Location and Function of Parts
• The unit is only compatible with standard video signals. If you input the types of video signals shown below, recorded picture and sound may be distorted.
– Signals from some home game machines
– Blue background screen or gray background screen
1Chapter | images from a consumer VCR | |
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| – Pictures played at a speed other than normal by a | |
| VCR that does not have TBC (Time Base Corrector) | |
Overview | – Video signals in which the sync signals are distorted | |
– Signals from a defective cassette (tape or recording | ||
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| condition is bad) played by an analog VCR that does | |
| not have TBC | |
| • When DVCAM/DV signals which are input from the | |
| HDV/DV jack, or video signals which are from the | |
| VIDEO IN jacks or S VIDEO IN jacks, are output to | |
| each analog output jack, the distortion of the video | |
| signals occurs at the bottom of the TV monitor display | |
| due to the jitter. Depending on the display area of the | |
| TV monitor you have, the distortion of the picture may | |
| appear at the bottom of the screen. This is not a | |
| malfunction. | |
| Pictures may be distorted or not be displayed | |
| depending on the TV monitors. This will not appear | |
| while recording with the unit. | |
| Be aware of these phenomena when you connect other | |
| recording device via the analog jacks of the unit. | |
| • Depending on the TV monitor being connected, the | |
| screen may blink or be distorted when DVCAM/DV | |
| signals which are input from the HDV/DV jack, or | |
| video signals which are from the VIDEO IN jacks or | |
| S VIDEO IN jacks, are output to the VIDEO OUT | |
| jacks. | |
| Be aware of these phenomena when you connect other | |
| recording device to these jacks. This will not appear | |
| while recording with the unit. | |
| • During recording or in EE mode, the subcarrier of the | |
| color signal to be output from the unit is not | |
| synchronized with the horizontal sync signal. The | |
| color of the picture or the horizontal position of the | |
| picture may be distorted depending on the type of | |
| monitor connected to the unit. | |
| • To output video signals to the VIDEO, S VIDEO, or | |
| COMPONENT OUT jacks without text data, set the | |
| DISPLAY OUTPUT switch to OFF, or press the | |
| DATA CODE or SEARCH SELECT button on the | |
| remote commander. |
jAC IN connector
Connects to an AC outlet using the supplied power cord. Even if the unit is in the standby mode, it consumes power. To turn the power off completely, press the “a” (OFF) marked side of the POWER switch qs.
kRESET button
If you press this button with the tip of a ballpoint pen or similar tool, the following settings are initialized.
–[CLOCK SET] (page 81) and [60i/50i SEL] (page 82) in the [OTHERS] menu.
–The settings on the unit other than the menu settings.
lPOWER (main power) switch
The main power switch of the unit. When this switch is in the “” position, the ON/STANDBY lamp on the front panel lights up in green. (In the standby mode, the ON/ STANDBY lamp lights up in red.)
When you do not intend to use the unit for a long time, press the “a” (OFF) marked side of the POWER switch.
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