Program-Related Information (PRI)
— Practical Use Of PRI —
With INDEX Plus+, information related to the program currently being received can be displayed on screen. This information may take the form of a player's stats in a baseball game, recipes or techniques from a cooking show, or even questions and answers from an educational program.
There are three types of PRI — regular PRI, "instant" PRI, and "auto
NOTE: Not every program contains PRI data.
Displaying PRI
Preparation
1.Turn on the power to the TV and the VCR.
2.Set the TV to the channel or mode appropriate for video playback.
Procedure
1 Select a channel using | CH 23 |
the CH +/– button. The | |
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*To display regular PRI — step 2
*To display instant PRI — step 3
*To display auto
2 Press INFO. The PRI | PROGRAM RELATED INFO |
index appears. |
Neptune
>Diet Fizz
ENTER - VIEW CLEAR - ERASE (F1) - STORE
CANCEL - QUIT
Using the CURSOR button (VOL
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Free Balloons and gifts
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Saturday 10AM - 4PM
3An icon appears in the upper right corner of the screen to tell you that instant PRI is being received (such as in the screen on the left):
Diet Fizz
Six packs $1.29 Diet & Regular at All N.Y. area Bosco Premium Stores
Press INFO, and the selected
4To return to the normal screen, press INFO again. Or don't press any button, and the display returns automatically.
Storing/Erasing of PRI
You can store regular PRI in the VCR's internal memory, which allows you to recall it at a later time. The stored data can also be erased, should you decide you don't need it anymore.
Storing Procedure
1Select a channel using the CH+/– button.
2Press INFO. The PRI index appears. Place the cursor next to the title representing the information you want to store.
3To save the data, press F1. A "#" appears to the right of the selected title.
4Press CANCEL to return to the normal screen.
Erasing Procedure
5To erase stored data, access the PRI index and place the cursor next to the title representing the information you want to erase. Then press CLEAR.
6Press CANCEL to return to the normal screen.
NOTES:
●PRI data is constantly being saved in the VCR's internal memory, and as the memory fills up, older data is erased. To guarantee storage of desired information, perform the above procedure.
●The VCR's internal memory capacity is fixed. If you press F1 to store data but the "#" doesn't appear, that means there's no more space in memory. Before you can store new data, you must first erase some older data.
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