Playing cassettes
You can use this video recorder to play back recorded VHS
video cassettes. You can operate the video recorder using the
remote control or the buttons on the front of the video recorder.
What does VHS mean?
'Video Home System' (VHS) has become the world-wide
standard for the playback and recording of amateur video
cassettes. This popular standard continues to be improved.
Super VHS (S-VHS) provides a sharper picture and less
noise. Digital VHS (D-VHS) works with digital picture and
sound signals. Your video recorder can only record and play
standard VHS cassettes.
1
Put a cassette into the cassette slot.
The cassette is inserted automatically. '
v
' will appear on
the display.
2
Press the Play button
G
to view the tape.
This will, for example, appear in the display:
0:00:
02
Picture/ sound quality is poor
* When playing rental videos or older, poorer quality
cassettes, it may not be possible to completely filter out
picture and sound interference. This is not a fault in your
machine.
Read the chapter 'Eliminating picture interference'.
3
To stop the playback, press
h
on the remote control or
h
on the video recorder.
4
To eject the cassette, press
J
on the video recorder
when the video recorder stops the playback (STOP).
Automatic switch-off of special functions
Many functions (e.g. pause, still picture, search) switch
themselves off automatically after a short time in order to
protect the cassette and to save energy.
Do I need to change the playback speed when playing
back LP recordings?
For playback, the correct recording speed 'SP' will
automatically be selected. For more information, please
read the section 'Selecting the recording speed (SP/LP)' in
the chapter 'Manual recording'.
Displaying current tape position
The display shows the tape position in hours, minutes and
seconds.
How can I set the counter to '
0:00:00
'?
You can set the counter to '
0:00:00
' using
CLEAR (CL)
.
When you put a cassette in the machine, the counter will
automatically reset to
0:00:00
'.
The counter does not move
* This occurs when there are no recordings on a portion of a
tape. Therefore, the video recorder cannot receive any
information from the tape. This is not a fault in your
machine.
The display shows '
-0:01:20
'
* If you rewind a cassette from the tape position '
0:00:00
',
the counter will show for instance, '
-0:01:20
' (the cassette
will be rewound to 1 minute and 20 seconds before
'
0:00:00
').
Searching for a tape position with
picture (scanning)
1
While a cassette is playing, press
H
(reverse) or
I
(forward) one or more times. This will, for example,
appear in the display:
0:30:
21
2
To stop at a certain place on the tape, press
G
.
Decreased picture quality
Scanning interferes with the picture quality. The sound is
switched off. This is not a fault in your machine.
4.
Playback
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