Sony TRINITRON KV-VF21M40 Service Manual page 42

Playing a tape (continued)
Displaying on-screen information
Press to display the following on-screen information. To show
only the amount of remaining tape and the linear tape counter on
the screen, press again.
To make the information disappear, press
displayed on the screen.
Beginning of the tape
Current date
and time
Resetting the tape counter
The tape counter helps you to locate a certain scene after playback.
Press COUNTER RESET on the remote control to set the counter to
"0:00:00" before playing a 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. Note, however, that
the tape counter does not count the portions that do not contain any
recordings.
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until no information is
Amount of remaining tape
End of the tape
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Tape operation mode
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27.11 SAT
20:00 SP 2 : 05 : 10
Linear tape counter
Tape speed
Recording TV
programs
Recording TV programs
STOP REW – PLAY – FF PAUSE REC
x H X
m M PROGR+/–
?/1
STOPx PAUSEX
RECz
1
Press ?/1 to turn on the video TV.
If the TV is in standby mode (the 1 indicator on the video TV is lit in
red), the video TV will turn on automatically when a cassette is
inserted.
2
Insert a cassette with a safety tab.
3
Press PROGR+/– or the
number buttons to select
the program position.
For double digit numbers,
press -, then press the
numbers (e.g., for 25, press
-, then 2 and 5).
4
Press TAPE SPEED to select
the tape speed.
For details about the tape
speed, see "Selecting the
tape speed" on page 21.
EJECT
?/1
Z
PIC MODE
TAPE SPEED
TAPE SPEED TIMER REC G-CODE ON/OFF
zREC INDEX RECz
. >
X PAUSE
PAUSEX
REW FF
PLAY
m H M
ENTER
STOPx
x STOP
MENU COUNTER RESET A/B
t
GAME
1 2 3
4 5 6
Number
7 8 9
buttons
-/--
0 C
2
PROGR
PROGR+/–
1 2 3
PROGR
4 5 6
7 8 9
-/-- 0 C
TAPE SPEED
continued
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