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Playing a Tape
Using the Playback Features
DISPLAY Button
The DISPLAY button shows the status of the VCR channel number, time
counter, date, time and tape speed on the TV screen. The time and date must be
set before they can be displayed.
Time Counter
The time counter shows the elapsed time it takes to record a program or play
back a segment of a prerecorded tape. It helps locate the beginning or end of
programs you taped. The time counter resets to 0:00:00 whenever the tape is
ejected from the VCR.
For example, if a 30-minute program was recorded at the beginning of the tape,
you would:
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1. Press DISPLAY to display the status of
the VCR.
If you do not press DISPLAY again, these
displays will time out.
2. Press DISPLAY again to have only the time
counter remain on the TV screen.
3. Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal
status displays.
Turning off the VCR automatically returns the
displays to normal.
1. Insert the prerecorded tape, and make sure it is
rewound to the beginning. Press STOP.
2. Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time
counter on the TV screen.
3. Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to
0:00:00.
4. Press F.FWD to fast forward the tape until the
time counter reads 0:30:00.
5. Press STOP. This is the approximate end of the
program and you can begin recording at this
spot.
6. Press DISPLAY twice to remove the time
counter from the screen and return to the
normal displays.
Stop
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Press
Status Displays
DISPLAY
Will Time Out
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Time Counter Only
Will Not Time Out
Press
DISPLAY
Again
No displays
Press
DISPLAY
Again
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