Using The "Super Index" Feature; What Is Super Index; Locating The Beginning Of A Recorded Program (Index Search) - Hitachi VT-FX6510A Owner's Manual

Hitachi owner's manual video cassette recorder vt-fx6510a

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USING THE "SUPER INDEX" FEATURE

SUPER INDEX allows you to quickly search for a program or a scene you want to view or the point from

which you want to start recording on tape, with the following four functions:

INDEX SEARCH: You can locate the beginning of a recorded program, using the INDEX

BLANK SEARCH: You can locate the beginning of a blank (non-recorded) section on tape.

EASY VIEW:

SKIP PLAY:

NOTE: This function only works with recordings that have been set up with indexing.

1 Press the

button (rewind) or the

STOP mode.

The INDEX search screen is displayed, and the tape rewinds or fast forwards until an index mark is

detected.

A black square in the tape bar shows the current tape position.

When the VCR finds an index mark, it plays 15 seconds of the program that begins at that spot.

NOTE: Tape bar will not appear correctly if the tapes which have scratches or are slack are being used.

2 If this is the program you were looking for press the PLAY button for normal playback.

To stop the index search before an index mark is reached, press the STOP button.

Note: If there are no index marks on the tape, the VCR will just rewind to the beginning or fast forward to

the end.

feature*.

* Each time you press the REC button to start recording, the

VCR will record an INDEX mark at the start of recording. The INDEX

feature uses this signal recorded on tapes (VISS signal) to locate the

beginning of a program you want to view.

This switches fast forward or rewind to visual search so that you can search

for a scene you want to view while scanning the pictures

You can skip unnecessary scenes during play.

button (forward) to begin the index search in the

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