RCA DRC8300N manual Recording, Playback & Features, A and B Edit Points, Advanced VCR Features

Chapter 3: Recording, Playback & Features

			ON-OFF
	TV
DVD/VCR		CABLE
SAT	AUX		AUDIO
ZOOM ANALOG		OPEN ANGLE
DIGITAL		CLOSE
TIMER•GUIDE			INFO	INFO button
CLEAR			MENU
ANALOG button	OK
AGAIN			ADVANCE
	LIVE
VOL			CH
MUTE		GO
		BACK
1		2	3
4		5	6
7		8	9
INPUT		0	ANTENNA
REVERSE	PLAY		FORWARD
RECORD	STOP		PAUSE	PLAY button

Insert A Point

Cancel Last Edit

Delete A-B Edits

Review A-B Edits

Save Edits & Text

A and B Edit Points

Save Edits and Exit

A1: 00:01:33	B1: 00:02:00
A2: 00:01:00	B2: 00:02:35
A3: Empty	B3: Empty
A4:Empty	B4: Empty
A5:Empty	B5: Empty

Advanced VCR Features

The VCR portion of your DVD/VCR combo works like most VCRs, but has some additional features for playback and copying tapes to disc. Most importantly, you need to understand the difference between digital and analog as it applies to the VCR portion of your DVD/VCR combo.

The analog setting provides standard playback that the majority of VCRs provide—play, stop, pause, record. In addition to standard VCR playback functions, the digital path provides you with all kinds of neat features that mimic a DVD. You can only use one path at a time: digital or analog.

All DVD functions must use the digital path—there is only one digital path. Therefore, there are times when the tape will play through the analog path (for example, when you record to a DVD disc and play a VCR tape at the same time).

The easiest way to see if you are using the Digital VCR path, is to press INFO during playback. If you’re in the digital mode, an Info Display appears.

Advanced Playback

1.Insert a tape.

2.Press PLAY.

3.Press INFO (if the Info Display doesn’t appear, press ANALOG DIGITAL on the remote control).

4.With the Info Display on the screen, use the left/right arrow buttons on the remote to highlight different icons to access the VCR playback features.

Time Playback

Display indicator

Reset Counter	Index Search	Play Mode: Standard or A-B Repeat
Zero Search	A-B Edit

VCR Info Display

Above, the time display shows the amount of time that has elapsed on the tape. Below the time display is the play indicator that tells you the state of playback (play, pause, stop, etc.).

Note: These items are for display only—you cannot adjust or change them.

Reset Counter: Sets the 0 point, which means the elapsed time in the Timer Display starts from the point when you press OK with the Reset Counter icon highlighted.

Zero Search: Fast forwards or rewinds the tape to the point that you selected as the 0 point (above).

Index Search: Each time you press RECORD on the VCR, the tape records an index mark. Use Index Search to quickly find the beginning of a program. With the Index Search icon highlighted, you can quickly go back or go forward to the next index point. Press FORWARD to go to the next Index Mark, press REVERSE to go to the previous Index mark. The Tape menu will be displayed while the DVD/VCR searches for the next Index Mark.

A-B Edit: This feature was designed so that you can copy your videotape collection of home movies to DVD discs in separate segments so the events appear as separate titles on the DVD disc. For example, you might have your wedding; a birthday party; and your family reunion on a tape from your camcorder recordings. If you set up A-B Edits, these events will appear as separate titles on the DVD disc. With the AB Edit icon highlighted, press OK (the options appear on the screen).

Insert A point/Insert B point: press OK to mark the beginning or the end of an A-B segment of the tape.

Cancel Last Edit: cancels the last action.

Delete A-B Edits: clears all A-B segments.

Review/Play A-B Edits: displays A-B edits, and allows you to start playing A-B Edits.

Save Edits & Exit: saves the A-B segments.

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