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Chapter4: UsingtheAdvanced Features
UsingtheAdvanced Recording Controls (cont.)
[_Important:
Present Time
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Present
Time
You can turn offthe
time gauge
and the remaining
time by
pressing
the DISPLAY
buttx_n twice.
To make the time gauge and the remaining time app_lr:
Press the DISPLAY button
once. The time gauge and remaining
time will appear
on the TV screen, and the remaining
time will
appear
on the fluorescent
display.
They will disappear
after four
seconds
during
playback.
To turn off the display,
press the
DISPLAY
button twice.
The time gauge and remaining
time work by detecting
control
signals
on recorded
tapes. They will therefore
not function
with
tapes that have not yet been recorded.
Also, you must have set
the "Tape" video function
correctly.
Depending
on the length
of the tape being: used, it may take a
moment
for the display to appear.
The tape remaining
display may not show the correct reraaining
time if the tape function
is incorrectly
set (s_e "-Using the Audio
and Video Functions"
on page 26), if you ar_: using speed search,
if
you are using a special length
cassette
(such as T-10 length
or T-
210 length),
or if you are using a cassette
with an adapter.
Displayingthe presenttime
The present
time display on the fluorescent
display
panel
or
On
the TV screen shows the current
time. If you have not set the
clock, or if there has been a power failure
of more than
30
minutes,
the display will show -:- -. The mm'ent
time will be
displayed
when the VCR is off. To see the current
time when the
VCR is on:
Press the DISPLAY button
on the remo_e control
twice. The
peak level meter will be replaced
by the present
time..
To turn offthe
present
time, press DISPLAY
once.
t Search!ng Techniques
Th.e VCR lets you search through a tape in a number
of ways.
These include:
• Edit searching,
• Speed searching,
• Searching
by time,
• Searching
for a blank portion
of tape, and
• Index search techniques.
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