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F.FWD/SEARCH
I_•
Button: This is the FAST
FORWARD
button
when the VCR
is stopped.
Once you have pressed it, the tape will continue to
"fast forward" until you press the STOP button (or
to a counter reading
of "0000"
if the counter is
displayed).
If you do not press the STOP button,
the VCR will "fast forward" to the end of the tape
and then automatically rewind to the beginning of
the tape and stop. Refer to "Memory
Stop" on
page 21 for more information. The I*.1_ indicator
(_)
will appear in the display during fast forward.
This
same
button
becomes
the
FORWARD
SEARCH
I*•
button when the VCR is playing.
Press to begin searching forward. Press it again (or
press PLA Y) to return to normal playback. Picture
Search is explained on page 20.
The F.FWD/SEARCH
button
is inactive during
recording.
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PA USE Button: Pausing during a recording
stops
the tape so that nothing
will be recorded.
When
you
press
the PAUSE
button
a second
time,
recording
resumes immediately.
Pausing
during playback
produces
a Stop-Action
picture,
and
pressing
it again
resumes
normal
playback.
Details are on page 20.
(_)AUTO
PROG
(Program) Button: This button
is
used to automatically
program active channels into
the VCR
channel memory so channels
can be
selected with the CHANNEL
•/A
buttons
(_
.
Details are on page 12.
ADD/ERASE
or TRACKING
Buttons:
• The ADD/ERASE
buttons
are used to add or
erase channels
from channel memory
after the
tuner has been auto programmed.
Details are on
page 12.
• During
PLAY,
these
buttons
become
the
TRACKING
buttons. When you play a tape that
has not been recorded on the same VCR, streaks
may appear.
Push the TRACKING
button • or
• to move the streaks up or down and out of the
picture. The TRACKING
buttons
have no effect
during recording.
I(1@ TAPE SPEED
Button
and
to
Indicator:. Push
change the tape speed for recording. Tape speed for
playback is automatically
selected by the VCR.
The tape speed
is displayed
in the front panel
display. We suggest using SLP for most recording.
SLP:
Super
Long
Play
gives you
the longest
recording
time. SLP has slightly
more "picture
noise" than SP in normal playback (which may not
be noticeable).
Your VCR's special effects (search
and
stop
action)
are
designed
for
optimum
performance
at the SLP speed
See page 26 for more information
on choosing
a
tape speed.
1_
CHANNEL
•/•
Buttons:
After
channels
are
programmed
as described
on page 12, pressing •
selects
the next
lower channel
and pressing
•
®
®
®
®
®
©
®
®
selects
the
next
higher
channel.
The
channel
number appears in the display.
RECORD/XPR
Button:
This
button
is
the
RECORD
button when the VCR is stopped, and
the XPR
(Express
Recording)
button
when the
VCR is in the RECORD
mode.
• Press the RECORD/XPR
button when the VCR
is stopped
to begin recording.
• Press the RECORD/XPR
button when the VCR
is recording
to activate
the express recording
feature. Set and increase the amount of express
recording time by pressing this button additional
times (30 minutes
to 4 hours). Details are on
page 25.
Indicator: The _
Indicator
turns on when
the express timer
(_)
has been activated.
and _
(Program) Indicators:
• The _
Indicator
will appear
when the
timer has been programmed.
• The _
indicator
will appear
when the
timer has been programmed,
and the power has
been turned off.
• The _
Indicator
will flash if you have
forgotten to insert a cassette.
• Details are on pages 22-24.
Indicator:.
• This indicator
turns on when channel
91 has
been selected with the CHANNEL
•/•
buttons
or by pressing
"9"
then "1" on the remote
control.
• Channel
91 and the [_
indicator
are used
whenever
you want to view or record signals
from a device connected
to the AUDIO
and
VIDEO IN jacks on the back of the VCR.
Time Display
• The time is normally shown here. If the clock is
not set, you will see "
:
" in this area. The
clock
must
be
set
for
Express
and
Timer
Recording.
Details for setting the clock are on
page 16.
Status Display: This display
indicates what
the
VCR is doing: •
for playback; I_
for record;
• • for rewind or search; • •
for fast forward or
search; |1 for pause. This area is blank when the
VCR is turned off.
Cassette-In Indicator I_
: This indicator lights
when a cassette is properly
inserted in the VCR.
[V_
Indicator:
This indicator lights when the TV
ts fed signals from the VCR. Press the TV VCR
button
on the remote
control
to turn the
indicator on and off. Details are on page 13.
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