Index Search; The Tape - Philips VR969/05 Operating Manual

How do I know where I am currently on

the tape?

The length of the tape indicated in minutes on
the cassette, e.g. "E180" corresponds to 180 minutes
playing time (= 3: 00 hrs).
The length indication is found on the front narrow side
of the cassette to the left. The actual playing time may
be slightly longer than indicated (e.g. 3: 05 hrs).
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Start the tape measurement function with the
s button on the remote control.
The video recorder display indicates "WAIT".
Then the video recorder switches, for example,
to "STOP".
The video recorder display indicates, for example,
"P03 2:20"
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With the s button, you can select
between the following indiciations:
elapsed playing time e.g. 0:40
remaining playing time e.g. L 2:20 ("L"=TIME LEFT)
real time counter e.g. 0:1:45 (in hrs/min/sec).
Notes:
* When a cassette is inserted, the video recorder
must at first calculate the playing time. That is why
the display indicates at first " - : - - " and only after
several seconds tape run the playing time.
* You can set the tape counter manually to "0". Use
the s button to select the counter mode,
then press the m button.
* If a minus sign appears in front of the real time
counter (e.g., "– 0:20:00"), the tape is not wound to
its beginning.
* The indications can be read off exactly to the
minute during recording, playback and pause/stop.

Index search

The video recorder writes a mark on the tape every
time a recording is started. With the q, 1,
2 buttons on the remote control you can find these
marks on the tape.
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Press the q and 2 buttons to find the
next mark and the q and 1 buttons to
find the previous mark. The video recorder display
indicates "INDEX".
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As soon as the mark is found, the video recorder
switches automatically to playback.
Intro-scan
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Press the q and e buttons. The
video recorder display indicates "INTRO".
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The tape is wound to the next mark, played back
for 10 seconds, then wound to the next mark and
played back for 10 seconds, and so on.
When the end of the tape is reached, the tape is
automatically rewound to the beginning.
Notes:
* If you press any tape run button ( e.g. e
or r) during the index search or intro-scan
function, the video recorder interrupts this function.
* For recordings made without marks on another
video recorder, the index search and intro-scan
functions cannot be used.
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