[SEARCH–] /  button

•During playback, STILL mode or variable speed playback in the forward direction, press this button to slow down the playback speed.

•During reverse playback or variable speed playback in the reverse direction, press this

button to speed up the playback speed. (☞ page 46)

•When the menu is displayed, use this but- ton to select the menu items or setting val- ues.

 [P] / button

•During reverse payback/ variable-speed playback, press this button to execute for- ward playback.

•When the menu is displayed, use this but- ton to display the selected menu items. During date/time or time code setup, press this button to move the cursor to the right.

[p] / button

•During forward playback/ variable-speed playback, press this button to execute re- verse playback.

•When the menu is displayed, press this button to display the previous menu. During date/time or time code setup, press this button to move the cursor to the left.

SET button

During menu display, press this button to confirm the menu items or setting values.

0[A. DUB] button

Press this button to perform audio dubbing (af- ter-recording). (☞ Page 39, “Audio dubbing”)

![PAUSE] button

During recording, audio dubbing or playback, press this button to pause recording or enter the STILL mode.

If this button is pressed in the STOP mode, the STILL mode will be engaged.

@[REC] button

●Hold down this button and press the PLAY button to begin recording.

●During recording, press this button to record an index on the tape. (when the INDEX WRITE item of the SYSTEM menu is set to ON)

●When the unit enters the STOP mode, hold- ing this button down will enable you to check the value of the time code generator.

#[F. ADV] button

Each time this button is pressed in the STILL mode, the image is advanced one frame. When holding down this button, the image is advanced continuously frame by frame.

$[F. REV] button

Each time this button is pressed in the STILL mode, the image is reversed one frame. When holding down this button, the image is reversed continuously frame by frame.

Memo

The image of frame advance playback or frame reverse playback can be selected with the STL/ F.ADV MODE item of the SYSTEM menu or the STILL MODE button on the wireless remote con- troller.

%[INDEX+] button

Press this button to perform an index search in the forward direction. (☞ Page 47)

^[INDEX–] button

Press this button to perform an index search in the reverse direction. (☞ Page 47)

&Operation buttons

 [PLAY] ( ) button

•Press this button to play back.

•Press this button to resume recording from the PAUSE mode.

 [FF] (

) button

•Press this button to fast-forward the tape when the unit is in the STOP mode.

•Press this button to execute fast-forward playback in the PLAY or STILL mode.

[REW] ( ) button

•Press this button to rewind the tape when the unit is in the STOP mode.

•Press this button to execute reverse play- back in the PLAY or STILL mode.

[STOP] (  ) button

•Press this button to stop the tape.

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