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PLAYBACK AND RECORDING FEATURES (cont.)
Record One Program While
Watching Another
Recording
Features
ENGAGE TV MODE
1
During recording...
● Press TV/VCR. The VCR's VCR indicator goes out. (If
you are using the RF connection (Z pg. 6) to view
the output from your VCR, the TV broadcast being
recorded disappears.)
● If you are using the AV connection (Z pg. 6) to view
the output from your VCR, change the TV's input
mode from AV to TV.
SELECT CHANNEL FOR
VIEWING
2
Use the TV’s channel selector to set the channel you
want to watch.
RESET COUNTER TO ZERO
1
Before recording starts, press C.RESET. The counter
resets to zero and displays the exact elapsed time as the
tape runs.
DISPLAY ELAPSED TIME ON
SCREEN
2
During recording, press ENTER at any time to see the
elapsed time.
All indications corresponding to the current status of the
VCR are displayed for 5 seconds. The counter display
remains on the screen indicating the elapsed time.
Press ENTER again to remove the display.
● Make sure "SUPERIMPOSE" is set to "ON" (Z pg. 29).
● The indications are not recorded.
● Press DISPLAY to change to the COUNT display if
"REMAIN" is displayed.
Display Elapsed Recording
Time
123
456
7
89
0
2
4
1
3
C.RESET
Display Tape Remaining Time
DISPLAY COUNTER
INFORMATION
1
Press ENTER.
All indications corresponding to the VCR's current
status are displayed for 5 seconds. The counter display
remains on the screen indicating the elapsed time.
DISPLAY TAPE REMAINING
TIME
2
Press DISPLAY until "REMAIN" appears on screen. The
approximate tape remaining time appears on the TV
screen and also on the VCR display panel with a " "
indicator.
● The tape remaining time is calculated based on the
tape speed (SP or EP) being used. The indicated
remaining time is only an estimate.
● Press DISPLAY to change the on-screen display from
REMAIN to COUNT and vice versa; and to show
counter reading, channel number, clock time or tape
remaining time on the front display panel. Then
channel number will not be displayed when the VCR
is playing a tape.
EXIT THE DISPLAY
3
Press ENTER again.
NOTES:
●
"SUPERIMPOSE" must be set to "ON", or the on-screen
display will not appear (
Z
pg. 29).
●
Near the beginning of the tape, the tape remaining estimate
may be inaccurate. However, the estimate becomes more
accurate as the tape comes closer to the end.
●
Depending on the type of tape used, the tape remaining time
reading may not appear right away, or may not be correct. "- -:- -"
may sometimes appear, or the display may blink on occasion.
●
The tape remaining time indication is not accurate when
using VHS-C tapes with VHS-C adapter.
DISPLAY
