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10 (GB) Chapter 1 Overview
Location and Function of Parts
Chapter 1 Overview
OFF: Auto Repeat or timer recording is released.
REC: Recording begins the moment the power is
connected to the unit.
Note
This selector setting has a higher priority than the KEY
INH switch 2 setting.
5 AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT selector
When the audio mode is set to 32 kHz (4-channel), use
this selector to select the audio channel to be output
via the AUDIO jacks in OUTPUT as well as the
PHONES jack 7.
CH-1/2: channels 1/2 only
MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4
CH-3/4: channels 3/4 only
Notes
•During audio dubbing, if you want to listen to the
sound recorded on the tape, set this selector to CH-1/
2; if you want to listen to the sound being dubbed, set
the selector to CH-3/4. (Only channels 3 and 4 can be
used to dub.)
To check the sound to be dubbed before dubbing, set
this selector to CH-3/4, then press the DUB button
while the unit is in the stop mode. Then you can
listen to the sound of the channels used to dub
(channels 3 and 4).
•When the audio mode is 48 kHz (2-channel), this
selector is disabled. Sounds are output via the
AUDIO jacks in OUTPUT and the PHONES jack 7.
•When this selector is set to MIX, the sound of the
mixed level of the pair of channel 1 and 3 and that of
channels 2 and 4 is output. The signal level of each
channel drops to 50 % (–6 dB).
6 PHONE LEVEL control knob
Controls the volume of the headphones connected to
the PHONES jack 7.
7 PHONES jack
Connect stereo headphones for monitoring sounds
during recording or playback. The audio signal you
want to monitor can be selected with the AUDIO
OUTPUT SELECT selector 5.
8 RESET button
Press this button to initialize the time set on the
internal clock and the time code of the FREE RUN
setting. Use the tip of a ball-point pen or similar tool to
press this button. (The menu item settings are
maintained.)
9 CHARACTER DISPLAY (data items
superimposed on an external monitor) switch
Set this switch to ON to superimpose data items on the
analog video output. Even if you set it to OFF, the tape
label, title and data codes (camera data and date/time
recorded by a camera) are superimposed.
Note
To choose whether or not the tape label, title, or data
codes are displayed, use the menu items. Also, you can
select the data code items to be displayed by pressing
the DATA CODE button on the Remote Commander.
0 INPUT SELECT selector
You can select DV, S VIDEO, or VIDEO to input
signals.
The type of signal selected is displayed on the Data
screen on the LCD monitor on the front panel.
Notes
•When you input signals to the DV jack, the following
settings are disabled:
– Setting of the audio input level (–10/–2/+4)
– Audio recording level
– Audio recording level adjustment mode (FIX/VAR)
– Audio mode (32 kHz/48 kHz)
– Color bars (Cannot be displayed)
• If you change this selector, the screen may
momentarily become bright or noise may appear.
This noise will be recorded.
• Do not change this selector setting during recording.
Otherwise, the recorded image will be distorted or the
signal output from the DV jack will be interrupted.
Also, the unit may mistakenly recognize that a
copyright protected signal has been input.
qa EJECT (OPEN/CLOSE) (open/close the cassette
compartment) button
Press this button to open or close the cassette
compartment. If you press this button while a cassette
is inside the unit, the compartment opens and the
cassette is ejected.
After removing the cassette, press this button again to
close the compartment.