TV/VCR Mode
•Rotary 4-head Record/Playback System–Four heads ensure excellent picture quality and special effects playback.
•Index Search–Fast-forwards to start of next recording.
•Slow Motion–View recorded program at slower than normal speed.
•Infrared remote control
•Trilingual on screen TV/VCR setup display selectable in English, Spanish or French
•Real time counter–This shows the elapsed record- ing or playback time in hours, minutes and sec- onds. The “–” indication will appear when the tape is rewound further than the tape counter position “0:00:00”.
•181 channel capability PLL frequency synthesiz- er tuner with direct station call (A converter may be necessary to view scrambled cable channels.)
•Auto Clock Setting–Allows you to set the clock function from a PBS broadcast station.
•Closed Caption Decoder–You may view specially labeled (cc) TV programs, movies, news, prere- corded tapes, etc. with either a dialogue caption or text display added to the program.
•Auto power on and off system–Automatically turns on the unit when you insert the cassette, turns off after auto-rewind and ejects when the begin- ning of the tape is reached.
•Auto rewind when the end of a tape is reached
(This function doesn’t occur when using timer recording.)
•Smooth mode change–TV/VCR mode and DVD mode automatically changes without control.
•2 Step picture search operation–You can view a video program at a high speed or super high speed in either a forward or reverse direction in LP and SLP mode. For SP mode, only high speed is avail- able.
•Three different playback tape speeds : SP/LP/SLP
•Two different recording tape speeds : SP/SLP
•Auto Head Cleaner–Automatically cleans video heads as you insert or remove a cassette.
•Zero Return–The tape returns to counter of 0:00:00 by rewinding or fast forwarding.
•Still–“Freeze” the picture at any time, for close viewing of a particular scene.
•Digital Auto Tracking (DTR)–Automatically adjusts the tracking for each tape you play.
•Rental play mode–Improves playback picture quality from worn tapes, such as rental tapes.
•Auto repeat–Allows you to repeat the playing of a tape indefinitely without hitting [PLAY O].
•Time search–Lets you set the unit to advance the tape by entering the desired playback time you want to skip.
•OTR (One Touch Recording)–Instant timed recording from 30 to 480 minutes is possible by hitting [REC/OTR].
•1 Year, 8 events (including Daily and Weekly) Timer Recording–Thebuilt-in timer allows you to record up to 8 programs at different times on dif- ferent channels up to 1 year in advance. The Daily timer allows recordings to be made of daily broad- casts and the Weekly timer allows recording to be made once a week up to the end of the tape.
•Auto return–After timer recording is finished, the unit can return to the beginning of the recording.
•Sleep timer–Allows you to have the unit automati- cally turn off at a desired time.
•Timer Program Extension–Allows you to shift the time schedule for automatic timer recording.
•V-CHIP–Enables parents to prevent their children from watching inappropriate material on TV.