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Playing a tape
Basic Operations
Playing a tape
Before you start…
• Refer to “Index to parts and controls” for button locations.
Additional tasks
To set the colour system
If the playback picture has no colour, or streaks appear during playback, set
COLOUR SYSTEM in the OPTIONS-1 menu to conform to the system that
the tape was recorded in (see page 73). (Normally set the option to AUTO.)
To use the time counter
Press CLEAR at the point on the tape that you want to find later. The
counter in the display window resets to “0:00:00.” Search for the point
afterwards by referring to the counter.
To display the counter on the TV screen, press
DISPLAY.
1
Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel.
2
Insert a tape.
The VCR turns on and starts playing
automatically if you insert a tape with
its safety tab removed.
3
Press
H
PLAY.
When the tape reaches the end, it will rewind automatically.
To
Press
Stop play
x
STOP
Pause play
X
PAUSE
Resume play after pause
X
PAUSE or
H
PLAY
Fast-forward the tape
M
FF during stop
Rewind the tape
m
REW during stop
Eject the tape
Z
EJECT
OK
PLAY
VIDEO
SP
OPC
