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Exclusive Features of Your VCR-2

AmeriChrome Copy™ Circuitry. Page 13.
Your VCR-2’s exclusive AmeriChrome Copy circuitry replaces the normal video processing
system to maintain the high quality of your original tape. AmeriChrome Copy also synchronizes
the deck speeds for optimum duplication results.
Copy one tape to another with one-touch simplicity. Page 13.
The Copy Tape™ button enables you to duplicate tapes with unequaled clarity at a single touch
of a button.
View a prerecorded tape while recording a TV program. Page 14.
Only the VCR-2 features the Dual-Deck System™ so that you can watch a prerecorded tape
while recording from TV.
Record two programs from TV at the same time. Page 15.
The exclusive Dual-Deck System lets you record two different programs at the same time. Of
course, the TV doesn’t have to be your only source – you can record from TV while making a
live recording with a video camera or recording from another VCR or laser disc player.
Edit video tapes. Pages 16 - 17.
Copy segments from any number of tapes onto one master tape.

Other Key Features of Your VCR-2

Operate and program your VCR-2 without getting out of your chair. Pages 8 - 9, 11.
You can perform all operations, including setting a Timer Recording, with the advanced Remote
Control.
Search for a favorite segment on a tape with Picture Scan or Jet Search. Page 12.
Picture Scan lets you view the tape at up to 9 times the normal play speed and Jet Search at up
to 21 times the normal play speed, in forward or reverse.
Set a timed recording with a single button. Page 18.
One-Two Recording™ is a simple way to record a TV program.
Set the timer to record up to 16 hours of programs for weeks, months, or even years in advance.
Pages 19 - 21.
The advanced circuitry of Timer Recording will let you program up to 16 events for one-time,
daily, or weekly recording.
View and change VCR-2 settings and Timer Recording settings right on your TV screen. Pages 19
- 27.
On-Screen Programming makes it simple to change tape speed, clock, calendar and timer
settings, and much more.
Memory backup for Speed, Timer and Channel Memory settings.
Your VCR-2 remembers these settings even after power failures. When the power fails, all you
need to reset is the clock.
Play and record tapes with Dolby noise reduction. Page 24.
These special circuits improve sound quality by reducing “tape hiss” during soft passages.
Record from a video camera or other video source. Page 37.
Your VCR-2 makes exceptional recordings from video cameras, laser disc players, and other
VCRs.
Play and record video tapes in stereo. Pages 24, 38.
You can play prerecorded and home video tapes in stereo for improved sound definition. Your
VCR-2 also tunes MTS broadcast stereo programs for recording full stereo sound.
Features of Your
Dual-Deck VCR-2