If you always reset the tape counter when you insert a tape, you can note the counter reading at the beginning of each program you record for future reference. The label kit provided with RCA tapes can be used to list programs and counter readings.
1.Turn on your TV and tune it to the VCR channel (3"or 4).
2.Press DISPLA Y button twice on the remote
control to display the tape counter on the TV screen.
3.Press CLEAR button on the remote control to set the counter to "'0000".
-On-Screen Display
Whenever you turn on your VCR or change its
You can manually call up the VCR status display to the screen when desired by pressing DISPLAY on the remote control. The display will disappear from the screen in a few seconds.
•Press the DISPLAY button once to call up the normal display.
•Press the DISPLA t' button twice, to call up the tape counter display. This display will remain on the TV screen.
•Press the DISPLAY button three times to remove all displays from the screen.
•When you press the DISPLAY button on the remote control twice to turn on the counter
display, you automatically turn on the "Memory Stop" feature. When the counter is displayed on the TV screen and in the VCR's display, the VCR will stop automatically at "'0000" whenever you use the REW or F.FWD button. If you are rewinding, simply press the REW button again to continue to the end of the tape.
•If you press the F.FWD button and the counter never reaches "0000" between that point and the end of the tape, the VCR ".,,'illcontinue to the end
of the tape. switch to rewind, and then stop when the counter reaches "0000".
•Since you can reset the counter to "0000" at any point on the tape, memory stop is convenient for finding the beginning of a recording or the beginning of a particular segment you want to repeat.
•This is the procedure to use when you are going to start recording somewhere beyond- the start of the
tape.
1.Turn on the VCR and press the DISPLA Y button on the remote control twice to obtain the
counter reading.
2.Use the F.F14/D and STOP buttons to locate the
point where you will begin recording. Press the CLEAR button on the remote control before
you begin recording.
3.Press STOP when you are finished recording. and then press the REW button. The cassette will rewind to counter reading "'0000" and stop.
4.Press PL4Y to view the segment you have selected, or press REW to rewind the cassette completely.
•Use this procedure during playback to mark a point to be repeated.
1.Press the DISPLAY button on the remote control twice to display the counter.
2.When you see the beginning of the part you wish to view several times, use SEARCH 41.4 to
locate a point slightly before the desired scene.
3.Press the PLAY button to resume normal playback, and then press CLEAR on the remote control just before the desired scene appears.
4.When 3ou have played to the end of the scene in question, press STOP and then REW. The tape will rewind to the beginning of the scene and
stop.
5.Press PLA )" to view the scene again.
6.Repeat Steps 4 and 5 as man3 times as you like.
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