VCR Features
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This feature uses patented technology to detect and mark most commercials on your tape for any recording that is more than 15 minutes long. Once recording is finished, the VCR rewinds the tape to the beginning of the recording and determines where the commercials are located. It then marks the beginning and end of the detected commercial segments, and when finished, returns the tape to the end of the recording. It does not erase commercials from the tape.
During playback, the VCR automatically skips the detected commercial segments, or you can chose to manually skip them. This feature reduces three minutes of commercials to approximately
Because television signals do not indicate where commercials are located, this feature finds and marks them through a set of formulas based on how television is broadcast today. Since television stations broadcast differently and insert their own commercials, you may experience some variations in this feature’s effectiveness. Station promotions, identifications, and announcements are not considered commercials, but might be skipped. For more information, see “Questions and Answers About COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ” in the Reference section.
| PREFERENCES |
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1 | Remote Control: | VCR1 |
2 | Auto Play: | ON |
3 | Auto TV/VCR: | ON |
4 | EnergySaver: | 2:00 |
5 | Front Panel: | AUTO |
6 | Tape Speed: | SLP |
7 | Set Auto Repeat |
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8 | COMMERCIAL ADVANCE | |
0 | Exit |
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All of the COMMERCIAL ADVANCE features are accessed through the COMMERCIAL ADVANCE menu.
1.Press MENU to display the VCR MAIN MENU.
2.Press 6 to display the PREFERENCES menu.
3.Press 8 to display the COMMERCIAL ADVANCE menu.
| COMMERCIAL ADVANCE | |
1 | Marking: | ON |
2 | Playback: | AUTO |
3 | Display: | Blue |
0 Exit
The VCR is waiting to mark commercials in the program you recorded.
1 Mark them now
2 Mark them later
3 Don't mark commercials
The VCR will begin
marking in 30 seconds...
Now you can select one of the COMMERCIAL ADVANCE features.
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE Marking
Press 1 to turn commercial Marking ON or OFF.
•Select ON, and the VCR will mark commercials within approximately 30 seconds for the following types of recording:
— Timer, Timer with VCR Plus+, or Express Recording Sets the VCR to automatically mark commercials after the power is tuned off.
—Recording Allows the VCR to prompt you to mark the commercials when you’ve stop the recording.
•Select OFF and the VCR will not mark the commercials.
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