GE VGN550 - Manual (Page 24)

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Using the Playback Features
Playing a Tape
DISPLAY Button
1. Press DISPLAY on the remote to display the
status of the VCR, channel number, time
counter, date, time, and tape speed on the TV
screen. The time 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
VCRÕs display panel.
3. Press DISPLAY again to remove the time
counter from the TV screen.
The time counter will remain in the VCRÕs
display panel and no status displays will
appear on the TV screen. This is convenient
for editing tapes.
4. Press DISPLAY again to return to the normal
status displays.
Turning off the VCR automatically returns
the displays to normal.
Time Counter
The time counter shows the actual 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. Press STOP.
Make sure the tape is rewound.
2. Press DISPLAY on the remote twice to
display only the time counter on the TV
screen.
3. Press CLEAR on the remote 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.
This is the approximate end of the program
and you can begin recording at this spot.
5. Press DISPLAY twice to remove the time
counter from the screen and return to the
normal displays.
CR
SEARCH
VOL VOL
MUTE
PREV CH
DISPLAY
INPUT
1
4
7
TV•VCR
3
6
9
2
5
8
0
CLEAR
SPEED
REW
PLAY
FF
STOP
PAUSE
REC
MENU
PROG *
POWER VCR1 SAT•C
ABLE
TV
VCR2•LD
AUX
CHAN
CHAN
TRACKING
3
4
SLOW –
+
JO
G SHUTT
LE
EDIT
0:30:00
STOP CH 05 0:30:00
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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