JVC KV-V8J
Owner's Manual

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Playback
Playing back Preparation: Turn on a Monitor set or TV set connected with the video cassette player and set it to an external input mode (VIDEO 1, VIDEO 2, etc.). 1 Press the button of the video cassette player to turn it on. 2 Insert a video cassette into the video cassette player. When a video cassette is inserted, the video cassette player automatically starts playback. 3 Tape tracking is automatically adjusted. 5 Press the STOP button to discontinue playback. 5 The tape is rewound automatically when the tape comes to end in playing and fast-forwarding. 5 When noise is generated in playback, press the AUTO button on the remote controller to switch off the automatic tracking mode and manually adjust tape tracking with the TRACKING + and buttons. Fast-forwarding/Rewinding Press the FF button or REW button when the tape remains stopping. � If the button is pressed within 2 seconds after the REW button is pressed, the video cassette player is turned off after the tape is completely rewound to its beginning. If the PLAY button is pressed within 2 seconds after the REW button is presssed, the video cassette player starts playback of the tape. Fast-forwarding/Rewinding while looking at picture Momentarily press the FF button or REW button in playback. � The video cassette player starts search playback. � To playback the tape normally, press the PLAY button. � For short searches, press and hold FF or REW for over 2 seconds during playback or still picture. When released, normal playback resumes.

Still playback/Frame-to-frame playback/Slow playback
Press the PAUSE button in playback. � The playback picture becomes still. � When the still picture fluctuates up and down, adjust tracking with the TRACKING +/- button on the remote controller so that the picture be comes stable. Press the PAUSE button in the still playback mode. � Each time the PAUSE button is pressed in the still playback mode, pictures are played back from frame to frame. Continuously press the PAUSE button in playback for 2 seconds or longer. � Playback speed goes down to 1/6 of the normal speed (slow playback). � When noise is generated in this operation, adjust tracking with the TRACKING +/- button on the remote controller so that noise is minimized. � If the same operation is performed in the reverse search, slow playback is operated in the reverse direction. 5 To return to the normal playback from the slow playback, press the PLAY button. � In playback at a speed different from the normal (in fast/slow playback), no sound is output from the video cassette player. � If noise is generated in the fast playback, or slow search, it does not come from machine trouble. � If still playback or slow playback is continuously operated for 5 minutes or longer, the video cassette player automatically stops playback for protecting the tape. � If a badly recorded video tape or tape on which recording was performed by a different machine is played back, tracking adjustment occasionally results in failure. � Automatic tracking is automatically activated the moment the video cassette player is turned on or a cassette is inserted.

Repeated playback
Press the PLAY button in playback for 5 seconds or more. (The PLAY indication blinks.) � The tape is repeatedly played back from the beginning to the end 20 times, and the 20th playback ends at the end of the tape. 5 To discontinue repeated playback halfway, press the STOP button.

ATTENTION
In the search, still, slow-motion or frame-by frame playback mode, �the picture will be distorted. �the noise bars will appear. �there will be a loss of colour.