A CHAPTER FOUR
UsingtheAdvancedFeatures
Now that you've learned about the basic operation of your VCR,
you're ready to discover its advanced features. You'll find infor-
mation on:
Usingthe AdvancedPlaybackControls
$ Usingthe AdvancedRecordingControl.,;
$ SearchingTechniques
$ Usingthe AdvancedOptions
$ Makinga Copyof a Tape
$ Using ChildLock
Before you use the advanced features, you _,ihould be familiar with
all of the VCR's basic operations, including viewing a picture
coming from your VCR (page 22), playing back a tape (page 24),
using the menus (page 26), and recording (page 35). If you find
any of the information in this section confu_ing, you may want to
review the previous chapters.
UsingtheAdvancedPlaybackControls
In this section, you'll discover some of the advanced playback
features of your VCR. These include:
• Using special effects,
• Adjusting the tracking, and
• Using the time counter.
Usingspecialeffects
You can use the FF and REW buttons to coatrol the playback
speed of the tape in a step-by-step method.
usingthe FFandREWbuttonstocontroltheplaybackspeed
O While the VCR is playing a tape, pre,_s the PAUSE button to
freeze the picture on the screen.
O Press the FF or REW button. Each pre_,;s of the FF button
changes the playback speed by one ste_ in the forward direc-
tion. Each press of the REW button changes the speed by one
step in the reverse direction. (See the chart on the next page.)
To resume normal playback, press the PLAY/STOP button.
DImportant: After about five minutes in the still or slow-motion mode, the
VCR will automatically stop to avoid damai_e to the tape.
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