Stop Button (5)
POWER Switch
Lock Button
MENU Wheel
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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. 21).
1 Load a tape ( pg. 10) and set the POWER Switch to
“” while pressing down the Lock Button located on the switch.
2 Press the MENU wheel. The Menu Screen appears.
3 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “ ”, then press it. “VIDEO MENU” appears.
4
5 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “EXECUTE”, then press it.
Display
V I DEO MENU
1RETURN
SOUND MODE ST EREO
1 2B I T MODE | SOUND | L |
SYNCHRO | SOUND | R |
REC MODE
BLANK SRCH CANCE L
COPY E X ECU T E AV / S – V I DEO
Menu Screen
GR-DVX10 only
•“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:
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BLANK SEARCH
●In step 5, 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.