Basic Operations
Playing a tape
· PLAY
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NTSC PB
DUAL MODE SHUTTLE ring
Tip
• For further information on
searching and playback
functions, see "Playing/
searching at various speeds" on
page 16.
Notes
• Depending on your TV, the
following may occur while
playing an NTSC-recorded tape:
– The picture becomes black
and white.
– The picture shakes.
– No picture appears on the TV
screen.
– Black streaks appear
horizontally on the TV screen.
– The colour density increases
or decreases.
• If you play back a tape with
NTSC system, the sound is
heard in monaural.
• The counter resets to
"0H00M00S" whenever a tape is
reinserted.
• The counter stops counting
when it comes to a portion with
no recording.
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Basic Operations
This section shows you how to play back a video tape.
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p STOP
P PAUSE
Additional tasks
To
Stop play
COUNTER RESET
Pause play
SEARCH 3/#
Resume play after pause
P PAUSE
· PLAY
Search forward
FF )
p STOP
Search backward
REW 0
Fast-forward the tape
Rewind the tape
Eject the tape
To play an NTSC-recorded tape
Set the NTSC PB switch inside the drop-down panel according to the
colour system of your TV.
When your TV is
PAL only
PAL and NTSC
Using the time counter
At the point on a tape that you want to find later, press COUNTER
RESET to reset the counter to "0H00M00S." When you rewind or
advance the tape to this point, refer to the counter.
Turn on your TV and set the TV to video input.
Insert a tape.
The VCR turns on automatically.
Press · PLAY to start playing.
When the tape reaches the end, the VCR automatically rewinds it
to the beginning. (The power remains on.)
Press
p STOP
P PAUSE
P PAUSE or · PLAY
During playback, turn the DUAL MODE SHUTTLE
(DMS) ring on the VCR to # or press SEARCH #
on the remote commander.
During playback, turn the DMS ring on the VCR to
3 or press SEARCH 3 on the remote commander.
During stop, turn the DMS ring on the VCR to )
FF or keep pressing FF ) on the remote
commander.
During stop, turn the DMS ring on the VCR to 0
REW or keep pressing REW 0 on the remote
commander.
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Set the NTSC PB switch to
ON PAL TV
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