GE VG4252 - Manual (Page 18)

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Playing a Tape
Commercial Scan (SEARCH Button)
This is useful for scanning commercials or short program segments.
1 . Press SEARCH once during playback to advance
the tape approximately 60 seconds.
2 . Press SEARCH twice during playback to advance the
tape approximately 120 seconds.
Index Search
The VCR has a “VHS Index Search System” 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 are found, the tape
begins playback.
4. Follow the directions on the screen.
Go-To Search
The VCR searches for the time counter reading you enter and automatically begins
playing back the tape.
1. Insert the prerecorded tape and press STOP .
2. Press SEARCH on the remote twice to display the
GO-TO SEARCH menu on the TV screen.
3. Enter the hour(s) and minute(s) of the time counter
reading you want the VCR to search.
Press
CLEAR on the remote to correct an entry.
4. Press REW or FF on the remote to search.
5. Press STOP to stop Go-To Searching.
GO-TO SEARCH
Current tape counter is
2:17:25
Press REW or FF to go to
-:--:00
Press SEARCH to exit
INDEX SEARCH
Press REW or FF
to begin scanning
OR
Enter a specific
Index number
--
Press SEARCH to exit
INDEX SEARCH
Searching for
index marks...
Press STOP to cancel
Using the Playback Features