Specifications

Playback
Still Picture and Frame Advance
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Press the PAUSE/STILL (F.ADV) button during playback. This will freeze the picture on your TV.
If noise bars appear on the screen during still picture, set your VCR to the slow mode and press the
CHANNEL 010 buttons to make the noise disappear. Then press the PAUSE/STILL (F.ADV)
button aaain.
If there is vertical jitter during Still Picture Playback, press the CHANNEL @/@ buttons to stop the
jitter.
Press the PAUSE/STILL (F.ADV) button during still mode for frame advance.
Press the PLAY/X2 button again to resume normal playback.
Double Speed Playback
@ Press the PLAY/X2 button during playback. The tape will be played back at twice t he normal
speed.
@ Press the PLAY/X2 button to resume normal playback.
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l Sound is muted during video search, slow motion, still picture, frame advance, and double speed playbacC
l To avoid damage to the tape, your VCR will resume normal playback after about 5 minutes of slow motion ilayback and
still picture.
l During slow motion, still, frame advance and double speed playback with a tape recorded in the LP mode, the upper
part of the picture may be skewed to one side.
Colour Mode
If a colour recording’s quality is poor, the picture
may turn black and white. In this event, set the
COLOUR mode on the MODE selection screen to
PAL (strict PAL colour mode). Normally, the colour
mode should be set to “AUTO” mode.
(See Mode Selection on page 16.)
-BLUE BACK
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AUTO RENTAL
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AUDIO MIX
SELECT :A V
CHANGE:4 b
ENTER :SET
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the VCR is playing back a black and white tape or is
(Select with 4 or b button.)
receiving a black and white broadcast, the picture may
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be coloured. In this event, set the COLOUR mode on the
Then press SET button.
MODE selection screen to “AUTO” mode.
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Strict PAL colour mode
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(Only for VC-A460X, VGH660X)
NTSC Tape Play Back on PAL TV
When you play back an NTSC tape on your VCR, it is possible to use a PAL or /
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multi-system compatible TV. However, please note the following:
*The picture will shrink vertically to some degree, as shown in the diagram, but
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this does not indicate a malfunction in your TV or VCR.
*If your TV does not have a V-WOLD control, the picture may roll and be
unwatchable. However, if you use a TV with a V-HOLD control, you can stop the L
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rolling by adjusting the V-‘HOLD control and watch the picture.
*Horizontal noise bars may appear on the screen during special effect playback (video search, still,
slow, frame advance, and double speed playback), possibly accompanied by discolouring.
@Although NTSC tapes can be played back onto a PAL TV, those tapes cannot be dubbed by a PAL
system VCR connected to the AUDIO OUT and WE0 OUT terminals of this product. Tapes recorded
in this way cannot be played back on PAL system VCRs.
~~~~~,the @JL@,Fl mode ta AUTO. If the COLQWR mode is set to PAL, you cannot play back the tape.
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