Playing a cassette
a
Put a cassette in the cassette slot.
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 machine.
D
Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture or poor
sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine. Please
read the section ’Selecting the picture setting (SMART
PICTURE)’, or ’Picture interference’ in this chapter.
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.
Playing NTSC casettes
With this machine you can play cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard.
NTSC is the TV system used in, for example, America and
Japan. PAL is the TV system used in, for example, Europe. But
this only works for PAL-television sets which are suitable for a
picture frequency of 60 Hz.
When you play an NTSC cassette, ’60HZ’ will appear on the
video recorder display.
D
Some special features (for example, still picture) are not
possible while you are playing an NTSC cassette.
Tape position indicator
a
Press the
COUNTER
button while the cassette is playing.
b
Select one of the following options.
’TIME USED’
to show the time used on the tape.
’TIME LEFT’
to show the time left on the tape.
’COUNTER’
to show the present position on the tape.
D
By pressing the
OK
button, you can show the present
tape position on the TV screen.
Searching for a tape position with the
picture (picture search)
a
While a cassette is playing, press the
H
(rewind) or
I
(wind) button.
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.
JOG and SHUTTLE
You will find a large knob
o
on the video recorder and the
remote control.
a
Switch the function on by pressing the
STILL
R
button.
You will see a still picture.
b
Use the inner JOG disc on the remote control to select
the next or previous still picture.
c
By turning the inner disc continuously to the right or to
the left you can switch to slow motion, forwards or
backwards.
d
The outer SHUTTLE ring of the knob allows you to select
different tape speeds for the forward and reverse picture
search.
Searching for a tape position without the
picture (wind and rewind)
a
Stop the tape with the
STOP
h
button.
b
Press the
H
(rewind) or
I
(wind) button or, on the
video recorder, turn the outer ring of the knob
o
to
the left or to the right.
c
To stop at a certain position, press the
STOP
h
button.
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Playback functions
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