Stop Button (5)
POWER Switch
Lock Button
MENU Wheel
EN39
Blank Search
Helps you find where you should start recording in the middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption ( pg. 20).
1 | Load a tape ( pg. 12) and set the POWER Switch to | ||
“ | PLAY/PC | ” while pressing down the Lock Button | |
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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.
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5 Rotate the MENU wheel to select “EXECUTE”, then press it.
Display
V I DEO MENU
1RE TURN
SOUND MODE
1 2B I T MODE
SYNCHRO REC MODE
BLANK SRCH CANCE L E X ECU T E
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Menu Screen
•“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:
● 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 |
BLANK SEARCH
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.
