through the earphones. Plugging earphones into the jack automatically cuts off the sound from the built-in speaker. You can select monaural or stereo on the AUDIO-2 page of the MAINTENANCE menu.

fEJECT button and indicator

Press this button to insert a disc or eject the disc. The indicator flashes while the disc is being ejected.

gF REV (fast reverse) button and indicator

This plays back at high speed in the reverse direction. The indicator lights during high-speed playback in the reverse direction.

hPLAY/PAUSE button and indicator

Press this button to view play back video images using the viewfinder screen or a color video monitor. The indicator lights during playback.

Press this button again during playback to pause, outputting a still image. At this time the indicator flashes. This unit is equipped with a color search function at approximately four times normal playback speed, for easy checking of recorded material. To use the color search function at approximately four times normal playback speed, press the F REV button or F FWD button during playback.

At this time the PLAY indicator and F REV or F FWD indicator light.

iF FWD (fast forward) button and indicator

This plays back at high speed in the forward direction. The indicator lights during high-speed playback in the forward direction.

jNEXT button

When FIND MODE on the ESSENCE MARK page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to R.ST: This jumps to the next REC START essence mark.

When FIND MODE on the ESSENCE MARK page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to CLIP: This jumps to the first frame of the next clip.

During the jump, the F FWD indicator flashes. If you press this together with the F FWD button, the jump is to the last frame of the last recorded clip on the disc.

For details, see “Recording Shot Marks” (page 65).

kSTOP button

Press this to stop disc playback.

lPREV (previous) button

When FIND MODE on the ESSENCE MARK page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to R.ST: This jumps to the previous REC START essence mark.

When FIND MODE on the ESSENCE MARK page of the MAINTENANCE menu is set to CLIP: This jumps to the first frame of the current clip, or jumps to the first frame of the previous clip when the PREV button is pressed at the first frame of the current clip.

During the jump, the F REV indicator flashes. If you press this together with the F REV button, the jump is to the start of the first recorded clip on the disc.

For details, see “Recording Shot Marks” (page 65).

Overview 1 Chapter

Side control panel (inside the protection cover)

1 MONITOR switches

 

MONITOR

 

THUMBNAIL

SUB CLIP

 

AUDIO LEVEL

 

MIX

MIX

CH-1/2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH-1

CH-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH-2 CH-4

CH-3/4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 SHIFT button

 

SHIFT

ESSENCE

CLIP MENU

0

10

0

10

 

MARK

SEL/SET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CH-3

 

 

 

PRESET

F-RUN

 

AUTO

 

F

 

 

 

 

REGEN

SET

 

 

W

3 Lithium battery compartment

 

 

 

CLOCK

R-RUN

 

MANUAL

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO SELECT

 

 

 

LITHIUM BATT

 

FRONT MIC

VIDEO OUT

 

CH-1

CH-2

CH-4

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO IN

 

 

 

 

 

LOW CUT

CHARACTER

 

FRONT

 

F

 

 

 

 

ON

ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WIRELESS

W

 

 

 

 

OFF

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAR

 

R

4THUMBNAIL indicator

5THUMBNAIL button

6SUB CLIP indicator

7SEL/SET button (four-way arrow key)

8AUDIO LEVEL knobs

9AUDIO SELECT switches

0AUDIO IN switches

qa VIDEO OUT CHARACTER switch qs F-RUN/SET/R-RUN switch

qd FRONT MIC LOW CUT switch qf PRESET/REGEN/CLOCK switch

Location and Function of Parts

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