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You can quickly locate a desired section of a cassette with this feature.
Index Signal
An index signal is automatically recorded on a cassette at the start of
ordinary recording, simple recording timer and timer recording.
1 Insert a cassette containing index signals.
2 Select the index number of the desired program with
DPSS
/
.
• With each press of the button, the number changes. One of
19 programs can be selected in either direction (one of up to
38 programs).
(Example: DPSS 3=Third program after the current one.)
On the TV screen
DPSS 3
DPSS 2
3 Search starts immediately when you press DPSS
/
. (When
a signal is located, the displayed number decreases.)
4 When the selected section is found, playback begins automati-
cally.
• DPSS may not work if recordings are too close (within 3 minutes of
each other).
• Press ûPLAY or ËSTOP to cancel DPSS.
• If the tape reaches its end or beginning before locating the desired
point, DPSS is cancelled.
• DPSS may not function for damaged or worn tapes.
• DPSS cannot be used with tapes that contain no index signals.
• The starting point of a program may vary slightly.
• DPSS does not operate during the slow, record, timer stand-by, and
timer recording modes, or when there is no cassette loaded.
• Index signals for DPSS cannot be entered manually.
DPSS (Digital Program Search System)