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Questions and Answers About COMMERCIAL ADVANCE™Question Answer
Will commercials be scanned through only on
playback of recordings?
How fast does the COMMERCIAL ADVANCEª
VCR scan through the commercial breaks?
Are commercials still recorded if I want to watch
them?
What if the VCR scans forward through part of my
program?
Once a recording has been marked, does
COMMERCIAL ADVANCEªwork each time
the tape is played?
After marking commercials, is the tape left at the
beginning or end of the recording?
Does the marking process interfere with other
programmed recordings?
What happens if the marking process is interrupted?
Does COMMERCIAL ADVANCEªwork in all
recording speeds?
Will COMMERCIAL ADVANCEªmarked
recordings work in non-
COMMERCIAL ADVANCEªVCRs?
Yes. The VCR does not rewind and mark commercial segments until after
recording is finished.
In SLP tape speed, a 3-minute commercial break is scanned through in
approximately 8-12 seconds. In SP, it takes about 25-35 seconds.
Yes. The recorded program, including commercials, can be viewed by setting
the CA PLAYBACKfeature to MANUAL.
Simply rewind the tape to just before the skipped segment, and press PLAY to
view the program.
Yes. If the CA PLAYBACKfeature is set to AUTO, the marked commercials
should be skipped each time the tape is played in a
COMMERCIAL ADVANCEª VCR.
The tape is left at the end of the recording so it is in position to begin
additional programmed recordings.
No. If two or more recordings are programmed together without sufficient
time to mark the first recording, marking will take place after all recordings
have completed.
Marking can be interrupted to allow use of the VCR. Marking will resume
again when the VCRÕs power is turned off as long as the tape has not been
ejected from the VCR.
Yes, COMMERCIAL ADVANCEª works in SP, LP, and SLP.
A COMMERCIAL ADVANCEªmarked recording will play in a non-
COMMERCIAL ADVANCEªVCR, but commercials will not automatically
be skipped.