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Recording Mode Setting

(cont.)

System

Select Switch

Select Wheel

SP/EP Recording

Mode Button

 

Set depending on your preference.

 

Set the System Select Switch to “VIDEO”, then set the

 

1 Power Switch to “AUTO” or “PRO.”. Press SP/EP for

 

more than 1 second. “SP” (Standard Play) provides

 

higher picture and sound quality and is better for

 

dubbing, while “EP” (Extended Play) is more

 

economical, providing three times the recording time.

 

NOTE:

Power Switch

If the recording mode is switched during recording, the

playback picture will be blurred at the switching point.

MENU Button

Viewfinder

 

SP

T 3 0

Tape length indicator

 

 

 

 

Recording mode

 

 

indicator

Display

 

T EL E MACRO

OF F

 

TAPE L ENGTH

T 3 0

Menu Screen

P I CTURE

S TANDARD

 

SNAPSHOT

FUL L

 

4RE TURN

 

 

TAPE L ENGTH

TAPE LENGTH

T 2 0

 

Setting Menu

T 3 0

 

 

T 3 5

T 4 0

EX I T

T EL E MACRO OF

Tape Length Setting

Set the tape length according to the length of the tape used.

1 Set the Power Switch to “PRO.”, then press MENU.

2 Rotate the Select Wheel to move the highlight bar to “TAPE LENGTH”, then press it. The TAPE LENGTH Setting Menu appears.

3 Rotate the Select Wheel to move the highlight bar to the correct tape length setting. T20=20 minutes of recording time, T30=30 minutes, T35=35 minutes, and T40=40 minutes (in SP).

•To return to the previous setting, rotate the Select Wheel to move the highlight bar to “EXIT”.

4 Press the Select Wheel. The Menu Screen reappears with the highlight bar on “RETURN”. Press the Select Wheel again to close the Menu Screen.

NOTE:

TAPE L ENGTH

T 4 0

P I CTURE

S TANDARD

SNAPSHOT

FUL L

4RE TURN

 

The tape remaining time (pg. 18) displayed in the viewfinder is correct only if the correct tape length has been selected.

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JVC GR-SXM920 specifications EN Getting Started, Recording Mode Setting, Set depending on your preference

GR-SXM920 specifications

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