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Location and Function of Parts

OFF: Auto Repeat or timer recording is released.

REC: Recording begins the moment the power is connected to the unit.

Note

This selector setting has a higher priority than the KEY INH switch 2 setting.

5AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT selector

When the audio mode is set to 32 kHz (4-channel), use this selector to select the audio channel to be output via the AUDIO jacks in OUTPUT as well as the PHONES jack 7.

CH-1/2:channels 1/2 only

MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4

CH-3/4:channels 3/4 only

Notes

•During audio dubbing, if you want to listen to the sound recorded on the tape, set this selector to CH-1/ 2; if you want to listen to the sound being dubbed, set the selector to CH-3/4. (Only channels 3 and 4 can be used to dub.)

To check the sound to be dubbed before dubbing, set this selector to CH-3/4, then press the DUB button while the unit is in the stop mode. Then you can listen to the sound of the channels used to dub (channels 3 and 4).

•When the audio mode is 48 kHz (2-channel), this

selector is disabled. Sounds are output via the AUDIO jacks in OUTPUT and the PHONES jack 7.

•When this selector is set to MIX, the sound of the mixed level of the pair of channel 1 and 3 and that of channels 2 and 4 is output. The signal level of each channel drops to 50 % (–6 dB).

6PHONE LEVEL control knob

Controls the volume of the headphones connected to the PHONES jack 7.

7PHONES jack

Connect stereo headphones for monitoring sounds during recording or playback. The audio signal you want to monitor can be selected with the AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT selector 5.

8RESET button

Press this button to initialize the time set on the internal clock and the time code of the FREE RUN setting. Use the tip of a ball-point pen or similar tool to press this button. (The menu item settings are maintained.)

9CHARACTER DISPLAY (data items superimposed on an external monitor) switch

Set this switch to ON to superimpose data items on the analog video output. Even if you set it to OFF, the tape label, title and data codes (camera data and date/time recorded by a camera) are superimposed.

Note

To choose whether or not the tape label, title, or data codes are displayed, use the menu items. Also, you can select the data code items to be displayed by pressing the DATA CODE button on the Remote Commander.

0INPUT SELECT selector

You can select DV, S VIDEO, or VIDEO to input signals.

The type of signal selected is displayed on the Data screen on the LCD monitor on the front panel.

Notes

•When you input signals to the DV jack, the following settings are disabled:

–Setting of the audio input level (–10/–2/+4)

–Audio recording level

–Audio recording level adjustment mode (FIX/VAR)

–Audio mode (32 kHz/48 kHz)

–Color bars (Cannot be displayed)

•If you change this selector, the screen may momentarily become bright or noise may appear. This noise will be recorded.

•Do not change this selector setting during recording. Otherwise, the recorded image will be distorted or the signal output from the DV jack will be interrupted. Also, the unit may mistakenly recognize that a copyright protected signal has been input.

qa EJECT (OPEN/CLOSE) (open/close the cassette compartment) button

Press this button to open or close the cassette compartment. If you press this button while a cassette is inside the unit, the compartment opens and the cassette is ejected.

After removing the cassette, press this button again to close the compartment.

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