Playing a Tape

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 to display the status of the VCR,

If you do not press DISPLAY again, these displays will time out. The time appears in the display panel.

2.Press DISPLAY again to have only the time counter remain on the TV screen.

The time counter appears instead of the time in the VCR display panel.

3.Press DISPLAY again to remove the time counter from the TV screen.

No displays appear on the TV screen. This is convenient for copying tapes. The time counter remains in the VCRÕs display panel.

4.Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal status displays.

Turning off the VCR automatically returns the displays to normal.

Press

DISPLAY

Press

DISPLAY

Again

Press

DISPLAY

Again

STOP CH 05 0:30:00

Status Displays

Will Time Out

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0:30:00

Time Counter Only

Will Not Time Out

No displays

Time Counter

The time counter shows the elapsed 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 0:00:00 whenever the tape is ejected from the VCR.

For example, if a 30-minute program was recorded at the beginning of the tape, you would:

1.Insert the prerecorded tape, and make sure it is rewound to the beginning. Press STOP.

2.Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time counter on the TV screen.

3.Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to

0:00:00.

4.Press F.FWD to fast forward the tape until the time counter reads 0:30:00.

5. Press STOP. This is the approximate end of the program and you can begin recording at this spot.

6.Press DISPLAY twice to remove the time counter from the screen and return to the normal displays.

0:30:00

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

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GE VG4258 manual Display Button, Time Counter