16
Operation

Repeat playback

Setting the BEGIN point and END point Setting the repeat playback mode

Set the VTR to the menu mode.
(By setting the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch to
the MENU position.)
1Set the VTR to the menu mode.
(By setting the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch to
the MENU position.)
1
Select setup menu item No.160 (MEMORY
MODE), and select the repeat playback mode.
2
Set the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch to the
LOCAL or REMOTE position.
3
<Notes>
OThe images will deteriorate when the same tape is
played back in the repeat playback mode over and
over again. After about 100 playback operations,
replace the tape with a new one.
OThe output image which appears when the tape
returns to the BEGIN point in the repeat playback
mode can be set using setup menu item No.163
(REPT MODE).
When “FREEZE” has been selected as the REPT
MODE setting and if the END point is set at the
tape end, the playback image will not freeze
properly. Set this point on a part of the tape where
images have been recorded.
OIf the counter display mode (TC or CTL) established
when the mode setting was selected by setup menu
item No.161 (BGN PRESET) or No.162 (END
PRESET) and the counter display mode (TC or
CTL) for repeat playback do not match, the
REPEAT lamp flashes, and the repeat playback
operation is not performed.
Select setup menu item No.161 (BGN
PRESET) or No.162 (END PRESET), and press
the DATA+ button (PAUSE/STILL button) or
DATA– button (PLAY button).
<Note>
A setting or no setting can be selected by
operating the DATA+ and DATA– buttons.
“--:--:--:--” appears on the display with no setting.
When repeat playback is performed in this status,
the beginning of the tape serves as the BEGIN
point and its end serves as the END point.
2
Use the COUNTER button to select TC or CTL.
<Note>
The display is reset to 00:00:00:00 when the
RESET button is pressed.
3
Select the digit (indicated by the flashing
display) to be changed using the UP button
(FF button) or DOWN button (STOP button).
The frame digits cannot be selected. “00” is
displayed for the frame at all times.
4
The value is changed by the DATA+ button
(PAUSE/STILL button) and DATA– button
(PLAY button).
5
Upon completion of the setting, press the SET
button (REC button).
The setting is now stored in the memory.
<Note>
If the MODE button (SEARCH button) is pressed
without pressing the SET button upon completion
of the setting, the setting will not be stored in the
memory, and the status existing prior to the
setting will be restored.
6
Set the LOCAL/MENU/REMOTE switch to the
LOCAL or REMOTE position.
7
Setting Operation
OFF Normal operation
M-STOP The tape stops near the BEGIN point when it is
fast forwarded or rewound.
REPT1 When the tape is played back to the END point, it
is rewound to the BEGIN point where it stops.
CONT When the tape is played back to the END point, it
is rewound to the BEGIN point and played back
again, and this process is repeated.