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• When the unit is playing back a part of the tape where
the recording format has been changed between the
DVCAM format and the DV format, the picture and
sound may be distorted.
• The unit cannot play back a tape recorded in the LP
mode of the consumer DV format.
button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning
and starts playing automatically (during rewind, the
REW indicator lights and the PLAY indicator flashes).
You can change the tape transport mode in FF/REW
SPD on the VTR SET menu.
For details on the VTR SET menu, see "VTR SET menu" on
page 43
REW (rewind) button
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the
tape starts rewinding. During rewind, the picture does
not appear on the monitor (you can see the picture as it
is seen in the EE mode during rewind).
To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, keep
pressing this button during rewind, playback or in
playback pause mode (picture search).
If you press the PLAY button while holding down this
If you set the FF/REW SPD on the VTR SET menu to
SHUTTLEMAX, you can display the picture while
rewinding the tape.
STOP button
Press this button to stop the current tape transport
operation.
[2] Indicators
POWER indicator
CAUTION indicator
indicator
DVCAM indicator
NTSC indicator
PAL indicator
NTSC
PAL
POWER CAUTION DVCAM
POWER indicator
Lights in green when the power of this unit is on and
lights in red when the unit is in the standby mode.
CAUTION indicator
Flashes when an error occurs.
For details on cautions, see "Alarm Messages" on page
51
(cassette) indicator
Lights when a digital video cassette is loaded. Even
if the unit is in the standby mode, the indicator lights
as long as the cassette is inside of the unit. While the
cassette is being ejected, the indicator flashes.
NTSC indicator
Lights when:
• the unit is in the EE mode, analog video signals are
input and the NTSC/PAL select switch is set to
NTSC.
• the unit is in the EE mode and NTSC formatted
video signals are input from the DV IN/OUT
connector.
• a tape that has NTSC formatted video signals is
being played back.
For details on the VTR SET menu, see "VTR SET menu" on
page 43 (GB).
DVCAM indicator
PAL indicator
Lights when the unit is playing back a tape recorded
in DVCAM format.
When the REC MODE on the VTR SET menu is set
to DVCAM, this indicator also lights during
recording or in the EE mode.
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Lights when:
• the unit is in the EE mode, analog video signals are
input and the NTSC/PAL select switch is set to PAL.
• the unit is in the EE mode and PAL formatted video
signals are input from the DV IN/OUT connector. •
• a tape that has PAL formatted video signals is being
played back.