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Press PLAY and turn the dial to the far right or left to search forward and backward.
Searching with the Time Counter
During playback (and recording), a counter keeps track of how many hours, minutes,
and seconds the tape has run. When you first start playback, the counter shows briefly
in the TV screen's upper right corner.
When you want to check the counter during playback, there are several ways to do it.
Pressing DISPLAY will cycle you through the three options.
Press DISPLAY just once to see the counter, mode, time, and date on the screen for
5 seconds.
Before the 5 seconds is up, press DISPLAY a second time to see just the counter. It
will stay on the screen.
Press DISPLAY a third time to to see the counter on the VCR display as well.
Press DISPLAY a fourth time to end the on-screen display.
The linear time counter operates only if there is something recorded on the tape.
The counter changes to 0:00:00 when the tape is ejected.
Marking with the Time Counter
If there is one part of the video that you know you are going to want to return to, you can
set the time counter to memorize that spot. Begin in either STOP or PLAY mode.
Press DISPLAY twice to show the counter on the TV screen.
Begin recording or playing back a tape. Notice the counter remains on the screen.
At the point that you want to go back to, press CLEAR. This resets the counter to
0:00:00.
Press STOP when you are done recording or playing back the tape.
Press DISPLAY again and an "M" will display below the counter on the TV screen:
This indicates that the counter's memory function is engaged.
Now when you rewind the tape, it will automatically stop at the spot where you cleared
the counter. (Notice it moves just past the marker and then back to it.) Press PLAY to
watch the tape from that preselected spot.
Press DISPLAY to take the counter display off. The spot is still in memory until you
set a new one or until the tape is ejected.
Jump Forward or Backward with GO-TO
Using the time counter, you can search for a spot a certain number of minutes before or
after your current position on the tape.
Press STOP, if tape is playing, and press DISPLAY, then press 8 button to bring up the
Set Go-To Time screen: