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Questions and Answers About COMMERCIAL
A
ADVANCE™
Will commercials be scanned through only
on playback of recordings?
How fast does the COMMERCIALA
ADVANCEªVCR scan through the
commercial breaks?
Are commercials still recorded if I want to
watch them?
What if the VCR scans forward through
part of my program?
Once a recording has been marked, does
COMMERCIALAADVANCEª work each
time the tape is played?
After marking commercials, is the tape left
at the beginning or end of the recording?
Does the marking process interfere with
other programmed recordings?
What happens if the marking process is
interrupted?
Does COMMERCIALAADVANCEªwork
in all recording speeds?
Will COMMERCIALAADVANCEª
marked recordings work in non-
COMMERCIALAADVANCEªVCRs?
Yes. The VCR does not rewind and mark commercial segments until
after recording is finished.
In SLP tape speed, a 3-minute commercial break is scanned through in
approximately 8-12 seconds. In SP, it takes about 25-35 seconds.
Yes. The recorded program, including commercials, can be viewed by
setting the CA PLAYBACK feature to MANUAL.
Simply rewind the tape to just before the skipped segment, and press
PLAY to view the program.
Yes. If the CA PLAYBACK feature is set to AUTO, the marked
commercials should be skipped each time the tape is played in a
COMMERCIALAADVANCEª VCR.
The tape is left at the end of the recording so it is in position to begin
additional programmed recordings.
No. If two or more recordings are programmed together without
sufficient time to mark the first recording, marking will take place after
all recordings have completed.
Marking can be interrupted to allow use of the VCR. Marking will
resume again when the VCRÕs power is turned off as long as the tape
has not been ejected from the VCR.
Yes, COMMERCIALAADVANCEª works in SP and SLP.
A COMMERCIALAADVANCEª marked recording will play in a non-
COMMERCIALAADVANCEª VCR, but commercials will not
automatically be skipped.
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