TO SET DAILY/WEEKLY TIMER

When setting the date in the step 4 on page 22, press the SET/ TRACKING – button repeatedly when the current day is dis- played.

The setting changes as follows:

USING THE REAL TIME TAPE COUNTER

The On-Screen Real Time Tape Counter shows the tape running time in Hours, Minutes and Seconds.

You can easily determine how long the tape has been running or how much time is left on the tape.

TO VIEW THE COUNTER DISPLAY

Example

The current day (Friday)

SUN-SAT

(Sunday to Saturday)

 

MON-SAT

(Monday to Saturday)

One month later

 

 

minus one day

MON-FRI

(Monday to Friday)

WKL-WED

WKL-THU

(Weekly Thursday)

(Weekly Wednesday)

 

 

TO CONFIRM THE SETTINGS

Press the PROGRAM button once. The TV screen displays

1Press the DISPLAY button.

2Press the COUNTER RESET button to set the counter to “00:00:00”.

3Begin Playback or Recording to start the tape, the counter will display the elapsed time.

4When you wish to make the counter disappear, press the DISPLAY button once again.

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the timer program list. Press the PROGRAM button again. The TV screen displays the ON/OFF TIMER setting.

(once)

 

(twice)

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ON/OFF TIMER

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ON TIMER

 

 

 

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MON-FRI

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OFF TIMER

 

 

 

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SET

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+/–/ENTER/CANCEL/MENU

+/–/ENTER/CANCEL/MENU

Press the PROGRAM button until the normal screen is appeared.

TO CANCEL A PROGRAM

NOTES: •If you rewind the tape from “00:00:00”, a minus sign (“–”) will be displayed in front of the time.

When you load a tape, the counter will reset to “00:00:00”.

The counter does not function on nonrecorded (blank) sections of the tape. When you rewind, fast forward or play tapes through blank sections, the counter stops.

USING ZERO SEARCH

The zero search function provides a convenient method of rapidly returning to the starting point of

Press the SET/TRACKING + or – button to select the TIMER REC SET option in the MENU, then press the ENTER button.

Press the SET/TRACKING + or – button to select the unnecessary program, and press the CANCEL button to cancel the program.

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recording or playback. The starting point can be indexed for any location on the tape by pressing the COUNTER RESET button and ZERO SEARCH button.

1Press the DISPLAY button.

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NOTE: Do not overlap programs as portions of the conflicting programs will be lost. The first recording time has priority over the next recording time as shown in the diagram.

 

8 : 00

9 : 00

10 : 00

11 : 00

Program 1

 

 

 

 

Program 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deleted Parts

 

Program 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non Recorded Portion Parts

 

Recording

Prog.1

 

Prog.2

Prog.3

Control Settings

 

 

 

 

2Before playback or recording, press the COUNTER RESET button to set the counter to “00:00:00”.

3Begin playback or recording.

4Press the STOP button.

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NOTES: •The everyday/every week recording can be made continuously until the recording is canceled or the tape reaches the end.

During timer recording, the automatic rewinding mechanism does not function.

You can correct or cancel the programmed setting in program confirm mode.

5Press the ZERO SEARCH button. The tape will rewind and automatically stop at the “00:00:00” position.

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Panasonic PV C923 operating instructions Using the Real Time Tape Counter, Using Zero Search