On Screen Displays / Light-up Indicators

On Screen Displays (VCR)

Function & Channel Displays

Blank Tape/ No Signal Indications

When a function button

Whenever a blank section of a tape comes

is pressed, e.g. PLAY,

up in Play mode, or when the selected

or you change channels,

channel has no broadcast signal with Weak

Signal Display Feature (p. 33) set to OFF,

and also if a cassette is

the TV screen will turn solid blue.

inserted, a 5-second

 

 

display appears.

 

 

Function Status Current Time

Channel

Initial Setup

VCR Status & Clock Displays To display or remove screen shown at right,

press DISPLAY.

Note

For on Screen Displays in DVD mode, see p. 44.

Cassette inserted (Rec Time Remaining is displayed in OTR mode, e.g.“0:25”. See p.21.)

Broadcast Audio Being Received (See pp. 26, 27.)

Counter

Tape Speed (See p. 4.)

Date

(When clock is set, a 5-second display appears.)

Light-up Indicators

Light-up indicators allow easy confirmation of current DECK function status.

Timer Indicator

Lights up when DECK is set for Timer Recording, or when One Touch Recording (OTR) is used. Flashes when Timer Recording is set, but a tape has not been inserted into DECK and when a power interruption occurs during Timer Programming.

VCR mode Indicator VCR REC Indicator PLAY Indicator

DVD mode Indicator

Lights when output

Lights up during

selection is VCR mode.

recording. Flashes in

Flashes in Auto Clock

Rec. Pause mode.

Set or Channel Auto Set.

 

<Light-up combination example>

Lights during playback in

Lights when output

either VCR mode or

selection is DVD mode.

DVD mode. Flashes in

 

Still, Frame by Frame, or

 

Slow mode.

 

 

 

 

Light-up Indicator

Function Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

+

PLAY

 

 

 

 

VCR playback in progress

[See p. 20]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

REC

 

 

 

 

 

VCR recording in progress

[See p. 21]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

TIMER

 

 

 

 

 

VCR timer setting in progress

[See pp. 24, 25]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

TIMER

 

REC

 

 

VCR Timer Recording in progress

[See pp. 24, 25]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

PLAY

 

 

DVD playback in progress

[See pp. 22, 23]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VCR

REC

 

TIMER

PLAY

VCR fast forward in progress

[See p. 20]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAY TIMER REC VCR

VCR rewind in progress

[See p. 20]

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Panasonic PV-D4745S manual On Screen Displays / Light-up Indicators, On Screen Displays VCR

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