Overview 1 Chapter

Location and Function of Parts

4Display window

1END SEARCH button

2 INDEX button

0 RESET button

3q (cassette)

indicator

 

9 COUNTER SELECT

 

 

 

 

selector

4 DVCAM indicator

 

8 Time counter display

 

NTSC

 

 

5 NTSC indicator

PAL

 

 

Drop frame indicator

 

 

6PAL indicator

7 Remote control detector

1END SEARCH button

When you press this button, the unit searches the tape and plays back the last five-second recorded picture. After playback, the unit turns to the stop mode. Use this function to record another image at the end of the last recorded portion or to check the image itself.

Note

If you use a cassette without cassette memory, the end search function does not work once you eject the cassette after you have recorded on the tape. If you use a cassette with cassette memory, the end search function works even if you have ejected the cassette one or more times. If there is a blank portion at the beginning or between recorded portions, the end search function may not work correctly.

2INDEX button

Press this button during recording to mark an index. If you mark an index at the scene you want to search for, you can easily find the scene later.

For details on index, see “Recording Functions” on page 40 (GB).

3 q (cassette) indicator

Lights when a digital video cassette is loaded. Even if the unit is in the standby mode, the indicator lights as long as a cassette is inside of the unit. While a cassette is being ejected, the indicator flashes.

4DVCAM indicator

Lights when the unit is playing back a tape recorded in the DVCAM format. When REC MODE on the VTR SET menu is set to DVCAM, this indicator also lights during recording or when the unit is in the EE mode.

For details on the VTR SET menu, see “VTR SET menu” on page 65 (GB).

5NTSC indicator Lights when:

•In the EE mode or during recording and the NTSC/ PAL select switch is set to NTSC.

•NTSC formatted video signals are input to the DV jack.

•a tape that has NTSC formatted video signals is being played back.

6PAL indicator Lights when:

•In the EE mode or during recording and the NTSC/ PAL select switch is set to PAL.

•PAL formatted video signals are input to the DV jack.

•a tape that has PAL formatted video signals is being played back.

7Remote control detector

8Time counter display

Displays time data (count value of the counter / time code / user bits), the self-diagnostics code numbers (page 75 (GB)), or the alarm messages (“Err” (page 72 (GB))).

When the count value of the counter is negative, “–” appears as the first digit (leftmost digit). When that value is positive, the first digit is blank.

When the format of the displayed time code is drop frame mode, the drop frame indicator, located between minutes and seconds, lights.

The user bits are displayed with periods (.) after each digit.

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Chapter 1 Overview