Location and Function of Parts
c REC (record) button / indicator
When you press and hold this button, then press the PLAY button, each indicator lights and recording starts. If you press this button while the tape is stopped, you can check EE picture and audio signals for a short time.
1Chapter | When the HDV/DV jack is selected, if [HDV/DV IN |
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| TC] in the [TC/UB SET] menu is set to [EXTERNAL], |
| you can also check the EE time code signals. Press the |
Overview | STOP button to end the check. |
on page 74. | |
| For details, see “EE/PB SEL” in the “IN/OUT REC” menu |
| For details on time codes, see “TC/UB SET” on page 78. |
Notes
•The unit does not have an LP recording mode for the consumer DV format. Only SP recording mode is available.
•To set the unit to recording pause mode with the
•When the recording mode is set to HDV format, it may take a few seconds to start recording. During this time, the REC indicator blinks.
dFF (fast forward) button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape is fast forwarded. During fast forward, the picture does not appear on the monitor. (You can see the picture as it is seen in EE mode during fast forward.) To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, press and hold this button during fast forward, playback or in the playback pause mode (picture search).
Notes
•If you set [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output
•If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in the [VTR SET] menu to [SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during
fast forward.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see “FF/REW SPEED” in “VTR SET menu” on page 77.
ePLAY button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and playback begins.
If you press this button while holding down the REW button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning
and starts playing automatically (during rewind, the REW indicator lights and the PLAY indicator blinks).
Notes
•When the unit is playing back a part of the tape where the recording format has been changed to HDV format, DVCAM format, or DV format, or between 60i system (including 24p and 30p) and 50i system (including 25p), the picture and sound may be distorted.
•The unit cannot play back a tape recorded in the LP recording mode of the consumer DV format.
fREW (rewind) button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the tape starts rewinding. During rewind, the picture does not appear on the monitor. (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 the PLAY button while holding down this button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning and starts playing automatically. (During rewind, the REW indicator lights and the PLAY indicator blinks.)
Notes
•If you set [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output
•If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in the [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 77.
gSTOP button
Press this button to stop the tape transport operation completely.
Note
If you set [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output during stop (page 74).
hPAUSE button / indicator
Press this button to set the unit to pause mode. The indicator lights during recording, playing, or audio dubbing. Press this button again to resume the operation.
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