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15
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Basic Operations
Additional tasks
To
Press
stop playback
STOP
x
.
The video TV goes back to the normal TV picture.
stop playback for a moment
PAUSE
X
.
Press PAUSE
X
again or press PLAY
N
to resume
playback.
If you leave your video TV in pause mode, normal
playback resumes after about 5 minutes to prevent tape
damage.
search a tape at high speed
REW
m
(rewind) or FF
M
(fast-forward)
during playback.
To resume normal playback, press PLAY
N
.
fast-forward the tape
STOP
x
, then press FF
M
.
rewind the tape
STOP
x
, then press REW
m
.
view the picture in fast-forward
and hold FF
M
during fast-forward or REW
m
during
or rewind mode
rewind.
When you release the button, fast-forward or rewind
mode is resumed.
eject a cassette
EJECT
Z
.
You can eject the cassette even if the power is off.
Protecting your cassette against accidental erasure
To prevent accidental erasure, break off the safety tab as illustrated.
To record on a cassette without a safety tab, simply cover the tab
hole with adhesive tape.
Safety tab
Adhesive tape
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Basic Operations
Playing a tape (continued)
Displaying on-screen information
Press
to display the following on-screen information. To show
only the amount of remaining tape and the linear tape counter on
the screen, press
again.
To make the information disappear, press
until no information is
displayed on the screen.
Resetting the tape counter
The tape counter helps you to locate a certain scene after playback.
Press COUNTER RESET on the remote control to set the counter to
“0:00:00” before playing a tape. The tape counter is automatically
reset to zero whenever a cassette is inserted. The video TV keeps
counting the length of the tape being played. Note, however, that
the tape counter does not count the portions that do not contain any
recordings.
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20:00
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SP 2 : 05 : 10
E
M
S
E
Amount of remaining tape
Beginning of the tape
End of the tape
Tape operation mode
Linear tape counter
Tape speed
Current date
and time