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The VCR can store up to eight timer recording settings and 45 commercial loca- tions in memory at one time. When the memory becomes full, the remaining com- mercials are not marked.

The Commercial Advance feature setting returns to OFF if there is a power failure.

If you rewind the tape and start another recording before power is turned off, com- mercials might not be correctly marked.

Selecting a Commercial Advance Tape Playback Option

Follow these steps to select how the VCR op- erates when you play any marked tape.

1.Press MENU/ACTION to display the main menu.

2.Repeatedly press or to highlight

SET UP FEATURE, then press .

3.Repeatedly press or to highlight

SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV., then press .

4.Repeatedly press or to highlight

C/A PLAYBACK, then press to select

AUTO or MANUAL.

AUTO — The VCR automatically skips marked commercial blocks.

MANUAL — The VCR skips commercials only when you press C/A SKIP/ZERO during playback.

5.When you finish, press MENU/ACTION twice to exit.

Questions and Answers about Commercial Advance

Question

Answer

 

 

 

 

How fast does the

The VCR advances

VCR advance through

through 3 minutes of

commercials?

commercials in about

 

8 to 12 seconds if the

 

tape speed is SLP

 

(see “Recording

 

Speeds/Tape Selec-

 

tion” on Page 38). If it

 

is SP, it takes about

 

25 to 35 seconds.

 

 

Are commercials still

Yes.

recorded on the tape?

 

 

 

Does Commercial

Yes.

Advance work at all

 

recording speeds?

 

 

 

Does Commercial

Yes.

Advance still work if I

 

mark the tape and

 

remove it from the

 

VCR, then play it back

 

later?

 

 

 

Can I play a Commer-

Yes, but commercials

cial Advance marked

will only be skipped if

tape in another VCR?

the other VCR also

 

has Commercial

 

Advance.

 

 

Can I mark a record-

No.

ing that was made on

 

another VCR?

 

 

 

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