Sony HVR-1500A Operating Instructions Manual page 45

stationary while the head drum rotates, and the STOP
button lights.
If REC INHI appears in the LCD monitor screen
(in status display mode)
The probable causes are as follows.
• It indicates that the REC/SAVE switch of the loaded
cassette has been set to SAVE. Press the EJECT
button to remove the cassette, then set the REC/
SAVE switch to REC and reload the cassette.
• The REC INHIBIT menu item (see page 76) is set to
ON. Set it to OFF.
2
Hold down the REC button and press the PLAY
button.
This puts the unit into recording mode, and the tape
starts moving.
Cautions
• Once you have started recording, you cannot change the
audio mode or recording format.
• If on a tape there is a point where the audio mode is
switched, it is not possible to carry out insert editing over
a section including that point.
If the following indicators light when a cassette is
loaded
Indicator
CL
It means:
The loaded cassette contains
a cassette memory.
There is ClipLink log data
stored in the cassette memory
on the loaded cassette.
Caution
With such a cassette, carrying
out recording destroys the
ClipLink log data.
Indicator
NO EDIT indicator
If a warning message appears on the monitor
screen
In full screen display or small screen display mode, if you
attempt to record on a cassette tape with the REC/SAVE
switch is set to SAVE (recording inhibited), a warning
message appears on the monitor screen: "ALARM
RECORD INHIBIT PLUG ON THE CASSETTE IS SET
TO INHIBIT."
Take out the cassette, and set the REC/SAVE switch to
REC, then reinsert the cassette.
To stop recording
Press the STOP button.
The unit enters stop mode, and will automatically switch to
standby off mode after a while for tape protection.
To take out cassette
Press the EJECT button.
After a few seconds, the tape is unwound from the head
drum and the cassette is automatically ejected. If a CNT
value is shown on the time counter display (the time data
type indicator CNT is lit), the CNT value is reset.
To inhibit the unit from outputting text
information (time data, operating mode
indications, etc.) to the monitor screen
Set the CHARA. DISPLAY menu item (see page 77) to
OFF.
To change the time period before the unit
switches from stop mode to standby off mode
Change the setting of the FROM STOP >STOP TIMER
menu item (see page 81).
It means:
• A tape recorded in
DVCPRO format is inserted.
Replace the tape with one
recorded in DVCAM format.
• The recording format
selected on this unit is DV
(SP). In this case, you
cannot use the editing
functions.
• A tape recorded in HDV
format is inserted.
An HDV tape cannot be
edited with this unit.
During editing operation
The audio recording mode
selected on this unit does not
coincide with that of the tape.
• To continue editing, set the
unit for the same audio
recording mode as with the
tape.
• If your current purpose is
recording only, you can use
the tape as it is.
For more details, see
"Troubleshooting" (page 97).
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