For details of cassette insertion see page 21, and for usable cassette types see page 19.

The cassette is automatically drawn into the unit. The STOP button will light, and a few seconds later a still image will appear on the monitor screen.

2 Press the PLAY button.

This starts the playback operation. When the tape is played back all the way to the end, the unit automatically rewinds it and then stops.

If the following indicators light when a cassette is loaded

Indicator

It means:

 

 

Cassette memory indicator

The loaded cassette contains a cassette memory.

 

 

ClipLink indicator

There is ClipLink log data stored in the cassette

 

memory on the loaded cassette.

 

 

To perform the following operations

Operation

Do this:

 

 

Stop playback.

Press the STOP button.

 

The unit enters stop mode, and will automatically

 

switch to standby off mode after the time set with the

 

STOP TIMER menu item (see page 41).

Adjust the audio playback

Use the audio level control on the monitor.

level.

 

 

 

Play back in shuttle mode

Press the SEARCH button or search dial to light the

while monitoring the video.

SHUTTLE indicator in the display section, then rotate

 

the search dial.

 

Playback is carried out at the speed determined by

 

the angular position of the search dial.

 

The maximum speed for shuttle playback can be

 

changed using the SHUTTLE menu item (see page

 

39).

Play back in jog mode while

Press the SEARCH button or search dial to light the

monitoring the video.

JOG indicator in the display section, then rotate the

 

search dial.

 

Playback is carried out at the speed according to the

 

speed of the search dial rotation. The playback

 

speed range is ±1 times normal speed by factory

 

default.

 

The search dial has no detents.

 

 

Inhibit the unit from

Set the CHARA. DISPLAY menu item (see page 40)

outputting text information

to OFF.

(time data, operation mode

 

indications, etc.) to the

 

video monitor.

 

 

 

Remove the cassette.

Press the EJECT button.

 

If a CNT value is shown on the time counter display,

 

the CNT value is reset.

 

 

Disable the automatic

Set the AUTO REW menu item (see page 39) to

rewind function.

DISABLE.

 

 

Change the time period

Change the setting of the STOP TIMER menu item

before the unit switches

(see page 41).

from stop mode to standby

 

off mode.

 

 

 

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