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BLANK SEARCH
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POWER Switch
MENU
Wheel
Blank Search

Helps you find where you should start recording in the

middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption (墌 pg. 23).

1

Load a tape (墌 pg. 12) 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

Rotate the MENU wheel to select “BLANK SRCH”,

then press it. The Sub Menu appears.

5

Rotate the MENU wheel to select “EXECUTE”, then

press it.

•“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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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.

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Blank Search does not work if “HEAD CLEANING

REQUIRED. USE CLEANING CASSETTE” has appeared

with the tape.

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If the beginning or end of the tape is reached during

Blank Search, the camcorder stops automatically.

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A blank portion which is shorter than 5 seconds of tape

cannot be detected.

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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.

Lock Button
Display
Menu Screen
Stop Button (5)