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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] button to start the index search. If
you want to search for the 2nd recorded programme in
forward direction, press the [INDEX]
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button 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] button.
To Find space to record
This function lets you search the position to record of the
tape.
Insert a recorded video cassette.
If a cassette is already in the VCR, press the [LIBRARY/
SEARCH] button.
– 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 [Cursor] buttons
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to select the [Find space to
record] indication and then press
the [LIBRARY/SEARCH] button
to start to search.
Hints:
– This function searches the end of the recorded position of
the last title on the Tape Library screen.
– Before start recording, make sure if the recording may start
from that position.
– This function may not work when the rest of the tape is
less.
– The [Find space to record] function may not work correctly
under the condition that the Library data is full.
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)
Insert a recorded video cassette.
If a cassette is already in the
VCR, press the [LIBRARY/
SEARCH] button.
– 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] button to
make it appear.
Press the [Cursor] buttons
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to select the [Intro-Jet
Scan] indication and then press the [LIBRARY/
SEARCH] button 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.
INDEX
LIBRARY/SEARCH
LIBRARY/SEARCH
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
LIBRARY/SEARCH
LIBRARY/SEARCH
LIBRARY/SEARCH
When you have found the programme that you want to
view, press the [Play] button to start normal playback.
To Cancel the Intro-Jet Scan or to Stop Playback
Press the [Stop] button.
Beginning of tape
Present tape position
Index signal
Programme 1
Programme 2
Programme 3
Rewinding
High-speed Playback
(Cue)
Fast-forwarding
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
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