Playback mode

Slow-motion playback/ frame-by-frame playback

Set to Tape Playback Mode. (Slow-motion playback can only be performed by using the remote control.)

Slow-motion playback

If the image is recorded in the SP mode, then it will be played back at a speed approx.1/5 the normal speed.

If the image is recorded in the LP mode, then it will be played back at a speed approx.1/3 the normal speed.

1Press the [E] button or the [D] button on the remote control.

If the slow-motion playback continues for approx. 10 minutes or more, then the playback will automatically stop. (10 minutes

of slow-motion playback is equivalent to approx. 2 minutes in the SP mode or approx. 3 minutes in the LP mode.)

Frame-by-frame playback

1During playback, press the [;] button on the remote control.

2Press the [E] button or the [D] button on the remote control.

Pushing the [s /VOLr] lever towards [T] (normal direction) or towards [W] (reversed direction) of this Camcorder during playback pause also turns into the frame-by-frame playback. If you keep pushing the lever, then the images will continuously be played back frame by frame.

ªTo return to normal playback

Press the [PLAY 1] button on the remote control or move the joystick up to the [1] icon to start playback.

Slow-motion playback

In the reversed slow-motion playback, the time

code indication may be unstable.

Frame-by-frame playback

Press and hold the [E] or the [D] button in the playback pause, and then the images will continuously be played back frame by frame.

Variable-speed search function

The speed of cue/review playback can be varied.

(This operation is only available when using the remote control.)

Set to Tape Playback Mode and play back a tape.

1Press the [VAR SEARCH] button on the remote control.

2Press the [3] or [4] button to vary the speed.

The speeds for cue/review playback are 1/5k (SP mode slow-motion playback only), 1/3k (LP mode slow-motion playback only), 2k, 5k, 10k, 20k.

ªTo return to normal playback

Press the [VAR SEARCH] button or [PLAY 1] button on the remote control.

Images may be shown in a mosaic-like pattern. The sound is muted during search.

This function is canceled when the operation icon is displayed.

When you cue/review playback at 20k, the speed switches to 10k near the end of the tape. ([10k] flashes on the screen.)

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Panasonic NV-GS300B, PV-GS300 Slow-motion playback/ frame-by-frame playback, Variable-speed search function

PV-GS300, NV-GS300B specifications

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