Sony SL-HF750, Operating Instructions Manual

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Page 6: ...lMERbutton EDITswitch AUDIO MONITORSTEREWUR selector INPUTSELECTswitch AUDIO MONITORHI FVNORMALseWor NORMALAUDIO sdector BITA HI FIswitch MPX multiplex FILTERselector SUPER BETAswitch pFJWSPLAYbuHon Usedtoturnonanddf theomreendisplay aNORMALTRACKINGeartrd Normallykeepat thecenterdetentpoaltion Turntoobtain thebesf possiblepicture ifs t orsrmw appears durlngnormalplayback SCOwTRBCKINQeontrd Normall...

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Page 11: ...n increasingnumberof prrqrams willbebroadcast instereo CalledMultichannelTV Soundo f MTS the new technologywill greatlyenhanceTV viewingby bringingyouprogramswith highfidelity stereo sound MTSalsoprovldesfwanextrachannelcatledtheSword Audio ProgramorSAPwhich broadcasterscanuseto transmitasecondlanguageforbilingualtransmissionsor anyothersoundtrack MakesumAUTOSTEREOinthetuningcompartment isset toON...

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Page 13: ...pm F I Whenyou releasethebutton normalplaybackwill be L C resumed To playbackatapehwnthe beginningof thetapeafter M d n g Press PLAY kmpingthe 4REWdepressed After the tape ismpietely rewound itwill beautomatically played back Keep pressingw FFo r uREWdurlngfast forwardor rewindmcde Whenyoureleasefhe button the fast forwardor rewindmode wlllberesumed Streakswilt a m randswnd willbemuted inthe Betas...

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Page 21: ...3 PressQUlCKTIMER so thatthe recordlngstarts Now declde the recordingduration 1 Recordngduratlon Everytimeyou pressQUICKTIMER the recordlngduration lndlcationchangesasfollows a30 1 m 1 m 2 m 5 m CMX 30 am qneenda hue Rve rer0 minutes hwr halfh r havs hours tl Jr 4 I When the recordingstarts the durationindicationdecrwws minuteby mlnvteto MW andthe powerwill beturnedoff automatically ahout 30second...

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Page 23: ...imesuntllthe Indexnumberofthe desiredprogramisdisplayed Forinstance to locatethesecond programahead two index signalsshouldbedetected so pressINDauntil 2 isdisplayed Onthe otherhand tolocatethesecond programMind threesignalsshouldbedetected so press thebuttonuntil 3 isdisplayed Lightssteadily 1 INDEX Ifyouenter anincorrectindexnumber press I STOPto resetthedisplay 3 Tolocateapreviousprogramontheta...

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