Playing a cassette
a Put a cassette into the cassette slot.
b Press the PLAY G button.
E If you press the STOPh button once, the TV-VIDEO
Combi will switch to pause. To stop, press the STOPh
button again.
E To eject the cassette, press the ? button on the
TV-VIDEO Combi or press the STOPh button on the
remote control several seconds.
DBefore transportation, make sure that no cassette is
in the TV-VIDEO Combi.
DIf you insert an erase protected cassette, the
TV-VIDEO Combi will automatically start playback.
DSome hired cassettes may have poor picture or
sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine.
Please read ’Eliminating picture interference’.
DSome functions will automatically switch off after a
while (for example, pause, still picture, picture
search). This helps to protect the cassette and
avoids wasting power.
Tape position indication
DPress the OK button to display the current tape position.
DTo change the type of tape position display, proceed as
follows:
a During playback, press the MENU button.
b Select the line ’Tape’ with the menu buttons BP r or
AP q and confirm with the SqC button.
c Select the line ’Tape counter’ with the menu
buttons BP r or AP q .
d With the menu buttons DSr or SqC select
’USED’ to check the time used, or ’LEFT’ to check the
time left on the tape.
e Confirm with the OK button.
Searching for tape position with the picture
(picture search)
a While a cassette is playing, press the H (reverse) or
I (forward) button once or several times.
b To stop at a certain picture, press the PLAYG button.
DDuring picture search, the picture quality may not be
so good and there will be no sound.
Still picture
a Press the STILL R button. A still picture will appear on
the screen.
b Each time you press STILL R again, the picture will
move on one step.
Searching for tape position without the
picture (wind and rewind)
a Stop the tape with the STOP h button.
b Press the H (reverse) or I (forward) button.
c To stop at a certain picture, press the STOP h button.
Instant View
With this function you can switch to picture search during
wind and rewind.
a If you hold the H (rewind) or I (wind) button
during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search.
b When you release the button, the TV-VIDEO Combi will
automatically switch back to rewind or wind.
5. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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