Location and Function of Parts
Display Panel
qd PAGE button
qs Sub LCD operation buttons F1 to F4
qa Audio monitor speaker
1 LCD monitor
Displays the playback or E-E pictures
status information, and setup menus, etc. are
superimposed on the LCD monitor.
2 BRIGHT (brightness)/CONTRAST knob
Adjusts the brightness and contrast of the LCD
monitor 1. Adjustments have no effect on the
recorded or output video.
3 WARNING indicator
Lights when the battery is exhausted or an error
occurs.
It flashes when the end of battery power is near.
4 Timecode operation buttons
HOLD button: Stops the progress of the timecode
generator. Press this button before setting
timecode or user bits to hold those values.
RESET button: Press this to reset the preset data of
CNT (counter value) or TC (timecode) or UB
(user bit) indication in the sub LCD q;. Resetting
the CNT value erases all edit points that have been
set.
Use this button also when resetting the setup menu
to its factory default settings.
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1) E-E pictures: "E-E" stands for "Electric to Electric." In
E-E mode, the video and audio signals that are input to
the VCR's recording circuitry do not pass through any
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Chapter 1 Overview
For more information, see "Setting Time Data" (page 59).
For information about how to reset the setup menu to its
1)
. Time data,
factory default settings, see "Resetting the menu settings to
their factory default values" (page 107).
5 COUNTER SELECT button
Alternately selects CNT (counter value), TC
(timecode), and UB (user bits) as the time data used in
editing and displayed in the sub LCD q;.
6 LIGHT (backlight on/off) switch
Turns the backlights of the sub LCD q; and audio
level meter 8 on and off.
You can also use the LIGHTSW setting of the sub LCD menu
to turn the LCD monitor power on and off. For details, see
page 72.
7 METER switch
Selects the audio channel whose level is displayed by
the audio level meter 8.
CH-1/2: Display the recording, playback, and E-E
CH-3/4: Display the recording, playback, and E-E
magnetic conversion circuits but instead are output via
electric circuits only. The pictures output in E-E mode are
referred to as E-E pictures.
1 LCD monitor
2 BRIGHT/CONTRAST knob
3 WARNING indicator
4 Timecode operation buttons
5 COUNTER SELECT button
6 LIGHT switch
7 METER switch
8 Audio level meter
9 UP and DOWN buttons
q; Sub LCD
levels of audio channels 1 and 2.
levels of audio channels 3 and 4.