English
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Basic Operations
Playing a tape
1.
Open the protection shutter.
2.
Insert the tape into the cassette compart-
ment with the label side facing up.
When the tape has been loaded, close the pro-
tection shutter.
The unit turns on and starts playing automati-
cally if you insert a tape with its safety tab re-
moved.
(Auto Power On/Auto Play)
3.
Press
(PLAY).
At the end of the tape, it will rewind and then
turn off automatically.
(
Auto Rewind)
4.
To stop playback, press (STOP).
5.
To eject the tape, open the protection shut-
ter, then press (EJECT).
Playing/searching at various speeds
To
Operation
Search forward
Press
(FF) during playback
Search backward
Press
(REW) during playback
Fast-forward
Press
(FF) during stop
Rewind
Press
(REW) during stop
Slow motion
Press
(SLOW) during playback.
Stop
Press (STOP)
Tips
• To resume normal playback, press
(PLAY)
.
• During Fast-forward/Rewind, press
(FF)/
(REW)
to change to search.
• During search, press
(FF)/
(REW)
to
change to Fast-forward/Rewind.
• Each press of
(SLOW)
in the slow playback
mode changes the slow speed by 2 steps.
To
Operation
Still picture
Press (PAUSE)
Press again to resume playback
Frame advance
Press
(PLAY) during still picture.
Hold the button down to play one frame
each second. Press
(PAUSE) to
resume playback
Notes
• Do not insert hands or foreign objects in the cas-
sette compartment. Be particularly careful when
infants are present.
• When the tape has been removed, close the pro-
tection shutter.
• If still picture and Slow playback mode continues
for 5 minutes or longer, this unit will automati-
cally switch to playback mode to protect the tape
and video heads.
Eject button
Protection shutter
Adjusting the picture
Adjusting the tracking
Although the unit automatically adjusts the track-
ing when playing a tape and
blinks on the moni-
tor screen, distortion may occur if the tape was
recorded poorly. If so, manually adjust the track-
ing.
During Playback
• Press
TRACKING/SELECT
until the best
picture is obtained.
If you can not get a clear picture with manual
tracking, press
(PLAY)
for 2 seconds to re-
turn to auto tracking.
During Slow playback
• Press
TRACKING/SELECT
to move the
noise bars up and down.
During Still picture
• Press
TRACKING/SELECT
during still
picture to eliminate picture shake.
Note
The noise on the screen may not be completely re-
moved depending on the tape used, especially when
the tape has been recorded on another VCR.
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