User manual SONY KV-1393R

[. . . ] To avoid possible damage caused by moisture condensation, be sure not to leave a cassette inside the compartment when the unit is not in use. When bringing the unit from a cold place to a warm place, wait for about 10 minutes before operating it. Safety Information This unit operates on extremely high voltages. To prevent fire or electric shock, please follow the safety procedures below. For your protection, refer all servicing to qualified personnel only. For general safety: · Do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. [. . . ] (See "Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen. ") DYNAMIC MIDDLE SOFT PICTURE CONTROL Basic Operations 17 Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen EJECT MUTING POWER DISPLAY 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor (z) to PICTURE CONTROL with + ENTER. The PICTURE CONTROL menu appears. PICTURE CONTROL PICTURE COLOR BRIGHTNESS HUE RESET 80 50 50 0 TIMER REC INPUT SELECT ON SCREEN ON/OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE or ­ and press + -- MENU ENTER 1 4 7 -/-ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX 2 5 8 0 VOL 3 6 9 C PROGR Select a n d p r e s s ENTER 3 Using + or ­ , select the item you want to adjust and press ENTER. + -- + -AUTO/ MANUAL 4 Adjust the picture with + or ­ and press ENTER. With each press the vertical bars increase or decrease and the figure at the right margin changes to show the control level. (See the table below. ) TRACKING REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust other items. 6 Press MENU to go back to the original screen. PLAY REW STOP FF Effect of each control PICTURE CONTROL PICTURE COLOR BRIGHTNESS HUE* RESET Effect Less Less Darker Reddish More More Brighter Greenish Resets all the items to the factory preset levels. * The HUE adjustment is available only for the NTSC color system. The adjusted control levels are stored in "PICTURE CONTROL. " When you select "PICTURE CONTROL" with PICTURE MODE, you can call up the adjusted levels. Watching Line Input Press INPUT SELECT so that "LINE" appears on the screen. To go back to the normal TV picture, press INPUT SELECT so that the program position appears. For details of the line input picture, see page 34. 18 Basic Operations Playing a Tape This section shows you how to insert a cassette and to play it. More convenient functions you can use while playing a tape is shown in "Additional Operation. " Inserting a Video Cassette 1 Press the POWER switch on the video TV. 2 Gently press the center of the front side of a cassette with the arrow indication facing upwards. To view the picture in fast-forward or rewind mode Press and hold FF ) during fast-forward or REW 0 during rewind. While you hold the button, you can view the picture. When you release the button, fast-forward or rewind mode is resumed. TIMER REC INPUT SELECT ON SCREEN ON/OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE + -- MENU ENTER EN 1 4 7 -/-ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX 2 5 8 0 VOL 3 6 9 C PROGR + -- + -AUTO/ MANUAL TRACKING REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY REW STOP FF Basic Operations 21 EJECT MUTING POWER DISPLAY Playing a Tape Repeatedly (Auto Repeat) You can play the recorded portion of the tape repeatedly. TIMER REC INPUT SELECT ON SCREEN ON/OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE + -- MENU 1 Press MENU. 2 Move the cursor to "VCR MODE" with + VCR MODE APC AUTO REPEAT RENTAL COL SYS : : : : ON OFF OFF AUTO ENTER or ­ , and press ENTER. 1 4 7 -/-ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX 2 5 8 0 VOL 3 6 9 C PROGR Select a n d p r e s s ENTER 3 Move the cursor to "AUTO REPEAT" with + 4 Press + VCR MODE or ­ , and press ENTER. + -- + -AUTO/ MANUAL or ­ : : : : ON ON OFF AUTO to select "ON" . TRACKING REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH APC AUTO REPEAT RENTAL COL SYS Select a n d p r e s s ENTER PLAY REW STOP FF 5 Press PLAY ·. Playback starts. When the tape reaches the end, the video TV rewinds the tape to the beginning, then plays it. 22 Basic Operations EJECT MUTING POWER DISPLAY Displaying the on-Screen Indications Press DISPLAY to display the following on-screen information. To show only the amount of tape remaining and linear tape counter on the screen, press DISPLAY again. To make the indications disappear, press DISPLAY until no indications are displayed on the screen. Amount of tape remaining Beginning of the tape S E TIMER REC INPUT SELECT ON SCREEN ON/OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE + -- MENU ENTER EN 1 4 7 -/-ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX 2 5 8 0 VOL 3 6 9 C PROGR End of the tape Tape operation mode + -- + -AUTO/ MANUAL S 2 7. 1 1 WED 20:00 E 2:05:10 TRACKING REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH Current date and time Linear tape counter PLAY REW STOP FF Resetting the Tape Counter The tape counter helps you to locate a certain scene after playback. Press COUNTER RESET on the Remote Commander to set the counter to "0:00:00" before playing the tape. The tape counter is automatically reset to zero whenever a cassette is inserted. The video TV keeps counting the length of the tape being played. [. . . ] (pages 25 to 27) ·The safety tab of the cassette has been removed. / Cover the tab hole with adhesive tape, or use another cassette with a safety tab. / Insert a cassette with its safety tab. ·No setting is made for timer recording. [. . . ]