•In addition to the Remote Commander supplied with the unit, the unit accepts signals from any Sony Remote Commander whose command mode is set to VTR4. When this switch is set to REMOTE, the Remote Commander functions depending on the setting of LOCAL ENBL on the REMOTE menu. If you want to disable the control from any Remote Commander, set COMMANDER on the OTHERS menu to CONTROL S.
•The TIMER selector 4 setting has a higher priority than this switch setting.
•When this switch is set to REMOTE, the ON/ STANDBY switch 3 does not work. To enable the ON/STANDBY switch, set this switch to LOCAL or set LOCAL ENBL on the REMOTE menu to ALL KEYS.
3ON/STANDBY switch and lamp
Press this switch to turn the unit on. The ON/ STANDBY lamp lights up in green. When you press this switch again, the unit goes into the standby mode and the lamp lights up in red.
Note
When the REMOTE/LOCAL switch is set to REMOTE, this switch does not work. To enable this switch, set the REMOTE/LOCAL switch to LOCAL or set LOCAL ENBL on the REMOTE menu to ALL KEYS.
4TIMER selector
Use to select Auto Repeat or recording using an external AC timer (not supplied).
REPEAT: Whenever the power is connected to this unit, a tape rewinds to its beginning automatically and playback starts. The unit repeats the playback from the beginning to the first index (if there is no index on the tape, to an unrecorded portion; if there is no unrecorded portion, to the tape end). Auto Repeat also functions if you set this selector to REPEAT during playback or rewinding.
For details on Auto Repeat, see “Automatically playing back a tape repeatedly (Auto Repeat)” on page 39 (GB).
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 REMOTE/LOCAL switch 2 setting.
5AUDIO MONITOR selector
Use to select the audio track you want to listen to through the PHONES jack 7 or MONITOR AUDIO jack.
MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4
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 MONITOR 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
9CHARACTER DISPLAY (MONITOR OUT) (data items superimposed on an external monitor) switch
Set this switch to ON to superimpose data items on the MONITOR 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, VIDEO, or COMPONENT 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 control selector
–Audio recording level
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