Hitachi DV-DS81E - Manual (Page 29)

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“COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® is a registered trademark
of TeleVentions, LLC. COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® is a
Jerry Iggulden invention licensed in association with
TeleVentions, LLC.”
About COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ®
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® is a feature in video
recorders that automatically skips or scans most com-
mercial messages during replay of a recorded televi-
sion broadcast.
Under controlled test conditions with major network
daytime and prime time broadcasts, almost all intra-
program commercials are eliminated. Actual results
may vary and will depend upon the quality of television
reception and the nature of the program recorded.
This feature records entire broadcasts including com-
mercials. When these recordings are played back, the
portions of the recording previously identified as con-
taining commercials can be automatically skipped or
scanned. Initiation of skipping or scanning can be per-
formed either automatically by this product or manually
by the viewer.
Notes:
• You can set CA PLAYBACK to OFF, SCAN or
SKIP.
• COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® feature operates only
when broadcasts received by this recorder are
recorded on its HDD.
• From the limitation of this recorder, you cannot use
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® feature when broad-
casts are recorded from the external input.
Commercials that can be skipped or
scanned by COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
® :
COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® detects the portion of mul-
tiple commercials that last 55 seconds or longer as a
commercial portion, and skips it.
You can use COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
® only with
programs recorded with CA RECORD set to “ON”:
Make sure before recording that CA RECORD is set to
“ON”.
<Example where COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
® can
skip or scan commercials>
• Multiple commercials that collectively continue for 55
seconds or longer
<Example where COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® does
not skip or scan commercials>
• Only one commercial
• Any commercial group less than 55 seconds in
duration
Notes:
This function will not operate normally in the following
cases:
• COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
® is designed to not iden-
tify commercials within recordings which are less
than 15 minutes.
• When the signal input to the antenna for the
recorder is weak, and thus noise appears.
Setting COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ®
The COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® options have been
set to ON at the factory. When you first unpack this
recorder, COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
® feature is avail-
able to use by manufacture. However, you may wish to
alter the factory COMMERCIAL ADVANCE
® settings.
There are two selections in OSD menu: CA RECORD
and CA PLAYBACK.
Setting CA RECORD
This setting enables or disables the commercial group
detection and memorization process while recording.
1. Press SETUP.
2. Use v / V to choose CA RECORD, and then press
B.
3. Use v / V to choose the desired option, and then
press ENTER.
• [OFF]: COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® does not
operate.
• [ON]: Activates COMMERCIAL ADVANCE ® .
Commercials do not erase by setting this option to
ON.
This setting does not affect previously recorded broad-
casts.This setting only tells the recorder whether or
not to identify and memorize commercial groups on
new recordings.
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