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_Important:
Quick searching
This feature
lets you skip over the tape you are playing
in about
30 second intervals.
It is designed
so that you can quickly
speed
through
any commercials
you may have recorded.
To do this:
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Make sure that you have set the VCR remote to "VCR" mode.
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While playing
a tape, choose the desired
search time by
pressing
the number
button.
(See the following
chart..) The
VCR will speed through
the selected
length
of tape, then
resume
playback.
Number
button
Search
time
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2
3
4
5
6
30 t 60
90
120
150
180
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You can set the search time up to 3 minutes
Speed searching
You can use speed search
to visually
search
Lhrough the contents
of a videotape.
To do this:
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While playing
a tape, press the FF or REW button.
You will
see the picture
as it fast forwards
or rewinds.
It is normal
to
see some "noise bars."
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If you are playing
back a tape recorded
in extended
(EP)
speed, press the FF or REW button
and hold it down ibr about
1 second. The search
speed will increase.
(In case of a tape
recorded
in standard
(SP), the speed will not change.)
O
To resume
normal
playback,
press FF or REW again
quickly,
or press PLAY/STOP.
The fastest
search
speed that
allows you to see the picture
is
about
15 times
normal
speed. Using fast forward
or rewind
without
the picture
allows you to search
up to 200 times
normal
speed. The fastest
way to move through
the tape is without
a
picture.
It is normal
for the number
of noise bars on the screen to
increase
and roll from top to bottom
as the vi_;ual search
speed
increases.
Using counter zero stop
Counter
zero stop is useful to quickly access t._ the beginning
of a
recorded
or playback
section
of a tape. The VCR will automati-
cally fast forward
or rewind
tc "0H00M00S" am! stop the tape.
O
Press the CANCEL
button
on the remote
,:ontrol at the point
you wish to locate later.
The counter
will reset to "0H00M00S."
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