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A
DVANCED
O
PERATIONS
Retake
You can cut unnecessary parts of a TV
programme while you’re recording it.
1
Engage Record-Pause Mode
Press
STILL/SLOW
during
recording.
2
Locate Start Point
Hold down
1
or
¡
(or press
JOG/SHTL
button on the remote
control and turn the JOG dial) and
release it when you reach the point
where you want to resume recording.
• Your recorder returns to the Record-Pause
mode.
3
Resume Recording
Press
STILL/SLOW
when you
wish to resume recording.
Special Effect Playbacks
Are you familiar with tape playback?
If so, you are ready to enjoy the special
effect playback features described
below.
To skip playback for a certain
period
Press
SKIP SEARCH
during playback
to search forward for 30 seconds by the
time counter reading.
Each time you press the button, the
search time increases as follows:
30
=
60
=
90
=
120 sec.
The VCR automatically resumes
normal playback after searching for the
specified period.
To view a still picture
Press
STILL/SLOW
briefly (or
PAUSE/STILL
8
on the front panel)
during playback.
Playback is frozen or stopped and a
still picture appears.
To advance a still picture:
Press
STILL/SLOW
or
PAUSE/
STILL
8
again. Each time a button is
pressed, a still picture advance one
frame.
or
Press JOG/SHTL so that the JOG/
SHTL lamp lights up. Rotate the jog
dial clockwise (or counterclockwise) to
advance (reverse) a still picture frame
by frame, while the JOG/SHTL lamp is
lit.
To resume playback, press
PLAY
3
.
To view a slow motion picture
Press
STILL/SLOW
(or
PAUSE/
STILL
8
on the front panel) for more
than 2 seconds during playback.
To decrease the slow motion speed
(and reverse the slow motion
playback), press
STILL/SLOW –.
To increase the slow motion speed
(and forward the slow motion
playback), press
STILL/SLOW +.
To resume playback, press
PLAY
3
.
Notes:
• No sound comes out during special effect
playbacks.
• If you keep viewing slow motion and still
pictures for more than 5 minutes, the VCR
automatically stops to protect the tape
and video heads.
• During special effect playbacks, some
noise bars will appear on the TV screen.
To rapidly locate, then freeze,
a particular scene
During tape playback or Still mode,
follow these steps.
1 Press
JOG/SHTL
so that the
JOG/SHTL
button lights.
2 Turn and hold the Shuttle ring on the
remote control clockwise (or
counterclockwise) to fast forward (or
reverse) a picture.
As you turn the ring further, the
search speed increases. You may
only use the Shuttle ring when the
JOG/SHTL button is lit.
3 Releasing the Shuttle ring freezes the
picture in still mode.
Notes:
• No sound comes out during special effect
playbacks.
• If you keep viewing slow motion and still
pictures for 5 minutes, the VCR
automatically stops to protect the tape
and video heads.
• During special effect playbacks, some
noise bars will appear on the TV screen.
• When normal playback resumes from
search, still, slow motion or frame-by-
frame playback, the picture may jitter
vertically momentarily depending on the
type of TV being used.
• When using the jog dial or shuttle ring on
the front panel, you do not have to press
JOG/SHTL on the remote control.
Tracking Adjustments
Auto tracking
Each time a tape is inserted, auto tracking
starts working and continuously analyses
the signal to adjust for optimum picture
quality during playback. So, there is no
need for you to minimize noises in most
tapes during playback.
Manual tracking
• During normal playback:
If auto tracking cannot eliminate noises
well during playback, press
CH
5
/
∞
(or
PROGRAMME
5
/
∞
on the front
panel).
• During a slow motion picture:
Press
CH
5
/
∞
(or
PROGRAMME
5
/
∞
on the front panel) to mini-
mize noises in the slow motion
picture.
• During a still picture:
Press
CH
5
/
∞
(or
PROGRAMME
5
/
∞
on the front panel) to reduce
jitter in the still picture.
This is available only for MESECAM
tape.
To cancel manual tracking, stop the
tape, eject the tape, then re-insert it.
Notes:
If you keep pressing
5
/
∞
button,
you might get “USE CLEANING
CASSETTE” message on the screen (and
“U:01” on display window). Please
disregard this message and re-adjust the
tracking. However, if the message appears
automatically (without pressing
5
/
∞
), this
indicates that your video heads are dirty.
(
✈
P.46)
End of programme
Beginning of programme
Programme
Unnecessary
part
Unnecessary
part
Recorded part
Go back to end of programme to cut
out unnecessary part
Programme
Notes:
• Retake function does not work during
Direct Record.
• It also functions in SLP mode, however,
some noise will appear.
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