Parts and Their Functions

Front panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P

T W X

 

 

 

 

When the STOP button is pressed, the original picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and sound are restored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EJECT

 

During playback, search, fast forwarding or rewinding, the

POWER

OFF

 

 

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do not

without adapter

- cassette

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XL/L/M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

insert S-cassette

 

 

 

 

 

 

input signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE>

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH 1

2

3

L

R

6

9P

50P

CUE

RS-232C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

5

7

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH CONDITION

 

 

 

MONITOR

FULL/FINE

 

REMOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEADPHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the E-E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOME

 

RF1

RF2ASSEM

ADJUST

SHTL

JOG

VAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUSH-INTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO

UNITY

TC

CUE

 

 

 

 

 

mode while the button is held down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STAND BY

 

PLAYER

RECORDER

INPUT CHECK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSERT

REV

 

FWD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO

UNITY

DIAG

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ABC

DEF

GHI

 

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6

 

 

 

SERVO

REC INHIBIT

 

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHIFT

 

F1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO CH SELECT

 

 

7

 

8

9

 

 

 

A IN

A OUT

EDIT

 

PLAY

REC

 

 

 

 

 

No guarantees are made for the sound played back in the

 

CH

1 CH

5 CH 2

CH

6 CH 3

CH

7 CH

4

CH 8

 

WXYZ

 

PREVIEW/

PRE-

 

TRIM

REW

 

STOP

FF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUV

PQRS

 

 

REVIEW

EDIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JKL

MNO

 

 

ROLL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

5

6

BS

 

AUTO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

3

ENT

 

 

 

SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

search mode.

 

 

 

 

 

PUSH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCK

 

 

 

 

 

0

C

T

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FULL

REC

P8

REC

P8

REC

P8

REC

 

P8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FULL

 

 

Q R S V

 

UPLAY button

 

 

 

U

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press this button to start playback.

 

P TRIM buttons

 

 

 

When this button is pressed together with the REC

 

 

 

button, recording starts; when this button is pressed

These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the

 

 

together with the EDIT button during playback, manual

IN or OUT point.

 

 

 

editing starts.

 

 

By pressing the

i or j button while the IN button or OUT

 

However, manual editing will not be initiated if the servo

button is held down, the registered edit point can be

 

 

is not locked. W

hen only the PLAY

button is pressed

adjusted in 1-frame

increments. When the

i button is

 

during manual editing, editing is exited, and the playback

pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame;

 

 

mode is established.

 

 

conversely, when the

j button is pressed, it

is moved

 

 

 

 

back by one frame.

 

 

 

VREC button

 

 

The playback phase can be adjusted by pressing the

 

i

When this button is

pressed together with

the PLAY

or j button while holding down the PLAY button.

 

 

button, recording starts.

 

 

Q REW button

 

 

 

WSERVO lamp

 

 

When this button is pressed, the tape is rewound. The rewinding speed can be selected using setup menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).

This lamp lights when the drum servo or capstan servo locks.

RSTOP button

When this button is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and

if TAPE is selected as the

OUTPUT

 

 

F1setting on the

 

 

 

 

<HOME> menu, still pictures can be monitored. Even in the stop mode, the drum continues to rotate, and

the tape remains tightly wound around the drum. Therefore, when the VTR is left in the stop mode beyond

a specific period of time, it is automatically set to the standby OFF mode in order to protect the tape. The VTR is set to the stop mode immediately after the cassette has

been installed.

SFF button

When this button is pressed, the tape is fast forwarded. The fast forwarding speed can be selected using setup menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).

TEDIT button

This button is pressed together with the PLAY button during playback to initiate manual editing.

When the button is pressed in the stop mode, the input signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE> menu or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the E-E mode.

XREC INHIBIT lamp

This lights or goes off in accordance with the status of the

accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape

 

 

 

and the setting which has been

selected for

REC

 

 

 

 

F6

 

INH on the <HOME> menu. Recording onto the tape is

 

 

 

inhibited while the lamp is lighted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cassette tape’s

REC INH

 

REC INHIBIT

 

 

Description of

 

accidental erasure

 

 

 

 

menu setting

 

lamp status

 

 

operation

 

prevention tab status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording

__

 

Lighted*

 

 

All recording operations

 

disabled

 

(or blinks slowly).

 

 

are inhibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

Off

 

 

All recording operations

 

 

 

 

 

are permitted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALL

 

Lighted

 

 

All recording operations

 

 

 

 

 

are inhibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording operations

 

 

PRE

 

Blinks rapidly

 

 

involving the overwriting

 

Recording

 

 

 

of existing material are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

enabled

 

 

 

 

 

inhibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal recording

 

 

NORM

 

Blinks rapidly

 

 

operations are inhibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Editing is possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording of video

 

 

V/CTL

 

Blinks rapidly

 

 

signals and CTL signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are inhibited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Whether the REC INHIBIT lamp is to light or blink is selected by the No.114 REC INH LAMP setup menu item setting.

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