RCA VR636HF - Manual (Page 47)

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OTHER FEATURES
Locking Your VCR:
If a timer recording is programmed,
make sure your VCR is turned off.
Locking your VCR prevents the VCR
from being accidentally turned on.
Pro-Tect Plus ™ Locking Feature
To disable the usage of the VCR, or to protect your timer r ecordings,
you can lock the VCR so that the buttons on the VCR or r emote won’t
work.
• To Lock: Pr ess and hold the VCR button on the r emote for
approximately six seconds. The VCR turns off. SAFE a ppears in
the display if any button is pressed to let you know the feature
is activated.
• To Lock While a Timer Recor ding Is In Pr ogress: Pr ess and hold the
VCR button on the remote for approximately six seconds. SAFE
appears in the display to let you know the feature is activated.
• To Unlock: Pr ess and hold the VCR button on the r emote for
approximately six seconds. The VCR turns on.
Time Counter
The time counter shows the actual time it takes to record a program
or play back a segment of a recorded 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 you record a 30-minute program at the beginning of
the tape and you want to go to the end of that program to begin
another recording, you would:
1. Pr ess INFO twice to display the time counter.
2. Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to 0:00:00.
3. Pr ess FOR WARD to f orward the tape until the time counter reads
0:30:00.
4. Pr ess ST OP. This is the a pproximate end of the program. (You may
want to press PLA Y to verify.) No w, you can begin recording at
this spot.
5. Press INFO to remove the time counter from the screen and
return to the normal display mode.
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