GE VG4256 - Manual (Page 19)

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Using the Playback Features
Index Search
The VCR has a ÒVHS Index Search SystemÓ that automatically records an index mark on
the tape every time you begin recording a program. Your VCR has two index playback
features. To locate the program you want to play, select a specific index number or search
by scanning.
Some index marks may be missed by the VCR.
¥ A mark too close to the current location on the tape.
¥ The mark at the beginning of a recorded segment of five
minutes or less.
¥ The first index mark on the tape when you start
searching from the beginning of the tape.
To Index Search
1. Insert the prerecorded tape and press STOP .
2. Press SEARCH on the remote to display the INDEX
SEARCH menu on the TV screen.
3. Press REW or FF on the remote to scan or enter the
number of index marks you want the VCR to search.
Press
CLEAR on the remote to correct an entry.
Once the index mark or marks is found, the tape will
begin playback.
4. Follow the directions on the screen.
Zero Search
The zero search feature allows the VCR to quickly return to a counter reading of 0:00:00
anywhere on the tape. This is especially convenient when you want to watch a segment
of the tape several times.
1. Insert the prerecorded tape.
2. Press DISPLAY twice to display only the time counter on
the TV screen.
3. Use PLAY, FF, or REW to advance to the place on the
tape where you want to return quickly.
4. Press CLEAR to reset the time counter to 0:00:00.
5. Continue playing the tape.
6. Press STOP .
7. Press SEARCH twice to display the ZERO SEARCH
menu on the TV screen.
8. Follow the directions on the screen.
Commercial Scan (SEARCH Button)
This is useful for scanning commercials or short program segments.
Press SEARCH during playback to advance the tape
approximately one minute or press SEARCH twice for two
minutes.
Playing a Tape
ZERO SEARCH
CURRENT TAPE COUNTER IS
2:17:25
PRESS REW TO GO TO
0:00:00
PRESS SEARCH TO EXIT
ZERO SEARCH
CURRENT TAPE COUNTER IS
-2:17:25
PRESS FF TO GO TO
0:00:00
PRESS SEARCH TO EXIT
INDEX SEARCH
PRESS REW OR FF
TO BEGIN SCANNING
OR
ENTER A SPECIFIC
INDEX NUMBER
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PRESS SEARCH TO EXIT
INDEX SEARCH
SEARCHING FOR
INDEX MARKS...
PRESS STOP TO CANCEL