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Front panel
P
TRIM buttons
These buttons are used to make fine adjustments to the
IN or OUT point.
By pressing the
i
or
j
button while the IN button or OUT
button is held down, the registered edit point can be
adjusted in 1-frame increments. When the
i
button is
pressed, the point is moved ahead by one frame;
conversely, when the
j
button is pressed, it is moved
back by one frame.
The playback phase can be adjusted by pressing the
i
or
j
button while holding down the PLAY button.
Q
REW button
When this button is pressed, the tape is rewound.
The rewinding speed can be selected using setup menu
item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).
R
STOP button
When this button is pressed, the tape stops traveling, and
if TAPE is selected as the OUTPUT setting on the
<HOME> menu, still pictures can be monitored.
Even in the stop mode, the drum continues to rotate, and
the tape remains tightly wound around the drum.
Therefore, when the VTR is left in the stop mode beyond
a specific period of time, it is automatically set to the
standby OFF mode in order to protect the tape. The VTR
is set to the stop mode immediately after the cassette has
been installed.
S
FF button
When this button is pressed, the tape is fast forwarded.
The fast forwarding speed can be selected using setup
menu item No.102 (FF.REW MAX).
T
EDIT button
This button is pressed together with the PLAY button
during playback to initiate manual editing.
When the button is pressed in the stop mode, the input
signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE> menu
or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the E-E mode.
F1
Parts and Their Functions
When the STOP button is pressed, the original picture
and sound are restored.
During playback, search, fast forwarding or rewinding, the
input signals in the mode selected by the <ASSEMBLE>
menu or <INSERT> menu can be monitored in the E-E
mode while the button is held down.
<Note>
No guarantees are made for the sound played back in the
search mode.
U
PLAY button
Press this button to start playback.
When this button is pressed together with the REC
button, recording starts; when this button is pressed
together with the EDIT button during playback, manual
editing starts.
However, manual editing will not be initiated if the servo
is not locked. When only the PLAY button is pressed
during manual editing, editing is exited, and the playback
mode is established.
V
REC button
When this button is pressed together with the PLAY
button, recording starts.
W
SERVO lamp
This lamp lights when the drum servo or capstan servo
locks.
X
REC INHIBIT lamp
This lights or goes off in accordance with the status of the
accidental erasure prevention tab on the cassette tape
and the setting which has been selected for REC
INH on the <HOME> menu. Recording onto the tape is
inhibited while the lamp is lighted.
F6
Cassette tape’s
accidental erasure
prevention tab status
REC INH
menu setting
REC INHIBIT
lamp status
Description of
operation
Recording
disabled
__
Lighted*
(or blinks slowly).
All recording operations
are inhibited.
Recording
enabled
OFF Off
All recording operations
are permitted.
ALL Lighted
All recording operations
are inhibited.
PRE Blinks rapidly
Recording operations
involving the overwriting
of existing material are
inhibited.
NORM Blinks rapidly
Normal recording
operations are inhibited.
Editing is possible.
V/CTL Blinks rapidly
Recording of video
signals and CTL signals
are inhibited.
* Whether the REC INHIBIT lamp is to light or blink is selected by
the No.114 REC INH LAMP setup menu item setting.