Playing a Tape
Using the Playback Features
DISPLAY Button
1.Press DISPLAY to display the status of the VCR, channel number, time counter, date, time, and tape speed on the TV screen.
You must set the time and date before they can be displayed. If you do not press DISPLAY again, this display times out.
2.Press DISPLAY again to continually display the time counter on the TV screen.
3.Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal status displays.
Time Counter
Press
DISPLAY
Press
DISPLAY
Again
STOP CH 05 0:30:00
Status Displays
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0:30:00
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Time Counter Only
The time counter shows the actual time it takes to record a program or play back a segment of a prerecorded tape. It helps locate the beginning or end of programs you taped. The time counter resets to 0:00:00 when the tape is ejected from the VCR.
For example, if you recorded a
1. | Insert the prerecorded tape. |
2. | Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time counter |
| on the TV screen. |
3. | Press FF to fast forward the tape until 0:30:00 appears |
| in the time counter. Press STOP. |
| This is the end of the program. You can begin recording |
STOP CH 05 0:30:00
Status Displays
Press
DISPLAY
Again |
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4. | Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to 0:00:00. |
5. | Press DISPLAY to remove the time counter from the |
| screen. These displays time out. |
| The time counter is removed from the TV screen during |
| picture search. |
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