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Movie Advance

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LAY 1

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SKIP SEARCH

OK

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

 

Insert a cassette that has a prerecorded movie (rented or

 

purchased), with no safety tab, into the VCR. Playback

1 begins automatically.

 

 

 

ACCESS SKIP MENU

 

SCREEN

 

 

2 Press SKIP SEARCH.

 

 

 

SELECT MODE

 

 

 

Press CH5° or SHUTTLE

SKIP MENU

 

PLUS%Þ to move the

 

 

3 highlight bar (arrow) to

 

 

=MOVIE ADVANCE

(PREVIEW)

MOVIE ADVANCE

 

your choice.

SKIP SEARCH

 

a– Select "MOVIE

 

 

 

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.

 

 

ADVANCE" if you want

 

 

 

 

to advance directly to

 

 

 

PRESS (5,°), THEN (OK)

 

 

 

the beginning of the

 

 

 

PRESS (SKIP) TO CANCEL

 

 

 

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

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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.

 

 

Patents Pending

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JVC HR-VP656U manual Access Skip Menu, Perform Movie, Movie Advance, Press Skip Search
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HR-VP656U specifications

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