Sony Handycam CCD-TR2300 Service Manual page 10

Various playback modes
To view a still picture (playback pause)
Press II during playback. To resume playback, press n or [_:>.
TO locate a scene (picture search)
Keep pressing .4-q or _'_ d6ting playback. To resume normal playback, release the
button.
To monitor the high-speed picture while advancing the tape or
rewinding (skip scan)
Keeppressing q'q while rewinding or _ while advancing thetape. To resume
normal playback,press _>.
To view the picture at 1/5 speed (slow playback)
Press SLOW I1,.-on the Remote Commander during playback. To resume normal
playback, press g>'. If slow playback lasts for about 1 minute, it shifts to normal speed
automatically.
To view the picture at double speed
For double speed playback in the reverse direction, press 411"_, then press x2 on the
Remote Commander during playback. For double speed playback in the"forward
direction, press _>111_, then press x2 during playback. To resume normal playback,
press [_>.
To view the picture frame-by-frame
Press 411-_ or _>11_ on the Remote Commander in playback pause mode. If you keep
pressing the button, you can view the picture at 1/25 speed. To resume normal
playback, press _:>.
To change the playback direction
Press 4111<_on the Remote Commander for reverse direction or _111_ on the Remote
Commander for forward direction during playback. To resume normal playback, press
To select the playback sound
Change the "HiFi SOUND" mode setting in the menu system.
Notes on playback
• Streaks appear and the sound is muted in the various playback modes.
• When playback pause mode lasts for 5 minutes, the camcorder automatically enters
stop mode.
• Horizontal noise appears at the center of the screen when you play back a tape in
reverse or in various speed if the RC time code or the Data Code is displayed on the
screen. This is normal.
• The playback picture may be shaken up and down in slow playback. This is normal.
Displaying the date or time when you recorded - data code
function
Even if you did not record the date or time when you were recording, you can display
the date or time when you recorded (Data Code) on the TV during playback or editing.
The Data Code is also displayed in the viewfinder and the display window.
To display the date when you recorded
Press DATE on the camcorder, or press DATA CODE on the Remote Commander. To
make the date disappear, press DATE again or DATA CODE twice.
To display the time when you recorded
Press TIME on the camcorder, or press DATA CODE on the Remote Commander twice.
To make the time disappear, press it again.
DATA CODE
%
4
JUL.4 1996
,!,
5:30:00PM
4,
TIME
DATE
JUL. 4 1996
Display window
I;: I
5:30:OOPM
Display window
When bars (--:--:m) appear
• A blank portion of the tape is being played back.
• The tape was recorded by a camcorder without the Data Code function.
• The tape was recorded by a camcorder without having date and time set.
• The tape is unreadable due to tape damage or noise.
• The tape was recorded in LP mode.
* The tape is being played back in variable speed (Slow Playback, etc.)
• An index signal is marked, the RC time code is written, or PCM after recording is
made on the tape.
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