Playback mode

Playback mode

Playing back tape

Set to Tape Playback Mode.

PC

1Operate with joystick.

1/;: Playback/Pause

6: Rewind/Review playback (Reverts to playback with the 1/; icon.)

5: Fast forward/Cue playback (Reverts to playback with the 1/; icon.)

: Stop

During cue/review playback, fast-moving images may show noise as a mosaic.

Before and after cue/review playback, the screen may become blue for a moment or images may be distorted.

ªTo adjust volume

Adjust the speaker or headphone volume for playback.

1Move the [s /VOLr] lever to adjust the volume.

VOL

Towards [r]: increases the volume

Towards [s]: decreases the volume (The closer to [r], the higher the volume.)

On the remote control, press the [T] button to increase the volume or the [W] button to decrease it.

When the adjustment is completed, the volume indication will disappear.

If you do not hear the sound, check the settings of [SETUP] >> [12bit AUDIO].

ªRepeat playback

When the tape end is reached, the tape will be rewound and played back again.

1Set [ADVANCE] >> [REPEAT PLAY] >> [ON].

The [ ] indication appears. (In order to cancel the repeat playback mode, set [REPEAT PLAY] >> [OFF] or set [OFF/ON] switch to [OFF].)

When you set [USB FUNCTION] >> [WEB CAM] and then connect the USB connection cable, the repeat playback mode is canceled.

ªSettings on the audio

If you cannot listen to the desired audio when

playing back a tape, check the settings in [SETUP] >> [12bit AUDIO].

When you record or dub the audio in [12bit] and set [SETUP] >> [12bit AUDIO] >> [MIX], the audio will be played back in stereo sound regardless of the settings in [AUDIO OUT].

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.

V/REW PLAY FF/W

W

STILL ADV PAUSE STILL ADV

VOL

STOP

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.)

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Panasonic PV-GS150 Playing back tape, Slow-motion playback/ frame-by-frame playback, To adjust volume, Repeat playback

PV-GS150 specifications

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