Playback, Playback a cassette, Tape position indication – Philips 21PV688/05 User Manual
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Playback a cassette
a
Insert a cassette into the cassette slot.
b
Press the
PLAY G
playback button.
c
To interrupt, press the
STOP h
button.
d
To eject, press the
J
button on the set.
D Remove the cassette before transporting the TV-VIDEO
Combi.
D Some hired cassettes may have a poor picture/sound
quality. This is not a fault in your set.
D 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.
D With this set you can playback cassettes that have been
recorded on another video recorder in the NTSC stan-
dard.
D If you load a cassette with erase protection, the
TV-VIDEO Combi starts playback automatically.
Tape position indication
D Press the
OK
button to display the current tape position.
D To change the type of tape position display, proceed as
follows:
a
During playback, press the
MENU
button.
b
Select the line ’
Tape
’ with the menu buttons
A
or
B
and confirm with the
OK
button.
c
Select the line ’
Tape counter
’ with the menu
buttons
A
or
B
.
d
With the menu buttons
D
or
C
select ’
USED
’ to
check the time used, or ’
LEFT
’ to check the time left on
the tape.
e
Confirm with the
OK
button.
Searching for tape position with picture
a
During playback, press the
H
(reverse) or
I
(for-
ward) button once or several times.
b
To interrupt at the required position, press the
PLAY G
button.
D The sound is turned off during picture search.
Searching for tape position without picture
a
Stop the tape with the
STOP h
button.
b
Press the
H
(reverse) or
I
(forward) button.
c
To interrupt at the required position, press the
STOP h
button.
Picture scanning during wind/rewind
(Instant View)
During wind/rewind, you can have a quick access to picture
scanning.
a
If you hold the
H
(rewind) or
I
(wind) button dur-
ing wind or rewind, you will switch to picture scanning.
b
If you release the button, the video recorder will
automatically switch back to rewind or wind again.
Automatic search for tape position (index
search)
At the beginning of each recording, the TV-VIDEO Combi
marks the tape with a code mark.
a
Press the
INDEX E
button. Press the
I
button to se-
lect the next code mark or the
H
button for the pre-
vious code mark.
D Press the
I
or the
H
again to search for further
code marks.
b
When the TV-VIDEO Combi finds the code mark or a blank
space during index search, it will automatically switch to
playback.
D When you press a tape control button (e.g.
PLAY G
or
STOP h
), the index search will be interrupted.
D You cannot use the function ’index search’ with record-
ings made on a video recorder that does not have this
code mark function.
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