Sony HVRM25AU - Professional Video Cassete recorder/player Operating Instructions Manual page 12

Location and Function of Parts
c REC (record) button / indicator
When you press and hold this button, then press the
PLAY button, each indicator lights and recording starts.
If you press this button while the tape is stopped, you
can check EE picture and audio signals for a short time.
When the HDV/DV jack is selected, if [HDV/DV IN
TC] in the [TC/UB SET] menu is set to [EXTERNAL],
you can also check the EE time code signals. Press the
STOP button to end the check.
For details, see "EE/PB SEL" in the "IN/OUT REC" menu
on page 74.
For details on time codes, see "TC/UB SET" on page 78.
Notes
• The unit does not have an LP recording mode for the
consumer DV format. Only SP recording mode is
available.
• To set the unit to recording pause mode with the
DSRM-10 remote control unit (not supplied), press the
PAUSE button while holding down the PLAY button
to set the unit to the playback pause mode, then press
the REC button on the DSRM-10.
• When the recording mode is set to HDV format, it may
take a few seconds to start recording. During this time,
the REC indicator blinks.
d FF (fast forward) button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the
tape is fast forwarded. During fast forward, the picture
does not appear on the monitor. (You can see the picture
as it is seen in EE mode during fast forward.) To locate
a scene while monitoring the picture, press and hold this
button during fast forward, playback or in the playback
pause mode (picture search).
Notes
• If you set [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output
(page 74).
• If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in the [VTR SET] menu
to [SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during
fast forward.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see
"FF/REW SPEED" in "VTR SET menu" on page 77.
e PLAY button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and
playback begins.
If you press this button while holding down the REW
button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning
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and starts playing automatically (during rewind, the
REW indicator lights and the PLAY indicator blinks).
Notes
• When the unit is playing back a part of the tape where
the recording format has been changed to HDV format,
DVCAM format, or DV format, or between 60i system
(including 24p and 30p) and 50i system (including
25p), the picture and sound may be distorted.
• The unit cannot play back a tape recorded in the LP
recording mode of the consumer DV format.
f REW (rewind) button / indicator
When you press this button, the indicator lights and the
tape starts rewinding. During rewind, the picture does
not appear on the monitor. (You can see the picture as it
is seen in EE mode during rewind.) To locate a scene
while monitoring the picture, hold this button down
during rewind, playback or in the playback pause mode.
If you press the PLAY button while holding down this
button during stop, the tape is rewound to its beginning
and starts playing automatically. (During rewind, the
REW indicator lights and the PLAY indicator blinks.)
Notes
• If you set [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output
(page 74).
• If you set [FF/REW SPEED] in the [VTR SET] menu
to [SHUTTLEMAX], the picture is played back during
rewind.
For details on running speed with [SHUTTLEMAX], see
"FF/REW SPEED" in "VTR SET menu" on page 77.
g STOP button
Press this button to stop the tape transport operation
.
completely
Note
If you set [EE/PB SEL] in the [IN/OUT REC] menu to
[PB], EE picture and EE audio signals are not output
during stop (page 74).
h PAUSE button / indicator
Press this button to set the unit to pause mode. The
indicator lights during recording, playing, or audio
dubbing. Press this button again to resume the
operation.