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Automatic Repeat Playback

You can set the VCR to automatically repeat a recorded portion of a tape when the VCR finds a blank portion of more than 15 seconds.

Follow these steps to turn automatic repeat playback on or off.

1.Press MENU to display the main menu.

2.Press to highlight SET UP, then press SET. AUTO REPEAT appears on the TV screen.

USING THE REAL-TIME

COUNTER

Your VCR’s real-time counter shows how long (in hours, minutes, and seconds) a tape has been running.

To display the real-time counter, press DIS- PLAY on the remote control so the counter ap- pears on the VCR’s display.

 

AUTO

REPEAT

ON

OFF

 

BLUE

SCREEN

ON

OFF

CHANNEL PRESET

SELECT : CHANGE:

ENTER :SET EXIT :MENU

3.Press or to highlight ON or OFF as desired.

Note: If you turn on automatic repeat play- back:

Any tape will play until the VCR finds a non-recorded portion of more than 15 seconds, then automatically rewinds and plays again.

If you press REW and the tape reaches the beginning, playback auto- matically starts.

4.Press SET. The display returns to the nor- mal screen.

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To reset the counter to 0:00:00, press CAN- CEL.

Notes:

If you rewind the tape past 0:00.00, the display shows the count with a minus (–) sign.

The counter does not work with blank tapes or blank portions of partially recorded tapes.

The counter also resets when you remove a tape.

Using the Zero Back Function

At any time during playback, you can reset the real-time counter to 0:00.00, then return to that position.

1.During playback, press DISPLAY on the remote control to display the real-time counter.

2.When you see the location on the tape that you want to return to later, press CANCEL on the remote control. The real-time counter resets to 0:00.00.

3.To return to the 0:00.00 location at a later time during playback, press ZERO BACK. The tape automatically rewinds or fast-forwards to the 0:00.00 location.

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Optimus 109 owner manual Using the REAL-TIME Counter, Automatic Repeat Playback, Using the Zero Back Function