Using Automatic Repeat Playback; Improving Playback Of Older (Worn) Tapes - Optimus 16-429 Owner's Manual

9" color tv/vcr combo
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16-429.fm Page 26 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 3:50 PM
Note: You do not see the tape's picture or hear
the tape's sound while you search the tape.
1. Press
.
TIME SEARCH
pears.
TIME SEARCH
:
Note: You can also select
from the main menu.
2. Repeatedly press
PLAY/
select the desired amount of time you want
to search. For example, to search 2 hours
and 50 minutes of recorded material, press
either button until
2:50
screen.
3. To select the search direction, press
or
. The Model 36 searches the
REW/
tape in the direction you specified and
stops when the running time on the tape is
the same as the time you specified in Step
2.
As the Model 36 searches, the search time,
displayed under
TIME SEARCH
or down.
4. To cancel a time search, press
USING AUTOMATIC REPEAT
PLAYBACK
Your Model 36 lets you automatically repeat
playback from the beginning to the end of a
tape, or from the beginning to a blank (unrecord-
ed) portion of a tape.
Notes:
REPEAT PLAY
does not appear when
RENTAL PLAY
is set to
ing Playback of Older (Worn) Tapes".
• During automatic repeat playback, the
counter return function does not operate
(see "Using Counter Return" on Page 25).
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1. Press
2. Press
ap-
TIME SEARCH
3. Press
4. Repeatedly press
TIME SEARCH
s or
t to
STOP/
5. Press
6. To cancel automatic repeat playback,
appears on the
F.FWD/
Notes:
, counts up
.
STOP
IMPROVING PLAYBACK OF
OLDER (WORN) TAPES
You can set the Model 36 so it reduces the on-
screen noise you might see when you play back
older, partially demagnetized tapes (such as
tapes that are played often, like rental videos).
ON
. See "Improv-
MENU
. The main menu appears.
PLAY/
s or
STOP/
t to select
, then press
SET UP
F.FWD/
set up menu appears.
s or
t to select
PLAY/
STOP/
.
PLAY
REW/
until
ALL
appears next to
(to repeat playback from the beginning to
the end of the tape) or until
appears (to repeat playback from the
beginning to a blank portion of at least 10
seconds in length).
then
MENU
PLAY
repeat
playback.
REPEAT PLAY
appears.
repeat Steps 1–3, repeatedly press
or
until
F.FWD/
OFF
REPEAT PLAY
, then press
• If you select
or
ALL
BLANK
is set to automatic repeat playback even
after you turn off power. To turn off repeat
play, you must select
OFF
• During automatic repeat playback, none of
the buttons on the Model 36 work except
and
POWER
STOP/EJECT
ber to set
REPEAT PLAY
do not want to use automatic repeat play-
back.
USER'S
. The user's
REPEAT
or
F.FWD/
REPEAT PLAY
BLANK
to start automatic
REW/
appears next to
.
MENU
, the Model 36
in Step 4.
. Always remem-
to
OFF
when you

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