To change playback direction

Press the FRAME c/C buttons during normal playback or when playing at various speeds. To play back in the forward direction, press the C button; in the backward direction, press the c button.

Notes

When the command mode of a Sony device/remote commander is set to VTR4:

If you press the ×1/3 button on the supplied Remote Commander while pointing it toward a Sony device other than the unit, the playback speed may turn to 1/5 of normal speed.

When you play back a tape in DVCAM/DV format and press the ×1/5 button on the Remote Commander while pointing it toward the unit, the playback speed turns to 1/3 of normal speed.

If the unit keeps playing at 1/10 of normal speed in forward or reverse for more than 1 minute, the unit begins to play back at normal speed.

To hear the sound while playing at various speeds

To hear the sound while playing at various speeds, set [JOG AUDIO] in the [AUDIO SET] menu to [ON].

For details on the [AUDIO SET] menu, see “AUDIO SET menu” on page 76.

Note

You cannot hear the sound while playing back a tape recorded in HDV format at various speeds.

Searching using the search function

The unit can immediately access the following signals recorded on a tape.

Searching for the beginnings of the recordings: Index search

Searching for a point on the tape where the recorded date changes: Date search

To search for scenes, use the supplied Remote Commander. Also, you can assign the same search function to the ASSIGN buttons.

For details on ASSIGN buttons, see “ASSIGN BTN” in the “OTHERS” menu on page 80.

1 Press the SEARCH SELECT button on the Remote

Commander to select the search type.

 

The search type changes in the order of Index search

 

t Date search t (No indication).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When selecting INDEX SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX 00

 

 

2Chapter

 

SEARCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

andPlayback

(The search screens are displayed only on

 

 

 

Data display screen.)

 

 

 

 

 

2 Press the . / > button repeatedly to locate the

Recording

scene you want.

 

Each time you press the . / > button, the unit

 

searches for the previous or next search point. When

 

a search point is located, its number is indicated on

 

the monitor screen. The unit starts searching

 

backwards or forwards until the number comes to

 

zero, then plays back the scene.

 

How signals are recorded

 

There are four different signal types, one for each search

 

method; index, title, date, and photo signals. The unit

 

can record either index signals or date signals only on a

 

tape.

 

Notes

If you record another program over the beginning of the search signals, you cannot locate the original program.

 

 

 

Search signal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If D is recorded over the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

 

 

B

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

beginning of B...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B cannot be searched for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

D

B

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Continued)

Chapter 2 Playback and Recording

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