PANASONIC PVV4623S
Owner's Manual

Tape Operation
marks start and end points of commercials within recordings over 15 minutes long. The VCR automatically advances through marked commercials at high speed. Or, you may set to manual. Because stations broadcast differently, the effectiveness of this feature may vary. See bottom of page for answers to commonly asked questions about this feature.

Tape Operation
Playback
marked recordings can be played back so that commercial blocks are advanced through automatically or manually.

Playback
helps you locate certain parts of prerecorded movies (rented or purchased). The feature works in two ways. � You can go to the beginning of the movie. � You can skip from one preview to the next. works only on tapes recorded in SP speed with the record tab removed.

To Search for Preview.
You can override the operation of SEARCH FOR PREVIEWS mode by pressing SEARCH/ M/A SKIP during tape searching. works by searching the tape past each preview and then reversing back to the start of the detected preview. While the tape is reversing back, if SEARCH/ M/A SKIP is pressed, will begin searching for the next preview. While searching for the next preview, if you see the start of a preview which you wish to watch, press SEARCH/ M/A SKIP and will immediately reverse back to the start of that preview, instead of searching further past the preview start point. Once the VCR is playing a preview, press SEARCH/ M/A SKIP to advance to the next preview, long commercial or the start of the movie (whichever is next).

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VCR C / A CLOCK CH REPEAT PLAY : OFF REMOTE WARNING : ON AUTO SHUT- OFF : OFF AUTO VCR/TV : ON
IDIOMA/LANGUE : ENGLISH VCR� S OUTPUT CH : 3 SELECT : EXIT : ACT I ON

Press ACTION to display MENU.

Marking
With C/A RECORD: ON, the VCR auto rewinds after a recording is made and marks start and end points of all detected commercial blocks. After marking, the tape is returned to end of recording. Commercials are not erased.

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VCR

C/A

CLOCK

CH

SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV. C/A RECORD :ON C/A PLAYBACK :AUTO

Press to select C/A and display SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV.

1 Insert a tape without record tab. 2 Press SEARCH/ M/A SKIP to display
INDEX SEARCH PROG. END MOVIE ENTER INDEX NUMBER :1 USING 1- 9 KEYS FORWARD SEARCH :FF REVERSE SEARCH :REW NEXT :SEARCH M/A SK I P EXIT :STOP

SEARCH.

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VCR C / A CLOCK CH REPEAT PLAY : OFF REMOTE WARNING : ON AUTO SHUT- OFF : OFF AUTO VCR/TV : ON IDIOMA/LANGUE : ENGLISH VCR� S OUTPUT CH : 3
SELECT : EXIT : ACT I ON

Press ACTION* to display MENU.

SELECT : EXIT : ACT I ON

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VCR C/A CLOCK CH SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV. C/A RECORD :ON C/A PLAYBACK :AUTO

PLAYBACK and press to set �AUTO� or �MANUAL�.

Press

to select C/A

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INDEX

SEARCH PROG. END

MOVIE

GO TO START MOVIE GO TO PREVIEW SEARCH START : FF SELECT : EXIT : SEARCH M/A SK I P

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VCR

SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV. C/A RECORD :ON C/A PLAYBACK :AUTO C/A CLOCK

CH

Press to select C/A and display SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV.

SELECT : SET : EXIT : ACT I ON

Press SEARCH/ M/A SKIP twice to select MOVIE and press to select GO TO START MOVIE or GO TO PREVIEW.

SELECT : EXIT : ACT I ON

AUTO : VCR will automatically advance through marked commercial blocks recorded on the tape and then resume playback. MANUAL : VCR will advance through commercials only when CA/ZERO is pressed. Playback will resume when the end mark of a commercial block is found, or a new recording or blank portion is detected, or after 8 minutes.

Select �GO TO START MOVIE,� if you want to advance directly to beginning of the movie. � continue with step 4. Select �GO TO PREVIEW,� if you want to view the first (next) preview. � go to �To Search for Preview� at right.

1 Start preview searching.
1) In step 3 at left, select Go To PREVIEW. 2) Press FF. � If you want to playback, press PLAY.

