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EN
Set to “PLAY”.
P.AE Button
EFFECT Button
P.STABILIZER Button
PLAYBACK
Features
COUNTER R/M
Button
Rewind (
2
) Button
Fast-Forward (
3
) Button
Play/Pause (
4
/
6
) Button
Stop (
5
) Button
Tracking:
Eliminates noise bars that appear on-screen
during playback. Factory-preset is Auto Tracking.
To activate Manual Tracking:
1) Press P.AE and EFFECT simultaneously. “MT” appears.
2) Press P.AE or EFFECT as many times as necessary until
the noise bars disappear.
●
To return to Auto Tracking, press P.AE and EFFECT
simultaneously. “AT” blinks. When Auto Tracking
finishes, the indication disappears.
●
When noise bars appear during playback, the
camcorder enters the Auto Tracking mode and “AT” is
displayed.
●
Manual Tracking may not work with tapes recorded on
other VCRs or camcorders.
TBC (Time Base Corrector):
Removes jitter from
fluctuating video signals to deliver a stable picture even
with old tapes. Factory-preset: TBC is engaged.
To activate/release the TBC mode, press P.STABILIZER
during playback for more than 1 second. When the TBC
mode is activated, “TBC” is displayed.
●
The “TBC” indicator turns green (gray with a camcorder
equipped with a black/white viewfinder) while TBC is
working.
●
TBC does not work during still playback and shuttle
search.
●
The “TBC” indicator turns white while TBC is not
operative.
●
It may take a few seconds before TBC actually starts
working.
●
The picture may be distorted if the TBC mode is
activated or deactivated at the edit-in/-out points or
when normal playback resumes after still playback or
shuttle search.
●
If the playback picture is distorted when TBC is set to
on, turn off TBC.
Counter Memory Function:
Makes it easier to
locate a specific tape segment.
1) Press COUNTER R/M and hold for more than 1 second.
The counter resets to “0:00:00”.
2) Press COUNTER R/M for less than 1 second. “M”
appears.
3) After recording or playback, press
5
, then
2
. The tape
automatically stops at or close to 0:00:00.
4) Press
4
/
6
to start playback.
●
The counter memory functions in the Fast-Forward and
Rewind modes.
●
To disable the Counter Memory Function, press COUN-
TER R/M for less than 1 second so that “M” disappears.
