RCA VG4251 - Manual (Page 17)

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Using the Playback Features
Playing a Tape
DISPLAY Button
1. Press DISPLAY to display the status of the
VCR, channel number, time counter, date,
time, and tape speed on the TV screen. The
VCR status will appear in the display panel.
The time and date must be set before they are
displayed. If you do not press DISPLAY again,
these displays will time out.
2. Press DISPLAY again to have only the time
counter remain on the TV screen. The time
counter will appear instead of the time in the
VCR’s display panel.
3. Press DISPLAY again to remove the time
counter from the TV screen.
The time counter will remain in the VCR’s
display panel.
4. Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal
status displays.
The time will appear in the VCR’s display
panel.
Turning off the VCR automatically returns the
displays to normal.
Time Counter
The time counter shows the elapsed time it takes to record a program or play
back a segment of a prerecorded tape. It helps locate the beginning or end of
programs you taped. The time counter resets to 0:00:00 whenever the tape is
ejected from the VCR.
For example, if a 30-minute program was recorded at the beginning of the
tape, you would:
1. Insert the prerecorded tape. Make sure the
tape is rewound. Press STOP on the remote or
STOP•EJECT
on the VCR.
2. Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time
counter on the TV screen.
3. Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to
0:00:00.
4. Press FF on the remote or FWD on the VCR to
fast forward the tape until the time counter
reads 0:30:00. Press STOP on the remote or
STOP•EJECT
on the VCR.
This is the approximate end of the program
and you can begin recording at this spot.
5. Press DISPLAY to remove the time counter
from the screen and return to the normal
displays.
0:30:00
STOP CH 05 0:30:00
11/18/96 Mon 01:30AM SLP
Hours
Seconds
Minutes
Press
DISPLAY
Status Displays
Will Time Out
Time Counter Only
Will Not Time Out
No Displays
Press
DISPLAY
Again
Press
DISPLAY
Again
0:30:00
Hours
Seconds
Minutes