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Additional
Operations
Recording
Speed
Selection
Your video recorder
can record
in three speeds:
Standard
Play (SP), Long Play (LP), and Ex-
tended
Play (EP). SP provides better
picture
quality. EP provides
longer recording
time.
How much you can record depends
upon the
recording
speed you select and the video cassette
tape length you use. Video cassettes
come in vary-
ing lengths
as shown in the table below.
Adl tapes, regardless
of brand name, are desig-
nated by the. letter "T" and by a two or three
digit
number.
The letter stands for time and the num-
ber represents
the amount
of time (as expressed
in minutes)
available
for recording
in SP (Stand-
ard Play). As indicated
in the table below, the
total amount
of recording
time available
on any
video cassette
is doubled
when LP is selected
and
tripled when EP is selected.
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Cassette
Record/Play
Times
;assette
,ength
'-30
'-60
'-120
'-160
SP
(Standard
Play)
30 Minutes
1 Hour
2 Hours
2 Hours,
40 Minutes
LP
(Long
Play)
1 Hour
2 Hours
4 Hours
5 Hours,
20 Minutes
EP
(Extended
Play)
1 Hour,
30 Minutes
3 Hours
6 Hours
8 Hours
Real Time Tape Counter
Display
The real time tape counter,
which appears on the
TV screen,
shows you the amount of time which
has elapsed from the point at which the tape was
inserted in ihours, minutes and seconds.
You can
also use the: tape counter along with Index Search
(described
,on the next page) as a guide for locat-
ing different programs on a tape.
Tape Counter Resets Automatically
When a tape is inserted
into the VCR the
counter
is automatically
reset to 0:00:00.
Once
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the counter
is reset, the elapsed
time begins from
that new position.
To Display
[;lapsed
Time
Press RECORD
or PLAY. As the tape advances,
the tape counter
times precisely
in hours, minutes
and seconds.
Press ENTER to display the on-screen
display,
which includes
the real time tape counter.
Press ENTER
a second
time to display counter
time only.
Press ENTER a third time to display :remaining
time.
Press ENTER
a fourth
time to eliminate
all dis-
plays.
Tape Counter
Memory
This feature
has two positions;
On or Off. This
feature
enaMes you to return
to a desired point
on a tape. Any point may be selected
as your ref-
erence
by doing the following:
1. Press
RECORD
or PLAY.
2. Allow
the tape
to :reach
the desired
point.
3. Press
MEMORY
on the remote
control
to
display
the
following
information
on
screen.
Counter
:
:
Press "0" key
10 ZerO
cotlllt_.'r
or
Press MEMC,RY
key
for counter memory
(To remove lais display
press the QUIT key)
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4. Press
"0" to zero
the
counter
at that loca-
tion.
Press
MEMOFIY
to be able
to return
to that
location
on lhe tape.
The following
display
will appear
when
counter
memory
is on.
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