Repeat playback
Setting the BEGIN and END pointsSetting the repeat playback mode
(1) Press the MENU button.(1) Press the MENU button.
(2) Select menu item No.161 (CTL(TC)BGN) or(2) Select menu item No.160 (MEMORY MODE), and
No.162 (END), and incline the joystick to the leftselect the repeat playback mode.
or right.
By operating the joystick, the user can choose whether or
not to set the BEGIN and END points.Item settingDescription of operation
O--:--:--:--� appears on the display when the points are not
OFFNormal operation
set. If repeat playback is initiated in this state, the tape
start will serve as the BEGIN point, and the tape end willWhen the tape is fast forwarded or
serve as the END point.M-STOPrewound, it stops near the BEGIN
(3) Press the joystick while the setting ispoint.
displayed. The changed digits flash on theWhen the tape is played as far as the
display.REPT1END point, it is rewound to the BEGIN
(4) Select TC or CTL using the COUNTER button.point where it stops.
(5) Incline the joystick to the left or right, andWhen the tape is played as far as the
select the digits to change (flashing).END point, it is rewound to the BEGIN
The frame digits cannot be selected. O00� isCONTpoint and played, and this sequence of
always displayed for these digits.operations is repeated.
When the joystick is now inclined upward or
downward, the value of the digits changes.(3) Press the MENU button.
The counter display is reset to 00:00:00:00 when the
A confirmation screen now appears. The
RESET button is pressed.settings are stored in the memory if the PLAY
(6) After the settings have been completed, press
button is now pressed.
the joystick.Notes:
(7) Press the MENU button.Y The picture quality deteriorates when repeat playback is
A confirmation screen now appears. Theinitiated for the same tape over and over again. As a
settings are stored in the memory when thegeneral rule of thumb, replace the tape with a new one
PLAY button is pressed.after playing back the tape for about 100 times.
Y The output images to be displayed while the tape is
being rewound to the BEGIN point in the repeat
playback mode can be set using menu item No.163
(REPT MODE).
If FREEZE is selected as the REPT MODE setting and
the tape end has been set as the END point, the
playback image will not be frozen properly. Set the END
point at a place on the tape where images have been
recorded.
Y If the counter display mode (TC or CTL), which was
established when menu item No.161 (CTL(TC)BGN) and
No.162 (END) were set, is different from the counter
display mode (TC or CTL) in which repeat playback is to
be initiated, the repeat lamp flashes, and the repeat
playback operation cannot be performed.
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