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Search Functions
VISS=VHS Index Search System
• Each programme recorded on the tape must be at least
5 minutes long.
Insert a recorded video cassette.
As soon as the cassette is inserted, the Cassette Number
Check starts. Wait a few moments until it is completed.
(See page 9.)
Press the [INDEX]
(31)
to start the index search. If you want
to search for the 2nd recorded programme in forward
direction, press the [INDEX]
(31)
L
twice.
• The VCR fast-forwards or rewinds the tape and searches
for the specified index signal. When it has been found,
playback starts automatically.
To Cancel the Index Search or to Stop Playback
Press the [Stop]
(9)
.
To Find space to record
This function lets you search the position to record of the
tape.
1)
Insert a recorded video cassette.
If a cassette is already in the VCR, press the [LIBRARY/
SEARCH]
(4)
.
• As soon as the cassette is inserted, the Cassette
Number Check starts. Wait a few moments until it is
completed. (See page 9.)
2)
Press the [Cursor]
(38)
34
to
select the [Find space to record]
indication and then press the
[LIBRARY/SEARCH]
(4)
to start
to search.
Notes:
• Even after you have selected the [Find space to record] and the
VCR has located the tape position from which to make a new
recording we recommend you to confirm that this tape position is
really suitable, before you start recording.
• You cannot select the item [Find space to record] when there is
almost no space for recording on a videotape.
Intro-Jet Scan
This VCR automatically records special index signals on the
tape every time a recording starts. The Intro-Jet Scan
function makes use of these index signals to play back the
beginning of each programme recorded on the cassette one
after another at high speed.
This lets you quickly and easily check the contents of a
cassette and find a desired programme.
• Each programme recorded on the tape must be at least
15 minutes long. (25 minutes in the EP mode)
1)
Insert a recorded video cassette.
If a cassette is already in the
VCR, press the [LIBRARY/
SEARCH]
(4)
.
• As soon as the cassette is
inserted, the Cassette Number
Check starts. Wait a few
moments until it is completed.
(See page 9.)
• If the [Intro-Jet Scan] indication
does not appear on the TV
screen, press the [LIBRARY/
SEARCH]
(4)
to make it
appear.
2)
Press the [Cursor]
(38)
34
to select the [Intro-Jet Scan]
indication and then press the [LIBRARY/SEARCH]
(4)
to
start the Intro-Jet Scan.
• After rewinding the tape to the beginning, the VCR
plays it back at high speed for approximately
10 seconds. It then fast-forwards the tape to the next
tape position marked by an index signal (beginning of a
programme), and every time an index signal is found,
the VCR switches over to high-speed playback (Cue)
for about 10 seconds.
3)
When you have found the programme that you want to
view, press the [Play]
(26)
to start normal playback.
To Cancel the Intro-Jet Scan or to Stop Playback
Press the [Stop]
(9)
.
2 ZDF
(18:58) We 18.
0
4.01
5
Find space to record
6
5
Intro-Jet Scan
6
Title
Date
Panasonic VCR
Content of tape: 30
1/1
2 ZDF
(18:58) We 18.
0
4.01
5
Find space to record
6
5
Intro-Jet Scan
6
Title
Date
Panasonic VCR
Content of tape: 30
1/1
5
Intro-Jet Scan
6
Title
Date
Panasonic VCR
Content of tape: --
1/1
