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Stereo sound is possible from this VCR if you have a stereo TV connected to the VCR with a 

scart lead, or audio equipment connected with audio phono leads. The VCR is normally set 

so that stereo sound is possible. The sound output from the VCR is controlled by the 

 button on the remote control. If you wish to change the sound output 

you can use the 

 button as follows:

•

Press the 

 button once. The LEFT audio channel will be sent to BOTH 

speakers.

 will appear on the VCR display.

•

Press the 

 button

twice. The RIGHT audio channel will be sent to BOTH 

speakers.

will appear on the VCR display.

•

Press the 

 button three times. The MONO track will be sent to BOTH 

speakers. 

 and 

 will disappear from the VCR display. 

•

Pressing the 

 button a fourth time, normal Hi-Fi stereo sound will be 

heard. 

and 

 will appear on the VCR display.

Your VCR can receive and record NICAM sound. The VCR is normally set so that NICAM sound 
is possible if it is present on the receiving signal, otherwise the VCR will automatically switch to 
receive the mono signal. NICAM sound can be turned off. If you wish to do this follow the 
procedure below:

Press the 

 button to display the 

main menu on the screen.

Press the [

/

] menu select buttons to 

select MODE.

Press the 

 button. NICAM will be 

selected.

Press 

[

/

] to select OFF.

Press the 

 button, to return to the menu screen.

Press the 

 button, to exit to normal screen.

•

If the tape being played back does not carry sound recorded on Hi-Fi tracks, L and R 

will not appear on the display.

•

lf the sound contains ‘crackling’ or ‘popping’ noises the sound quality may be 

improved by adjusting the tracking using the 

  

/

 buttons.

•

If the poor quality is for a long period the VCR will automatically select the mono track 

and the sound will be in mono.

•

NICAM sound may not be stereo.

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The diagram below shows how to connect your VCR to audio equipment. When connected 
in this way stereo sound is possible from the speakers.

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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:

Load the video tape into the VCR

Press

 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 

 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 long play 2 hour 46 minutes is left on the tape:

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. 

To use this feature:

Press the 

 button to display the 

main menu on the screen.

Press the[

/

]menu select buttons to 

select MODE.

Press the 

button.

Press [

/

]to select REPEAT.

Press 

[

/

]

to select ON.

Press the 

button.

Press the 

 

 button to return to 

normal screen.

•

If tape remaining function is interrupted, the remaining time will not be displayed.

•

If less than 5 minutes of tape remains the display will flash.

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Shows current time of day, if the clock is set.                
Press 

 until the time of day appears. For 

example, 21:20 appears:

Shows status of tape. Press 

 until the display 

appears, for example:

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.

Press 

 until tape counter appears, for 

example:

To identify the current position on a video tape 
press 

 and the tape counter will appear:

When you wish to return to this position on the video tape, press 

. The tape will 

rewind/advance to this point.

•

The tape counter will only operate on recorded sections of tape.

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