Symphonic SC720FDF Owners Manual - Page 17

TV/VCR SECTION SPECIAL PLAYBACK / SEARCH FUNCTION PICTURE SEARCH This function is useful in finding or skipping over a particular scene on a TV/VCR tape. In this mode, the sound will be muted. 1 During playback, press [REV E] or [FWD D] to view at a high speed (in forward/reverse). 2 Press [REV E] or [FWD D] again to view at super high speed (in LP/SLP modes only). NOTE: • Tapes recorded in the SP or LP mode will normally display a noise bar on the TV screen and the picture may revert to black and white. 3 Press [PLAY B] to return to normal playback. TIME SEARCH This function allows you to quickly TV/VCR advance the tape to your desired posi- tion simply by entering the exact amount of playback time you want to skip. In the example below: To watch a program before/ after 2 hour 50 minutes from the present position, in either direction. 1 Press [SET-UP]. Use [K / L] to point to "TIME SEARCH", then press [ENTER]. - TV/VCR SETUP - TIMER PROGRAMMING SETTING CLOCK CHANNEL SET UP USER'S SET UP V-CHIP SET UP LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] CAPTION [OFF] ZERO RETURN B TIME SEARCH INDEX SEARCH 2 Use [K / L] until your desired time appears. To cancel the Time Search at this point, press [SET-UP]. TIME SEARCH 2 : 50 NOTE: • Time Search can be set up to a maximum of 9 hours 50 minutes (9:50) by 10 minutes at a time. 3 Use [s / B] to rewind or fast forward to the specified point. The time counts down during the search. When the counter reaches "0:00:00", the tape will start playback automatically. TO CANCEL DURING TIME SEARCH Press [STOP/EJECT C/A] on the unit or [STOP C]. INDEX SEARCH This function allows you to index the TV/VCR starting point to make it easy to reach the point in either fast forward or rewind mode. • Every time you start recording, an index is marked automatically. The index mark also works as the starting point of Timer recording and OTR. • The index mark will not be recorded if [PAUSE F] is used during recording. • The time gap between making the index marks on the tape should be greater than 1 minute for SP recording, 2 minutes for LP recording and 3 minutes for SLP recording. • In some cases, the index mark at the beginning of video tape cannot be detected. Example: You are watching program number 4 and want to fast forward to program number 7. Skip three programs. CURRENT PLAYBACK PROGRAM Beginning of the tape End of the tape Pro.1 Pro.2 Pro.3 Pro.4 Pro.5 Pro.6 Pro.7 4321123 INDEX MARK 1 Press [SET-UP]. Use [K / L] to point to "INDEX SEARCH", then press [ENTER]. - TV/VCR SETUP - TIMER PROGRAMMING SETTING CLOCK CHANNEL SET UP USER'S SET UP V-CHIP SET UP LANGUAGE [ENGLISH] CAPTION [OFF] ZERO RETURN TIME SEARCH B INDEX SEARCH 2 Use [K / L] until the number of programs that you want to skip appears. INDEX SEARCH 0 3 3 Use [s / B]. The unit begins rewinding or fast forwarding to the beginning of desired program. 4 When the search is completed, the unit will start playback automatically. • The numbers of Index Search can be set up to 20. • This function is not available during recording. TO CANCEL DURING INDEX SEARCH Press [STOP/EJECT C/A] on the unit or [STOP C]. 17 EN