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If the screen jitters during PAUSE, press either 1 or 4 button to minimize it.
To resume play, press PLAY or PAUSE again.
Frame Advance
While in PAUSE mode during playback, press 9 button to view the video one frame at a
time. Press PAUSE to resume play.
Skip Playback
While playing back your tape you can skip forward by pressing the 9 button. The tape
will search ahead for about a minute and then resume playing.
Slow Motion
To slow the playback speed to exactly the pace you want, press PLAY, then then press
3 or 6 button. Press 6 to slow down, press 3 to speed up. The more times you press,
the slower or faster the slow motion.
Use the 1 or 4 button to minimize any visual noise bands on the screen.
After 5 minutes in slow motion playback, the VCR will stop the tape automatically to
prevent damage to the tape and the VCR.
To return to playback at a normal speed, press PLAY. To stop the tape, press STOP.
To Find Specific Sections on a Tape
Visual Search
This function lets you search backward and forward through the videotape while viewing
it.
Using the buttons on the VCR:
Press PLAY and then REW to search in reverse.
Press PLAY and then F.FWD to search ahead.
Press PLAY again to return to to normal playback.
Searching with the Time Counter
During playback (and recording), a counter keeps track of how many hours, minutes,
and seconds the tape has run. When you first start playback, the counter shows briefly
in the TV screen's upper right corner.
When you want to check the counter during playback, there are several ways to do it.
Pressing DISPLAY will cycle you through the three options.
Press DISPLAY just once to see the counter, mode, time, date and tape speed on the
screen for 5 seconds.
Before the 5 seconds is up, press DISPLAY a second time to see just the counter. It
will stay on the screen.
Press DISPLAY a third time to to see the counter on the VCR display as well.