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Playing a Cassette in Slow Motion

Picture Search, Fast Forward/Rewind

Searching for a Specific Sequence

Playing a Sequence Frame by Frame

You can play a cassette in slow motion.

No sound is heard when playing back a
cassette in slow motion.

1

Press:

II to start playing the cassette  

SLOW (

) as many times as required to

decrease or increase the speed respectively

To return to the normal speed, press the 

II

button twice.

2

When playing back in slow motion, picture 
interference may occur.
Press the PROG/TRK (

"

or 

) / TRK (

or

)

buttons to minimize this effect.

When you have been using the Slow Motion
function for more than about five minutes,
the VCR will automatically play to protect
the:

Cassette

Video heads

Picture Search enables you to Fast Forward or
Rewind and look for a particular part of a tape. 

1

Press PLAY, the VCR will enter normal play mode.
While in play, press and release the 

❿❿

(or 

➛➛

button. The VCR will search at 5 times the normal 
playback speed. 

2

To return to normal playback mode, press the 

II

button. 

3

If you press and HOLD down the 

❿❿

(or 

➛➛

) button 

the VCR will search at  9 times the normal speed. 
Releasing the  

❿❿

button will return the VCR to 

search at 5 times the normal speed. To return to 
normal playback mode, press the 

II button. 

4

Whilst in Picture Search mode, if you press the 

❿❿

button again, the VCR will enter normal Fast 
Forward mode. 

5

Likewise, whilst in Picture Search 

➛➛

mode, if you 

press the 

➛➛

button again, the VCR will enter normal 

Rewind mode.  

6

If, when Redwing (

➛➛

) or Fast Forwarding (

❿❿

), you 

press the 

➛➛

(or 

❿❿

) button, the VCR will enter the 

Picture Search mode. 

Each time you record a cassette on this VCR, an “index” is

automatically marked on the tape when recording starts.
The Search function allows you to fast-forward or rewind to

a specific index and start playback from that point.

Depending on the direction selected, the indexes are

numbered as follows:

This VCR uses a standard indexing system (VISS). As a 
result, it will recognize any indexes marked by other 
VCRs using the same system and vice versa.

INTRO SCAN

1

To search for a specific index, press INDEX.

2

Press the 

➛➛

or 

❿❿

buttons depending on the 

direction where your desired programme is located. 

3

When an Index mark is found the VCR will playback the

tape for 5 seconds, after which it will continue 

searching for the next Index mark. 

4

If you want to watch the tape from a particular Index, 

simply press 

II

Index Skip Search: 

This feature will enable you to fast forward/rewind to

a specific point on a tape:  E.g. if you have recorded 3

different programmes on a tape and you have

rewound the tape to the beginning, by using this

feature you can go directly to the start of programme

2 simply by pressing the INDEX button. 

1

Press the INDEX to start the Index search. 

2

Press the 

➛➛

or 

❿❿

buttons twice more. This will take 

you directly to the start of the desired programme is 

located.   

3

These Index searches can be made forwards: 

(press 

❿❿

) or backwards: (press 

➛➛

). 

4

To cancel an Index search simply press the 

II or 

button. 

You can:

Stop the cassette at a given frame (image)

Advance one frame at a time

No sound is heard when playing back frame 
by frame.

1

Press:

II to start playing the cassette

II to stop the tape at a given frame

F.ADV (     ) to advance frame by frame

2

To return to normal playback, press 

II.

When you have been using the Frame-by-

Frame function for more than about five

minutes, the VCR will automatically play to

protect the cassette and video heads.

Vertical stability: When playing back frame

by frame, interference may be seen on the

screen. Press the V-LOCK (

)

buttons to minimize this effect.

SLOW

V-LOCK

F.ADV

2

1

1

2

etc.

etc.

Prev

Seq.

Seq. being

played

Next

Seq.

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Format 16:9 (WIDE SCREEN) 

Selecting the Audio Mute Mode

(SV-455GX/SV-451GX/SV-255GX/

SV-251GX Only)

Selecting the Audio Output Mode 

(SV-657GX/SV-655GX/SV-651GX Only)

Selecting the Colour Mode

Your VCR can automatically read a 16:9 signal from
the AV2 input or a prerecorded 16:9 tape. It can
broadcast a 16:9 signal through a 21 pin scart cable.

1

Press MENU on the remote control.
Result:  The programming menu is displayed.

2

Press the corresponding 

"

❷!

or 

buttons to 

select the 

USER SET

option.

3

Press the OK button to select this option.
Result:   The 

USER SET

menu is displayed.

