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SPECIAL FUNCTIONS

DISPLAYS

Blue Screen

The blue-screen display appears on the TV screen when the VCR does not send a signal to the TV from either the VHF/UHF CATV OUT terminal or the AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks, such as:

When you play unrecorded portions of a tape

When you tune the VCR to an unused channel

Note: The VCR does not record the blue screen.

Follow these steps to turn the blue screen on or off.

1.Press TV/VCR so VCR appears on the VCR’s display.

2.Press MENU to display the main menu.

3.Press to highlight SET UP, then press SET. The set up menu appears.

4.Press or to select BLUE SCREEN.

5.Press or to highlight ON or OFF.

6.Press SET.

Operation Displays

Each time you press ON SCREEN, your VCR’s current operating information appears on the TV screen in this sequence:

a.PLAY, STOP, FF, or REW

(if a cassette is inserted) AUTO ENHANCE ON or OFF Auto Repeat ON or OFF Tape speed (SP, EP) Channel

Date and Time Tape counter

b.Counter only

c.No display

d.Tape mode and/or the tuned channel for about 3 seconds

When you press a function button (such as

STOP), the corresponding indicator appears on the TV screen for about 3 sec- onds.

When you change the channel, the chan- nel number appears on the TV screen for about 3 seconds.

Note: If you play back a poor quality (worn) or damaged tape, the function indicator or chan- nel number might not appear on the TV.

Auto Display

When you press an operation button ( PLAY,

RECORD, STOP, FF , or REW), a number button, or CH or CH , the current operating mode or a channel number appears on the TV screen for about 3 seconds.

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Optimus 109 owner manual Special Functions, Blue Screen, Operation Displays, Auto Display