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Controls and Their Functions
Front panel
POWER switch
When the ON side is pressed, the power is turned on, and the counter display area lights.
Cassette slot
Anews gathering cassette,
EJECT button
When this is pressed, the tape is unloaded, and several seconds later the cassette is automatically ejected.
When the counter display area shows the CTL display, the display is now reset.
REC/REC INH lamp
REC: This lights during recording.
REC INH: This lights when the cassette has been set to the accidental erasure prevention status.
It also lights when REC INHIBIT has been set to ON on the setup menu.
In this status, recording is not possible.
REMOTE lamp
This lights when the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch has been set to the REMOTE position.
WIDE lamp
This lights in the 16:9 wide screen mode.
REPEAT lamp
This lights during repeat playback.
SERVO lamp
This lights when the drum servo and capstan servo are locked.
Channel condition lamps | blue | red) in |
One of these lamps lights (green | ||
accordance with the status of the error rates. |
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Green: This lights when the error rates for the video and audio playback signals are both satisfactory.
Blue: This lights when the error rate for either the video or audio playback signals has deteriorated. The playback picture is still normal even while this lamp is lighted.
Red: This lights when either the video or audio playback signals are corrected or interpolated.
Level meter
This displays the audio signal levels.
The input audio signal levels are displayed during recording and
“Cassette loaded” display lamp
This lights when a cassette has been loaded into the unit.
Counter display area
The TC and CTL counts,
LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch
This is operated when menu settings are to be performed or when the unit is to be controlled from a remote location.
LOCAL: For controlling the unit using the controls on the unit’s operation panel.
MENU: For setting the
REMOTE: For controlling the unit with an
INPUT SELECT switch
This is used to select the input signals.
LINE: For recording signals which have been supplied to the video signal input connector.
OPTION: For supplying video and audio signals from an optional board and recording them.
BEGIN button
This sets the repeat playback start point, and it displays the currently entered start point.
END button
This sets the repeat playback end point, and it displays the currently entered end point.
CH3/CH4 lamp
This lights during DV format playback when the audio signals have been set in CH3 and CH4.
AUDIO OUT SELECT button
This selects the audio signals which are to be output.
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