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Using the Playback Features
Playing a Tape
DISPLAY Button
1. Press DISPLAY to display the status of the
VCR, channel number, time counter, date,
time, and tape speed on the TV screen. The
time will appear in the display panel.
The time and date must be set before they are
displayed. If you do not press DISPLAY again,
these displays will time out.
2. Press DISPLAY again to have only the time
counter remain on the TV screen. The time
counter will appear instead of the time in the
VCR’s display panel.
3. Press DISPLAY again to remove the time
counter from the TV screen.
The time counter will remain in the VCR’s
display panel and no status displays will
appear on the TV screen. This is convenient
for editing tapes.
4. Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal
status displays.
Turning off the VCR automatically returns the
displays to normal.
Time Counter
The time counter shows the actual time it takes to record a program or play
back a segment of a prerecorded tape. It helps locate the beginning or end of
programs you taped. The time counter resets to 0:00:00 whenever the tape is
ejected from the VCR.
For example, if a 30-minute program was recorded at the beginning of the
tape, you would:
1. Insert the prerecorded tape. Press STOP.
Make sure the tape is rewound.
2. Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time
counter on the TV screen.
3. Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to
0:00:00.
4. Press FF on remote or turn the shuttle on the
VCR clockwise to fast forward the tape until
the time counter reads 0:30:00. Press STOP.
This is the approximate end of the program
and you can begin recording at this spot.
5. Press DISPLAY twice to remove the time
counter from the screen and return to the
normal displays.