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To rewind the tape or forward it rapidly
To stop playback
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Notes:
• This VCR selects the playback tape
speed SP or LP automatically.
•
If a colour tape is of poor quality, the
picture may turn black and white. In
this event, set the COLOUR SYSTEM
to “PAL” or “MESECAM” in the COL-
OUR SYSTEM menu (see page 37).
VCR
VCR
Cassette tape playback
Preparation:
• Turn ON the TV and set to the AV input mode.
• Press
VCR
to select the VCR mode. (The VCR indicator will light.)
Load a prerecorded tape
(When loading a cassette tape
without the erase prevention
tab, playback will start auto-
matically)
.
To start playback
Press
PLAY
.
Playback will start.
If the cassette has not loaded
yet,
will blink for 4 seconds.
To rewind the tape:
Press
REV
.
To forward the tape:
Press
FWD
.
To stop the tape-winding, press
STOP
. To switch to playback directly
(without
STOP
), press
PLAY
.
Forward/Reverse picture search mode
When the tape is being winded, you can switch to picture search mode
(see next page). To do this, press
REV
or
FWD
and hold it down. The unit
will resume the tape winding as soon as the button is released.
NTSC video cassette playback
When using a pre-recorded NTSC video cassette tape, the connected TV
set must operate with a 60 Hz vertical frequency. Otherwise the on-
screen picture will be affected by vertical rolling. Even if your VCR set is
capable of processing NTSC video signals, the picture may be shortened
vertically (appearance of black bars at the top and at the bottom of the TV
screen). The dubbing of a NTSC video cassette tape to a standard PAL
VCR is not possible.
Press
STOP
.
Stop the playback or recording with
STOP
.