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REAL-TIME COUNTER
Using the Counter
Your VCR’s counter shows how long a tape
has been running. To display the counter on
the TV screen, press
DISPLAY
on the remote
control.
Notes:
• The real-time counter might stop if you
fast-forward or rewind through a blank sec-
tion on the tape. This is normal.
• You can press
COUNTER RESET
to reset
the counter to
0:00:00
.
Using the Zero Search Function
You can reset the counter to
0:00:00
at any
position on the tape and then return to that po-
sition.
Follow these steps to use the zero search func-
tion.
1. Press
COUNTER RESET
once so the
counter appears on the TV screen.
2. Within 5 seconds, press
COUNTER RESET
again at the location you want to return to
later. The counter resets to
0:00:00
.
3. When you want to return to the selected
location, stop the tape, then press
CA
SKIP/ZERO
. The tape rewinds or fast-for-
wards and automatically stops at the loca-
tion you selected in Step 2.
Notes:
• If you rewind the tape past the zero point,
the TV displays the time with a minus (–)
sign.
• The counter does not work with blank
tapes or blank portions of partially
recorded tapes.
LOCKING THE VCR
To lock the VCR in the stop mode, press
STOP
.
Then press and hold
STOP
on the VCR until
the TV displays
VCR
LOCK
ACTIVATED
and,
if a tape is loaded, the VCR ejects the tape. If
you press any control other than the VCR’s
STOP
button, the TV displays
VCR
LOCK
AC-
TIVATED
and the button does not function.
To unlock the VCR, press and hold
STOP
on
the VCR for about 7 seconds. The TV displays
VCR
LOCK
OFF
and all controls now work.
REPEAT PLAY
This function lets you automatically repeat
playback of a tape from the beginning to the
end (or to a blank part), instead of having the
tape automatically rewind and eject.
1. While the tape is stopped, press
MENU
to
display the main menu.
2. Press
SEL
s/t to highlight
SET
UP
VCR
,
then press
SET
.
3. Press
SEL
s/t to highlight
REPEAT PLAY
.
Then press
SET
so
ON
appears.
4. Repeatedly press
MENU
to return to the
normal display.
5. Press
PLAY
to start repeat playback. REP
appears on the VCR’s display.
The VCR repeats playback from the beginning
to the end of the tape, or to the first unrecorded
portion that is at least 30 seconds long. The TV
displays
AUTO
REPEAT
while the VCR re-
winds the tape to the beginning.
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