APPENDIX: REFERENCE
INDEX AND GO-TO SEARCH FEATURES DO NOT OPERATE
•Check to see if MOVIE ADVANCE feature is activated.
CANNOT ACCESS MOVIE ADVANCE FEATURE
•Cassette must have safety tab removed and be recorded in SP speed.
•Home Recording was selected for the tape type in the menu. Eject cassette and reinsert.
VCR FORWARDS THROUGH COMMERCIALS OR MOMENTARILY DISPLAYS A BLUE SCREEN DURING PLAYBACK.
•Commercial Advance Playback feature is set to AUTO. Set it to
MANUAL.
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE FEATURE DOES NOT MARK COMMERCIALS WHEN:
•The Marking feature is set to OFF in the COMMERCIAL ADVANCE menu. Set it to ON.
•A recording is less than 15 minutes or the commercial is longer than one minute.
•A single isolated commercial can not be marked.
•Recording started in the middle of a commercial segment.
•A commercial group within the first or last two minutes of a recording.
•Accuracy and effectiveness can vary depending upon program content and the characteristics of the commercials.
•A commercial is between
•Effectiveness may vary when local television stations insert their own commercials.
COMMERCIALS RECORDED EVEN THOUGH COMMERCIAL ADVANCE FEATURE WAS SET TO ON.
•COMMERCIAL ADVANCE is designed to record the commercials, mark them, and then skip over the marked commercials during playback.
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