Optimus 65, 64 owner manual Using the Zero Search Function, Setting Up Commercial Advance Marking

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The counter resets to 0:00:00 when you put in a new tape. To manually reset the counter, press COUNTER RESET.

Note: The real-time counter might stop if you fast-forward or rewind through a blank section on the tape. This is normal.

Using the Zero Search Function

You can reset the counter to 0:00:00 at any position on the tape and then return to that po- sition. This lets you quickly return to a selected place on the tape later.

Follow these steps to use the zero search func- tion.

1.Press COUNTER RESET at the location you want to return to later. The counter resets to

0:00:00.

2.When you want to return to the selected location, stop the tape, then press ZERO/ 1MIN on the Model 64 or C/A SKIP/ZERO on the Model 65. The tape rewinds or fast-for- wards and automatically stops when it reaches 0:00:00.

Notes:

•If you press REW to rewind the tape past 0:00:00, the time appears with a minus

(–) sign.

•The counter does not work with blank tapes or blank portions of partially recorded tapes.

SKIPPING COMMERCIALS (MODEL 65 ONLY)

Your VCR’s Commercial Advance™ feature lets you quickly skip over commercials record- ed onto a tape while you view it.

During recording, Commercial Advance stores in memory the locations of the beginnings and endings of commercials. After recording is over, the VCR replays the tape and marks the

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beginnings/endings on the tape itself. Then, when you play back the recording, you can set the VCR so it automatically detects and skips over the marked commercials or only skips over the marked commercials when you press a key.

Notes:

•The recording must be at least 15 minutes long for Commercial Advance to work.

•The effectiveness of Commercial Advance varies with the different methods stations use to broadcast commercials. It is possi- ble that Commercial Advance might not work with every broadcast you watch.

•Commercial Advance might skip part of a program if there are frequent dark and quiet scenes.

•Commercial Advance does not erase com- mercials from the tape; it simply marks them.

Setting Up Commercial Advance Marking

Follow these steps to have the VCR automati- cally memorize the beginning and end of com- mercials while it records a program, so it can mark the tape later.

1.Press MENU/ACTION to display the main menu.

2.Repeatedly press or to highlight

SET UP FEATURE, then press .

3.If necessary, repeatedly press or to highlight SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV.

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CI AL ADV.

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