Chapter 3 Recording and playback (continued)

3-3 Scene-to-scene continuity

Maintaining continuity from one scene to the next at an accuracy of +1 frame or less can be assured simply by pressing the REC START button or VTR button on the lens while the unit is in the rec-pause mode.

If the unit is in a mode other than rec-pause, the point at which the scene-to-scene continuity is to be maintained must be located before recording is started.

Scene-to-scene continuity during rec-pause

The scene-to-scene continuity timing is located automatically.

≥When the VTR SAVE/STBY switch is set to “SAVE”, the tape loading operation will complete about 2 seconds after pressing the REC START button.

≥When the VTR SAVE/STBY switch is set to “STBY”, the tape loading operation has completed.

≥When recording with the switch set to STBY position, the tape travel mechanism will stop 2 seconds after pressing the REC START button.

When pre-recording is set to 7 seconds, it takes 7 seconds or more to stop the tape travel mechanism after pressing the REC START button.

Ensuring scene-to-scene continuity after the power was turned off while the unit was in the rec- pause mode

1 Switch the power back on.

2 Press the REC START button or lens VTR button to start the recording.

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Jump function

To jump to the starting point of the unrecorded section of a tape, open the <SW MODE> screen from the OPERATION page, and set the RET SW item to R. REVIEW.

When the recorded tape is replayed to the starting point of 3 the unrecorded section, the recording head is at Position B.

If the RET button of the lens or the USER button that is allocated the RET SW function is pressed once in this state, the tape will rewind for 5 seconds.

If the recorded section cannot be found, press this button again.

If the recorded section is recognized during the rewind operation, such as Position C, the tape will be rewound for an additional 2 seconds from the termination point A of the recording and then played back for 2 seconds; the tape then pauses the recording at the termination point A.

Press the REC START button or the VTR button of the lens to continue recording from the termination point A.

(In this case, the time code is regenerated as a value for position A on the tape if the TCG switch is set to the R-RUN position.)

When the tape is rewound to the recorded section, the recording head is at Position D. If the RET button of the lens or the USER button that is allocated the RET SW function is pressed once in the STOP mode, the tape rewind for 2 seconds, and then replay for 2 seconds before entering into the pause state for recording at position D.

During the pause in playback, the tape pauses the recording at position D without rewinding or playing back the tape. (In this case, the time code will be regenerated as a value for position D on the tape if the TCG switch is set to the R-RUN position.)

O During the jump operation, the REW lamp flashes and the JUMP indication in the viewfinder screen flashes.

<Notes>

O When the cassette tab is in the “SAVE” position, the jump operation is disabled.

O By executing the jump operation while the TCG switch is set to the R-RUN position, time codes will always be regenerated to the value on the tape.

Even if the TCG switch is set to the SET position or the F- RUN position, the time code will be rewritten to the value on the tape when the jump operation is executed after returning the switch to the R-RUN position. When recording starts, the unit regenerates the time code to the value on the tape. Even if the FIRST REC TC item of the menu (TC/UB screen of the VTR MENU page) is set to PRESET, the time code will always be regenerated to the value on the tape by executing the jump operation after setting the TCG switch to the R-RUN position.

 

2 seconds

 

 

2 seconds

 

C

5 seconds

D

A

 

B

Recorded

Unrecorded

section

section

Forward direction of the tape

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