VIDEO DATA SYSTEM- the vcr`RDS`system by vps

[larschr]

Later we also had the "Show View" VCR programming system in Europe. Instead of programming the start- and stop time and date, each channel and each program had a code. To program the VCR you entered the station code followed by the program code, and that was it. The VCR would then "listen" to the station which would send out a signal corresponding to the program code when the program actually started. Very useful if the program was re-scheduled. As far as i remember it was not in any way dependent on the VCRs clock to work, but relied strictly on information sent out from the station (theoretically, at least).