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BASIC PLAYBACK AND RECORDING
Basic
Playback
1
Load a cassette
Make sure the window side is up, the rear label
side is facing you and the arrow on the front of
the cassette is pointing towards the VCR.
Do not apply too much pressure when inserting.
● The VCR turns on automatically.
● The counter is automatically reset to “0:00:00”.
● If the cassette’s record safety tab has been
removed, playback begins automatically.
2
Start playback
Press PLAY ( 3 ).
● Tape speed (SP or EP) is automatically detected.
To stop playback
Press STOP ( 7 ) on the Remote or STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 )
on the front panel.
To rewind the tape
Press REW ( 1 ).
To fast-forward the tape
Press FF ( ¡ ).
To eject the tape
Press STOP/EJECT ( 7 / 0 ) on the front panel when the
tape is not running.
● You can also eject the cassette with the VCR turned off.
To turn off the VCR
Press POWER.
Turn on the VCR and the TV, and select the VCR
channel 3 or 4 (or AV mode) on the TV.
Usable cassettes
Full-Size VHS
T-30 (ST-30**)
T-60 (ST-60**)
T-90
T-120 (ST-120**)
T-160 (ST-160**)
ST-210**
Compact VHS*
TC-20 (ST-C20**)
TC-30 (ST-C30**)
TC-40 (ST-C40**)
* Compact VHS camcorder recordings can be
played on this VCR. Simply place the recorded
cassette into a VHS Cassette Adapter and it can
be used just like any full-sized VHS cassette.
** This VCR can record on regular VHS and Super
VHS cassettes. However, it will record regular
VHS signals only.
INFORMATION
This VCR is equipped with SQPB (S-VHS QUASI
PLAYBACK) that lets you watch tapes recorded in the S-
VHS format with regular VHS resolution.
● SQPB does not deliver Super VHS resolution.
● S-VHS recording is not possible with this VCR.
Clean the video heads using a dry
cleaning cassette — TCL-2UX —
when:
• Rough, poor picture appears while a tape is played
back.
• The picture is unclear or no picture appears.
• “USE CLEANING CASSETTE” appears on the screen
(only with “SUPERIMPOSE” set to “ON”: ੬ pg. 28, 29)
FF ( ¡ )
SPEP
VCR
2
STOP/EJECT
( 7 / 0 )
POWER
REW (1 )
1
7
89
2
4
1
3
2 3
4 5 6
0
2
STOP ( 7 )
FF ( ¡ )
REW ( 1 )
POWER