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4. Press
. You see:
5. Repeatedly press
or
to highlight
C/A
RECORD
, then press
to select
ON
or
OFF
.
ON
— With this setting, when you press
STOP
to end a recording, the VCR asks
you if you want it to mark commercials
when you stop recording or turn the VCR
off.
OFF
— The VCR does not mark commer-
cials.
6. When you finish setting up Commercial
Advance, press
MENU/ACTION
twice.
Notes:
• When recording ends, it takes several min-
utes for the VCR to mark the recording.
• The VCR marks commercials in a timer
recording after the recording stops (see
“Automatic Timer Recording” on Page 35).
• If the interval between two timer recordings
is not long enough to allow commercial
marking, the VCR waits until after the next
timer recording.
• The VCR can store up to eight timer
recording settings and 45 commercial loca-
tions in memory at one time. When the
memory becomes full, the remaining com-
mercials are not marked.
• The Commercial Advance feature setting
returns to
OFF
if there is a power failure.
• If you rewind the tape and start another
recording before power is turned off, com-
mercials might not be correctly marked.
Selecting a Commercial Advance
Tape Playback Option
Follow these steps to select how the VCR op-
erates when you play any marked tape.
1. Press
MENU/ACTION
to display the main
menu.
2. Repeatedly press
or
to highlight
SET
UP
FEATURE
, then press
.
3. Repeatedly press
or
to highlight
SET
UP
COMMERCIAL
ADV.
, then
press .
4. Repeatedly press
or
to highlight
C/A
PLAYBACK
, then press
to select
AUTO
or
MANUAL
.
AUTO
— The VCR automatically skips
marked commercial blocks.
MANUAL
— The VCR skips commercials
only when you press
C/A SKIP/ZERO
during
playback.
5. When you finish, press
MENU/ACTION
three times to exit.
Questions and Answers about
Commercial Advance
Questions and Answers about Commercial Ad-
vance
SET UP COMMERC I AL ADV.
C / A RECORD
: ON
C / A PLAYBACK : AUTO
SET : KEY
SELECT : KEY
END : ACT I ON KEY
Question
Answer
How fast does the
VCR advance through
commercials?
The VCR advances
through 3 minutes of
commercials in about
8 to 12 seconds if the
tape speed is SLP
(see “Recording
Speeds/Tape Selec-
tion” on Page 33). If it
is SP, it takes about
25 to 35 seconds.
Are commercials still
recorded on the tape?
Yes.
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