Overview 1 Chapter

Location and Function of Parts

4EDIT button

To carry out manual editing, press this button simultaneously with the PLAY button.

Monitoring in E-E mode

When the unit is in stop mode, pressing this button lights it, and you can monitor the input signal selected with the ASSEMBLE button or INSERT buttons 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 in E-E mode.

5STOP button

To stop recording or playback, press this button, turning it on.

When you stop playback, the unit switches either to still playback or to E-E mode according to setup menu settings, and the settings of the PB/EE button and PB button.

Fault display function

This button flashes when there is no external reference signal input or the input external reference signal is not synchronized to the input video signal. (See the description of extended menu item 105.)

6EJECT button

To eject the cassette, press this button. While the cassette is being ejected, this button lights.

7REW (rewind) button

To rewind the tape, press this button, turning it on.

8PLAY button

To start playback, press this button, turning it on.

To operate in capstan override mode

Hold down this button, and turn the search dial.

For details of capstan override mode, see “3 Search dial” on this page.

9F FWD (fast forward) button

To fast forward the tape, press this button, turning it on.

6 Search control section

SEARCH VARIABLE

3 Search dial

2 VARIABLE button

1 SEARCH button

1SEARCH button

To use the search dial for playback in shuttle or jog mode, press this button, turning it on. Pressing the dial toggles between shuttle and jog modes. In shuttle mode, the SHUTTLE indicator in the display section lights, and in jog mode, the JOG indicator in the display section lights.

2VARIABLE button

To use the search dial for playback in variable speed mode, press this button, turning it on. Pressing the dial toggles between variable speed mode and jog mode.

3Search dial

Turn this to carry out playback in the modes shown in the following table. Turning the dial clockwise lights the · indicator in the display section and plays back in the forward direction. Turning the dial counterclockwise lights the ª indicator in the display section and plays back in the reverse direction. When the tape is stopped, the π indicator in the display section lights.

Pressing this dial toggles between shuttle mode and jog mode (or between variable mode and jog mode). When playing back in shuttle or variable mode, the SHUTTLE indicator in the display section lights, and when playing back in jog mode, the JOG indicator lights.

You can carry out noiseless playback in the range of ± 1 times normal speed.

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