Hitachi VT-M272A - Manual (Page 38)

Basic Operations
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• If this is not the program you want, don't press anything. After 15 seconds, the VCR
will move to the next mark and play a part of that program. The VCR will continue
searching until you press INDEX again or PLAY reach the end of the tape.
When you find the program you want and press INDEX and the VCR returns to PLAY
mode.
To stop the index search before an index mark is reached, press STOP.
If there are no index marks on the tape, the VCR will just rewind to beginning or fast
forward to the end.