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With these features you can quickly locate the desired section of the tape.
There are three kinds of APLD:
(A) Index Search
(B) Interval Search
(C) Counter Search
Select the best one according to your tape’s recorded contents. Perform all
settings using the remote control.
NOTES:
e The clock must be set to use the search mode.
® The start of the desired selection may be shifted slightly.
¢ Counter memory does not function during index search, interval search and
counter search.
e If after the SEARCH button is pressed, nothing is input within sixty
seconds, search is automatically cancelled.
Index Signal
The index signal is automatically recorded on the tape at the start of ordinary
recording, Simple Recording Timer and timer recording. It may also be input
by pressing the REC button during recording.
Current tape position
Index signals
(A) Index Search
This feature makes use of index signals to search out for a specified tape
segment and begin playback automatically.
Example: Begin playback of the sooed programme after the current one.
(7 ae iSoteve) ale ¢]cele| ecianigeloty lare(s) signal i is used to find : —
@ Press the remote control's
SEARCH button, putting the VCR
into index search mode. “01”
flashes.
@ Set the index number of the
desired programme using the @
or © button. (In this example, set
to “02”) “02” flashes.
© Press the FF button and index
search starts. (If searching for a
programme earlier than the cur-
rent one, press the REW button.)
@ When the desired index signal-
encoded section is found, play-
back begins automatically.
NOTES:
e Index search may not function asap if the index signals are too close
together (within 2 minutes of each other).
¢ Index search can be cancelled by pressing the PLAY or STOP button.
° If the tape reaches its end or is rewound completely before locating the
desired index signal, index search is cancelled.
¢ Index search may not function for damaged or worn tapes.
e If the SEARCH button is pressed again while setting up index search, the
search mode is cancelled.