Sony SLV-998HF - Manual (Page 54)

Playing a tape (continued)
Additional tasks
To Press
Stop play ■ STOP
Pause play II PAUSE
Resume play after pause II PAUSE or PLAY
Fast-forward the tape ► ► FF during stop
Rewind the tape REW during stop
Eject the tape ± EJECT
To skip playback
You can skip a portion of playback you don't want to watch such as a
commercial and restart playback by pressing a single button.
Press SMART CUE during playback of the scene you want to skip. The
VCR starts searching.
Press SMART CUE again when you find the scene you want to watch.
The VCR stops searching, rewinds a few seconds, then resumes normal
playback.
If you press and hold SMART CUE while the VCR is skip searching, the VCR
will stop searching, and continue rewinding until you release SMART CUE.
1
2
Tip
You can change the length of rewinding time on the ADVANCED OPTIONS menu.
See page 81.
To use the time counter
At the point on the tape that you want to find later, press COUNTER RESET.
The counter in the display window resets to "0:00:00." Search for the point
afterwards by referring to the counter.
VIDEO
00
EP 1 1. 1 1 1 1 .1 1 1 1
1 I- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY.
Notes
• Tapes recorded in the LP mode on other VCRs can be played back on this VCR but
the picture quality cannot be guaranteed.
• The counter resets to "0:00:00" whenever a tape is reinserted.
• The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording.
54 Basic Operations