Playing a cassette
a
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ’
v
’ will appear on
the display.
b
Press the
PLAY
G
button.
c
To stop, press the
STOP
h
button.
d
To eject the cassette, press the
STOP/EJECT
?
button
on the video recorder.
D
Some functions switch off automatically after a
while (for example, pause, still picture, picture
search). This helps to protect the cassette and
avoids wasting power.
Tape position indication
By pressing the
OK
button, you can show the present tape
position on the TV screen.
If you want to see the tape position, you can select ’
LINEAR
COUNTER
’ (to show the present position on the tape in hours,
minutes and seconds) or ’
TIME LEFT
’.
a
Switch on the TV set. If required, select the programme
number for the video recorder.
b
Press the
MENU
button on the remote control. The main
menu will appear.
c
Select the line ’
COUNTER
’ with the
P
q
or
P
r
button
and confirm with the
OK
button.
d
Select the type of counter with the
P
q
button and
confirm with the
OK
button.
D
To reset the tape position ’
LINEAR COUNTER
’ to
’0:00:00’, press the
CLEAR (CL),
y
button.
e
To end, press the
TV/STANDBY
m
button.
D
This video recorder will automatically recognise the
length of the tape.
D
When you put a cassette in the video recorder and
you want to see ’
TIME LEFT
’, the video recorder
must first calculate the time played. Therefore, ’-:--’
appears first and only after the tape has been
running for a few seconds the playing time will be
shown.
D
If the video recorder does not find a recording at a
certain tape position with ’
LINEAR COUNTER
’
switched on, the counter will stop.
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
a
While a cassette is playing, press the
[
(reverse) or
I
(forward) button once or several times.
b
To stop at a certain picture, press the
PLAY
G
button.
D
During picture search, the picture quality may not be
so good and there will be no sound.
Still picture
a
Press the
STILL
R
button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
Interference stripes will appear on the screen.
b
Each time you press
STILL
R
again, the picture will
move on one step.
Searching for tape position without the
picture (wind and rewind)
a
Stop the tape with the
STOP
h
button.
b
Press the
[
(reverse) or
I
(forward) button.
c
To stop at a certain picture, press the
STOP
h
button.
Instant View
With this function you can switch to picture search during
wind and rewind.
a
If you hold the
[
(rewind) or
I
(wind) button
during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search.
b
When you release the button, the video recorder will
automatically switch back to rewind or wind.
4.
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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