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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 VCRs 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
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:
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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.
16:9 PLAYBACK AND RECORDING
This feature allows the PLAYBACK and RECORDING of wide screen format signals (16.9) which
should automatically change the picture size setting on a wide screen TV. To allow the
operation of this feature, ensure 16:9 mode is set to AUTO in the MODE menu.
should automatically change the picture size setting on a wide screen TV. To allow the
operation of this feature, ensure 16:9 mode is set to AUTO in the MODE menu.
A scart connection must be used between the VCR (SOCKET L1) and the TV.
During PLAYBACK of a 16:9 encoded tape the TV should switch to (Widescreen) 16:9 mode.
1.
Follow steps 1 to 3 from BLUE MUTE.
2.
Press [
/
] to select 16:9.
3.
Press [
/
] to select AUTO/PAL.
4.
Press
SET
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
A UD I O M I X
ON
O F F
1 6 : 9
AU T O
O F F
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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
SKIP SEARCH
on the remote control.
The number of times you press
SKIP SEARCH
determines the forward search time.
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After searching, normal playback
will resume automatically
will resume automatically
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.
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