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2-1 Front Panel
2 CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS1[OPERATE] button
Press to turn the operating mode ON/OFF. When this button
is ON, the OPERATE indicator t lights and the unit can be
operated. When a cassette is loaded, operating mode is
switched on and the OPERATE indicator lights automatically.
The OPERATE button does not completely shut off the
mains power to the unit, but switches the operating current
on and off.
2[EJECT] button
Press to eject the cassette.
* The cassette cannot be ejected during recording.
3[REC] indicator
This indicator lights during recording if menu switch <REC
TALLY> on the <F. DISP> screen is set to “ON”.
4Cassette loading slot
Insert a cassette in this slot. Use a VHS cassette tape.
5[REC CHECK] button
Use this button to check recording.
When pressed in the Record mode, the VCR will rewind the
tape for about 5 seconds of tape time and then play back
the rewound section in the 2H/6H mode to check recording
quality. Recording is resumed automatically after playback
at the point where recording was interrupted.
• If picture quality is judged to be inferior during recording
check, the heads are cleaned automatically and the error
code “E-09” is shown on the display for about 10 seconds.
Recording will continue regardless of the results of the
recording check.
6[STOP] button
Press this button to stop the tape.
7[REC] button
Press this button in the Stop mode to engage the Record mode.
8[REW] button
• Press this button to rewind the cassette.
• Starts reverse playback when pressed in the Play mode.
• Starts reverse alarm search or date/time search when
the Search mode is specified with the ^ [SEARCH] button.
• Also controls field-by-field playback in the reverse direction.
9[REVERSE] button
Starts reverse playback when pressed in any mode except
Record, Record-Pause and Record Check.
0[PAUSE] button
• Engages the Record-Pause mode when pressed in the
Record mode.
• Displays a still picture when pressed in the Play mode.
• Field advance or reverse playback is executed each time
the [FF] or [REW] button is pressed while pressing this
button in the Still mode. (When the [FF] or [REW] button
is pressed for more than 2 seconds, Continuous Field
Advance Playback mode is engaged. After about 3
minutes, the Stop mode is engaged.)
![PLAY] button
• Press to play back the tape.
• Press to engage the Record mode in the Rec-Pause
mode.
@[FF] button
•Press to fast-forward the tape.
• Starts fast-forward playback when pressed in the Play
mode.
• Starts forward alarm search or date/time search when the
Search mode is specified with the ^ [SEARCH] button.
• Also controls field-by-field playback in the forward direction.
#[TRACKING +/–] buttons
If picture noise appears during play or field advance, press
these buttons to adjust tracking so that noise is reduced.
When the [+] and [–] buttons are pressed simultaneously,
tracking is reset to the preset level.
$[V. LOCK +/–] buttons
Press to reduce vertical picture jitter in the Still, Field
Advance Playback and Linear Slow Timelapse Play modes.
%[TIMER] button
Normally use this button for timer recording. For details,
refer to “Timer Recording” on page 31.
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REC
REC STOP REC
CHECK EJECT OPERATE
REVERSE
FIELD REV FIELD ADV
REW PLAY
TRACKING TIMERSEARCH
RESET/
CANCEL
DISPLAY LOCK
HDR
CNT RESET MENU TIME MODE
SHIFT
ON SCREEN
OPERATE
V. LOCK
PAUSE FF
–+–+SET
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