Stop Button (5)

POWER Switch

Lock Button

MENU Wheel

Display

 

 

 

V I DEO

MENU

 

 

Menu Screen

 

1RETURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUND MODE

 

 

 

1 2B I T MODE

 

 

 

SYNCHRO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REC MODE

 

 

CANCE L

 

 

 

BLANK SRCH

 

 

 

 

AV / S – V I DEO

 

EXECUT E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BLANK SEARCH

EN37

Blank Search

Helps you find where you should start recording in the middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption ( pg. 18).

1 Load a tape ( pg. 10) 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:

●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 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.