SKIP MENU
=MOVIE ADVANCE
MOVIE ADVANCE (PREVIEW) SKIP SEARCH
PRESS (5,°), THEN (OK)
PRESS (SKIP) TO CANCEL

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SKIP SEARCH

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This feature helps you locate certain parts of prerecorded movies (rented or purchased) and works in two ways.

You can go to the beginning of the movie, skipping over all previews.

You can fast-motion the tape to the beginning of the next preview, so you can skip over previews one by one.

LOAD A CASSETTE

1 Insert a cassette that has a prerecorded movie (rented or purchased), with no safety tab, into the VCR. Playback begins automatically.

ACCESS SKIP MENU

SCREEN

2 Press SKIP SEARCH.

SELECT MODE

3 Press CHor SHUTTLE PLUSto move the highlight bar (arrow) to your choice.

SHUTTLE PLUS

ATTENTION

Movie Advance works only on prerecorded cassettes that have been recorded in the SP mode, and have no safety tab. If the VCR detects the EP mode after you press OK in step 4, the following screen appears.

MOVIE ADVANCE

MOVIE ADVANCE CAN NOT

BE SELECTED FOR EP

RECORDINGS.

PRESS (SKIP) TO CANCEL

NOTES:

Normally there is a period of black and no audio at the beginning and end of previews. The Movie Advance feature detects those parts where the picture fades to black and the audio fades to silence, and initiates fast-motion to skip over the detected previews.

Some previews may not be detected and Movie Advance may not work properly.

The setting you selected in step 3 remains in effect until the cassette is ejected.

a– Select "MOVIE ADVANCE" if you want to advance directly to the beginning of the movie.

b– Select "MOVIE ADVANCE (PREVIEW)" if you want to advance to the next preview.

c– Select "SKIP SEARCH" if you do not want to perform Movie Advance, then press OK to go back to the normal screen. Pressing SKIP SEARCH activates the Skip Search function (pg. 25 ).

PERFORM MOVIE

ADVANCE

a– If you selected "MOVIE ADVANCE" in step 3 and press OK, the following screen will appear with a blue background. The VCR will rewind the beginning of the tape, then will fast-motion to the beginning of the movie. "READY" will appear and blink when the beginning of the movie is detected and the Stop mode will be engaged. Press PLAY to view the movie.

MOVIE ADVANCE

MOVIE ADVANCE

SRARCHING FOR BEGINNING

READY

OF MOVIE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS (PLAY) TO START

PRESS (STOP) TO CANCEL

 

PRESS (STOP) TO CANCEL

b– If you selected "MOVIE ADVANCE (PREVIEW)" in step 3 and press OK, the VCR will fast-motion to the beginning of the next preview and normal playback will resume when it is detected.

Each press of SKIP SEARCH fast-motions to the beginning of the next preview, thereby skipping over one preview each time.

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JVC HR-VP655U manual Access Skip Menu Screen, Select Mode, Perform Movie Advance, Press Skip Search

HR-VP655U specifications

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