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[1] Tape transport control section
Tape transport indicators
REC (record) button
When you press the PLAY button while holding down
this button, the indicator lights and recording begins.
To set the unit to recording pause mode, press the
PAUSE and PLAY buttons while holding down this
button. If you press only this button when the unit is in
the stop mode and the DV IN TC on the OTHERS
menu is set to EXTERNAL, the REC indicator lights
and you can also check the EE signals for time code.
After checking them, press the STOP button.
For details on the OTHERS menu, see "OTHERS menu" on
page 49 .
resumes the operation. The indicator lights when the
unit is in pause mode.
F FWD (fast forward) button
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the
tape is fast forwarded. During fast forward, the picture
does not appear on the monitor (you can see the picture
as it is seen in the EE mode'' during fast forward).
To locate a scene while monitoring the picture, keep
pressing this button during fast forward, playback or in
playback pause mode (picture search).
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 .
• The unit cannot record in the LP mode of the
consumer DV format. Only recording in the SP mode
is available.
• To set the unit to recording pause mode with the
remote control unit (DSRM-20, not supplied), press
the PAUSE button while holding down the PLAY
button to set the unit to the playback pause mode,
then press the REC button on the DSRM-20.
PAUSE button
Press this button to set the unit to pause mode while
recording or playing. Pressing this button again
If you set the FF/REW SPD on the VTR SET menu to
SHUTTLEMAX, you can display the picture while
fast-forwarding the tape.
PLAY button
When you press this button, the indicator lights and
playback begins.
If you press this button while holding down the REW
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).
1) EEmode
"EE" stands for "Electric to Electric". In this EE mode, the
video and audio signals that are input to the VCR'S
recording circuitry do not pass through any magnetic
conversion circuits but instead are output via electric circuits
only. This mode is used to check the input signals and adjust
input levels. The pictures output in EE mode are referred to ,
as; F.F nicturps
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