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8 PLAYBACK AND SPECIAL-EFFECTS PLAYBACK
[STOP/EJECT] button
Playback mode
indication
[TIME MODE] button
[PLAY] button
[OPERATE] button
8-1 Preparation
Connection
Make sure the output connectors on the rear panel are
properly connected.
Function menu switch settings
Set the function menu switches as required.
5 [SHARPNESS] . . . Factory setting: NORMAL
Set to SHARP to emphasize contours for sharper
playback pictures.
5 [INDEX SEARCH] . . . Factory setting: OFF
To enable or disable index search.
• Set to ON to search the alarm-recorded positions
(index code).
8-2 Playback
1 Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode
on.
[ The [OPERATE] indicator lights.
2 Press the [TIME MODE] button to set the Play mode to
the 6H (EP).
The 6H indicator is shown on the display.
• To use playback in the linear slow Play mode,
make sure the same mode (L18H or L30H) is set
for playback as was used for linear slow recording.
3 Load the recorded cassette correctly.
* If a cassette is loaded when the power is off, power is
switched on automatically (auto-power on function).
If the cassette's safety tab has been removed, power is
switched on and play starts automatically (auto play
function).
4 Press the [PLAY] button to start play.
The play indicator is shown on the display and
the Play mode is engaged.
• Cassettes recorded in the VHS SP mode are
played back in the VHS SP mode.
• SP indicator lights.
To stop playback
5 Press the [STOP] button.
The tape stops and the Stop mode is engaged.
Audio playback of a timelapse-recorded tape
• Due to the difference in tape speed, audio signals
cannot be monitored when a tape recorded in the
L18H or L30H linear slow mode is played back in the
VHS 6H (EP) mode.
To monitor audio recorded in the linear slow mode,
play back the tape in the same mode (L18H or L30H)
as it was recorded in.
Notes
•
When a tape recorded in the 6H (EP) mode is
played back in the linear slow mode (L18H or
L30H), noise appears in the playback picture.
• Tapes recorded in the VHS Standard (SP)
mode can be played back only. Picture quality
is inferior to ordinary VHS VCRs.
Still and Reverse Play modes are not available
with SP tapes.
• When playing back a tape recorded in the VHS
SP mode, pressing the [TIME MODE] button
does not change the playback time mode.
Menu check during playback
• When the [MENU] button is pressed during
playback, the monitor screen display switches from
the playback picture to the input video signal (EE
picture) and the main menu is shown on the screen.
This means that even during playback you can
check menu contents.
Press the [MENU] button again to restore the
playback picture.