Icon/Menu

Submenu

Setting

 

 

 

VTR SET

STILL TIME

Selects the time to switch to the tape protection mode from the still mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 sec :

 

30 seconds

 

 

 

 

 

1 min :

 

1 minute

 

 

 

 

 

2 min:

2 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

3 min:

3 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

• If the unit is left in playback pause mode for a long time, the tape or the video heads may

 

 

 

 

 

be damaged or the video heads may become clogged. Select the shortest time possible.

 

 

 

 

 

Particularly, when using a Mini-DV cassette that is longer than 60 minutes, select [30

 

 

 

 

 

SEC] or [1 MIN].

 

 

 

 

 

• When the setting is changed, the first tape protection mode change uses the time setting

 

 

 

 

 

from before the settings were changed. From the second tape protection mode change,

 

 

 

 

 

the new time setting is used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM STILL

Selects the tape protection mode to change the mode after the time set in [STILL TIME] is

 

 

 

 

past

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOP

 

:

 

Stops the tape.

 

 

 

 

 

STEP

FORWARD : Forwards one frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you play a tape recorded in HDV format with [STEP FORWARD] selected, the tape

 

 

 

 

advances a few frames forward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM REC P

Selects the tape protection mode which the unit changes after the recording has been

 

 

 

 

paused for more than 3 minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

STOP

 

:

 

Stops the tape.

 

 

 

 

 

REC PAUSE :

Maintains the recording pause mode.

Note

When the recording pause mode continues for a long time after you select [REC PAUSE], the tape may be damaged or the video heads may be damaged or clogged. If there is no other reason to do this, select [STOP]. Particularly when you use a Mini-DV cassette that is longer than 60 minutes, select [STOP].

TC/UB SET menu

 

Icon/Menu

Submenu

 

Setting

 

 

 

TC/UB SET

TC PRESET

 

Reset the time code value or set the desired time code value.

 

 

 

 

 

(page 50)

 

RESET :

Resets the time code value to 00:00:00:00.

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET :

Sets the desired time code value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

To set the initial time code value, you need to set [TC MAKE] to [PRESET] first. If [TC

 

 

 

 

 

MAKE] has been set to [REGENERATE], or [HDV/DV IN TC] has been set to [EXTERNAL],

 

 

 

 

 

this setting is not effective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UB PRESET

 

Resets the user bits value or set the desired user bits value.

 

 

 

(page 50)

 

RESET :

Resets the user bits value to 00 00 00 00.

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET :

Sets the user bits value. (You can set the user bits as eight-digit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hexadecimal values (0 to 9, A to F) (base 16) to have the date, time,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scene number, and other information inserted into the user bits.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

When INPUT SELECT switch is set to HDV/DV and HDV signals are input to the unit, this

 

 

 

 

 

setting is not effective. (When color bar is displaying or recording, this setting is effective.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Continued)

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