Sony SVT-S480ES User Manual

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Turn on the power of the equipment to be used.

Press MENU and MENU V until “4” of the MAIN
MENU flashes on the monitor screen.

Press MENU B.
The GENERAL SET menu appears.

Press MENU V to move the flashing to the setting
of TAPE USED COUNT and set to ON by pressing
MENU + or –.

ON: when the tape is inserted, the VCR

automatically rewinds the tape and the number
of times the tape has been recorded will appear
in the display window. While the VCR is
rewinding the tape, “<T-USED COUNT>”
flashes on the monitor screen.

OFF: the VCR does not check the number of times

the tape was recorded, does not record it on the
beginning of the tape, does not display it in the
display window (the VCR does not
automatically rewind the tape to the beginning).

GENERAL  SET

TAPE
TAPE  IN
TAPE  END

MODE
MODE

TAPE  USED  COUNT
CLOCK  ADJUST
APC
THREAD CHECK

STOP
REW
ON
0 1 : 0 0
ON
ON

T – 1 2 0

REC  MODE

S P

You can check how many times the tape has been used
(recorded) in the GENERAL SET menu. The number
of times will be displayed in the display window and
recorded on the beginning of the tape at the same time.

Press SEARCH/AUDIO ON to return to the
normal display.

Press MENU again.

Press MENU V until “NEXT PUSH B” flashes and
press MENU B.

• While recording of the TAPE USED COUNT is in

progress,  the REC indicator lights in the display window.

• When TAPE USED COUNT mode is set to ON, the VCR

will record the number of times the tape was used on the
beginning of the tape when you stop recording and press
REW m.
When you stop recording and eject the tape, the VCR does
not count it as a time used.

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