FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS
FRONT VIEW
Fluorescent display
POWER button (Press for on; press again for off)
The POWER indicator illuminates when the VCR is
switched on.
EJECT button
Press to remove the cassette;
Cassette loading slot
Cassette tape is inserted in this slot for loading.
STOP button
Press to discontinue all tape related functions.
REC (RECORD) button
Press to begin recording.
JOG dial
Use to forward the tape frame-by-frame and to set the
menus.
SHUTTLE ring
Use to adjust the playback speed or to set the menus.
Turn this ring to the right to forward a tape or to forward
search. Turn this ring to the left to rewind a tape or to
reverse search. Also use to clear the alarm list, power
loss list and timer recording and to initialize the menu
settings.
button
Press to playback a previously recorded tape.
PAUSE/SHUTTLE HOLD button
When pressed during recording, tape movement stops
temporarily. Press again to continue the recording.
When pressed during playback, tape movement stops
and a still field is displayed. Press again to restore normal
Playback. Pressing and holding this
after turning
the SHUTTLE ring allows continuous high speed playback
even if the SHUTTLE ring is released.
COUNTER MEMORY/SKIP/INDEX button
Use to switch the COUNTER MEMORY
SKIP
SEARCH or INDEX SEARCH
TIMER REC button
This button is pressed when a timer recording is to be
made.
MODE
Set to
72H or 96H mode to select recording
speed and to
72H or 96H mode to
select playback speed.
COUNTER
button
Press to reset the counter to “00000.”
DISPLAY button
Press to display the MAIN MENU.
Press again to show the present time display.
POSITION/VERTICAL ADJUST buttons
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When (+) button is pressed, the day and present time
display will move to the right. When the (-) button is
pressed, the day and present time will move down the
screen. Cannot be adjusted if a warning is displayed.
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Press these buttons to adjust for vertical vibrations when
in still mode or during fast playback. Refer to pages 7
and 26 for more details.
@TRACKING buttons
Press these buttons if noise is present during playback,
reverse playback or slow playback.
PICTURE control
The picture quality can be adjusted between soft and
sharp.
LOCK button
When pressed with a ball-point pen or a pencil, the unit
will be locked into the current mode and the operation
buttons will not operate. Release the
by pressing
the lock button again.
VIDEO switch
Used to select
or black and white recording and
playback.
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