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Adjusting the Tracking
automatic tracking
Your VCR automatically adjusts the tape to give you the best quality picture. When
you start playback of a newly inserted tape, the DIGITAL TRACKING light (D) will
flash, showing that the VCR is adjusting the picture. When the VCR has finished
adjusting the picture, the DIGITAL TRACKING light will shine steadily.
A certain amount of “noise” in the picture or sound is normal while the VCR is
tracking a tape.
manual tracking
From time to time, you might play a tape that has excess noise in the picture,
often looking like vibration or interference at the top or bottom of the screen, or
during D-VHS playback, a mosaic noise, still or black picture may appear. To
correct the picture, you have to manually track the tape.
1 While the tape is playing, press and hold SP/EP and turn the front panel jog
dial until the picture is clear of excess noise.
2 To continue automatic tracking, press SP/EP again. Automatic tracking will
also resume when you eject the tape.
slow tracking (for analog playback only)
Slow tracking is used to adjust the playback quality during slow motion playback
and still frame. You can only use slow tracking if your tape was recorded in
extended play (EP) speed. To adjust the slow tracking, put a tape into slow motion,
then press and hold SP/EP and turn the front panel jog dial until the best picture is
obtained.
Time Counter
Your VCR has a time counter that shows the amount of time the tape has run in
hours, minutes, and seconds. This counter is useful when you want to find specific
points on a tape. The counter will not work when playing blank tapes or on blank
sections of tape, or when the VCR’s power is off.
setting the counter
To set the counter to “0H00M00S,” press CANCEL on the remote control.
You cannot reset the counter if you are using the VCR’s menus.
The counter will reset to “- - H - - M - - S” when you eject a tape. When you load a
tape again, the counter will display “0H00M00S.”
Searching Techniques
Your VCR lets you search through a tape in a number of ways. These include:
Quick search (CM skip) -- 30 second intervals
Speed search -- visually search
Counter zero stop -- direct to start of recording
Index search -- find specific index points
Search to blank -- find the beginning of the blank section
When you record a digital program, there is a chance that it was broadcast as a
non-standard digital signal. This means that while this D-VHS VCR can record the
program, it may not display a picture when you use the visual search function (i.e.
Speed Search). This is not a defect of the D-VHS VCR player.
D (digital tracking) light
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Advanced Features