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• The VCR can store up to eight timer
recording settings and 45 commercial loca-
tions in memory at one time. When the
memory becomes full, the remaining com-
mercials are not marked.
• The Commercial Advance feature setting
returns to
OFF
if there is a power failure.
• If you rewind the tape and start another
recording before power is turned off, com-
mercials might not be correctly marked.
Selecting a Commercial Advance
Tape Playback Option
Follow these steps to select how the VCR op-
erates when you play any marked tape.
1. Press
MENU/ACTION
menu.
2. Repeatedly press
SET UP FEATURE
3. Repeatedly press
SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV.
press
.
4. Repeatedly press
, then press
C/A PLAYBACK
or
.
AUTO
MANUAL
AUTO
— The VCR automatically skips
marked commercial blocks.
— The VCR skips commercials
MANUAL
only when you press
playback.
5. When you finish, press
twice to exit.
to display the main
or
to highlight
, then press
.
or
to highlight
, then
or
to highlight
to select
during
C/A SKIP/ZERO
MENU/ACTION
Questions and Answers about
Commercial Advance
Question
Answer
How fast does the
The VCR advances
VCR advance through
through 3 minutes of
commercials?
commercials in about
8 to 12 seconds if the
tape speed is SLP
(see "Recording
Speeds/Tape Selec-
tion" on Page 38). If it
is SP, it takes about
25 to 35 seconds.
Are commercials still
Yes.
recorded on the tape?
Does Commercial
Yes.
Advance work at all
recording speeds?
Does Commercial
Yes.
Advance still work if I
mark the tape and
remove it from the
VCR, then play it back
later?
Can I play a Commer-
Yes, but commercials
cial Advance marked
will only be skipped if
tape in another VCR?
the other VCR also
has Commercial
Advance.
Can I mark a record-
No.
ing that was made on
another VCR?
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