Tape movement can be confirmed in hours, minutes and seconds with the 5
digit display. Changing of the display and counter clearing are operated by the
remote
control.
Counter Display
Press the OPERATE button to
turn on the VCR. (The mode
indicator is displayed and the
channel indication appears after a
few seconds.)
Press the DISPLAY button on the
r e m o t e c o n t r o l . ( T h e m o d e
indicator is displayed.)
Press the DISPLAY button again.
(The tape counter is displayed.)
Press the DISPLAY button again.
(The present time is displayed.)
Press the DISPLAY button again
to return to the channel display.
NOTE:
If the operation mode is changed while the channel indication, counter or
present time is displayed, the new operation mode is indicated on the display
for a few seconds.
Hours
Minus (-) appears if the tape is being played backwards from "O:OO.OO".
Position of tape when the
Playing the tape backwards
If a cassette is loaded that is not rewound to the start and the counter is
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cleared, the linear tape counter will show a negative (-) reading when the
tape is rewound beyond the point where the counter was cleared.
portion of a tape.
Seconds
Minutes
Playing the tape forwards
During timer recording or Simple Recording Timer, the display shows the
record finish time. When the DISPLAY button is pressed, the display changes
in the following way.
[RECORD FINISH TIME1
[PRESENT TIME] t
[COUNTER]
NOTE:
During Simple Recording, the timer position number and "PROG" are not
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displayed, and " Ei3 " lights instead of "TIMER".
Counter Clear
displayed.
NOTE:
The counter will reset to "O:OO.OO" when the tape is rewound completely.
Zero-Back Function
The zero-back feature makes the cassette fast forward (or rewind) to the
reviously set "O:OO.OO" point and stop there.
automatically detects the direction of the "O:OO.OO" position and fast
forwards (or rewinds) the tape.
stops.
NOTE:
The zero-back function does not operate during recording. The function works
during the playback, stop, fast forward, rewind and video search modes.
[TIMER POSITION NO.]
[CHANNEL]
[MODE]