Power Switch
Lock Button
Stop Button (5)
BLANK SEARCH Button
Display
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BLANK SEARCH
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Blank Search
Helps you find where you should start recording in the middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption
( pg. 23).
1 Load a tape ( pg. 12) and set the Power Switch to
“ 
” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
2 Press BLANK SEARCH.
•“BLANK SEARCH” appears blinking and the camcorder automatically starts reverse or forward shuttle search, then stops at the spot which is about 3 seconds of tape before the beginning of the detected blank portion.
To cancel Blank Search midway . . .
.... press 5.
NOTES:
●In step 2, if the current position is at a blank portion the camcorder searches in the reverse direction, and if the current position is at a recorded portion the camcorder searches in the forward direction.
●Blank Search does not work if “HEAD CLEANING REQUIRED. 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 cannot 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.