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TAPE MOTION CONTROLS
Fast-Forward/Rewind and Visual
Search
To advance the tape quickly when it is stopped,
press
FAST-F
. To rewind the tape quickly when
it is stopped, press
REW
. You cannot see the
tape picture or hear the tape sound when you
use fast-forward or rewind, but you can use the
counter to locate a specific section of tape.
To use visual search, begin tape playback.
Then press
FAST-F
to search forward or
REW
to search in reverse. Press
PLAY
to return to
normal playback.
Notes:
• VCR must appear on the VCR’s display to
use visual search.
• During visual search, the sound is muted
and the picture quality is lower than during
normal playback. The search picture is
best with tapes recorded at the SP or EP
speed.
• If you press
POWER
while a tape is rewind-
ing, the VCR automatically turns off when
rewinding is complete.
Freeze-Frame
Freeze-frame lets you stop the tape to view a
single frame. Press
PAUSE
during playback to
freeze the picture. Press
PAUSE
again or
PLAY
to return to normal playback.
During freeze-frame, the picture quality is lower
than during normal playback. The picture quali-
ty is best with recordings made at the SP or EP
speed (see “Recording Speeds” on Page 27).
Notes:
• If you leave the VCR in the freeze-frame
mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing
the tape.
• To reduce or eliminate jitter in the freeze-
frame picture, press and hold
CH
s/t until
the picture is clear.
Frame Advance
During freeze-frame, you can advance the pic-
ture one frame at a time by repeatedly pressing
SLOW
. This feature works best with video cas-
settes recorded at the SP or EP speed. Press
PAUSE
to return to normal playback.
Slow Motion
To start slow motion playback, while a tape is
playing, press
SLOW
. Press
SLOW
again or
PLAY
to return to normal playback.
Notes:
• During slow motion, the sound is muted
and the picture quality is lower than during
normal playback. Slow motion picture qual-
ity is best with tapes recorded at the SP or
EP speed.
• If you leave the VCR in the slow-motion
mode for 3 minutes, the VCR stops playing
the tape.
• If the slow-motion picture is poor, press
and hold
CH
s/t until the picture improves.
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