5
[REMOTE SEL.] Remote select
switch
Use this switch to select the remote controller
type.
9 PIN : Select this to use the RS-422A-
compatible editing remote con-
troller (RM-G820) that connects
to the
4
9 PIN REMOTE termi-
nal located at the rear panel.
Please use this unit as a player.
* This setting is valid only when
the REMOTE item of the RE-
MOTE menu is set to ON.
SERIAL : Select this to use the serial re-
mote controller (RM-G30) that
connects to the
3
SERIAL RE-
MOTE terminal located at the
rear panel.
* This setting is valid only when
the REMOTE item of the RE-
MOTE menu is set to ON.
WIRELESS : Select this to use the provided
wireless remote controller.
Memo
●
When 9 PIN or SERIAL is selected, the but-
tons on the unit you wish to render operable
can be selected from the LOCAL FUNCTION
item of the REMOTE menu.
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●
During OPERATION LOCK, this switch will
not be effective.
● Control via the DV IN/OUT terminal is pos-
sible (ie unaffected by the switch setting).
6
[MIC] Microphone input terminal
This is the mini jack for monaural microphone
input. When this terminal is connected to a mi-
crophone, sound input via the AUDIO IN termi-
nal located on the rear panel is not recorded.
Sound from this terminal is recorded on CH1/
CH2 in the RECORD mode and CH3/CH4 in
the AUDIO DUBBING mode.
7
[EJECT] Eject button
●Press this button to eject the cassette.
Memo
It takes about 6 seconds for the cassette to
be ejected.
●If no cassette is loaded and this button is
pressed for at least 2 seconds, a menu will be
displayed on the monitor connected to the
VIDEO LINE OUT or Y/C OUT terminal.
●When the menu is displayed, pressing this
button will resume the usual screen.
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1
[OPERATE] Operate button/LED
●Press this button to turn on the power and op-
erate the unit. (Operate ON)
Press this button again to turn off the power.
(Operate OFF)
●The OPERATE LED lights up as follows.
Operate ON : the LED lights up green
Operate OFF : the LED lights up red
VTR error : the LED blinks in red
Memo
● When the DC IN MODE item of the SYS-
TEM menu is set to “OPE ON” and power is
supplied to the
1
[DC IN] terminal located
at the rear panel, the unit goes into the OP-
ERATE ON state even if this button is not
pressed.
● Even when the power has been turned off
with this button, a small amount of electric-
ity will still be channeled into the unit. There-
fore, if the unit is not going to be used for a
long period of time, please remove the AC
adapter to reduce energy consumption.
2
Cassette slot
● Load a cassette into or unload it from the slot.
Please insert a standard DV or a mini DV cas-
sette. ☞ Page 30
● When the unit is in the OPERATE OFF state
and if a cassette is loaded, it goes into the
ON state.
3
[A. DUB] Audio dubbing button/LED
●Press this button for audio dubbing (after-re-
cording).
For audio dubbing, set the AUDIO MODE item
of the AUDIO/VIDEO menu to “32K”.
Sound produced by the
6
MIC terminal or
the
9
AUDIO IN terminal at the rear panel is
recorded on CH3 and CH4 channels.
●During audio dubbing, the A. DUB LED lights
up red.
●If the INPUT SEL switch is set at DV, audio
dubbing is not possible.
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4
[INPUT SEL] Input video signal se-
lection switch
●Select the video signal input with this switch.
Y/C : YC separate video signals from the Y/
C IN terminal
LINE : composite video signals from the LINE
IN terminal
DV :DV signals from the DV IN/OUT termi-
nal (IEEE1394)
Note
During recording, please do not manipulate
this switch. Even if you do, it will not work.
NAMES AND FUNCTIONS
OF VARIOUS PARTS
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Front panel
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