Location And Function Of Parts; Front Panel - Sony HVR-M15AU - Professional Video Cassete recorder/player Operating Instructions Manual

Location and Function of Parts

Front Panel

2 Indicator section
(see page 10)
1 Remote sensor
2 DISPLAY OUTPUT
switch
3 q (cassette)
indicator
4 ON/STANDBY
switch and lamp
5 INPUT SELECT switch
a Remote sensor
Note
In addition to the Remote Commander supplied with the
unit, the unit accepts signals from any Sony Remote
Commander whose command mode is set to VTR4.
To disable control from a Remote Commander, set
[COMMANDER] in the [OTHERS] menu to
[CONTROL S].
b DISPLAY OUTPUT switch
Selects the destination for the text data to be
superimposed via output jacks.
OFF: Does not output text data to superimpose.
S VIDEO/VIDEO:
Superimposes text data to S VIDEO OUT jack and
VIDEO OUT jack.
ALL: Superimposes text data to COMPONENT OUT
jacks, S VIDEO OUT jack and VIDEO OUT jack.
For details on text data, see "Displaying Various Data" on
page 18.
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Chapter 1 Overview
c q (cassette) indicator
Lights when a digital video cassette is loaded.
Does not light up when there is no cassette loaded in the
unit.
This indicator blinks while a cassette is being ejected.
For details, see "Inserting/Ejecting Cassettes" on page 21.
d ON/STANDBY switch and lamp
Press this switch to turn the unit on, and the ON/
STANDBY lamp lights up in green. When you press
this switch again, the unit goes into the standby mode
and the lamp lights up in red.
e INPUT SELECT switch
Use this button to select the signal input jack from the
HDV/DV jack, S VIDEO IN jack, and VIDEO IN
jack.
HDV/DV: Inputs a signal from the HDV/DV jack.
S VIDEO: Inputs a signal from the S VIDEO IN jack.
VIDEO: Inputs a signal from the VIDEO IN jack.
6 Cassette Lid
7 MENU button
8 J/j/K/k buttons
9 EXEC button
0 CAUTION indicator
1 Tape transport control
section (see page 8)