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NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF PARTS
Front panel (continued)

d[HOLD] button

Pressing this button while stopped will engage
the time code and user’s bit PRESET mode.
(When TCG SELECT in the TC/UB/CLOCK [1/
2] Menu screen is set to PRESET)
In time code PRESET mode, press this button
to return to the normal display.
(XPage59 “Presetting the time code”)

e[MENU] button

If this button is pressed in the STOP/STILL
mode or when no cassette is loaded, the menu
is displayed on the monitor connected to the
video output terminal (LINE OUT, Y/C OUT,
COMPONENT OUT, or HDMI OUT terminal).
The counter display shows menu code num-
bers.
When the menu is displayed, press this button
to return to the normal display.
(XPage64 “Setting the menus”)

f[RESET] button

•To reset the CTL counter display to “00”,
press this button.
•If this button is pressed when the time code
preset screen is displayed, all the digits of
the time code or the user’s bit are reset to
“00”.
•When the Multi Cue-up screen is displayed,
press this button to clear the registered cue-
up points.

g[CUE UP] button

When the 7COUNTER switch is set to TC,
press this button to display the Multi Cue-up
screen on the monitor.
When the Multi-Cue-up screen is displayed,
press this button to start searching the
selected tape position.
(XPage56 “Multi cue-up”)

hSpecial functions/Setting buttons

The following buttons have different functions
depending on whether the normal screen or
the setting screen is displayed.
Setting screens:
Menu, Date/Time setting, Time code preset
and Multi Cue-up

[DISP/R] button

•Press this button during PLAY mode to dis-
play the video output format on the counter
display.
•During the STOP or REC mode, the audio
recording level is increased. (Pressing simul-
taneously with Qor Sbutton) (When “Q,
S” KEY FUNC. in the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu
screen is set to VAR/RECV)
(XPage44 “Adjusting audio recording
level”)
•When the setting screen is displayed, this
button is used to select the items or setting.
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[BLANK/P] button

•When BR-HD50 is in the STOP mode,
press this button to start blank search. It
searches the unrecorded part of the tape
and goes into the still mode.
(XPage54 “Blank search”)
•During the STOP or REC mode, the audio
recording level is decreased. (Pressing simul-
taneously with Qor Sbutton) (When “Q,
S” KEY FUNC. in the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu
screen is set to VAR/RECV)
(XPage44 “Adjusting audio recording
level”)
•When the setting screen is displayed, this
button is used to select the items or setting.

[SEARCH+/S] button

•During normal display, the function of this
button can be selected using “Q,S” KEY
FUNC. in the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu screen.
If it is set to VAR/RECV, the searching
speed increases if this button is pressed
during a search operation.
(XPage53 “Slow playback and Search
mode”)
If it is set to INDEX, press this button to
start forward index search. This function is
not effective during recording or recording
pause.
(XPage54 “Index search”)
•During the STOP or REC mode, CH2 is
selected as the channel for adjusting the
audio recording level. (When “Q,S” KEY
FUNC. in the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu screen is
set to VAR/RECV)
(XPage44 “Adjusting audio recording
level”)
•When the setting screen is displayed, this
button is used to select items or setting dig-
its.

[SEARCH–/Q] button

•During normal display, the function of this
button can be selected using “Q,S” KEY
FUNC. in the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu screen.
If it is set to VAR/RECV, the searching
speed decreases if this button is pressed
during a search operation.
(XPage53 “Slow playback and Search
mode”)
If it is set to INDEX, press this button to
start reverse index search. This function is
not effective during recording or recording
pause.
(XPage54 “Index search”)
•During the STOP or REC mode, CH1 is
selected as the channel for adjusting the
audio recording level. (When “Q,S” KEY
FUNC. in the SYSTEM [1/2] Menu screen is
set to VAR/RECV)
(XPage44 “Adjusting audio recording
level”)
•When the setting screen is displayed, this
button is used to return to the previous
menu or select setting digits.

[SET] button

•When the Menu screen, Date/Time setting
screen or the Multi Cue-up screen is dis-
played, press this button to confirm the set-
ting.
•In time code PRESET mode, press this but-
ton to preset the set time codes or user’s bit
to the time code generator.