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ADVANCED OPERATION
PLAYBACK OF A VIDEO TAPE
CHECKING THE AMOUNT OF TAPE REMAINING
When you load a video tape into the VCR it can calculate approximately the amount of
video tape remaining in hours and minutes. This is useful in determining whether or not there is
sufficient tape left to make a recording.
When a video tape is playing, the amount of tape remaining is calculated for you
automatically.
To display the amount of video tape remaining:
1.
Load the video tape into the VCR
2.
Press
DISPLAY
on the remote control as many times as necessary until “R” appears on
the VCR display. The tape will wind forward and then return to its original position. The
tape remaining will be shown on the VCR display in hours and minutes.
By pressing the
TAPE SPEED
button on the remote control the remaining time will
change between long play and standard play.
For example,
in standard play 1 hour 23 minutes is left on the tape:
in standard play 1 hour 23 minutes is left on the tape:
in long play 2 hour 46 minutes is left on the tape:
NOTES:
PLAYING BACK A VIDEO TAPE REPEATEDLY
You can set your VCR to automatically rewind at the end of playing a video tape and replay
the entire tape again. REPEAT will appear on the on-screen display when selected.
the entire tape again. REPEAT will appear on the on-screen display when selected.
To use this feature:
1.
Press
MENU
to display the main menu on the
screen.
2.
Press [
/
] to select MODE.
3.
Press
SET
.
4.
Press [
/
] to select REPEAT.
5.
Press [
/
] to select ON.
6.
Press
SET
.
7.
Press
MENU
to return to normal screen.
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Do not interrupt the tape remaining calculation.
•
If less than 5 minutes of tape remains the display will flash.
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ADVANCED OPERATION
PLAYBACK OF A VIDEO TAPE
PLAYING BACK AN NTSC TAPE
NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) is a different TV standard to PAL and is used
in some Non-European Countries. Your VCR can playback pre-recorded NTSC tapes onto a
PAL system TV, but cannot record an NTSC signal onto a video tape.
in some Non-European Countries. Your VCR can playback pre-recorded NTSC tapes onto a
PAL system TV, but cannot record an NTSC signal onto a video tape.
Note that..
•
You cannot record NTSC signals or dub NTSC tapes onto other VCR’s from this VCR.
•
You cannot use Slow speed, Still frame, Double Speed, Frame Advance or Tape
Remaining with a pre-recorded NTSC tape.
Remaining with a pre-recorded NTSC tape.
•
On some televisions, the picture may appear in black and white or there may be no
picture. This does not indicate a fault with your VCR.
picture. This does not indicate a fault with your VCR.
•
On some televisions, the picture may shrink vertically causing black bands to appear at
the top and bottom of your screen.
the top and bottom of your screen.
On some televisions, the played-back picture may roll vertically, this does not indicate a fault
with your VCR.
with your VCR.
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ADVANCED OPERATION
DIGITAL DISPLAY
TIME OF DAY
Shows current time of day, if the clock is set.
Press
Press
DISPLAY
until the time of day appears. For
example, 21:20 appears:
Operation mode
Shows status of tape. Press
DISPLAY
until the display
appears, for example:
TAPE COUNTER AND ZERO BACK
Tape counter measures the current position of the video tape in real time. ZERO BACK uses the
tape counter to determine a specific point on a tape you may wish to return to.
tape counter to determine a specific point on a tape you may wish to return to.
1.
Press
DISPLAY
until tape counter appears, for
example:
2.
To identify the current position on a video tape
press
press
CLEAR
and the tape counter will appear:
When you wish to return to this position on the video tape, press
ZERO BACK
. The tape will
rewind/advance to this point.
NOTE:
•
The tape counter will only operate on recorded sections of tape.
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ADVANCED OPERATION
BLUE MUTE
The TV screen will be blue if a TV channel with no signal is selected, an unrecorded section of
tape is played or the quality of the recording on the tape is poor. Select OFF to disable this
feature.
tape is played or the quality of the recording on the tape is poor. Select OFF to disable this
feature.
1.
Press
MENU
to display the main menu on the
screen.
2.
Press [
/
] to select MODE.
3.
Press
SET
.
4.
Press [
/
] to select BLUE MUTE.
5.
Press [
/
] to select OFF.
6.
Press
SET
and then
MENU
to return to the
normal screen.
COLOUR
If the VCR is playing poor quality recording, the picture may turn black and white. Selecting
PAL may improve this (depending on the recording), although coloured speckles may
appear on black and white recordings.
PAL may improve this (depending on the recording), although coloured speckles may
appear on black and white recordings.
1.
Follow steps 1 to 3 from BLUE MUTE.
2.
Press [
/
] to select COLOUR.
3.
Press [
/
] to select AUTO/PAL.
4.
Press
SET
and then
MENU
to return to the normal screen.
MODE MENU SCREEN
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B L U E MU T E
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