Overview 1 Chapter

aVAR (variable) button

To play back in variable-speed mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

bJOG button

To play back in jog mode using the jog dial, press this button, turning it on.

cSHUTTLE button

To play back in shuttle mode using the shuttle dial, press this button, turning it on.

dJog/shuttle transport indicators

These show the playback direction in jog, shuttle, or variable-speed mode.

b(green): Lights during playback in the reverse direction. B (green): Lights during playback in the forward

direction.

x (orange): Lights during still image display.

eJog dial

Turn this for playback in jog mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback. In jog mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±1 times normal speed, according to the rotation rate of the jog dial. The dial has no detents.

fShuttle dial

Turn this for playback in shuttle mode or variable-speed mode. Turn clockwise for forward direction playback, and counterclockwise for reverse direction playback.

•In shuttle mode, the playback speed varies in the range ±20 times normal speed according to the angular position of the shuttle dial.

•In variable-speed mode, you can finely adjust the playback speed from –1 to +2 times normal speed,

according to the angular position of the shuttle dial. The shuttle dial has a detent at the center position, for still image playback.

5Recording/playback control block

1PREV/TOP button

2 PLAY button

3 NEXT/END button

PREV PLAY NEXT STOP REC

TOP F REV

F FWD END STANDBY

4STOP/STANDBY button

5REC button

aPREV (previous)/TOP button

This functions as a PREV button when pressed alone, and as a TOP button when pressed together with the SHIFT button.

PREV button: Press this button, turning it on, to jump to the first frame of the current clip. When pressed at the first frame of the current clip, this button jumps to the first frame of the previous clip.

TOP button: Press this button to jump to the first frame of the first clip.

You can perform a high-speed search in the reverse direction by pressing the PREV button together with the PLAY button.

bPLAY button

Press this button, turning it on, to start playback. Press the STOP button to stop playback.

You can perform a high-speed search in the forward or reverse direction by pressing this button together with the NEXT button or PREV button.

cNEXT/END button

This functions as a NEXT button when pressed alone, and as an END button when pressed together with the SHIFT button.

NEXT button: Press this button, turning it on, to jump to the first frame of the next clip.

END button: Press this button to jump to the last frame of the last clip.

You can perform a high-speed search in the forward direction by pressing the NEXT button together with the PLAY button.

dSTOP/STANDBY button

This functions as a STOP button when pressed alone, and as a STANDBY button when pressed together with the SHIFT button.

STOP button: Press this button, turning it on, to stop recording or playback. The frame at the stop position is displayed.

STANDBY button: Press this button to put the unit into standby-off mode (the STOP button lights, and the STANDBY indicator off). Press it again to return to the original state (the STOP button lights, and the STANDBY indicator lights).

This unit enters standby-off mode automatically after a certain length of time passes in disc stop mode.

eREC (record) button

Press this button together with the PLAY button to start recording. Recording starts on the unrecorded part of the disc.

Press the STOP button to stop recording. A clip is created from the recorded section.

16 Names and Functions of Parts