Camera mode
1 During recording, press the MENU button until appears.
• If “MEMORY” is not displayed, press the COUNTER button.
2 Perform steps 2 and 3 above.
3 When you are ready to finish recording, press the REC START/STOP button.
4 Set the Power switch to VCR, then perform steps 5 and 6 above.
To cancel Counter Memory mode
Perform step 1 above, and press the MEMORY button. “M” will disappear from the screen.
Note:
• This feature does not work during video search.

Using the Counter Memory

Use the counter memory feature when you want to return to the beginning of a particular scene. The position where the counter was reset (0:00.00) is stored in memory to make it easier to return to that point on the tape.

VCR mode

1 During playback, press the MENU

button untilappears.

0

1 8

0 0

GAMA

 

COU -

 

MEM-

 

R E -

 

 

S E -

 

 

 

 

E F F .

 

NT E R

 

ORY

 

SE T

 

 

ARCH

 

 

 

 

If “MEMORY” is not displayed, press the COUNTER button.

2 Press the MEMORY button to set the counter to Counter Memory mode.

“M” will be displayed to the left of the counter.

MEM-

ORY

Memory indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

0

1 8 3 1

GAMA

 

COU -

 

MEM-

 

 

R E -

 

 

S E -

 

 

 

 

E F F .

 

NT E R

 

ORY

 

 

 

 

SE T

 

 

ARCH

 

 

 

 

3 Press the RESET button to reset the counter to zero at the beginning of the scene that you want to return to later.

R E -

SE T

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

0

0 0 0 0

GAMA

 

COU -

 

MEM-

 

R E -

 

 

S E -

 

 

 

 

E F F .

 

NT E R

 

ORY

 

 

SE T

 

 

ARCH

 

 

 

 

4 Press the MENU button until appears. When you are ready to finish playback, press the STOP button (A).

5 Press the REW button (C).

The tape will automatically stop when the counter reaches 0:00.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

0

1 1

2 4

 

REW

 

P L A Y

 

F F

 

S T OP

 

S T I L L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

0

0 0

0 0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REW

 

P L A Y

 

F F

 

S T OP

 

S T I L L

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

The FF button (B) can be used in the same way.

The tape may stop slightly ahead or behind the point where you reset the counter to “M 0:00.00”.

6 Press the PLAY button (D) to view the desired scene.

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Sharp VL-AH160U, VL-AH150U operation manual Using the Counter Memory, During playback, press the Menu Button until appears

VL-AH160U, VL-AH150U specifications

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