4

Press the corresponding 

"

or

buttons, until the

FORMAT 16:9

option is selected.

5

Press the 

button to select 

AUTO

➝ 

ON 

➝  

OFF

.

AUTO Set when you use a wide TV. The VCR 

detects wide TV programmes and normal TV 
programmes automatically when playing 
back and recording. 

ON

The VCR always plays back and records in 
the mode compatible with 16:9 wide screen. 
Set if the VCR cannot detect wide TV 
programmes with “AUTO” set.

OFF

Set if you do not use a wide TV. 

6

On completion, press MENU twice to exit the menu.

You can select the mode in which the sound is
mute.

To select the audio mute mode on and off, simply press
the AUDIO button on the remote control.

When monitoring a TV programme or playing back a

Hi-Fi recorded video tape, press the AUDIO button to

select a desired sound output. As the AUDIO button is

pressed, the sound output and the indicator change as

below: 

Before recording or playing back a cassette, you

can select the required system standard.
Otherwise, the system automatically selects the

reception standard when you select AUTO.

When playing back a cassette, the standard is

automatically selected by the VCR.

When you playback an NTSC-recorded tape 

on this VCR make a setting on the colour 

system according to your TV. If your TV is a  

PAL system only TV, set NTPB. If your TV is 

Multi System TV (NTSC 4.43 compatible), set

NT4.43 and you can record NT4.43.

1

Press MENU on the remote control.
Result:   The programming menu is displayed.

2

Press the corresponding 

"

❷!

or 

buttons to 

select the 

USER SET

option.

3

Press the OK button to select this option.
Result:   The 

USER SET

menu is displayed.

4

Press the corresponding 

"

or

buttons, until the

COLOUR SYSTEM

option is selected.

5

Press the 

button to select 

AUTO

➝ 

PAL

➝ 

MESECAM

➝ 

B/W

.

AUTO When playing back a cassette, the system    

standard is automatically selected by the VCR.

B/W

Black and White

6

On completion, press MENU twice to exit the menu.

L R

MIX

MONO

L

R

Heard in stereo.
(left channel and
right channel)

Left channel 
heard from both 
the left and right 
speakers.

Right channel
heard from both
the left and right
speakers.

Heard in
monaural.

Channel 

I

(MAIN)

heard from the
left speaker,
channel 

II

(SUB)

heard from the
right speaker.  

Channel 

(MAIN)  

heard from both 
the left and the 
right speakers. 

Channel 

II

-(SUB)

heard from both
the  left and the
right speakers. 

Channel 

(MAIN)

heard from both
the  left and the
right  speakers.

Heard in
monaural.

Heard in  
monaural.

Heard in  
monaural.

Heard in
monaural.

Sound mixed the left and right channels, and the
normal audio track.

OSD 

display

Sound 

type

Stereo sound  Bilingual sound

Standard 

sound 

broadcast

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Summary of Contents for SV-657GX

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...SION BROADCASTS Selecting the Cassette Type 17 Selecting the Recording Speed SV 657GX SV 655GX SV 651GX SV 455GX SV 451GX 17 NICAM SV 657GX SV 655GX SV 651GX 17 Protecting a Recorded Cassette 18 Recording a Programme Immediately 18 Recording a Programme with Automatic Stop 18 Using the ShowView Feature SV 657XG SV 655GX SV 455GX SV 255GX 19 Modifying ShowView Programming SV 657GX SV 655GX SV 455GX...

Page 3: ... 455GX SV 451GX GX SV 251GX 21 g Picture Alignment Manually 21 t Picture Control 21 Picture Control SV 651GX SV 455GX SV 451GX SV 255GX SV 251GX 21 6 9 WIDE SCREEN 22 g the Colour Mode 22 g the Audio Output Mode SV 657GX SV 655GX SV 651GX 22 the Audio Mute Mode SV 455GX SV 451GX SV 255GX SV 251GX 22 A SEQUENCE a Cassette in Slow Motion 23 a Sequence Frame by Frame 23 earch Fast Forward Rewind 23 g...

Page 4: ...VIDEO L AUDIO R I I I I I I I I I I STANDBY ON BUTTON STOP BUTTON VIDEO CASSETTE COMPARTMENT PLAY BUTTON RECORD BUTTON PAUSE STILL BUTTON EJECT BUTTON F F BUTTON PROGRAMME SELECTION BUTTONS REW BUTTON EJECT STANDBY ON PROG STOP REC II P S REW PLAY F F AUX VIDEO L AUDIO R II II II II STANDBY ON BUTTON STOP BUTTON ECT PROG REC II P S REW F F STOP VIDEO CASSETTE COMPARTMENT STOP BUTTON REW BUTTON F F...

