Tape position/index search, Continuous playback – Philips vr 685 User Manual

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Tape position/Index search

Tape position: The elapsed playback time, given to the hour
and minute, appears in the display.
When you load a cassette, the video recorder must first
calculate the playing time. Therefore, ’-:--’ appears first and
only after the tape has been running for a few seconds the
playing time will be shown.
The playback time displayed can be incorrect when using
camcorder cassettes or with cassettes made for NTSC-VHS
equipment.

Index search: At the beginning of each recording, the video
recorder marks the tape with a code mark. You can search for
these code marks on the tape. Once the video recorder finds
the code mark or a blank space, it will automatically switch to
playback.

To select the next or the previous code mark, press the

INDEX E

button and then press the

or the

but-

ton.

Note: You cannot use the function ’Index search’ with
recordings made on another video recorder that does not
have this code mark function.

Continuous playback

You can continuously repeat the replay of a cassette. When
the end of the tape has been reached, it rewinds and begins
again.

Press the

PLAY G

button.

Whilst holding down the

MONITOR

button on the remote

control, press the

PLAY G

button on the video recorder.

In the display appears:

REP

If you want to cancel the function, repeat step

Note: No other button will react during continuous
playback. After a power failure, playback will automatically
start again.