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PLAYBACK AND RECORDING FEATURES (cont.)

Record One Program While

Watching Another

Display Tape Remaining Time

DISPLAY COUNTER

INFORMATION
1
Press OSD.
All indications corresponding to the VCR's current
status are displayed for 5 seconds. The counter display
remains on the screen indicating the elapsed time.

DISPLAY TAPE REMAINING

TIME

2
Press DISPLAY until "REMAIN" appears on screen. The
approximate tape remaining time appears on the TV
screen and VCR display panel.
●The tape remaining time is calculated based on the
tape speed (SP or EP) being used. The indicated
remaining time is only an estimate.
●Press DISPLAY to change the on-screen display from
REMAIN to COUNT and vice versa; and to show
counter reading, channel number, clock time or tape
remaining time on the front display panel. Then
channel number will not be displayed when the VCR
is playing a tape.

EXIT THE DISPLAY

3
Press OSD again.
NOTES:
●
"SUPERIMPOSE" must be set to "ON", or the on-screen
display will not appear (
Z
pg. 30).
●
Near the beginning of the tape, the tape remaining estimate
may be inaccurate. However, the estimate becomes more
accurate as the tape comes closer to the end.
●
Depending on the type of tape used, the tape remaining time
reading may not appear right away, or may not be correct.
"--:--" may sometimes appear, or the display may blink on
occasion.
●
The tape remaining time indication is not accurate when
using VHS-C tapes with VHS-C adapter.
Recording
Features
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DISPLAY
C.RESET
TV/VCR
OSD

ENGAGE TV MODE

1
During recording...
●Press TV/VCR. The VCR's VIDEO indicator goes out.
(If you are using the RF connection (Z pg. 6) to view
the output from your VCR, the TV broadcast being
recorded disappears.)
●If you are using the AV connection (Z pg. 6) or
S-VIDEO connection (Z pg. 7) to view the output
from your VCR, change the TV's input mode from AV
to TV.

SELECT CHANNEL FOR

VIEWING

2
Use the TV’s channel selector to set the channel you
want to watch.

RESET COUNTER TO ZERO

1
Before recording starts, press C.RESET. The counter
resets to zero and displays the exact elapsed time as the
tape runs.

DISPLAY ELAPSED TIME ON

SCREEN
2
During recording, press OSD at any time to see the
elapsed time. All indications corresponding to the
current status of the VCR are displayed for 5 seconds.
The counter display remains on the screen indicating the
elapsed time. Press OSD again to remove the display.
●Make sure "SUPERIMPOSE" is set to "ON" (Z pg. 30).
●The indications are not be recorded.
●Press DISPLAY to change to the COUNT display if
REMAIN is displayed.

Display Elapsed Recording

Time