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Basic Operations
Changing/checking the settings in your VCR
You can turn off the LCD screen to mak e
the battery last longer.
Press LCD ON/OFF 2.
To turn on the LCD screen, press LCD ON/
OFF 2 again.
zTips
• If you turn off the LCD screen during recording
or playback, the recorded and original picture
will not be affected.
You can turn on and off the display of the
time code and other information on the
screen.
Press DISPLAY/BATT INFO 3.
The information display is switched to on
(display) t counter display t off (no
display), each time you press DISPLAY/
BATT INFO 3.
In the counter display, you can move the
position where the counter is displayed
using V/v/B/b.
zTips
• You can display the information during
playback on a TV. Set [DISP OUTPUT] to
[V-OUT/PANEL] (p.59).
• The time code is recorded for easy scene search
on the tape. The VCR records the time code
during recording.
• The time code starts counting from
“0:00:00:00” at the beginning of the tape.
• When a blank section between recorded sections
on the tape is detected, “-:--:--:--” is displayed at
the blank section. The time code starts counting
from “0:00:00:00” again after the blank section
is detected.
• You cannot rewrite the time code later.
• The time code function of the VCR is a drop
frame system. It may skip some frames to adjust
the time code.
You can check the setup value of the
following items.
• Audio setup (p. 61)
• Output signal setup ([HDV/DV SEL], etc.)
(p.56)
• Functions assigned to the ASSIGN buttons
(p.36)
• LCD SET (p. 58)
1Press STATUS CHECK 4.
2Select the desired item using V/v.
The item is displayed in the following
order each time you press V/v:
AUDIO y OUTPUT y ASSIGN
y LCD SET

Turning off the LCD screen

Switching the information

display on the screen

V/v/B/b

Displaying the settings in your

VCR (Status check)

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