Philips VR800 - Manual (Page 12)

2. PLAYBACK
Playback a cassette
rn Insert a cassette into the cassette slot.
Press the I play »- I playback button,
a To stop, press the I stop » l button.
fn To eject, Press the | stop / ejectb /A I button on the set.
Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture/sound
quality. This is not a fault in your set. Please read the
section 'Eliminating picture interference'.
Some functions switch off automatically after a while
(e.g.; Pause, Still Picture, Scanning). This helps to protect
the cassette and prevent unnecessary power consump­
tion.
NTSC Playback
With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC standard.
This only works for PAL-television sets which are suitable for
a picture frequency of 60 Hz.
During NTSC playback '60HZ' appears in the display.
During NTSC-playback some special features (e.g. still
picture) are not possible.
Tape position indication
13 During playback press the I counter I button.
m Select one of the following options;
TIME USED’ to indicate the time used on the tape
TIME LEFT’ to indicate the time left on the tape
'COUNTER' to indicate the actual position on the tape
With the foK] button, you can superimpose the actual
tape position on the TV screen.
Searching for tape position with picture
(picture search)
m During playback, press the l<H I (reverse) or (►FUfor-
ward) button once or several times.
[2] To interrupt at the position required, press the
I PLAY»-1 button.
[i> During picture search,the picture quality is affected and
the sound is turned off.
Still picture/Slow motion
m Press the I still ^N I button. A still picture appears on the
screen.
m Each time you press I still ►NI again the picture will
move on one step.
m When you hold the I still ►NI button the picture will be
played in slow motion.
m When you press the !►{> [button several times, you have
a choice of several playback speeds.
During slow motion the sound is switched off.
Searching for tape position without picture
(wind/rewind)
m Stop the tape with the I stop B [button.
[3 Press the |<W I (reverse) or I W> I (forward) button.
s To interrupt atthe position required, press the
I STOP ■! button.
Quick View
With this function you can switch to picture search during
wind/rewind.
m If you hold the \« l(rewind) or |W> [(wind) button dur­
ing wind or rewind, you will switch to picture search.
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] If you release the button, the video recorder will
automatically switch back to rewind or wind.