1 Insert the cassette into the cassette slot. vappears in the
display.
2 Playback: Press the playback button PLAY G .
3 Picture scanning: Press the H (reverse) or I (for-
ward) button once or several times. You have a choice of
several picture scanning speeds.
4 Interrupt: Press the STOP h button.
5 Wind and rewind: Interrupt the playback function with the
STOP h button and press the H (rewind) or I
(wind) button. In the display appears:
0:20
If, during wind/rewind, you want to have a quick access to
picture scanning, use the ’Instant View’ function.
6 Instant View: If you hold the H (rewind) or I (wind)
button during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture
scanning. If you release the button, the video recorder will
automatically switch back to rewind or wind again.
7 Eject a cassette: Interrupt the playback function with the
STOP h button and press the STOP/EJECT ? button on
the video recorder.
Notes: Some functions switch off automatically after a while
(e.g.: pause, still picture, picture scanning). This helps to
protect the cassette and prevent unnecessary power
consumption.
* The picture quality will deteriorate during picture scan-
ning. The sound is turned off.
Still picture
1 Press the STILL R button. You see a still picture. Inter-
ference stripes will appear on the screen.
2 Each time you press STILL R again, the picture will
move on one step.
Note: If the still picture vibrates vertically, hold the P r or
the P q button at step 1 until the vibration is minimal.
This setting will be stored automatically.
Please note, however, that interference may still occur with
poor quality cassettes.
Tape position/Index search
Tape position: The elapsed playback time, given to the hour
and minute, appears in the display.
When you load a cassette, the video recorder must first
calculate the playing time. Therefore, ’-:--’ appears first and
only after the tape has been running for a few seconds the
playing time will be shown.
The playback time displayed can be incorrect when using
camcorder cassettes or with cassettes made for NTSC-VHS
equipment.
Index search: At the beginning of each recording, the video
recorder marks the tape with a code mark. You can search for
these code marks on the tape. Once the video recorder finds
the code mark or a blank space, it will automatically switch to
playback.
1 To select the next or the previous code mark, press the
INDEX E button and then press the I or the H but-
ton.
Note: You cannot use the function ’Index search’ with
recordings made on another video recorder that does not
have this code mark function.
2. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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