basic features
14
before you start
Turn the TV on
Tune the TV to your
Video Channel or to its
AV mode
ntsc tapes
If an NTSC tape is
played, ‘NTSC
a
PAL’
appears on screen for
about 5 seconds
Some TVs will shrink
the picture and place
black bars at the top and
bottom of the screen.
This is not a malfunction
but you may lose some
on-screen information
The picture may roll up
or down. Correct this by
adjusting the vertical
hold on the TV set
The counter and tape
remaining times will be
incorrect
The picture will be
distorted during search,
still or frame-by-frame
playback
Playback
Playback is the most basic operation possible with your VCR. Audio-visual
information recorded on a cassette will be played back on your TV screen
just like a broadcast programme.
Load a Video Cassette
Make sure that the window side of the cassette is
facing up and the spine label is facing away from
the VCR. Insert the cassette as shown in the
diagram below; don’t use too much force.
If the VCR was turned off before you inserted the cassette, the power will come
on automatically.
•If the record safety tab has been removed, playback begins automatically.
•If the record safety tab is intact, the VCR checks the tape information for
Programme Navigation. For details, refer to ‘Programme Navigation’
(
墌
pg. 39).
Play
If the cassette that you inserted does not start playing automatically, press the
.
button on the VCR or the Remote Control. ‘BEST’ appears blinking in the
display panel during automatic tracking (
墌
pg. 36).
•Playback picture quality of LP/EP recordings will not be as high as SP record-
ings.
Stop & Eject
stop
Press the
§
button on the VCR or the
S
button on the Remote
Control once to stop playback.
eject
Press the
§
button on the VCR a second time to eject the cassette
from the VCR. The cassette will take about 6 seconds to appear once the
§
button has been pressed.
