16
Using the Playback Features
DISPLAY Button
The DISPLAY button shows the status of the VCR channel number, time counter,
date, time and tape speed on the TV screen. The time and date must be set before
they can be displayed.
1. Press DISPLAY.
If you do not press DISPLAYagain, this display
times out.
2. Press DISPLAYagain to display only the time
counter on the TV screen.
3. Press DISPLAYagain to return to TV viewing.
Turning off the VCR automatically returns the
displays to normal.
Time Counter
The time counter shows the actual time it takes to record a program or play back a
segment of a prerecorded tape. It helps locate the beginning or end of programs
you taped. The time counter resets to 0:00:00when the tape is ejected from
the VCR.
For example, if you record a 30-minute program at the beginning of the tape and
you want to go to the end of that program to begin another recording,
you would:
1. Insert the prerecorded tape.
2. Press DISPLAYtwice to display only the time
counter on the TV screen.
3. Press FFto fast forward the tape until 0:30:00
appears in the time counter and press STOP.
The time counter is removed from the TV screen
during fast forward.
The time counter does not advance when it
detects no signal (blank tape).
4. Press CLEARto reset the time counter to 0:00:00.
5. Press DISPLAYto remove the time counter from
the screen.
Playing a Tape
0:30:00
STOP CH 05 0:30:00
08/04/96 SUN 01:30AM SLP
Hours
Seconds
Minutes
Press
DISPLAY Status Displays
No Display
Time Counter Only
Press
DISPLAY
Again
Press
DISPLAY
Again
0:30:00