8ENTRY/SHIFT button

Use this button for setting edit points, carrying out ClipLink operations, and so forth.

•To set a video IN point or OUT point: Hold down the IN button or OUT button, and press this button.

•To set an audio IN point or OUT point: Hold down the AUDIO IN button or AUDIO OUT button, and press this button.

For more information about ClipLink operation, see Chapter 5 “ClipLink Operation” (page 95).

9IN button and OUT button

To set a video IN point or OUT point, hold down the IN button or OUT button, and press the ENTRY/ SHIFT button.

After you have made the setting, pressing the IN button or OUT button displays the IN point or OUT point on the time counter display.

!º REVIEW button

Use this button to carry out a review of the editing results after carrying out automatic editing.

5 Tape transport control section

1STANDBY button

2PREROLL button

 

3 REC button

 

4 EDIT button

STANDBY PREROLL

REC

EDIT

5 STOP button

EJECT

REW

PLAY

F FWD

STOP

9 F FWD button

8PLAY button

7REW button

6EJECT button

1STANDBY button

When a cassette is inserted and this button is off, to put the VCR in standby mode, press the button, turning it on.

In standby mode, the drum is rotating and the tape is in contact with the drum. As a result, recording or playback can start immediately.

To end standby mode, press the STANDBY button, turning it off.

If a certain period of time (value can be varied using extended menu item 501) elapse in standby mode, the unit automatically switches out of standby mode to protect the tape.

2PREROLL button

Press this button to cue up to the preroll point (before the IN point by the time set as the preroll time) on the tape. You can change or select the preroll time and the state of the unit at the end of preroll (stop mode1) or still playback mode) using basic menu item 001 and extended menu item 401.

Cuing up to edit points

Hold down the IN, OUT, AUDIO IN, or AUDIO OUT button while pressing this button to cue up to the corresponding edit point.

3REC (record) button

To start recording, press this button together with the PLAY button, turning it on.

Monitoring in E-E mode

When the unit is in stop mode, pressing this button lights it, and you can monitor the video and audio in E- E mode. To return to the original state, press the STOP button.

During playback, search, fast forward, or rewind, holding down this button allows you to monitor the video and audio in E-E mode. In this case the button does not light.

Overview 1 Chapter

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1)Stop mode: the state in which the device currently the subject of operation is stopped, and the STOP button is lit.

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