NOTES:
Press +, ,FAR or NEAR to make “End” blink, then press MENU twice to return to the normal screen.
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INPUT CHARACTERS
3 Press +, ,FAR or NEAR to make the desired character blink, then press MENU. The selected characters appear at the bottom of the screen. Repeat as many times as desired (max. 18).
•To select the location of the next character, press +, ,FAR or NEAR to make the row of squares blink at the bottom of the screen, then press FAR or NEAR to move the blinking cursor underneath the desired location. Press + when you’re done, and the blinking cursor returns to the character grid.
END CHARACTER SETTING
ACCESS CHARACTER SET MENU
Turn the PROGRAM AE select dial to any position except AUTO LOCK, then press MENU.
1
2 Press + or to move the highlight bar to “Set Character”, then press NEAR. The Character Set menu appears.
Character Generator
You can enter an original title of up to 18 characters.
ACCESS MENU SCREEN

MENU

PROGRAM AE select dial

Gain Up

 

 

 

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Tele Macro

 

 

OFF

Interval Timer

 

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Rec Time

 

 

 

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Tally

 

 

 

 

ON

 

Set Character

 

 

 

 

Date/Time

 

 

 

 

 

END :MENU KEY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET : MENU KEY

 

 

 

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To erase a character you entered mistakenly, make “Clear” blink by pressing +, , FAR or NEAR, then press MENU. All characters are deleted at once. Or, to erase selected characters only, first move the blinking cursor to the character at the bottom row which you want to

replace, then press +, FAR or NEAR to highlight “ ” in the top left corner, and then press MENU.

To display the characters you have set — “Instant Title” (pg. 24) or “Date/Time/Character Insert”

(pg. 26).

Characters may be set only in the Record-Standby mode.

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Model GR-AX820 specifications

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