Hitachi VT-M281A Owner's Manual page 26

Basic Operations
Select minutes by pressing buttons 0 to 9 - one digit for hours, then two
digits for minutes. Then press F.FWD if you want to move that many
minutes ahead, or REW if you want to move that many minutes backward.
For example, say you want to review a scene that began about 2 minutes
earlier in a video, press 0, 0, and 2 to display 0:02 on the screen. Then
press REW.
The tape rewinds to the place 2 minutes back from where you began, then
starts playback automatically from that spot.
Jump to an Index Mark with INDEX
A quick way to access specific program segments is with the index search
feature. This lets you move through a tape that has several recordings on
it by searching for the INDEX "mark". This function only works with
recordings that have been set up with indexing. You create an INDEX
mark every time you press the REC and PLAY buttons at the same time
on the remote control or the REC/IRT button on the VCR. For more on
how this gets recorded, see the section on Recording a Program (page
30).
This VCR's indexing system is based on the VHS Standard Indexing
System (VISS). The new system may not recognize index marks on tapes
recorded on older VCRs.
If the VCR is in PLAY mode, press STOP.
Press INDEX on the remote control. This brings up Set Go-To
Time/Index screen.
Press REW or F.FWD to begin the index search.
The tape rewinds or fast-forwards until an index mark is detected.
When the VCR finds an index mark, it plays 15 seconds of the program
that begins at that spot. During this period, the words SCAN AND PLAY
will be displayed on the bottom of your screen.
If this is the program you were looking for, press INDEX and the VCR
will stop searching. Or press PLAY, resume normal playback.
If this is not the program you want, don't press anything. After 15
seconds, the VCR will move to the next mark and play a part of that
program. The VCR will continue searching until you press INDEX again or
PLAY reach the end of the tape.
When you find the program you want, press INDEX and the VCR returns
to PLAY mode.
To stop the index search before an index mark is reached, press STOP.
If there are no index marks on the tape, the VCR will just rewind to
beginning or fast forward to the end.
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