Searching using the index function

Tips

If you use a tape with mark, the cassette

memory stores up to 135 index signals. (The number changes depending on the memory size combination of index, date, and photo data stored on a tape.) This VCR is capable of storing

Three kinds of search are available on this VCR:

Searching for the beginnings of recordings: Index search

Searching for a point on the tape where the recorded date changes: Date search

Searching for scenes recorded in the photo mode with a digital camcorder: Photo search

Searching in the list

If the tape has a cassette memory, the recordings are listed in the chronologically in the order they were made. You can search using this chronological list.

If the tape does not have a cassette memory, you cannot search for scenes in the chronological order.

and retrieving up to 16 kbits of cassette memory.

• To locate recordings whose

signals are disabled to be

stored in the cassette

memory, or to locate

recordings in order of their

position on the tape, set

“CM SEARCH” to “OFF”

in the SET UP MENU. You

can use the same procedure

to search for a recording on

1 Press SEARCH SELECT to select the search type: INDEX, DATE or PHOTO SEARCH.

The indicator of the search type you selected lights.

The chronological list appears on the monitor screen.

INDEX SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH

1

28/1/96

SUN

3:00PM

LINE

2

2/2/96

FRI

4:00PM

LINE

3

20/2/96

TUE

6:30AM

LINE

4

15/6/96

SAT

9:00PM

LINE

5

24/7/96

WED

1:30PM

LINE

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(Illustration: DSP-30P)

a tape without cassette

memory.

2

Press = or + to select a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording.

 

INDEX SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

The VCR starts searching and when it

 

 

 

 

3:00PM

CH

 

 

 

1

28/1/96

SUN

LINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

locates the recording, begins

 

2

2/2/96

FRI

4:00PM

LINE

 

 

 

3

20/2/96

TUE

6:30AM

LINE

 

 

playback. During Photo search, the

 

4

15/6/96

SAT

9:00PM

LINE

 

 

 

5

24/7/96

WED

1:30PM

LINE

 

 

VCR pauses.

 

 

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(Illustration: DSP-30P)

Searching in the order of the actual positions of the recordings on the tape

When you use a tape without a cassette memory, the VCR searches in the order of the actual positions of the recordings, regardless of the setting of “CM SEARCH” in the menu.

When you use a tape with a cassette memory, set “CM SEARCH” in the SET UP MENU to “OFF.”

1 Press SEARCH SELECT to select the search type.

The indicator of the search type you selected lights.

2 Press = or + repeatedly to locate the recording you want.

The VCR starts searching backwards or forwards until the index number comes to zero, then plays back the recording. During Photo search, the VCR pauses.

INDEX 3 SEARCH

(Continued)

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