5-1 Cassette Loading/Unloading
Loading
Insert the cassette with its label side facing you.
Gently push the center of the cassette until the machine starts automatic loading.
Notes:
• To avoid damage or injury, do not insert your hand or other foreign objects into the cassette loading slot.
• For best results, use a T-120 tape : U model, E-180 tape : E model.
5 PREPARATION
Unloading
5
Press the [EJECT] button.
[The cassette is ejected.
• The tape reel counter is reset to
“0000”.
If the operating mode is not on when the [EJECT] button
is pressed, operating mode is automatically switched on
and the cassette is ejected. Once the cassette is
unloaded, the operating mode turns off again
automatically.
If the Timer Recording Standby mode is engaged
(TIMER indication is shown on the display), the
cassette will not be ejected when the [EJECT] button is
pressed.
To unload the cassette, press the [TIMER] button to
release the Timer Recording Standby mode, then
press the [EJECT] button.
(
) indication
[EJECT] button
[TIMER] indication
Auto operate on
When a cassette is loaded, the oprating mode
automatically turns on and the (
) cassette indication
appears.
Auto play
When a cassette with no erasure prevention tab is loaded,
playback starts automatically.
5-2 Recording/Playback Speed Mode Selection
5 PREPARATION
Press the [OPERATE] button to turn the operating mode on.
Select whether or not the HDR mode is engaged with the <HDR> menu switch on the <VTR MODE> screen. When the
During HDR recording or HDR playback, the [HDR] indicator lights.
Select the Record or Playback speed with the [TIME MODE +/
–] button. Refer to the table below.
The selected recording or playback speed mode is shown on the display.
• Available modes differ depending on whether HDR is ON or OFF.
[HDR] indicator
Record/playback speed
indication
[TIME MODE +/
–] buttons
Available recording
time (hour)
T-120
2H 2H* Standard (SP) 2 —
6H* 6H 3x (EP) 6 —
L12H — 12-hour SP linear slow 12 0.1 Possible
— L18H 18-hour EP linear slow 18 —
L24H — 24-hour SP linear slow 24 0.2
— 24H 24-hour timelapse 24 —
48H 48H 48-hour timelapse 48 0.4
72H 72H 72-hour timelapse 72 0.6
120H 120H 120-hour timelapse 120 1.0 Impossible
168H 168H 168-hour timelapse 168 1.4
240H 240H 240-hour timelapse 240 2
480H 480H 480-hour timelapse 480 4
960H 960H 960-hour timelapse 960 8
Recording/
playback interval
(sec.) (with HDR
mode OFF)
Display
Mode
ON
OFF
HDR REC
Audio
recording
*HDR ON/OFF can
be activated in any
recording mode
except the 2H/6H
mode.
High-Density Recording
HDR is performed with the EP heads. When HDR is set to
“OFF”, recording is performed with the SP heads.
In the HDR mode, the interval between frames (fields) is reduced by about a third, allowing three 3 times as many frames
to be recorded as in the ordinary timelapse mode. This does not affect the actual recording time of the tape (the recording
time is the same as it would be if recorded in the normal (SP) Timelapse mode).
The quality of the picture recorded in the HDR mode is inferior to that in ordinary timelapse recording (equivalent to the EP
mode).
• Available recording time may vary depending on the type of cassette used.
• In the L12H, L18H and L24H Linear Slow mode, the tape runs continuously while sound is recorded. Pictures are timelapse-
recorded.
• The L12H and L24H modes can be set only when HDR is set to
“OFF”.
The L18H and 24H modes can be set only when HDR is set to
“ON”.
• For best results, use a T-120 tape.
• Replace the cassette at least once every 15 days when using the 2H - 168H modes. In the 240 - 960H modes,
replace the cassette with a new one at the completion of recording.
U model
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