Playing a tape (continued)
To use the time counter
At the point on the tape that you want to find later, press CLEAR. The counter in the display window resets to “0:00:00.” Search for the point afterwards by referring to the counter.
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To display the counter on the TV screen, press DISPLAY.
Notes
•The counter resets to “0:00:00” whenever a tape is reinserted.
•The counter stops counting when it comes to a portion with no recording.
•While setting the menu on the TV screen, you cannot use the H PLAY, X PAUSE, M #FF, m 3 REW or x STOP button. These buttons are used for menu operations.
•If a tape has portions recorded in both PAL and NTSC systems, the time counter reading will not be correct. This is due to the difference between the counting cycles of the two colour systems.
•Depending on your TV, the following may occur while playing an
–the picture is black and white
–the picture shakes
–no picture appears on the TV screen
–black streaks appear horizontally on the TV screen
–the colour density increases or decreases.
•Tapes recorded in the LP mode of NTSC system on other VCRs can be played back on this VCR, but the picture quality cannot be guaranteed.
32Basic Operations