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Location and Function of Parts

2Tape transport control section

7 AUDIO DUB button/indicator

8 DUP button/indicator

6 REC button/indicator

5 PAUSE button/indicator

4 FF button/indicator

3PLAY button/indicator

2REW button/indicator

1STOP button

1STOP button

Press this button to stop the current tape transport operation.

2REW (rewind) button/indicator

When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape starts rewinding. During rewind, the picture does not appear on the monitor (you can see the picture as it is seen in the EE mode).

To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, hold this button down during rewind, playback or in the playback pause mode.

If you press the PLAY button while holding this button down during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning and starts playback automatically (during rewind, the REW indicator lights and the PLAY indicator flashes). You can change the tape transport mode in FF/REW SPD on the VTR SET menu.

For details on the VTR SET menu, see “VTR SET menu” on page 90 (GB).

Notes

•If you set EE/PB SEL on the DISPLAY SET menu to PB, the EE pictures or EE sounds are not output while the tape rewinds.

•If you set FF/REW SPD on the VTR SET menu to SHUTTLEMAX, you can display the picture while the tape rewinds.

For details on the tape transport speed of the SHUTTLEMAX setting, see “FF/REW SPD” in the “VTR SET menu” on page 90 (GB).

3PLAY button/indicator

When you press this button, the indicator lights and playback begins.

Notes

•If the unit is playing a part of the tape where the format has been changed between the DVCAM format and the DV format or where the color system of the recorded signals has been changed between PAL and NTSC, the picture and sound are distorted.

•The unit can play back only tapes recorded in the DVCAM format or in the SP mode of the DV format.

4FF (fast forward) button/indicator

When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape is fast forwarded. During fast forward, the picture does not appear on the monitor (you can see the picture as it is seen in the EE mode).

To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, hold this button down during fast forward, playback or in the playback pause mode.

You can change the tape transport mode in FF/REW SPD on the VTR SET menu.

For details on the VTR SET menu, see “VTR SET menu” on page 90 (GB).

Notes

•If you set EE/PB SEL on the DISPLAY SET menu to PB, the EE pictures or EE sounds are not output while the tape is fast-forwarded.

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