Radio Shack 9" COLOR TV/VCR COMBO 36 - Manual (Page 26)

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Note: You do not see the tape’s picture or hear
the tape’s sound while you search the tape.
1. Press TIME SEARCH . TIME SEARCH ap-
pears.
Note: You can also select TIME SEARCH
from the main menu.
2. Repeatedly press PLAY/ s or STOP/ t to
select the desired amount of time you want
to search. For example, to search 2 hours
and 50 minutes of recorded material, press
either button until
2:50 appears on the
screen.
3. To select the search direction, press F.FWD/
or REW/ . The Model 36 searches the
tape in the direction you specified and
stops when the running time on the tape is
the same as the time you specified in Step
2.
As the Model 36 searches, the search time,
displayed under TIME SEARCH , counts up
or down.
4. To cancel a time search, press STOP .
USING AUTOMATIC REPEAT
PLAYBACK
Your Model 36 lets you automatically repeat
playback from the beginning to the end of a
tape, or from the beginning to a blank (unrecord-
ed) portion of a tape.
Notes:
• REPEAT PLAY does not appear when
RENTAL PLAY is set to ON . See “Improv-
ing Playback of Older (Worn) Tapes”.
• During automatic repeat playback, the
counter return function does not operate
(see “Using Counter Return” on Page 25).
TIME SEARCH
:
1. Press MENU . The main menu appears.
2. Press PLAY/ s or STOP/ t to select USER’S
SET UP , then press F.FWD/ . The user’s
set up menu appears.
3. Press PLAY/ s or STOP/ t to select REPEAT
PLAY .
4. Repeatedly press REW/ or F.FWD/
until ALL appears next to REPEAT PLAY
(to repeat playback from the beginning to
the end of the tape) or until
BLANK
appears (to repeat playback from the
beginning to a blank portion of at least 10
seconds in length).
5. Press MENU then PLAY to start automatic
repeat playback. REPEAT PLAY
appears.
6. To cancel automatic repeat playback,
repeat Steps 1–3, repeatedly press REW/
or F.FWD/ until OFF appears next to
REPEAT PLAY , then press MENU .
Notes:
• If you select ALL or BLANK , the Model 36
is set to automatic repeat playback even
after you turn off power. To turn off repeat
play, you must select
OFF in Step 4.
• During automatic repeat playback, none of
the buttons on the Model 36 work except
POWER and STOP/EJECT . Always remem-
ber to set REPEAT PLAY to OFF when you
do not want to use automatic repeat play-
back.
IMPROVING PLAYBACK OF
OLDER (WORN) TAPES
You can set the Model 36 so it reduces the on-
screen noise you might see when you play back
older, partially demagnetized tapes (such as
tapes that are played often, like rental videos).
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