Basic Operations
Before the 5 seconds is up, press DISPLAY a second time to see just the counter. It will stay on the screen.
Press DISPLAY a third time to to see the counter on the VCR display as well.
Press DISPLAY a fourth time to end the
The linear time counter operates only if there is something recorded on the tape.
The counter changes to 0:00:00 when the tape is ejected.
Marking with the Time Counter
If there is one part of the video that you know you are going to want to
return to, you can set the time counter to memorize that spot. Begin in either STOP or PLAY mode.
Press DISPLAY twice to show the counter on the TV screen.
Begin recording or playing back a tape. Notice the counter remains on the screen.
At the point that you want to go back to, press CLEAR. This resets the counter to 0:00:00.
Press STOP when you are done recording or playing back the tape. Press DISPLAY again and an "M" will display below the counter on the
TV screen: This indicates that the counter's memory function is engaged. Now when you rewind the tape, it will automatically stop at the spot where you cleared the counter. (Notice it moves just past the marker and then back to it.) Press PLAY to watch the tape from that preselected spot.
Press DISPLAY to take the counter display off. The spot is still in memory until you set a new one or until the tape is ejected.
Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO
Using the time counter, you can search for a spot a certain number of minutes before or after your current position on the tape.
Press STOP, if tape is playing, and press DISPLAY, then press 8 button to bring up the Set
Select minutes by pressing buttons 0 to 9 - one digit for hours, then two digits for minutes. If you enter a wrong digit, press CLEAR and enter the correct one. Then press F.FWD if you want to move that many minutes ahead, or nEW if you want to move that many minutes backward.
For example, say you want to review a scene that began about 2 minutes earlier in a video, press 0, 0 and 2 to display 0:02 on the screen. Then press nEW.
The tape rewinds to the place 2 minutes back from where you began, then starts playback automatically from that spot.
Jump to an Index Mark with INDEX
A quick way to access specific program segments is with the index search feature. This lets you move through a tape that has several recordings on it by searching for the INDEX "mark." This function only works with recordings that have been set up with indexing. You create an INDEX mark every time you press the REC button while recording. For more on how this gets recorded, see the section on Recording a Program (page 33).
