EJECTPOWER

MUTING DISPLAY

TV

INPUT

 

 

 

SELECT

 

 

SLEEP

TIMER ON SCREEN

 

MENU

 

RESET

 

SELECT

VCR Plus

1

2

3

 

COUNTER/

4

5

6

 

 

 

REMAIN

7

8

9

COUNTER

JUMP

 

ENTER

RESET

 

 

 

 

0

VOL CH

INDEX

TAPE SPEED

REC &SLOW 7

X2PAUSE

SEARCH

REW PLAY FF

STOP

Displaying on-screen information

Press DISPLAY to turn the display on or off.

The date and time, tape operation mode is displayed.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to scroll between XDS ON, CAPTION, and DISPLAY OFF. For more information on XDS and CAPTION, see page 39.

VTR

Tape operation mode

8 : 4 0 P M Current date and time

7 / 1 5 T H U

Displaying the tape counter

Press COUNTER/REMAIN to display the tape counter. The tape counter shows the tape travel time in hours, minutes and seconds during recording or playback. Each time you press COUNTER/REMAIN, the time counter and the remaining tape time counter appears alternately. Press COUNTER RESET to restore the counter to “00:00:00.”

 

 

 

 

Time counter

 

 

 

 

Remaining tape

 

S P 0 0 : 0 0 : 3 6

 

 

 

R E M 1 : 1 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time counter

Notes

The tape operation mode is displayed on the screen whenever you change the mode.

If you are rewinding a tape and the time counter is displayed on the screen, the tape will stop when the counter reaches “00:00:00.” Use this function to search for the beginning of a recording.

When you use a 2-hour (120 minute) tape, set TAPE REMAIN to T-120. When you use a tape longer than 120 minutes, set TAPE REMAIN to

OTHERS.

1Press MENU to display the main menu.

2Move the cursor (z) to “TAPE” with + ￿or – ￿and press SELECT.

3Move the cursor (z) to “TAPE REMAIN” with + ￿or – ￿and press

SELECT.

The selected position turns red.

TAPE

T A P E R E M A I N : T - 1 2 0

A U T O R E P E A T : O F F

N O I S E R E D U C T I O N : O F F

T R A C K I N G

MENU

Move

S e l e c t SELECT Exit MENU

4Using + ￿or – ￿, select “T-120” (the factory setting) or “OTHERS” and press SELECT.

5Press MENU to return to the original screen.

28 Basic Operations