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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.
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.
•
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.
•
On some televisions, the picture may shrink vertically causing black bands to appear at
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.
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ADVANCED OPERATION
LCD DISPLAY
TIME OF DAY
Shows current time of day, if the clock is set.
Press the
DISPLAY
button until the time of day
appears. For example, 21:20 appears:
CHANNEL STATUS
Shows the current VCR channel preset. Press the
DISPLAY
button until the channel number
appears, for example PRESET 1:
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.
1.
Press the
DISPLAY
button until tape
counter appears, for example:
2.
To identify the current position on a video tape
press the
CLEAR
button and the tape
counter will appear:
When you wish to return to this position on the video tape, press
ZERO BACK
button.
The tape will rewind/advance to this point.
NOTE:
TAPE REMAINING
Shows the amount of video tape remaining, as previously explained in
CHECKING THE
AMOUNT OF TAPE REMAINING
.
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
The LCD display brightness can be changed to suit the ambient lighting in the room. Switch
on the VCR (ensure the menu screen is not on) then press and hold the
DISPLAY
button for approximately 2 seconds. This will reduce the brightness of the VCR display. Repeat
the process to change the display back to the previous setting.
•
The tape counter will only operate on recorded sections of tape.
ZERO
BACK
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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 in the mode
menu to disable this feature.
1.
Press the
MENU
button to display the
main menu on the screen.
2.
Press the[
/
] menu select buttons to
select MODE.
3.
Press the
SET
button.
4.
Press the [
/
] menu select buttons to
select BLUE MUTE.
5.
Press
[
/
]
menu select buttons to select
AUTO or OFF.
6.
Press
SET
to confirm 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.
1.
Follow steps 1 to 3 from BLUE MUTE above.
2.
Press the [
/
] menu select buttons to select COLOUR.
3.
Press
[
/
]
menu select buttons to select AUTO or PAL.
4.
Press
SET
to confirm and then
MENU
to return to the normal screen.
MODE MENU SCREEN
N I CAM
AU T O
O F F
CO L OUR
AU T O
P A L
B L U E MU T E
AU T O
O F F
R E P E A T
ON
O F F
SET
MENU
SET
CLEAR
VIDEO
Plus+
DISPLAY
MODE OSD
ON/OFF
OUT
SEARCH
BACK
2
3
1
SET
SET
REMOTE CONTROL
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ADVANCED OPERATION
SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE
SKIP SEARCHING THE VIDEO TAPE
You can search the tape in 30 second time intervals. To do this follow the procedure below:
1.
Press
PLAY/X2
to start the video tape
playing.
2.
Press the
SKIP SEARCH
button on the
remote control.
The number of times you press
SKIP SEARCH
determines the forward search time.
•
After searching, normal playback
will resume automatically
will resume automatically
DIGITAL PROGRAMME SEARCH SYSTEM (DPSS)
Your VCR records a marker signal on the tape at the start of each recording. These signals can
be used later to locate the starting point of a recording.
Press
DPSS
/
to locate a previous programme or the next programme.
For example,
1.
Load the video tape into the VCR.
2.
Press
DPSS
three times. DPSS 3 will appear on the on-screen display, and the VCR
will fast forward to locate the third recording after the current one.
3.
Press
DPSS
once. DPSS -1 will appear on the on-screen display and the VCR will
rewind to locate the beginning of the current recording.
4.
To cancel the search before it has finished, press
STOP
or
PLAY/X2
.
NOTES:
•
Recordings must be longer than 3 minutes.
•
The starting point of playback may vary.
•
This feature will only work with video tapes recorded on a VCR with the DPSS feature.
1 press = 30 seconds.
2 presses = 1 minute.
3 presses = 1 minute 30 seconds.
2 presses = 1 minute.
3 presses = 1 minute 30 seconds.
4 presses = 2 minutes.
PLAY / X2
SKIP
SEARCH
SKIP
SEARCH
DPSS Signals
Current tape position
Fast Forward
Rewind
DPSS
Number
Number
PLAY / X2
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