Index Search (Viss) - TruTech DW13CTT Instruction Manual

Index Search (VISS)

Your TV/VCR is equipped with the VHS Index Search System, or VISS.
The VISS allows "index marks" to be placed on a video tape. These marks
are similar to bookmarks - you can use the search system to quickly find
these marks, and thereby find a point on the tape quickly.
Your TV/VCR automatically places an index mark on the tape every time
it begins a recording session. Therefore, if you record six programs at
six different times on a tape, there will be six index marks on the tape.
To search for an index mark:
1. Place a tape with index marks in your TV/VCR.
2. If the index mark is ahead on the tape, press the VISS+ button; if the
index mark is behind on the tape, press VISS- button. The tape will
fast forward or rewind (without picture) until it finds the index mark.
Then, it will begin playing.
3. You can search further than the next index mark. For example, if you
know that the show you want is three index marks behind, you can
press the VISS- button three times. The TV/VCR will search for the
third index mark, then begin playing.
VCRs and TV/VCRs from other manufacturers sometimes use the
same VISS system. Therefore, you may be able to search for index
marks on tapes that were recorded on other VCRs.
Your TV/VCR cannot detect index marks unless they are least one
minute apart on the tape.
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Chapter 7 : Additional VCR Features