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Controls and terminals
Front panel
1 OPERATE button
To turn the power on and off (standby mode).
2 Cassette loading slot
Load the video cassette here.
3 B.E.S.T. PICTURE button
To turn the B.E.S.T. (Biconditional Equalized Signal Track-
ing) function on and off.
4 Rewind 1 button
To rewind the video tape and to start reverse shuttle search
playback mode.
5 Play # button
To start playback.
6 Fast forward ¡ button
To fast forward the video tape and to start forward shuttle
search playback mode.
7 Pause 8 button
To freeze the picture during playback. Also to engage the
recording pause mode.
8 Stop/Eject § button
To stop playback and to eject the video tape.
9 Record ¶ button
To start recording.
0 Remote sensor window
For remote control operation.
! Colour System Output switch
Select to watch an NTSC tape.
@ Mode indicators
OPERATE indicator
• Lights when the power turns on.
• Blinks while a cassette is ejected.
STANDBY / Rewind indicator
• Lights when the power turns off (Standby mode).
• Blinks during rewind mode.
• Blinks slowly during rewind power off mode.
Play / Fast forward indicator
• Lights during playback mode.
• Blinks during fast forward mode.
• Blinks slowly during repeat playback mode.
HiFi L and R/B.E.S.T. ON and OFF indicators
• Lights the selected audio output.
• Lights to indicate the B.E.S.T. function is on or off.
Record indicator
• Lights during recording mode.
• Blinks during recording pause mode.
# AUDIO MONITOR button
To select the audio output.
Rear panel
1 AC power cord
2 RF channel adjustment screw
3 RF. OUT terminal
4 AUDIO/VIDEO IN terminals
5 AUDIO/VIDEO OUT terminals
6 ANT. IN terminal
7 TV system switch
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RF OUT
ANT.
IN
K
40
32
1-
VIDEO
AUDIO
IN OUT
10-
L
R
1 3 4
6
2
7
5
VIDEO CASSETTE
PLAYER
HR-P82A
IB.E.S.T.
PICTURE
NTSC
PLAYBACK
ON PAL TV
NTSC4.43
NTSC3.58
PAL NTSC
AUDIO
MONITOR
STANDBYOPERATE
[ R ][ L ]
HiFi
B.E.S.T.
ONOFF
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