Index Function - Sony sl-hf600 Operating Instructions Manual

INDEX FUNCTION
The desired program can be easily located by the index
signal marked on the tape.
INDEX SCAN
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-To play back the beginning of each program in sequence
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1
Insert a cassette that has index signals recorded.
2
Press INDEX once.
An index signal Is automatically marked on the tape when
REC is slid to the dght or when a timer recording starts.
Data screen
Display window
INDEX
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Blinks while the index
signal is being marked.
Notes
lndex signals will not be marked on the tape when
the recording is started by releasing the recording
pause or playback pause mode.
The index function operates also with the index
signals marked using the index function of other
recorders.
lndex signals can be marked at any desired point on the
tape dudng mcording, timer recarding or normal playback.
At the point
where
an index signal is to be marked, press
INDEX MARK
Blinks while the index
signal is being marked.
Note3
The sound recorded on the conventional audio track
will be muted while the index signal is being marked
during playback, but the recording will not be
affected.
lndex signals can be
marked
on cassette tapes
without a safety tab (including commercially available
prerecorded video tapes) during playback
An index signal may not be registered immediately
before a point on the tape where the recording tape
speed (WI s,
W l I
or WIII) changes.
SCAN
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LI
Blink
alternately.
3
To scan the previous programs, press 44 REW.
To scan the programs ahead, press
w
FF.
The tape will be rewound or rapidly advanced to the
next index signal marked.
Blink
simultaneously
during scanning.
INDEX,
The tape will be played back for approximately 10
seconds, and then rewound or advanced to the next
index signal.
Every time an index signal is detected and playback
begins, the displayed index number increases.
4
At the desired program, press b PLAY.
Normal playback of that program will begin.