Playing a Tape
Using the Playback Features
DISPLAY Button
The DISPLAY button shows the status of the VCR channel number, time counter, date, time and tape speed on the TV screen. The time and date must be set before they can be displayed.
1.Press DISPLAY.
If you do not press DISPLAY again, this display times out.
2.Press DISPLAY again to display only the time counter on the TV screen. The time counter appears instead of the time in the VCRÕs display panel.
3.Press DISPLAY again to remove the time counter from the screen. No displays appear on the TV screen and the time counter remains in the VCRÕs display panel. This is convenient for editing tapes.
4.Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal status displays. The clock appears in VCRÕs display panel.
Turning off the VCR automatically returns the displays to normal.
Time Counter
Press
DISPLAY 
Press
DISPLAY
Again
Press
DISPLAY
Again
STOP CH 05 0:30:00
Status Displays
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0:30:00
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Time Counter Only
No Status
Displays
Appear
The time counter shows the actual time it takes to record a program or play back a segment of a prerecorded tape. It helps locate the beginning or end of programs you taped. The time counter resets to 0:00:00 when the tape is ejected from
the VCR.
For example, if you record a
you would:
1.Insert the prerecorded tape.
2.Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time counter on the TV screen.
3.Press FF to fast forward the tape until 0:30:00 appears in the time counter and press STOP. The time counter is removed from the TV screen during fast forward.
The time counter does not advance when it detects no signal (blank tape).
4.Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to 0:00:00.
5.Press DISPLAY to remove the time counter from the screen and return to the normal display mode.
0:30:00
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