5PLAY button

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

If you press this button while holding down REW button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning and starts playing automatically (during rewind, REW indicator lights and PLAY indicator blinks).

Notes

When the unit is playing back a part of the tape where the recording format has been changed within HDV format, DVCAM format, or DV format, or between 60i format and 50i format, the picture and sound may be distorted.

The unit does not have an LP recording mode of the consumer DV format.

6REW (rewind) button

When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape starts rewinding.

During rewind, the image on the monitor is not displayed (you can see the picture as it is seen in EE mode during rewind). To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, hold this button down during rewind, playback or in the playback pause mode.

If you press PLAY button while holding down this button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning and starts playing automatically (during rewind, REW indicator lights and PLAY indicator blinks).

Notes

If you set [EE/PB SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu to [PB], EE picture and EE audio signals will not be output.

If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in [VTR SET] menu to [SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during rewind.

For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see “FF/REW SPEED” in “VTR SET” menu on page 51.

7STOP button

Press this button to stop the tape transport operation completely.

Overview 1 Chapter

2Indicator section

1CAUTION indicator

2 q (cassette) indicator

3HDV indicator

4 DVCAM indicator

5 60 indicator

6 50 indicator

7 HDV-i.LINK indicator

8 DVCAM-i.LINK indicator

9 DV-i.LINK indicator

1CAUTION indicator

Blinks when an error occurs.

For details on cautions, see “Self-diagnosis display/ Warning Indicators” on page 62.

2 q (cassette) indicator

Lights when a digital video cassette is loaded.

This indicator lights during standby, when the cassette is inserted to the unit. While the cassette is being ejected, the indicator blinks.

For details of inserting or ejecting a cassette, see “Inserting/Ejecting Cassettes” on page 21.

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