Example: 8 minutes

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Standby-on period

If the setting does not need to be changed, press the MENU button to close the menu.

2 Press the SHIFT button until the standby-on period starts blinking, then press the ADVANCE button.

Each press of the ADVANCE button changes the setting as follows.

08 (factory setting) y 01 y 03 y 05

3 Press the RESET/(MENU SET) button and then the MENU button.

The settings are recorded and the display window returns to the display shown before the VCR menu.

Menu 210 Using Auto-CheckFunction

On the DSR-370/370P/570WS/570WSP, the internal check can be automatically performed using the auto- check function. Meanwhile, a test recording and playback are also performed for about 1 minute. Before shooting, it is desirable to perform auto-check and make sure for problems in VCR’s internal operations through the result of the internal check displayed in the display window and the video and audio recording qualities.

Preparations for testing

Make preparations as shown in the table below.

Preparation

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Connect a monitor to the MONITOR OUT or S

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VIDEO OUT connector

 

 

 

Connect an earphone or headphones to the

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EARPHONE connector

 

 

 

Prepare a cassette for test recording/playback

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To perform the auto-check

1 Display menu 210.

Blinking Auto-check function indication

2 Press the SHIFT button to make the auto-check function indication (oFF) start blinking, then press the ADVANCE button to change the indication to “on”.

To cancel the auto-check function, press the MENU button to close the menu.

3 Press the RESET/(MENU SET) button.

This changes the display and opens the cassette holder. If there is a cassette in the holder, it is ejected (except during recording).

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4 Insert the cassette and close the cassette holder.

The display changes to the following, and the tape is loaded.

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5 Use the tape transport buttons to change the tape position for test recording if necessary, or advance to step 6.

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