To change the playback speed

Press the REV or FWD button down firmly into the inner position to make the tape move at the faster speed. Press the button down lightly to make the tape move at the slower speed.

Note

Do not shut off the power while using the edit search function. The VCR may not be able to find the continue point.

4 Release the REV or FWD button when you find the tape location where you wish to continue shooting.

The VCR enters recording pause mode.

5 Press the VTR button on the camcorder or the lens.

The VCR starts recording.

Using the Freeze Mix Function

The following indication appears on the screen.

For details of the playback operation, see page 70.

4 Press the MENU dial when you see the image you want to freeze.

The frozen playback image is displayed, mixed with the shooting image, in monochrome. The indication “FREEZE MIX ON” appears on the screen.

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The freeze mix function superimposes a freeze-frame image of a previously recorded shot on the shooting image displayed on the viewfinder screen.

You can use this function to easily frame a subject within the same framework from a previous shot.

Note

When the camcorder is in EZ mode, the freeze mix function is disabled. Press the EZ MODE button to release the EZ mode beforehand. (See page 17.)

1 Connect a color monitor to the MONITOR OUT connector and set the MONITOR OUT CHARACTER switch to ON. (It is not necessary to set the MONITOR OUT CHARACTER switch to ON when using only the viewfinder for freeze mix operation.)

2 Perform steps 2 to 10 from “Basic Procedure for Shooting” (page 57).

3 Play back the tape on which the image to be used for framework alignment has been recorded, and press the MENU switch to ON position.

To release the freeze mix mode, press the MENU dial again.

To change the freeze-frame image

Press the PLAY button.

Use the tape transport buttons to find the desired image and then perform step 4 again.

5 Once you have framed your subject, press the MENU dial to cancel the freeze mix function.

6 Find the recording start point or insert a new cassette for recording, then begin recording.

Notes

•If you use the tape transport buttons during back space editing, the back space editing mode will be stopped. When you were using the ClipLink function at shooting, if you simply restart the recording you will lose any ClipLink data that was recorded. To avoid this, press the ClipLink CONTINUE button before restarting recording.

•Signals are not output from the DV OUT connector while using the freeze mix function.

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