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VCR C/A CLOCK CH SET UP COMMERCIAL ADV. C/A RECORD :ON C/A PLAYBACK :AUTO

Press to select C/A RECORD and press to set �ON� or �OFF�.

4

INDEX

SEARCH PROG. END

MOVIE

Press FF to start searching. � To cancel, press STOP.

SELECT : SET : EXIT : ACT I ON

SEARCHING FOR START OF MOVIE

When a preview is detected, VCR will start playback.

ON : Timer recording and One Touch recordings are marked automatically.
THE VCR IS WAITING TO MARK COMMERCIALS IN THE PROGRAM YOU RECORDED. MARKING NOW : PRESS 1 LATER : PRESS 2 CANCEL : PRESS ACTION

4 Press ACTION again to return to normal screen.
CANCEL : STOP

2 Start next preview searching.
Press SEARCH/ M/A SKIP. � To cancel, press STOP.

� When timer is used to record two consecutive shows (same channel), greater accuracy can be obtained by programming each show separately.

When the movie is found...
Notes � The mode set in step 3 remains unless a power outage occurs in which case the factory setting will be restored. � If playback is started in the middle of a commercial, only a single commercial is shown, or a single commercial is longer than 1 minute, a commercial may not be skipped. Press FF to quickly advance through the commercial. � Part of a recorded program may be skipped over if the program portion between commercials is less than one minute or there are frequent dark and quiet scenes in the program. To correct, press PLAY during the skip, rewind tape to just prior to where skipping started, then press PLAY again for normal playback. When the end of the commercials is detected, auto advance will resume.
are answered below.

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INDEX

SEARCH PROG. END

MOVIE

THE MOV I E I S READY START : PLAY CANCEL : STOP

Press PLAY to start playback. � To cancel, press STOP.

When STOP is pressed during normal recording, press : a) 1 key (NOW) � to mark now. �NOW MARKING COMMERCIALS� appears. b) 2 key (LATER) � to mark after power is turned off. (If tape is rewound and another recording is started before power is turned off, correct marking may not occur. c) ACTION (CANCEL) � marking is canceled. OFF : The VCR will not mark commercials. Select when editing or dubbing a tape, or when opting not to use this feature.

4 Press ACTION again to return to normal screen.
The most commonly asked questions about

Question
How fast does the VCR advance through commercials?

Answer
The VCR advances through a 3-minute commercial block in about 8 to 12 seconds if the tape speed is SLP. In SP, it takes about 25 to 35 seconds.

Are commercials advanced through only when I Yes. The commercials are not marked until after the recording is playback a recording? finished. Are commercials still recorded on the tape in case I choose to view them sometime? Does speeds? work in all recording Yes. By setting the C/A PLAYBACK to MANUAL, see top of this page, you can view or advance through commercials as desired. Yes. works in SP, LP, and SLP.

Does the VCR advance through commercials each time I playback tapes which were recorded using ?

Yes. As long as C/A PLAYBACK is set to AUTO, see top of this page, the VCR should advance through commercials each time the tape is played back.

After marking commercials, does the VCR stop at The tape stops at the end of the recording so that any additional the end of the tape, or rewind to the beginning? timer recordings can be performed. Can I play my nonrecordings in VCRs? Yes. marked recordings will play in nonVCRs, but commercials will not be advanced through.

Does the marking process interfere with other programmed recordings? What happens if I cancel the marking in progress so I can use the VCR?

No. If the interval between 2 or more timer programs is not sufficient to mark the recording, marking will be done after all recordings are complete and the power goes off. Marking will be resumed when the VCR's power is turned off as long as the tape has not been ejected.

What if part of my program is advanced through Please see the 3rd note on top of this page. along with the commercials? Additional Notes: � Because of the various ways in which commercials are broadcast, the VCR may not be able to recognize all commercials. � If a timer recording is scheduled for the middle of the night, please be aware that the VCR will make some noise as it rewinds and fast forwards the tape while marking commercials. and are registered trademarks of SRT, Inc. A Jerry lggulden invention licensed in association with Arthur D. Little Enterprises, Inc. U.S.Pat. No. 5,333,091; 5,692,093; 5,696,866 other patents pending

� Tape Operation
*Important: If a remote control button does not work when pressed, press the VCR button on the remote and try the button again. -7-

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