Recording Start/Stop Button
IND. ON/OFF Button
Tape remaining time indicator
25 min 
min
(Now calculating)
90min
89min
3min
2min
(Blinking)
1min
(Blinking)
0min
(Blinking)
EN15
4 STOP RECORDING
Press the Recording Start/Stop Button again to stop recording.
•The camcorder
NOTES:
●The image will not appear simultaneously in the LCD monitor and the viewfinder. No image appears on the LCD monitor when the viewfinder is pulled out. It is not
possible to shoot using both LCD monitor and view- finder. However, during Interface Shooting (☞ pg. 17) the image appears simultaneously in the LCD monitor and the viewfinder.
●The cassette holder cannot be opened unless a power supply is attached.
●There may be a delay after you open the cassette cover until the holder opens. Do not use force.
●The tape remaining time is only displayed in the viewfinder as shown.
●The indicated tape remaining time is approximate.
●The time required to calculate and to display the remaining tape length, and the accuracy of the calcula- tion, may vary according to the type of tape used.
●“TAPE END” appears when the tape reaches its end, and the power goes off automatically if left in this condition for 5 minutes. “TAPE END” also appears when a cassette whose tape is already at its end is loaded.
●If the
●When a blank portion is left between recorded scenes on the tape, the time code is interrupted and errors may occur when editing the tape. Continue recording from
where you stop so that there are no gaps by following “Recording from the middle of a tape” (☞ pg. 19).
●During recording, sound is not heard from the speaker. If you want to hear the sound, connect optional head- phones to the headphones connector. The sound volume at this point is the same as the level it was adjusted during playback.
●To turn the tally lamp off during recording, refer to pgs. 28 and 30.
LCD Monitor/Viewfinder Indications
You can make the LCD monitor/Viewfinder indications appear/disappear.
1 PRESS IND. ON/OFF BUTTON
To turn off the indications, press IND. ON/OFF for more than 1 second.
Press again for more than 1 second to make the indications reappear.
NOTE:
It is impossible to make the tape running indicator “444” and warnings etc. disappear from the LCD monitor or the viewfinder. For the indications that can be removed,
☞pg. 74 and 75.