Using the RM Configuration menu under the Maintenance menu, the function of this button can be changed to switch only between FULL and LOCK modes (see page 19(E)).

The RM Configuration menu operation is possible in any mode.4STANDARD button

When you press this button, the video camera is initialized to its standard state, and the button lights for several seconds.

If you press the button while lit, the video camera retrieves the state before the button was lit.

5Spare button For future use.6Test signal output select buttons

Press and light up one of these buttons to activate the test signal generator of the video camera and send the respective signals.

TEST: To send a signal to test the video circuits. You can select the kind of the test signal to be output using the RM Configuration menu under the Maintenance menu (see page 19(E)).

BARS: To send a color bar signal

Note

The BARS button takes priority to the TEST button. If the BARS button is lit, press the button to turn it dark before pressing the TEST button.

7CLOSE button

Press and light the button to close the iris. To release the close mode, press the button again so that it goes dark.

8VTR START/STOP button

Press and light up this button to start a recording operation. When you press the button when lit, it goes dark, and recording stops.

Using the RM Configuration menu under the Maintenance menu, you can assign the CALL button function to this button (see page 19(E)). In this case, press to send a call signal to the video camera, on which the CALL button lights. The tally lamps on the camera and the red tally lamp on the camera control unit light when not lit, or go dark when lit.

When the CALL button on the video camera is pressed, the button on this unit lights and a buzzer sounds.

9VTR playback control buttons Controls VTR playback operations.s(stop) buttonPress to stop a rewind, fast-forward or playback operation.j(rewind) buttonPress and light this button to start a rewind operation.G(play) buttonPress and light this button to start a playback operation.J(fast forward) buttonPress and light this button to start a fast-forward operation.7(recording review) buttonPress and light this button to execute a recording review operation.

Notes

•When the VTR START/STOP button is lit, these buttons are deactivated. To activate the buttons, first press the VTR START/STOP button to cancel Recording mode.

•A part of the VTR control functions of this unit may be disabled depending on the combination of camera and VTR. For details, ask your Sony dealer.

0ALARM indicator

Flashes or lights in red when trouble occurs in the camera system and the self-diagnostic function activates at the video camera or the camera control unit.

5(E)