Playback, Still picture, Tape position/index search – Philips TYPE VR 175 User Manual

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Insert the cassette into the cassette slot.

Press the playback button

PLAY G

Picture scanning: Press the

(reverse) or

(forward) button once or several times.

Interrupt: Press the

STOP h

button.

Wind and rewind: Interrupt the playback function and
press the

(rewind) or

(wind) button.

0:20

If, during wind/rewind, you want to have a quick access
to picture scanning, use the ’Instant View’ function.

INSTANT VIEW: If you hold the

(Rewind) or

(Wind) button during wind or rewind, you will switch to
picture scanning. If you release the buttons, the video
recorder will automatically switch back to rewind or wind
again.

Eject a cassette: Interrupt the playback function and
press the

hSTOP/JEJECT

button on the video recorder.

Notes: Some functions switch off automatically after a
while (e.g.: Pause, Still Picture, Scanning). This helps to
protect the cassette and prevent unnecessary power
consumption.
* The picture quality will deteriorate during Picture
Scanning. The sound is turned off.

Still picture

Press the

STILL R

button. You see a still picture.

Interference stripes will appear on the screen.

Each time you press

STILL R

again, the picture will

move on one step.

Note: If the still picture vibrates vertically, hold the

P r

or the

P q

button at step

until the vibration is

minimal. This setting will be stored automatically.
Please note, however, that interference may still occur
with poor quality cassettes.

Tape position/Index search

Tape position: The elapsed playback time, given to the hour
and minute, appears in the display.
If you want to set the indicator to ’0:00’ , press the

CLEAR (CL)

button.

When you insert a cassette, the indicator is automatically set
to ’0:00’ .

Index search: At the beginning of each recording, the video
recorder marks the tape with a code mark. You can search
for these code marks on the tape. Once the video recorder
finds the code mark or a blank space it will automatically
switch to playback.

Press the

INDEX E

button and then press the

button to select the next code mark or the

button

for the previous code mark.

Note: You cannot use the function ’Index search’ with
recordings made on another video recorder that does
not have this code mark function.

PLAYBACK