Helpful terms and information

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The following glossary is to help you better understand INDEX Plus+ and its operation.

INDEX Plus+: The name for the system described in this manual. The system was designed to give you random access to recorded programs, and to make it easy for you to organize your video library (see "library" below).

CSPG (Channel-Specific Program Guide): A listing of upcoming programs on the currently-selected channel. If sent by the broadcaster, this listing can be displayed on screen, and you can use the data for timer recording.

PRI (Program-Related Information): Information relevant to the program currently being received. If the broadcaster is sending this information, you can access it and display it on screen. Typical PRI includes a particular player's statistics from a sporting event, recipes or techniques from a cooking show, or questions and answers from an educational program. HR (Home-Recorded) Tape: A tape containing programs you've recorded at home on an INDEX Plus+ VCR.

PR (Pre-Recorded) Tape: A tape produced by a video publisher, and available for purchase, which contains an INDEX Plus+ directory (see "directory" below).

RI (Retroactively-Indexed) Tape: A tape consisting of programs recorded at home on a non-INDEX Plus+ VCR. You can add INDEX Plus+ data to this type of tape using the HR-IP820U.

Library: This term describes a person's entire video collection, including HR and PR tapes.

Directory: A listing of all programs contained on a particular tape. The listing can be called to the screen, and contains such information as tape name and number, program names, and each program's recording mode.

Download: The capability of receiving CSPG and storing it in the VCR's internal memory, for easy access at a later time.

Preferred channel: If you live in an area in which a great many regular and cable TV channels are available, the title data for these stations may exceed the VCR's memory capacity. To prepare for this, you can select preferred channels. In the event of memory overload, the data for the channel(s) you select will be kept.

Host station: A data center which receives information from regular and cable TV broadcasters, and sends it, along with the host station's own CSPG and PRI, to users of INDEX Plus+. Each host station covers a specific region.

VISS (VHS Index Search System): A VISS mark, or index mark, is written on the tape during recording. Its purpose is to indicate to the VCR, during playback, that a new program is beginning. VISS marks are always written on HR and RI tapes, but are optional on PR tapes.

On-Screen Menu System: The specially-designed screens, at which required data can be input and functions or options selected, make INDEX Plus+ operations easy to perform.

RF (Radio Frequency) Connection: This describes the VCR-to-TV connection where the RF OUT terminal of the VCR is connected to the ANTENNA terminal of the TV. When this method of connection is employed, the VCR essentially "broadcasts" the program to your TV on channel 3 or 4.

AV (Audio/Video) Connection: This describes the VCR-to-TV connection where the AUDIO OUT and VIDEO OUT terminals of the VCR are connected to the AV IN terminals of the TV. As the audio and video signals are sent independently and directly to the TV, there's no need to convert them into RF signals. Tuner: Off-the-air and cable TV signals are received by this section of the VCR. This VCR's Frequency- Synthesized Tuner is extremely accurate, and has a maximum reception capability of 181 channels. Mode: The word used to describe the operational status of the VCR at any given time. For example, when the tape is being rewound, the VCR is in the Rewind mode.

VCR Plus+: The easy timer-programming system which allows you to set your VCR by simply inputting the desired program's code number from the TV listings in newspapers and magazines.

Cable Box: This box serves as a control unit for cable TV subscribers, and is usually placed on or near the TV.

Cable Box Controller: A remote unit that sends signals to the cable box during timer recording. Guide Channel: The number assigned to a TV broadcaster for purposes of VCR Plus+ programming. This number must match the number of the channel on which your VCR receives the station before you can use VCR Plus+ to record programs shown on that particular station.