Playing a cassette
a
Put a cassette into the cassette slot. ’
v
’ will appear on
the display.
D
The cassette is being checked. Wait until the search
symbol in the display has gone out. You can find
more information on the Tape Manager in the
chapter ’The Tape Manager (TM)’.
b
Press the
G
button.
c
To stop, press the
h
button.
d
To eject the cassette, press the
EJECT
J
button on the
video recorder.
To eject a cassette, you can also use the
EJECT
J
button
on the remote control
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 ’Eliminating
picture interference’.
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 cassettes
With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard (for
example, American cassettes). 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
display.
D
Some special features (for example, still picture) are
not possible while you are playing an NTSC
cassette.
Tape position indication
By pressing the
OK
button, you can show the present tape
position on the TV screen.
a
During playback press the
COUNTER
button.
b
Select one of the following options with the
COUNTER
button:
’
TIME USED
’
to indicate the time used on the tape
’
TIME LEFT
’
to indicate the time left on the tape
’
COUNTER
’
to indicate the actual position on the tape
D
To reset the tape position to ’0:00:00’, press the
CLEAR (CL)
button.
D
This video recorder will automatically recognise the
length of the tape.
D
When you put in a cassette, the video recorder must
first calculate the playing time for ’
TIME USED
’ or
’
TIME LEFT
’. Therefore, the display first shows ’
s
’
and then shows the playing time after the tape has
been running for a few seconds.
D
If there is no recording on the tape and you have
selected ’
COUNTER
’, the counter will stop.
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
a
While a cassette is playing, press the
H
(reverse) or
I
(forward) button once or several times.
b
To stop a certain place on the tape, press the
G
button.
D
During picture search, the picture quality may not be
so good and there will be no sound.
Still picture/Slow motion
a
Press the
STILL/JOG ON
R
button. A still picture will
appear on the screen.
b
Each time you press
STILL/JOG ON
R
again, the picture
will move on one step.
c
When you hold the
STILL/JOG ON
R
button, the tape will
be played in slow motion.
d
When you press the
I
button several times, you have
a choice of several playback speeds.
During slow motion there will be no sound.
5.
PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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