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mWarning indicator area

Displays warnings when trouble with recording or moisture condensation occurs.

For details, see “Operation Warnings” on page 165.

nTime counter display

Each press of the COUNTER/CHAPTER button cycles through displays of timecode, user bits, and counter information. You can display the date or time using the four-way arrow key on the side control panel.

TCG: Value of timecode generator

TCR: Value of timecode reader

UBG: Value of user bits generator

UBR: Value of user bits reader

CNT: Counter information

CLK: Time by the internal clock

TCG and UBG can be displayed when the disc is stopped and during recording, and TCR and UBR are displayed during playback.

CLK appears when the COUNTER/CHAPTER button has been pressed to display TC, and the PRESET/REGEN/ CLOCK switch is set to CLOCK.

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1WARNING indicator

2 ACCESS indicator

3 Built-in speaker

4 Protection cover of the side control panel

5 EARPHONE jack

6EJECT button and indicator

7F REV button and indicator

8PLAY/PAUSE button and indicator

9F FWD button and indicator

0NEXT button

qa STOP button qs PREV button

aWARNING indicator

Lights up or flashes when an abnormality occurs in the VDR section.

For details about the meaning of the states of the WARNING indicator, see “Operation Warnings” on page 165.

bACCESS indicator

This lights when data is written to or read from the disc.

cBuilt-in speaker

The speaker can be used to monitor E-E 1) sound during recording, and playback sound during playback. The speaker also sounds alarms to reinforce visual warnings.

If you connect earphones to the EARPHONE jack, the speaker output is suppressed automatically.

1)E-E:Abbreviation of “Electric-to-Electric”. In E-E mode, video and audio signals input to the camcorder are output after passing through internal electric circuits only. This can be used to check input signals.

For details about alarms, see “Operation Warnings” on page 165.

dProtection cover of the side control panel

Open to access the side control panel (see page 19).

eEARPHONE jack

By plugging earphones, you can monitor the E-E sound during recording and playback sound during playback. When an alarm is indicated, you can hear the alarm sound

18 Location and Function of Parts