
14 EN VIDEO PLAYBACK  | 
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MMENU/VOL.  | Shuttle Search | |
BLANK SEARCH  | Allows   | |
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  | playback.  | |
  | 1) During playback, press 5 for forward search, or  | |
  | 3 for reverse search.  | |
  | 2) To resume normal playback, press 4/9. | |
  | ● During playback, press and hold 5 or 3. The search  | |
  | continues as long as you hold the button. Once you release  | |
  | the button, normal playback resumes.  | |
  | ● A slight mosaic effect appears on the display during Shuttle  | |
  | Search. This is not a malfunction.  | |
  | ATTENTION:  | |
  | During Shuttle Search, parts of the  | |
Power Switch  | picture may not be clearly visible,  | |
Lock Button  | particularly on the left side of the  | |
screen.  | ||
VIDEO/MEMORY  | ||
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8  | 
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4/9  | Blank Search | |
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Helps you find where you should start recording in the middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption.
( pg. 13)
1 Load a cassette. ( pg. 10)
2 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.
3 Set the Power Switch to “PLAY” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
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  | 4 During Stop mode, press BLANK SEARCH.  | 
  | 3  | ● The “BLANK SEARCH” indication appears and the  | 
  | camcorder automatically starts reverse or forward search,  | |
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Speaker | 5  | then stops at the spot which is about 3 seconds of tape  | 
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before the beginning of the detected blank portion. ● To cancel Blank Search midway, press 8.

 Normal Playback
1 Load a cassette. ( pg. 10)
2 Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to “VIDEO”.
3 Set the Power Switch to “PLAY” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
4 To start playback, press 4/9.
5 To stop playback, press 8.
●During Stop mode, press 3 to rewind, or 5 to fast- forward the tape.
To control the speaker volume
Rotate the MMENU/VOL. Wheel towards “+” to turn up the volume, or towards 
NOTES:
●The playback picture can be viewed in the LCD monitor, viewfinder or on a connected TV. ( pg. 17)
●For other notes, pg. 39.
Still Playback
Pauses during video playback.
1)Press 4/9 during playback.
2)To resume normal playback, press 4/9 again.
●If still playback continues for more than about 3 minutes, the camcorder’s Stop mode is automatically engaged.
●When 4/9 is pressed, the image may not pause immediately while the camcorder stabilizes the still image.
NOTES:
●Before starting Blank Search, if the current position is at a blank portion, the camcorder searches in the reverse direction. If the current position is at a recorded portion, the camcorder searches in the forward direction.
●Blank Search does not work if “USE CLEANING CASSETTE” has appeared with the tape.
●If the beginning or end of the tape is reached during Blank Search, the camcorder stops automatically.
●A blank portion which is shorter than 5 seconds of tape may not be detected.
●The detected blank portion may be located between recorded scenes. Before you start recording, make sure there is no recorded scene after the blank portion.