Page 5: ...STANDBY ON TVSTANDBY ON SLOW SHUTTLE V LOCK CLR RST F ADV INDEX TV VCR INPUT REPEAT VOL PROG TRK AUDIO REC MENU SPEED DUB TV VCR TIMER DISP SELECT TV STANDBY ON BUTTON INDEX BUTTON FRAME ADVANCE BUTTON TUNER AV1 AV2 AUX SELECTION REPEAT SELECTION BUTTON PROGRAMME SELECTION TRACKING BUTTONS DISPLAY BUTTON PLAY PAUSE STILL BUTTON FAST FORWARD FORWARD SEARCH BUTTON MENU BUTTON MENU SELECTION UP BUTTO...

Page 6: ...your VCR to a Hi Fi system Example You wish to take advantage of the quality of your Hi Fi stereo system when watching a programme or recording via your VCR SV 657GX SV 655GX SV 651GX only 1 Connect the coaxial cable as indicated in the above section 2 Connect one end of the SCART cable to the AV1 EURO AV socket on the rear of the VCR 3 Plug the other end into the appropriate connector on the tele...

Page 7: ...T button for the AV2 input sources xial Cable ion you must preset the station received through the satellite tuner ceiver or other Equipment Antenne Aerial Connector 2 TV AV2 DEC EXT AV1 EURO AV R D L G AUDIO OUT SORTIE T Cable 1 SCART Cable cting a Decoder for scrambled PAY TV broadcasts ed to receive scrambled Pay TV broadcasts Premiere broadcasts mbled programme while watching another channel e...

Page 8: ...ore than once select the stations with the best reception and delete the ones no longer required see page 16 g On Screen es in the Remote Setting the Date and Time e the batteries in the assette recorder control is no longer ction of the arrow to release t cover on the rear of the uivalent batteries taking care h on the remote control h on the remote control gning it with the base of the hing it b...

Page 9: ...On completion press the MENU button three times to exit the menu Changing the Preset Station Table You can rearrange the preset TV stations according to your own preferences programme number assigned to the station 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control Result The programming menu is displayed 2 Press the corresponding or buttons to select the INSTALLATION option 3 Press the OK button to se...

Page 10: ...ng time Press the or buttons until the STOP selection flashes Press the or buttons to increase or decrease the stop time Select VPS recording Press the or buttons SV 657GX SV 655GX until the V P selection flashes Press the or buttons until the ON or indication is displayed Do not select VPS unless you are sure the programme you wish to record is broadcast with VPS If you do set VPS ON by selecting...

Page 11: ...nually to obtain the best possible picture When noise bars or streaks appear during playback adjust alignment manually by pressing the PROG TRK or TRK or buttons until the picture is clear and stable Result The tracking bar appears The image is adjusted The tracking bar disappears when you release the button Adjusting Picture Alignment Automatically SV 651GX SV 455GX SV 451GX SV 255GX SV 251GX Onl...

Page 12: ...e Index searches can be made forwards press or backwards press 4 To cancel an Index search simply press the II or button You can Stop the cassette at a given frame image Advance one frame at a time No sound is heard when playing back frame by frame 1 Press II to start playing the cassette II to stop the tape at a given frame F ADV to advance frame by frame 2 To return to normal playback press II W...

Page 13: ... option RATION menu is displayed or buttons until the s selected Press or until ON is displayed y OFF is displayed ENU twice to exit the menu runs the VCR has a EXTEND allowing you to by up to 60 minutes not available or set to on the remote control or buttons to ATION option elect this option RATION menu is displayed or buttons until the ption is selected set the ShowView EXTEND minutes buttons r...

Page 14: ...Plug the other end of the audio cable into the appropriate output connectors on the other system VCR camcorder or Hi Fi sound system You can copy a cassette to your VCR from another video source such as another VCR or a camcorder It is an infringement of copyright laws to copy prerecorded cassettes or to re record them in any form without the permission of the owners of the corresponding copyright...

Page 15: ... 5 Press the button until you select the time of Auto Power off interval OFF 2HOUR 3HOUR 6 On completion press MENU twice to exit the menu Auto Power Off ECO Mode Reducing Standby power consumption Technical Specifications Low Power Mode reduces the Standby power consumption of the VCR when in Standby mode Useful for example when you are away from the house on holiday It saves actually turning the...

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