•The recording must be at least 15 min- utes long for the VCR to detect the com- mercials. If you press STOP before the tape plays 15 minutes, AT LEAST 15
MIN SEARCHING NEEDED FOR MARKING appears.
Playing Back with Commercial Advance Marking
Follow these steps to select how the VCR op- erates when you play any marked tape.
1.Press MENU to display the main menu.
2.Repeatedly press PLAY or STOP to high- light SET UP VCR, then press FF.
3.Repeatedly press PLAY or STOP to high- light SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV., then press FF.
4.Repeatedly press PLAY or STOP to highlight C/A PLAYBACK, then press FF to select AUTO or MANUAL.
AUTO — The VCR automatically skips marked commercial blocks.
MANUAL — The VCR skips commercials only when you press C/A SKIP/ZERO during playback.
5.When you finish, press MENU three times to exit.
Notes:
•Commercial Advance might not detect all commercials.
•Commercial Advance might skip part of a program if there are frequent dark and quiet scenes.
Questions and Answers about Commercial Advance
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How fast does the | The VCR advances |
VCR advance through | through 3 minutes of |
commercials? | commercials in about |
| 8 to 12 seconds if the |
| tape speed is EP (see |
| “Recording Speeds/ |
| Tape Selection” on |
| Page 32). If it is SP, it |
| takes about 25 to 35 |
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Are commercials still | Yes. |
recorded on the tape? |
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Does Commercial | Yes. |
Advance work at all |
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recording speeds? |
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Does Commercial | Yes. |
Advance still work if I |
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remove the tape from |
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the VCR and then |
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play it back later? |
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Can I play a Commer- | Yes, but commercials |
cial Advance marked | will only be skipped if |
tape in another VCR? | the other VCR also |
| has Commercial |
| Advance. |
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Can I mark a record- | Yes. See “Marking an |
ing that was made on | Unmarked Tape” on |
another VCR? | Page 28. |
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SKIPPING/SELECTING
PREVIEWS
Your VCR’s Movie Advance™ feature lets you skip the previews at the beginning of many pur- chased or rented movies, or select a specific preview to watch.
Note: Movie Advance works only with tapes recorded in the SP speed that have the
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