19Advanced FunctionsReference page
<SEARCH FUNCTION>
COUNTER MEMORY STOP
SKIP SEARCH
INDEX SEARCH
TIME DATE SEARCH
Turn the SHUTTLE RING
to go the search menu.
Press STOP to exit.
<TIME DATE SEARCH>
TIME 00:00
DATE 13
DIRECTION REVERSE
Use JOG to adjust,
and ENTER.
<TIME DATE SEARCH>
TIME 03:25
DATE 24
DIRECTION FORWARD
Use JOG to adjust,
and ENTER to start.
Time date search
You can easily find a picture recorded at specific date and time.
1. Press SEARCH button until TIME
DATE SEARCH is highlighted.
• The Time Date Search indicator
() illuminates on the fluorescent
display.
2. Turn SHUTTLE to the right.
•<TIME DATE SEARCH> menu
appears.
3. Turn JOG to set
hour digits
of TIME
you wish to find and turn SHUTTLE to
the right.
To exit the <TIME DATE
SEARCH> menu without
searching, turn SHUTTLE to the
left several times.
4. Set
10-minute digit
and
1-minute digit
of TIME, DATE and DIRECTION in a
similar fashion.
• Searches in the forward direction
of the tape when DIRECTION is
set to FORWARD.
• Searches in the reverse direction
of the tape when DIRECTION is
set to REVERSE.
5. Turn SHUTTLE to the right to start searching.
• When the recorded picture is found, it is shown at still
picture.
To quit while searching, press STOP button.
Note
• An index mark is written on a tape at each hour (1:00, 2:00
and so on) during recording. The time date search cannot be
resumed if the index mark of the hour (set in step 3) is not
recorded on a tape.
Example: When the VCR recorded from 8:15 to 17:30 on
a tape, only pictures recorded between 9:00 and 17:30 can be
found using the time date search.
• The time date search may not function correctly, if you use a
tape with a poor recording quality or with alarm recordings
recorded at several recording mode.
• The time date search will not function when using a tape
recorded with other VCRs or a tape recorded without setting
the current day and time.
Info.
• When the desired part of the tape is not found in the selected
direction, the VCR automatically searches in the opposite
direction.