Using The Game Mode; Using The Counter; Using Counter Return; Using Time Search - Optimus 16-429 Owner's Manual

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USING THE GAME MODE

The Model 36 has a preprogrammed picture
control setting for viewing video games or simi-
lar programs. This setting softens the contrast
and is easier on the eyes.
Follow these steps to turn the game mode on or
off.
1. Press to select the main menu.
MENU
2. Press PLAY/ s or STOP/
, then press
SET UP
set up menu appears.
– USER'S SET UP –
GAME MODE
RENTAL
REPEAT PLAY
AUTO RETURN
3. Repeatedly press
until appears next to
ON
turn on game mode) or until
(to turn it off).
4. Press MENU to exit.
Note: If you manually change the picture control
settings, the Model 36 automatically sets the
game mode to OFF .

USING THE COUNTER

Your Model 36's counter shows how long a tape
has been running, in hours, minutes, and sec-
onds. To display the counter, repeatedly press
until COUNT and the counter appear at
DISPLAY
the bottom of the TV screen. To reset the
counter to 0:00:00, press
Note: Because the Model 36's counter reads
special signals recorded on the tape, the
counter might stop while you fast-forward or re-
wind through a blank section on the tape. This is
normal.
t to select USER'S
. The user's
F.FWD/
[ON]
[OFF]
[OFF]
[OFF]
REW/ or F.FWD/
(to
GAME MODE
OFF appears
.
COUNTER RESET

Using Counter Return

Follow these steps to use the counter to easily
return to a selected point on the tape.
1. During playback, repeatedly press
until COUNT and the counter appear.
2. When you see the location on the tape that
you want to return to later, press
then
RESET COUNTER MEMORY
replaces COUNT next to the counter.
MEMORY
3. To return to the location you selected in
Step 2, press STOP then
. The tape fast-forwards or rewinds and
automatically stops at
Notes:
• The tape usually
0:00:00 . However, depending on the
tape you use, it might stop a few seconds
sooner or later.
• When the tape is stopped at or near
, you can continue to move it for-
0:00:00
ward or backward from there. – appears if
you move it backward from
To reset the Model 36 so it does not stop the
tape at the point you selected in Step 2, repeat-
edly press
COUNTER MEMORY
pears next to the counter.

USING TIME SEARCH

Your Model 36 lets you quickly move forward or
backward through recorded material on a tape.
For example, if you recorded three half-hour
programs on a tape and you want to see the
third program, you can set the Model 36 to
quickly move the tape past the first hour of re-
corded material.
DISPLAY
COUNTER
.
MEMORY
0:00:00
F.FWD/ or REW/
0:00:00 .
stops exactly at
0:00:00 .
until ap-
COUNT
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