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OTHER FEATURES
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE Playback
Press 2 to switch between Playback: AUTO and MANUAL.
• Select AUTO to have the VCR automatically advance
through the blocks of marked commercials.
It works with most 30, 45, and 60-second commercials.
A commercial group starting within the first two minutes
or last two minutes of a recording will not be
automatically skipped.
A commercial will not be skipped if the recording starts in
the middle of a commercial segment, one isolated
commercial is shown without others, or a commercial is
longer than one minute. Press FWD to scan through the
commercial.
Part of a recorded program may be skipped if the program
segment is between commercials and less than one minute
or there are frequent dark and quiet scenes. If part of the
program is skipped, rewind the tape to the beginning of
the skipped program segment and press PLA Y.
• Select MANU AL and the VCR w on’t advance through the
blocks of marked commercials until you press SEARCH.
If you press SEARCH during playback of material other than
commercials, the VCR advances to the end of the next
“marked” commercial block and resumes playback.
The VCR resumes playback when it reaches the end of the
marked commercials.
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE Display
Press 3 to switch between Display: BLUE or VIDEO.
• Select BLUE to display a BLUE background when the VCR
advances through the block of marked commercials.
• Select VIDEO to display the recorded video when the VCR
advances through the block of marked commercials.
Marking an Unmarked Tape
This feature allows you to mark an existing tape turning it into
a COMMERCIA L ADVANCE ta pe. The VCR will play the tape
and then mark the commercial segments it finds.