Playback functions, Playing a pre-recorded cassette, Playing ntsc cassettes – Philips 21PV548/07 User Manual

Page 17: Tape position indication

Playing a pre-recorded cassette

Put a cassette into the cassette slot (see illustration). The
cassette will be pulled in automatically.

Press the button

PLAY G

to play the cassette. The

screen displays for example:

0:00

TIME USED

To stop, press the

STOP h

button.

To eject the cassette, press

on the front of the

TV-Video Combi while it is in Stop mode.
You may also use the

STOP h

button on the remote

control for more than 3 seconds.

D Before transportation, make sure that there is no

cassette in the TV-Video Combi.

D Some hired cassettes may have poor picture or

sound quality. This is not a fault in your machine.
Please read the section ’Selecting the picture
settings (SMART PICTURE)’, or ’Eliminating picture
interference (Tracking)’.

D Some functions will automatically switch off after a

while (e.g.: pause, still picture, picture search). This
helps to protect the cassette and avoids wasting
power.

D During playback, the machine will automatically

switch between the speeds ’LP/SP’. Please read the
section ’Selecting the recording speed (SP/LP)’ in
the chapter ’MANUAL RECORDING’.

Playing NTSC cassettes

With this TV-Video Combi you can playback cassettes that
have been recorded in NTSC standard on other video
recorders (e.g. American cassettes).

D During NTSC playback, ’NTSC’ will briefly appear on

the screen.

D Some special functions (e.g.: still picture) are not

possible during NTSC playback.

Tape position indication

By pressing

you can show the present tape position on

the TV screen. You can read the elapsed playing time in hours
and minutes.

D The length of the inserted cassette is automatically

detected. When you put in a new cassette the video
recorder must first calculate the playing time.
Therefore, ’-:--’ appears first and only after the tape
has been running for a few seconds the playing time
will be shown.

D During NTSC playback, the cassette length cannot

be detected automatically. Therefore, only the
playing time since the insertion of the cassette is
displayed.
* You can reset the counter to ’0:00:00’ using the

CLEAR (CL)

button.

*If there is an empty space on the tape, the counter
will stop.
* If you rewind an NTSC cassette starting at the
’0:00:00’ position, the counter will show:
’-0:01:20’. (rewound 1 minute 20 seconds from
the ’0:00:00’ position).

PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS