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Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder
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Time Lapse Video Cassette Recorder
Normal Recording Normal Recording
1 Turn the power on to all devices used.
2 Load a cassette tape with erasure prevention tab in
place.
3 Press the REC/PLAY SPEED (or ) button to set
the recording speed.
• The recording speed is displayed on-screen and on the
display panel.
• If you don’t want to record the recording speed,
counter, title, time, date etc, press the DISPLAY button,
then start recording.
4 Press the REC button.
• The “REC” indicator is displayed on the display panel
and recording starts.
5 To stop recording, press the STOP button.
✔
• If the Repeat Rec Set is set
to “NO” in the REC
MODE SET menu ,
recording will continue to
the end of the tape, then
stop and the tape will be
ejected.
✔
• A tape recorded on this
VCR cannot be played
back on another make of
time lapse VCR.
• If you press on the REC
button and the loaded
cassette has no erasure-
prevention tab, the VCR
will eject the cassette.
• During recording, the
Menu button will not
function (the menu cannot
be accessed).
Record Pause
Recording can be interrupted temporarily.
1 Press the PAUSE/STILL button during recording.
• The “REC” and “ ” indicators are displayed on the
display panel.
2 To resume recording, press the REC button, or press
the PAUSE/STILL button again.
✎ (SP) means to be recorded by SP heads.
(EP) means to be recorded by EP heads.
✔
• During pause, the image
appears on screen but it is
not recorded.
• If a recording pause
continues for 5 minutes or
more, the VCR will go into
stop mode to avoid
damage to the tape.
✔
• If you playback the
recorded part where
recording check was
performed, noise may
appear.
• If you change the
recording speed during
recording, noise or
missing signal may result.
<Recording Speed>
3(SP) 3 1/50 Sec 50
6(LP) 6 1/50 Sec 50 YES Continuous
18(LP) 18 3/50 Sec 16.67
30(LP) 30 5/50 Sec 10
48(SP) 48 16/50 Sec 3.13
72(SP) 72 0.48 2.08
168(SP) 168 1.12 0.89
240(SP) 240 1.6 0.62 NO Intermittent
480(SP) 480 3.2 0.31
720(SP) 720 4.8 0.20
960(SP) 960 6.4 0.15
Recording
Speeds &
Duration
Recording
Duration
E-180
Recording
Intervals
Rec.
Fields
/ Sec.
Audio
Record-
ing
Tape Motion