slow speed of 1-frame every 5 ­
seconds. Note, however, that audio will not be reproduced
in the slow forward mode, even if you set the SLOW
SPEED lever to the normal speed (NORMAL) position.
STILL/STEP (standard play disc only)
Press this button for still video reproduction or step-by-step
reproduction of a frame. Pressing either end of the key will
produce a still video image. Then, each time you press the
right end of the key, the image will advance to the next
frame . Likewise, each time you press the left end of the
key, the image will go backwards
to
the preceding frame.
FRAME NUMBER DISPLAY
Each frame on a standard play laser disc (CAV) is recorded
along with its frame number, beginning with "1" for the
first frame on the innermost track and advancing in
numerical order with each succeeding frame. Frame
numbers of frames being played will be displayed in the
upper left hand part of the TV screen when you press the
FRAME key. Press the FRAME key again to erase the
frame number from the screen.
Frame numbers are not displayed for extended play (CLV)
laser discs. Instead, the time elapsed since the beginning of
the program is displayed digitally: The first one digits show
hours, and the second two digits show minutes .
PICTURE STOP
Even though this would be a rare case, there is a function
called picture stop which freeze the frame by a specially re­
corded code in the laser disc.
The freeze frame occurs when the player is in either normal
play or slow motion with frame number displayed.
Even though a picture stop coded laser disc is played, the
picture stop will not be implemented if the frame number is
not displayed.
CHAPTER NUMBER DISPLAY
Laser discs containing more than one program are often
recorded with convenient chapter number for each program
segment (in addition to the frame numbers or the elapsed
time) . This chapter number will be displayed as a one or
two digit number in the upper left hand corner of the TV
screen, as shown in fig. 17, when you press the CHAPTER
key. Press the CHAPTER key again to erase the number.
Both chapter numbers and frame numbers can be displayed
on the screen together.
NOTE:
Some laser discs are not recorded with chapter numbers, there­
fore no chapter number can be displayed and the chapter stop and
chapter search functions described below are not possible.
Fig. 15
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Fig. 16(a)
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Fig. 16(b)
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Fig . 17
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