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v i d e o c a s s e t t e s
P L A Y I N G
Still picture and slow-motion
Still picture
While you are playing a cassette, press the
(pause) button to
see a still picture.
Each time you press the pause button, the picture will move on one step.
• You can reduce vertical vibration of the still picture if you keep
pressing PR- or PR+ button.
Slow-motion
While you are playing a cassette keep pressing the
button to
control the slow-motion speed in 6 steps.
As with the still picture, you will get some picture interference.
• If you see interference stripes during slow motion playback, keep
pressing the PR+ or PR- button until you get the best picture.
VCR
• If still picture or slow-motion lasts longer than five minutes the video recorder will stop, to
protect the video tape.
Commercial skip
If you press the
button on the remote control while a cassette is playing, the video
recorder quickly skips 30 seconds of the recording.
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NTSC playback
NTSC is American standard video. Great Britain uses a different video standard (called PAL). This
video recorder can play video cassettes that have been recorded with NTSC video through most
televisions used in Great Britain. A few televisions may not display a proper picture. This is not a
fault with your video recorder and the television cannot be modified. You cannot record NTSC video
on this video recorder.
VCR
When the video recorder is playing a hi-fi recording you can press the A.SEL button to change the
sound track. The following messages on the screen tell you what sound track you have selected.
hi-fi L+R : normal stereo
hi-fi LEFT: the left channel comes from both the left and right speakers
hi-fi RIGHT: the right channel comes from both the left and right speakers
hi-fi OFF: lower quality mono sound track
If the recording is not hi-fi you cannot change the sound track, there is no on-screen message, and
the video recorder can only play mono sound.
You need to select ‘hi-fi L+R’ to get proper surround-sound effects from a surround-sound effect
amplifier.
Choosing the sound track
