User manual SONY SLV-XA147PS

[. . . ] To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. The mains lead must only be changed at a qualified service shop. Caution Television programmes, films, video tapes, and other materials may be copyrighted. unauthorized recording of such material may be contrary to the provisions of the copyright laws. [. . . ] The unit turns on, and starts playing automatically if you insert a tape with its safety tab removed. To Stop play Pause play Press p STOP P PAUSE PLAY Search forward Search backward Fast-forward the tape Rewind the tape Eject the tape ) FF or # SEARCH during playback 0 REW or 3 SEARCH during playback ) FF during stop 0 REW during stop 6 EJECT To set the colour system If streaks appear during playback, set COLOR SYSTEM on the unit to conform to the system that the tape was recorded in. To play an NTSC-recorded tape Set NTSC PB on the unit according to the colour system of your TV. Depending on your TV, the following may occur while playing an NTSC-recorded tape: ­ the picture is black and white, ­ the picture shakes, ­ no picture appears on the TV screen, ­ black streaks appear horizontally on the TV screen, and ­ the colour density increases or decreases. ⷠYou can play back tapes recorded in the SP mode only. ⷠYou can eject a tape even when the power is off. When you press 6 EJECT, the unit turns on automatically. After ejecting the tape, the unit turns off again. ⷠWhen the pause mode lasts for more than approximately five minutes, the unit will automatically enter the playback mode. Each press of the button changes the indicator in the display window. When you play a tape recorded in stereo or with a bilingual sound track, the Hi-Fi Stereo indicator in the display window lights up. Bilingual tape's Main and sub sounds Main sound Sub sound Standard sound* Press AUDIO MONITOR until the display window indicator shows L/R L R No indication *1 Usually the mixed sound of left and right channels (monaural) *2 Usually the main sound (monaural) How sound is recorded on a video tape The unit records sound onto two separate tracks. Hi-fi audio is recorded onto the main track along with the picture. Monaural sound is recorded onto the normal audio track along the edge of the tape. Stereo Usually mixed left/right channels Normal audio track (monaural) Hi-fi audio track (main track) Stereo sound (left/right channels) Main (left channel) Sub (right channel) Bilingual Usually main sound To listen to playback sounds in stereo, you must use the AUDIO OUT connections. ⷠWhen you play back a tape recorded in monaural, the sound is heard in monaural regardless of the AUDIO MONITOR setting. ⷠYou cannot select the sound to listen to while recording. Turning on the unit and TV, and starting playback automatically (Trinitron TV Synchro Play) You can only use this function if your TV is made by Sony (Trinitron TV). How to connect to use this function Connect the unit and TV with the audio/video cable (see "To a TV that has phono type audio/video input jacks" on page 7). Be sure to connect the audio/video cable to the VIDEO IN 1 jacks on the TV if the TV has two inputs or more. The TV must be placed where it will respond to the remote commander while you are pointing it at the unit. Operation Make sure that the TV's power is in standby mode. [. . . ] You can make a copy of a tape using this unit for recording or playback. The unit cannot record TV programmes directly since it does not have a TV tuner. Turn on your TV and set it to the video channel. Insert a source tape with its safety tab removed into the other (playback) VCR. [. . . ]