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DISPLAY BUTTON
Pressing the DISPLAY button on the remote control allows you to switch the displays in the viewfinder
or on the LCD monitor.
Display in the viewfinder or LCD monitor in the VIDEO mode:
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Linear time Linear time counter Date search No display
counter with memory function
Display in the viewfinder or LCD monitor in the CAM mode:
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Linear time Linear time counter
counter with memory
When a recorded tape is in the camera/
recorder during the VIDEO mode, "SEARCH"
appears in the viewfinder or LCD monitor.
(Refer to "DATE SEARCH" below.)
The linear time counter with the memory
feature and "SEARCH" in the viewfinder or
LCD monitor can also be displayed on the
connected television.
If the LCD monitor is opened or closed (the
picture is switched) during playback, the
on-screen display in the picture will
disappear for about one second, and then
reappear again.
When the date and time appear on the LCD
monitor, you cannot erase them by pressing
the DISPLAY button. If you want to erase the
on-screen display, press the DATE/DISP.
button on the camera/recorder.
DATE SEARCH
The date search function memorizes the start and end positions of recordings you made on a specific
day so you can easily locate those positions later as long as the cassette is left in the camera/recorder.
NOTE: Be sure that the date and time are set.
1. Attach a power source and slide the CAM/OFF/
VIDEO switch to "VIDEO".
2. Press the DATE/DISP. button (the DISPLAY
button on the remote control) to display
"SEARCH" in the viewfinder or LCD monitor.
3. Press the REW/REVIEW button to search for
the start position from which you last made a
recording or the F.FWD button to recording
end position.
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SEARCH" will appear while the start pos¬
ition is being searched for; "SEARCH
while the end position is being searched for.
4. When the required position is located, the
camera/recorder enters the stop mode and
"SEARCH" disappears from the viewfinder or
LCD monitor.
NOTES:
• If you have ejected the cassette, this function
will not operate with that cassette. (When a
cassette is inserted and the recording is
started, the position is identified as the record¬
ing start position on that day.)
• If the clock battery is not inserted, the date
search function does not operate when the
battery providing the power to the camera/
recorder is removed.
• When the cassette was recorded by another
camera/recorder, the date search function
does not operate.
• The date search function is released when you
press the STOP button during date search
mode.
• If the recorded time is less than 30 seconds,
the date search function may not operate nor¬
mally.
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