Notes
•The unit does not have an LP recording mode of the consumer DV format. Only SP recording mode is available.
•To set the unit to recording pause mode with the remote control unit
•When the recording mode is set in HDV format, it may take a few seconds to start recording. During this time, REC indicator blinks.
4FF (fast forward) button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape is fast forwarded. During fast forward, the picture does not appear on the monitor. (you can see the picture as it is seen in EE mode during fast forward.) To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, keep pressing this button during fast forward, playback or in playback pause mode (picture search).
For details on [VTR SET] menu, see “VTR SET” on page 74.
Notes
•If you set [EE/PB SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu to [PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output.
•If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in [VTR SET] menu to [SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during fast forward.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see “FF/REW SPEED” in “VTR SET” menu on page 74.
5PLAY button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and playback begins.
If you press this button while holding down REW button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning and starts playing automatically (during rewind, REW indicator lights and PLAY indicator blinks).
Notes
•When the unit is playing back a part of the tape where the recording format has been changed among HDV format, DVCAM format, and DV format, or between 60i format and 50i format, the picture and sound may be distorted.
•The unit cannot play back a tape recorded in the LP recording mode of the consumer DV format.
6REW (rewind) button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape starts rewinding. During rewind, the picture does not appear on the monitor. (you can see the picture as it is seen in EE mode during rewind.) To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, hold this button down during rewind, playback or in the playback pause mode.
If you press PLAY button while holding down this button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning and starts playing automatically (during rewind, REW indicator lights and PLAY indicator blinks).
For details on [VTR SET] menu, see “VTR SET” on page 74.
Notes
•If you set [EE/PB SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu to [PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output.
•If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in [VTR SET] menu to [SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during fast forward.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see “FF/REW SPEED” in “VTR SET” menu on page 74.
7STOP button
Press this button to stop the tape transport operation completely.
8PAUSE button / indicator
Press this button to set the unit to pause mode. The indicator lights while recording, playing, or audio dubbing. Press this button again to resume the operation.
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