Looking in the viewfinder, press the PLAY button to start playback.

Continuous recording in other cases

After rewinding or fast forward, after removing the cassette, or on a tape that has been partially recorded, you can obtain a continuous recording by following the procedure below.

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Continuous recording after rewinding or fast forward, after removing the

cassette, or on a tape that has been partly recorded

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2 Press the STOP button at the desired point to begin recording. To continue from the end of recording already on the tape, press the STOP button immediately after the end of the previous recording (within 0.5 seconds).

3 Press the RET button on the lens. (Make sure that CAM RET. is set to OFF on the FUNCTION 2/2 page of the setup menu. For more information, see Section 4-9-2 “Selecting the Functions” (page 4- 76).)

The tape will rewind and will be positioned at the desired point to continue recording in about 7 seconds.

4 Press the VTR START button on the camcorder or the VTR button on the lens to start recording.

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