Parts of Function and Location 2 Chapter

2-1 Control Panel

2-1-3 Tape Transport Control Section

1EJECT button

2REW button

3PLAY button

4 F FWD button

5 STOP button

6 STANDBY on/off button

1EJECT button

Press this button to eject the cassette.

2REW (rewind) button

To rewind the tape, press this button. The REW indicator lights. When you are using a tape containing shot marks, press this button while holding down the SHIFT button to cue-up the shot mark position located just before the current position.

3PLAY button

To start playback, press this button. The PLAY indicator lights.

When you are using a tape containing UMID data, press this button while holding down the SHIFT button to display UMID data on the monitor.

1Instance Number Generation Method

2 Instance Number

3 Material Number Generation Method

4, 5 Material Number

6 Year/Month/Date

7 Hour:Minute:Second

8 Time Zone

9 GPS Altitude

0 Number of Satellites qa Auxiliary Device

(“ ”: not equiped, “+”: equiped)

qs PDOP (Position Dilution Of Precision value) qd Longitude (E: east/W: west)

qf Latitude (S: south/N: north) qg Organization Code

qh User Code qj Country Code

4F FWD (fast forward) button

To start fast forwarding the tape, press this button. The F FWD indicator lights. When you are using a tape containing shot marks, press this button while holding down the SHIFT button to cue-up the shot mark position located just after the current position.

5STOP button

To stop playback, press this button. The STOP indicator lights.

If REFERENCE SYSTEM ALARM, extended menu item 105 of the setup menu, has been set to ON, this button flashes when abnormalities about the external reference video signals are detected (J-H3 only). Those abnormalities are described below.

•Reference video signals are not input.

•The system frequency set in this unit does not match with the frequency of the reference video signals being input.

6STANDBY on/off button

When a cassette is inserted in the unit and the unit is in the Stop mode, you can toggle the VTR standby mode on and off by pressing this button.

In standby mode, the drum rotates and the tape sticks to the drum. As a result, playback starts immediately. If the unit is set to 8 minutes elapse (this value can be varied using STILL TIMER extended menu item 501 of the setup menu) in standby mode, it automatically switches out of standby mode to protect the tape.

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Chapter 2 Location and Function of Parts