Philips VR 969/02 How do I know where I am currently on the tape?, Index search, Intro-scan

How do I know where I am currently on the tape?

The length of the tape is indicated in minutes on

the cassette, e.g. "E180" corresponds to 180 minutes playing time (= 3: 00 hrs).

The length indication is found on the front narrow side of the cassette to the left. The actual playing time may be slightly longer than indicated (e.g. 3: 05 hrs).

!Start the tape measurement function with the sbutton on the remote control. The video recorder's display indicates "WAIT".

Then the video recorder switches, for example, to "STOP".

The video recorder's display indicates, for example, "P03 2:20"

"With the sbutton, you can select between the following indciations: elapsed playing time e.g. 0:40 remaining playing time e.g. L 2:20

("L" = TIME LEFT) real time counter e.g. 0:1:45 (in hrs/min/sec).

Notes:

*When a cassette is inserted, the video recorder must at first calculate the playing time. That is why the display indicates at first " - : - - " and only after several seconds tape run the playing time.

*You can set the tape counter manually to "0". Use the sbutton to select the counter mode, then press the mbutton.

*If a minus sign appears in front of the real time counter (e.g., "– 0:20:00"), the tape is not wound to its beginning.

*The indications can be read off exactly to the minute during recording, playback and pause/stop.

Index search

The video recorder writes a mark on the tape every time a recording is started. With the q, 1,

2buttons on the remote control you can find these marks on the tape.

!Press the qand 2buttons to find the next mark and the qand 1buttons to find the previous mark. The video recorder's display indicates "INDEX".

"As soon as the mark is found, the video recorder switches automatically to playback.

Intro-scan

!Press the qand ebuttons. The video recorder's display indicates "INTRO".

"The tape is wound to the next mark, played back for 10 seconds, then wound to the next mark and played back for 10 seconds, and so on.

When the end of the tape is reached, the tape is automatically rewound to the beginning.

Notes:

*If you press any tape run button ( e.g. e or r) during the index search or intro-scan function, the video recorder interrupts this function.

*For recodings made without marks on another video recorder, the index search and intro-scan functions cannot be used.

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