GE VG4252 User Manual

This is useful for scanning commercials or short program segments.  

1

. Press SEARCH once during playback to advance 

the tape approximately 60 seconds. 

2

. Press SEARCH twice during playback to advance the

tape approximately 120 seconds.

The VCR has a “VHS Index Search System” that automatically records an index mark on
the tape every time you begin recording a program.  Your VCR has two index playback
features. To locate the program you want to play, select a specific index number or search
by scanning.

Some index marks may be missed by the VCR.

•

A mark too close to the current location on the tape.

•

The mark at the beginning of a recorded segment of five
minutes or less.

•

The first index mark on the tape when you start
searching from the beginning of the tape.

1.

Insert the prerecorded tape and press 

STOP

. 

2.

Press 

SEARCH 

on the remote to display the 

INDEX

SEARCH

menu on the TV screen.

3.

Press 

REW

or 

FF

on the remote to scan or enter the

number of index marks you want the VCR to search.
Press 

CLEAR 

on the remote to correct an entry.

Once the index mark or marks are found, the tape
begins playback.

4.

Follow the directions on the screen.

The VCR searches for the time counter reading you enter and automatically begins
playing back the tape.

1.

Insert the prerecorded tape and press 

STOP

. 

2.

Press 

SEARCH 

on the remote twice to display the

GO-TO SEARCH

menu on the TV screen.

3.

Enter the hour(s) and minute(s) of the time counter
reading you want the VCR to search.
Press 

CLEAR 

on the remote to correct an entry.

4.

Press 

REW

or 

FF

on the remote to search.

5.

Press

STOP

to stop Go-To Searching.

GO-TO SEARCH

Current tape counter is

2:17:25

Press REW or FF to go to

-:--:00

Press SEARCH to exit  

INDEX SEARCH

Press REW or FF
to begin scanning

OR

Enter a specific
Index number

--

Press SEARCH to exit

INDEX SEARCH

Searching for
index marks...

Press STOP to cancel