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RECORDING (cont.)

Recording
Features
Record One Programme
While Watching Another
If your recorder is connected to the TV via AV connection, . . .
. . . press TV/VCR. The recorder's VCR indicator and the TV
broadcast being recorded disappear.

SELECT CHANNEL TO

WATCH

1
Once recording is in progress, all you need to do is to
set the channel controls on the TV for the station you
wish to view.
The programme selected with the TV’s channel
controls appears on the TV screen while the one
selected with the recorder's TV PROG buttons is
recorded on the tape.
If a decoder is connected to the recorder (Z pg. 34),
you can select a scrambled channel as well with the
TV channel controls.
Elapsed Recording Time
Indication
You can check the exact time of a recording.

SET COUNTER DISPLAY

1
Press DISPLAY or – –:– – until a counter reading
appears on the display panel.

RESET COUNTER

2
Press 0000 before starting recording or playback.
The counter is reset to “0:00:00” and shows the exact
elapsed time as the tape runs.
123
456
789
0
2
4
1
3
?
STANDBY/ON
TIMER
REC LINK
TV PROG
DISPLAY
Tape Remaining Time

DISPLAY REMAINING TIME

1
Press DISPLAY or – –:– – until the time remaining on
the tape appears.
The display panel shows the tape remaining time
with " " displayed.
By pressing the – –:– – button, you can change the
display to show the counter reading, channel
position*, clock time or tape remaining time.
* channel position is not displayed during playback.
NOTE:
Depending on the type of tape used, there may be times when
the tape remaining time reading may not appear right away, or
is not correct. "– –:– –" may sometimes appear, or the display
may blink on occasion.
TV PROG
– –:– –
0000
TV PROG
TV/VCR
DISPLAY
STANDBY/ON
TIMER
REC LINK
TV PROG
DISPLAY
TV PROG
DISPLAY
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