4Display window

1END SEARCH button

2 INDEX button

8 RESET button

3 q (cassette) indicator

 

 

7 COUNTER SELECT selector

4 DVCAM indicator

6 Time counter display

 

5 Remote control detector

Drop frame indicator

Overview 1 Chapter

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.

5Remote control detector

6Time counter display

Displays time data (count value of the counter / time code / user bits), the self-diagnostics code numbers (page 100 (GB)), or the alarm messages (“Err” (page 97 (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.

Notes

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 44 (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 90 (GB).

•In the playback mode, if the tape has a portion where recorded signals are not continuous;

–The count value of the counter may not advance correctly from that portion.

–The displayed value of the time code or user bits may be temporarily inaccurate.

•When this unit plays back a part of the tape where the recorded color system has been changed between PAL and NTSC, the displayed value may be inaccurate.

•When this unit plays back a part of the tape where the recording format has been changed between DVCAM and DV, the displayed value may be inaccurate.

•The counter operates on a ±12-hour cycle. You cannot make the counter operate on a 24-hour cycle.

•The count value of the counter consists of seven digits. The leftmost digit is not displayed. (i.e.; If the actual count value is “11:22:11:22,” the displayed value will be “1:22:11:22.” ) However, the unit recognizes that the hours value is 11.

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