Sony HVR-M25P VCR User Manual


 
Chapter 1 Overview 15
Chapter 1 Overview
Notes
• The unit does not have an LP recording mode of the
consumer DV format. Only SP recording mode is
available.
• To set the unit to recording pause mode with the
remote control unit DSRM-10 (not supplied), press
PAUSE button while holding down PLAY button to
set the unit to the playback pause mode, then press
REC button on the DSRM-10.
• When the recording mode is set in HDV format, it
may take a few seconds to start recording. During this
time, REC indicator blinks.
4 FF (fast forward) button / indicator
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 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).
For details on [VTR SET] menu, see “VTR SET” on page
74.
Notes
• If you set [EE/PB SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output.
• If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in [VTR SET] menu to
[SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during
fast forward.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see
“FF/REW SPEED” in “VTR SET” menu on page 74.
5 PLAY button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and
playback begins.
If you press this button while holding down REW
button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning
and starts playing automatically (during rewind, REW
indicator lights and PLAY indicator blinks).
Notes
• When the unit is playing back a part of the tape
where the recording format has been changed among
HDV format, DVCAM format, and DV format, or
between 60i format and 50i format, the picture and
sound may be distorted.
• The unit cannot play back a tape recorded in the LP
recording mode of the consumer DV format.
6 REW (rewind) button / indicator
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 EE mode during rewind.) To locate a scene
while monitoring the picture, hold this button down
during rewind, playback or in the playback pause
mode.
If you press PLAY button while holding down this
button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning
and starts playing automatically (during rewind, REW
indicator lights and PLAY indicator blinks).
For details on [VTR SET] menu, see “VTR SET” on page
74.
Notes
• If you set [EE/PB SEL] in [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output.
• If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in [VTR SET] menu to
[SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during
fast forward.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see
“FF/REW SPEED” in “VTR SET” menu on page 74.
7 STOP button
Press this button to stop the tape transport operation
completely.
8 PAUSE button / indicator
Press this button to set the unit to pause mode. The
indicator lights while recording, playing, or audio
dubbing. Press this button again to resume the
operation.