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3. If necessary, repeatedly press
to highlight
STOP
SET UP COMMER-
.
CIAL ADV.
4. Press
. You see:
FF
CIAL ADV.
Y
5. Repeatedly press
PLAY
light
C/A
RECORD
select
or
.
ON
OFF
ON
— With this setting, when you press
to end a recording, the VCR prompts
STOP
you, when you stop recording or turn the
VCR off, to have commercials marked.
— The VCR does not mark commer-
OFF
cials.
6. When you finish setting up Commercial
Advance, press
MENU
Notes:
• It takes several minutes for the VCR to
mark the recording.
• The VCR marks commercials in a timer
recording after the recording stops (see
"Automatic Timer Recording" on Page 37).
• If the interval between two timer recordings
is not long enough to allow commercial
marking, the VCR waits until after the next
timer recording.
• The VCR can store up to eight timer
recording settings or 40 commercial loca-
tions in memory at one time. When the
28
or
PLAY
VCR
ON
C I AL ADV .
Y
Y
Marking an Unmarked Tape
You can go back and add Commercial Ad-
vance markings to a tape you've already re-
corded.
: OFF
: AUTO
TAPE.
Y
or
to high-
STOP
, then press
to
FF
three times.
memory becomes full, the remaining com-
mercials are not marked.
• The Commercial Advance feature turns off
if there is a power failure.
• If you rewind the tape and start another
recording before power is turned off, com-
mercials might not be correctly marked.
1. Insert the tape on which you want to add
the marking(s). Be sure the erase-protec-
tion tab is in place (see "Erase Protection"
on Page 32).
2. Use
or
to position the tape to a
FF
REW
point 2 to 3 minutes before the first com-
mercial begins.
3. Press
to display the main menu.
MENU
4. Repeatedly press
PLAY
light
, then press
SET UP VCR
5. Repeatedly press
PLAY
light
SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV.
press
.
FF
6. Repeatedly press
PLAY
light
MARK UNMARKED TAPE.
press
.
FF
START MARKING FROM CUR-
RENT TAPE POSITION.
7. Press
and let the recording play to
PLAY
the end. CA flashes on the VCR's display.
Press
twice at the end of the record-
STOP
ing. The VCR rewinds the tape, displays
NOW MARKING COMMERCIALS
screen for a few seconds, then searches
for and marks the commercial portion(s).
Notes:
• CA continues to flash on the VCR's dis-
play until the VCR has finished marking
commercials.
or
to high-
STOP
.
FF
or
to high-
STOP
, then
or
to high-
STOP
, then
appears.
on the TV
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