RCA VR688HF VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER
(160-0691)                 Questions and Answers      Faxback Doc. # 38329

Questions & Answers About COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE

Question                     Answer

Will commercials be          Yes.  The VCR does not rewind and mark
scanned through only on      commercial segments until after recording is
playback of recordings?      finished.

How fast does the            In SLP tape speed, a 3-minute commercial
COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE VCR     break is scanned through in approximately
scan through the commer-     8-12 seconds.  In SP, it takes about 25-35
cial breaks?                 seconds.

Are commercials still        Yes.  The recorded program, including
recorded if I want to        commercials, can be viewed by setting the CA
watch them?                  Playback feature to MANUAL.

What if the VCR scans        Simply rewind the tape to just before the
forward through part         skipped segment, and press PLAY to view the
of my program?               program.

Once a recording has been    Yes.  If the CA Playback feature is set to
marked, does COMMERCIAL->>   AUTO, the marked commercials should be
ADVANCE work each time       skipped each time the tape is played in a
the tape is played?          COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE VCR.

After marking commercials,   The tape is left at the end of the recording
is the tape left at the      so it is in position to begin additional
beginning or end of the      programmed recordings.
recording?

Does the marking process     No.  If two or more recordings are programmed
interfere with other         together without sufficient time to mark the
programmed recordings?       first recording, marking will take place after
                             all recordings have completed.

What happens if the          Marking can be interrupted to allow use of
markings process is          the VCR.  Marking will resume again when the
interrupted?                 VCR's power is turned off as long as the tape
                             has not been ejected from the VCR.

Does COMMERCIAL->>           Yes.  COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE works in SP, LP,
ADVANCE work in all          and SLP.
recording speeds?

Will COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE    A COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE marked recording will
marked recordings work in    play in a non-COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE VCR, but
non-COMMERCIAL->>ADVANCE     commercials will not automatically be skipped.
VCRs?                        



(br/EB 12/31/96)

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