Optimus 109 VCR User Manual


 
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Visual Search
Visual search lets you play a tape at a faster
speed (either forward or backward) so you can
search for a specific section of the tape. You
can select normal or fast visual search speeds.
For normal visual search speed, during play-
back, press
or once (or turn and hold
the shuttle dial on the VCR clockwise or coun-
terclockwise about halfway).
For fast visual search speed, during normal
visual search press
or (or turn the shut-
tle dial on the VCR fully clockwise or counter-
clockwise).
To stop visual search and return to normal
playback, press
PLAY
.
Notes:
VCR
must appear on the VCR’s display to
use visual search. If it does not, press
TV/
VCR
so
VCR
appears.
During visual search, the sound is muted
and the picture quality is lower than during
normal playback. The search picture is
best with tapes recorded at the EP speed.
Variable-Speed Slow Motion
You can play a tape in slow-motion and vary
the slow-motion speed.
To start slow-motion playback, during play-
back, freeze-frame, or visual search, press
SLOW
. The tape plays at
1
/
10
of the normal
playback speed.
Press
SLOW
to increase, or
SLOW
to de-
crease the slow-motion playback speed.
Press
PLAY
to resume normal playback.
Notes:
The slow motion picture is best with tapes
recorded at the EP speed.
During slow motion, the sound is muted.
To protect the VCR’s heads, if you leave
the VCR in slow-motion play for 5 minutes,
the VCR automatically returns to normal
playback.
To reduce or eliminate jitter in a slow-
motion picture, press , then press
and hold down
CH
or
CH
until the pic-
ture is clear.
CH
INPUT
78
100/
0
9
ZERO BACK
CANCEL
MENU
RECORD
PAUSE
/STILL
PLAY
REW
FF
STOP
SET
AM/
PM
CANCEL
MENU
RECORD
PAUSE
/STILL
PLAY
REW
FF
STOP
SET
CANCEL
MENU
RECORD
PAUSE
/STILL
PLAY
REW
FF
STOP
SET
PAUSE
/STILL
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