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You can turn off the time gauge and the rein aining time by
pressing the DISPLAY button twice.
Tomakethetimegaugeandtheremainingtimeappea':
Press the DISPLAY button once. The time gauge and remaining
time will appear on the TV sc,reen, and the remaining time will
appear on the fluorescent display. They will disappear after four
seconds when playing a tape. To turn off the display, press the
DISPLAY button twice.
The time gauge and remaining time work by detecting control
signals on recorded tapes. They will therefore not function with
tapes that have not yet been :recorded. Also, you must have set
the "Tape" video function correctly.
Depending on the length of the tape being used, it may take a
moment for the display to appear.
The tape remaining display may not show the correct remaining
time if the tape function is incorrectly set (se _ "Using the Audio
and Video Functions" on page 32), if you are using speed search, if
you are using a special length cassette (such as T-10 length), or if
you are using a VHS-C tape with an adapter.
Displayingthe present time
The present time display on the fluorescent display panel or on
the TV screen shows the current time. If you have not set the
clock, or if there has been a power failure of longer than 30
minutes, the display will show - : - -. The current time will be
displayed when the VCR is off. To see the current time when the
VCR is on:
O Press the DISPLAY button on the remote control twice. The
counter will be replaced by the present ti:_e.
To turn off the present time, press DISPII,_Y once.
SearchingTechniques
The VCR lets you search through a tape in a aumber of ways.
These include:
• Quick searching (CM skip),
• Speed searching,
• Using counter zero stop, and
• Index search techniques.
Quicksearching(CM skip)
This feature lets you skip over the tape you a:re playing in about
30 second intervals. It is desi_,med so that you can quickly speed
through any commercials you may have recorded.
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