Notes

•When the ON/STANDBY lamp is out, this switch does not operate. Press the “” (ON) marked side of the POWER switch on the rear panel before operating the

ON/STANDBY switch.

For details on the POWER switch, see “POWER (main power) switch” on page 20.

•When the KEY INH switch 2 is set to ON, the ON/ STANDBY switch does not operate. Set the KEY INH switch to OFF to enable the ON/STANDBY switch.

eTIMER switch

Use this switch to select Auto Repeat or recording when using an external AC timer (not supplied).

REPEAT:

When power is supplied to the unit, the tape rewinds to its beginning automatically and playback starts. When one of the following items on the tape are detected, auto repeat playback starts automatically.

–Index signals

–An unrecorded portion

–A portion recorded in a format set by other than [AUTO] in [HDV/DV SEL] of the [IN/OUT REC] menu

–Tape end

Auto Repeat also functions if you set this switch to REPEAT during playback or rewind.

For details on Auto Repeat, see “Auto Repeat (CUSTOM REPEAT)” on page 42 and “CUSTOM REPEAT” in the “VTR SET” menu on page 77.

OFF: Auto Repeat or timer recording is disabled.

REC: Recording begins the moment the power is connected to the unit.

Note

The setting of this switch still activates the unit even when the KEY INH switch 2 is set to ON.

fAUDIO OUTPUT SELECT switch

When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), use this switch to select the audio channel to be output via the AUDIO OUT jack and HDMI OUT jack on the rear panel of the unit, as well as from the i (phones) jack 8 and the Speaker qa.

CH-1/2:channels 1/2 only

MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4

CH-3/4:channels 3/4 only

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• During audio dubbing, if you want to listen to the

 

 

 

 

 

sound recorded on the tape, set this switch to CH-1/2;

 

 

 

 

if you want to listen to the sound being dubbed, set the

 

 

 

 

 

switch to CH-3/4. (Only channels 3 and 4 can be used

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dubbing, set this switch to CH-3/4, then press the

to dub.) To check the sound to be dubbed before

 

AUDIO DUB button while the unit is in the stop mode.

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to dub (channels 3 and 4) for a short period of time.

Then you can listen to the sound of the channels used

 

For details on audio dubbing, see page 63. Also refer to the instructions for the “AUDIO DUB (A2) 1” button on page 11.

•When the audio mode is 48 kHz (2-channel), sounds of channel 1 and 2 are output via the AUDIO OUT jack, i (phones) jack 8, HDMI OUT jack and Speaker qa regardless of the position of this switch.

•When this switch is set to MIX, the sound of the mixed level of the pair of channel 1 and 3 and that of channels 2 and 4 is output. The audio output level becomes 50% (–6 dB) of the original audio levels on each channel.

•The unit cannot play back 4-channel sound recorded in HDV format.

g5/i (speaker/phones) LEVEL control knob

Controls the volume of the speaker qa on the bottom

plate of the unit as well as that of the headphones connected to the i (phones) jack 8.

• The volume of the speaker and headphones are set together. The volumes cannot be set separately.

•By changing the setting of [SPEAKER/BEEP] in [OTHERS] (page 81), you can switch the speaker audio output on and off.

hi (phones) jack

Connect stereo headphones for monitoring sound during recording or playback. The audio signals you want to monitor can be selected with the AUDIO OUTPUT

SELECT switch 6. By changing the setting of [AUDIO MONI] in the [AUDIO SET] menu (page 76),

you can monitor the sound of a particular channel only. When headphones are connected, no sound is produced from the built-in speaker.

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