Rear section

1 EJECT button

EJECT STOP

REW

PLAY

F FWD

2 Tape transport buttons and indicators

 

 

 

 

3 EARPHONE connector

4 WARNING indicator

5 LIGHT switch

6 DISPLAY switch

7 AUDIO LEVEL (CH-1/CH-2) knobs

8 Display window

9 RESET/(MENU SET) button

0 Speaker

qa ALARM knob

qs MONITOR knob

Overview 1 Chapter

1EJECT Zbutton

Press to open the cassette holder (1 on page 24) when the camcorder is powered.

2Tape transport buttons and indicators These buttons transport the tape as shown below.

Buttons

Operation

 

 

REW m

Rewinds the tape. The indicator lights while

 

the tape is being rewound.

 

Press while the tape is being rewound or

 

during playback to view reverse search

 

playback.

 

 

F FWD M

Fast forwards the tape. The indicator lights

 

while the tape is being fast forwarded.

 

Press while the tape is being fast forwarded

 

or during playback to view forward search

 

playback.

 

 

PLAY N

Plays back the recorded video. The indicator

 

lights during playback.

 

 

STOP x

Stops the tape.

 

 

Note

During recording, none of these buttons operates.

3EARPHONE connector (mini-jack)

Connect an earphone or headphones. This outputs the sound which was output to the speaker (0 on page 18), but mutes the speaker.

4WARNING indicator

This lights or blinks when an abnormality occurs.

For details, see “Warning System” on page 127.

5LIGHT switch

This switches the display window (8 on page 16) light on or off.

6DISPLAY switch

Switches time value indication shown in the display window (8 on page 16).

COUNTER: Shows the tape transport time in HH:MM:SS (hours, minutes and seconds).

TC: Shows the time code value.

U-BIT:Shows the user bit data in the time code.

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