References
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Questions & Answers About COMMERCIAL
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ADVANCE™
Question
Answer
Will commercials be scanned through only on
playback of recordings?
How fast does the COMMERCIALA
AADVANCE™
VCR scan through the commercial breaks?
Are commercials still recorded if I want to watch
them?
What if the VCR scans forward through part of my
program?
Once a recording has been marked, does
COMMERCIALA
AADVANCE™ work each time
the tape is played?
After marking commercials, is the tape left at the
beginning or end of the recording?
Does the marking process interfere with other
programmed recordings?
What happens if the marking process is interrupted?
Does COMMERCIALA
AADVANCE™ work in all
recording speeds?
Will COMMERCIALA
AADVANCE™ marked
recordings work in non-
COMMERCIALA
AADVANCE™ VCRs?
Yes. The VCR does not rewind and mark commercial segments until after
recording is finished.
In SLP tape speed, a 3-minute commercial break is scanned through in
approximately 8-12 seconds. In SP, it takes about 25-35 seconds.
Yes. The recorded program, including commercials, can be viewed by setting
the
CA Playback
feature to
MANUAL.
Simply rewind the tape to just before the skipped segment, and press
PLAY
to
view the program.
Yes. If the
CA Playback
feature is set to
AUTO,
the marked commercials
should be skipped each time the tape is played in a
COMMERCIAL
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A
ADVANCEª VCR.
The tape is left at the end of the recording so it is in position to begin
additional programmed recordings.
No. If two or more recordings are programmed together without sufficient
time to mark the first recording, marking will take place after all recordings
have completed.
Marking can be interrupted to allow use of the VCR. Marking will resume
again when the VCRÕs power is turned off as long as the tape has not been
ejected from the VCR.
Yes, COMMERCIAL
A
A
ADVANCEª works in SP, LP, and SLP.
A COMMERCIAL
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A
ADVANCEª marked recording will play in a non-
COMMERCIAL
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A
ADVANCEª VCR, but commercials will not automatically
be skipped.
