1 Insert the cassette into the cassette slot. vappears in the
display.
2 Playback: Press the playback button PLAY G .
3 Picture scanning: Press the H (reverse) or I (for-
ward) button once or several times. You have a choice of
several picture scanning speeds.
4 Interrupt: Press the STOP h button.
5 Wind and rewind: Interrupt the playback function with the
STOP h button and press the H (rewind) or I
(wind) button.
If you want to carry out this function on your video
recorder, then turn the outer rotary control o to the left
or to the right. In the display appears:
0:20
If, during wind/rewind, you want to have a quick access to
picture scanning, use the ’Instant View’ function.
6 Instant View: If you hold the H (rewind) or I (wind)
button during wind or rewind, you will switch to picture
scanning. If you release the button, the video recorder will
automatically switch back to rewind or wind again.
7 Eject a cassette: Interrupt the playback function with the
STOP h button and press the EJECTJ button on the vid-
eo recorder.
Notes: Some functions switch off automatically after a while
(e.g.: pause, still picture, picture scanning). This helps to
protect the cassette and prevent unnecessary power
consumption.
* The picture quality will deteriorate during picture scan-
ning. The sound is turned off.
* With this video recorder you can playback cassettes that
have been recorded on other video recorders in the NTSC
standard. This only works for PAL-television sets which are
suitable for a picture frequency of 60 Hz.
During NTSC-playback some special features (e.g. still
picture) are not possible.
Still picture/Slow motion
1 Press the STILLR button. A still picture appears on the
screen.
2 Each time you press STILLR again the picture will move
on one step.
3 Hold the STILL R button. The picture will be played in
slow motion.
4 Press the I button several times. You have a choice of
several playback speeds. When you press the H but-
ton several times you will return to the still picture.
There is no sound during slow motion playback.
Note: If the still picture vibrates vertically, hold the P r or
the P q button at step 1 until the vibration is minimal.
This setting will be stored automatically.
Please note, however, that interference may still occur with
poor quality cassettes.
Single frame picture/
picture search functions
1 Switch on the function by pressing the STILL R button
on the video recorder. A still picture appears on the
screen.
2 Each time you press STILLR again the picture will move
on one step.
3 Using the rotary control o , you can select the various
picture search speeds.
2. PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS
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