Recording and Playback 2 Chapter

Playback

Setting the AUTO REPEAT

If [START TIME] is set to [OFF]

1 Set TIMER switch to REPEAT.

s is displayed on Data display screen (page 25).

2 Press REW button. (If the tape is already rewound, press PLAY button.)

The unit rewinds the tape to its beginning and starts playback automatically.

When the following items on the tape are searched, AUTO REPEAT playback starts automatically.

–Index signals

–A portion unrecorded

–A portion recorded in the format set by other than [AUTO] in [HDV/DV SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu

–Tape end

When [REPEAT CYCLE] is set, the unit continues playback until a few minutes before the time reaches at the actual selected time, or the items listed above is detected on a tape. The tape is rewound to the beginning and restarts playback when the selected CYCLE time comes.

If you set [REPEAT TIMES], the unit repeats playback according to the times you have selected.

Auto Repeat using an external AC timer

1 Connect the unit to an external AC timer (not supplied).

HVR-25M (rear panel)

AC timer

to an AC outlet

2 Set the TIMER switch on the front panel of the unit to REPEAT.

3 Set the start time on the external AC timer.

At the preset time, the power of the unit turns on, and after a few to several ten seconds, AUTO REPEAT playback starts automatically. When the following items on the tape are searched, AUTO REPEAT playback starts automatically.

–Index signals

–A portion unrecorded

–A portion recorded in the format set by other than [AUTO] in [HDV/DV SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu

–Tape end

If [START TIME] is set to [ON] Set TIMER switch to [REPEAT].

When the unit is powered on, the unit waits the repeat playback until the time you have set in [START TIME]. Also, when TIMER switch is set to REPEAT and the unit is powered on, auto playback is set to standby until the start time begins.

Notes

• is displayed on Data display screen. When the tape on the unit is not in the playback mode, such as

during recording or when no tape is inserted, sc is displayed. When the start time reaches the selected time during this time, auto playback is not operated until the next starts time begins.

•To operate AUTO REPEAT automatically, the tape should be stopped before the start time begins.

•When [START TIME] for [CUSTOM REPEAT] is set, turn the unit on before the actual start time begins.

To stop the AUTO REPEAT while the unit is in progress

Press STOP button on the front panel.

When both [REPEAT TIMES] and [START TIME] are set, if you stop AUTO REPEAT, the unit waits for the START TIME to come, regardless of the REPEAT TIMES setting. When the start time comes, the value of REPEAT TIMES is initialized to zero, and repeat playback starts.

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Chapter 2 Playback and Recording