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• When the ON/STANDBY lamp is out, this switch does
not operate. Press the “|” (ON) marked side of the
POWER switch on the rear panel before operating the
ON/STANDBY switch.
For details on the POWER switch, see “POWER (main
power) switch” on page 20.
• When the KEY INH switch 2 is set to ON, the ON/
STANDBY switch does not operate. Set the KEY INH
switch to OFF to enable the ON/STANDBY switch.
e TIMER switch
Use this switch to select Auto Repeat or recording when
using an external AC timer (not supplied).
REPEAT:
When power is supplied to the unit, the tape
rewinds to its beginning automatically and
playback starts. When one of the following items
on the tape are detected, auto repeat playback starts
automatically.
– Index signals
– An unrecorded portion
– A portion recorded in a format set by other than
[AUTO] in [HDV/DV SEL] of the [IN/OUT
REC] menu
– Tape end
Auto Repeat also functions if you set this switch to
REPEAT during playback or rewind.
For details on Auto Repeat, see “Auto Repeat (CUSTOM
REPEAT)” on page 42 and “CUSTOM REPEAT” in the
“VTR SET” menu on page 77.
OFF: Auto Repeat or timer recording is disabled.
REC: Recording begins the moment the power is
connected to the unit.
The setting of this switch still activates the unit even
when the KEY INH switch 2 is set to ON.
f AUDIO OUTPUT SELECT switch
When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), use this
switch to select the audio channel to be output via the
AUDIO OUT jack and HDMI OUT jack on the rear
panel of the unit, as well as from the i (phones) jack 8
and the Speaker qa.
CH-1/2: channels 1/2 only
MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4
CH-3/4: channels 3/4 only
• During audio dubbing, if you want to listen to the
sound recorded on the tape, set this switch to CH-1/2;
if you want to listen to the sound being dubbed, set the
switch 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 switch to CH-3/4, then press the
AUDIO 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) for a short period of time.
For details on audio dubbing, see page 63. Also refer to the
instructions for the “AUDIO DUB (A2) 1” button on page
11.
• When the audio mode is 48 kHz (2-channel), sounds of
channel 1 and 2 are output via the AUDIO OUT jack,
i (phones) jack 8, HDMI OUT jack and Speaker qa
regardless of the position of this switch.
• When this switch 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 audio output level becomes 50%
(–6 dB) of the original audio levels on each channel.
• The unit cannot play back 4-channel sound recorded in
HDV format.
g 5/i (speaker/phones) LEVEL control knob
Controls the volume of the speaker qa on the bottom
plate of the unit as well as that of the headphones
connected to the i (phones) jack 8.
• The volume of the speaker and headphones are set
together. The volumes cannot be set separately.
• By changing the setting of [SPEAKER/BEEP] in
[OTHERS] (page 81), you can switch the speaker
audio output on and off.
h i (phones) jack
Connect stereo headphones for monitoring sound during
recording or playback. The audio signals you want to
monitor can be selected with the AUDIO OUTPUT
SELECT switch 6. By changing the setting of
[AUDIO MONI] in the [AUDIO SET] menu (page 76),
you can monitor the sound of a particular channel only.
When headphones are connected, no sound is produced
from the built-in speaker.
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