Playing back tape repeatedly (100 times)
—Repeat Playback

During playback, press and hold 4 for more than 5 seconds. “$” on the display panel starts blinking slowly. To stop playback, press 8 on the remote control or 0 on the recorder.

NOTE:

Pressing 4, 3, 5 or 9 also stops Repeat Playback.

Locating beginning of recordings
—Index Search

Index codes are placed on the tape at the beginning of each recording when recording on this recorder.

AWhile the tape is not running, press wor

e (2 or 6) to start search.

B To access a recording of 2 to 9 index codes away, press w or e (2 or 6)

repeatedly until the correct number is displayed on the screen (only if “O.S.D.” is set to “ON” ( 12)).

Recording

Accidental erasure prevention

To prevent accidental recording on a

 

recorded cassette, remove its record

 

safety tab. To record on it later, cover

 

the hole with adhesive tape.

Record safety tab

Basic Recording

Turn on the TV and select the video channel or AV mode.

ALoad a cassette

Make sure the record safety tab is intact. If not, cover the hole with adhesive tape before inserting the cassette.

●The recorder turns on, and the counter is reset, automatically.

BSelect recording channel

Press PR r/tor the number keys on the remote control or PR+/– on the recorder.

●You can select channel in the stop mode or recording pause mode.

Example:

To locate the beginning of B from the current position, press w twice.

To locate the beginning of D from the current position, press e once.

●Playback begins automatically when the desired recording is located.

Current position

Index number

CStart recording

On the recorder, press 7. Or on the remote control, while holding 7, press 4.

NOTE:

If the tape reaches its end during recording, the recording stops and “ ” and “ $” on the display panel blink. Press 0 on the recorder to eject the cassette or press 3 to rewind the tape.

During recording
Locating beginning of timer recordings
—Instant Review

After ensuring that the recorder is turned off and that the timer mode is disengaged, press REVIEW.

●The recorder turns on, and rewinds to the index code indicating the beginning of the last timer-recorded programme, then begins playback automatically.

●You can access a programme as far as

9 index codes away from the current tape position.

●The Instant Review function can also operate if the recorder is turned on.

Skipping unwanted portions
—Skip Search

Press 30 SEC once to 4 times during playback. Each press initiates a 30-second period of high-speed playback (up to

2 minutes). When the specified portion of the tape is skipped, normal playback resumes automatically. To return to normal playback during Skip Search, press 4.

Pause recording

Press 9.

●Press 4 to resume recording.

●You can select channel in the recording pause mode.

Stop recording

Press 8 on the remote OR Press 0 on the recorder. control.

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