24 ENTAPE PLAYBACK (cont.)
BLANK Button
Blank Search
Helps you find where you should start recording in
the middle of a tape to avoid time code interruption
(Z pg. 20).
1Load a tape (Z pg. 12).
2Set the VIDEO/MEMORY Switch to OVIDEO�
(GR-DVL1020/DVL820/DVL520 only), then set the
Power Switch to OPLAY� while pressing down the
Lock Button located on the switch.
3Press BLANK.
Power SwitchY OBLANK SEARCH� appears blinking and the
camcorder automatically starts reverse or forward
Lock Buttonshuttle search, then stops at the spot which is about
3 seconds of tape before the beginning of the
Displaydetected blank portion.
44To cancel Blank Search midway . . .
..... press 5.
NOTES:
BLANK SEARCHc In step 3, if the current position is at a blank portion the
camcorder searches in the reverse direction, and if the
current position is at a recorded portion the camcorder
searches in the forward direction.
c Blank Search does not work if OHEAD CLEANING
REQUIRED. USE CLEANING CASSETTE� has
appeared with the tape.
c If the beginning or end of the tape is reached during
Blank Search, the camcorder stops automatically.
VIDEO/MEMORY Switch (GR-DVL1020/c A blank portion which is shorter than 5 seconds of tape
DVL820/DVL520 only; open the LCDmay not be detected.
monitor to access this switch.)c The detected blank portion may be located between
recorded scenes. Before you start recording, make sure
Stop Button (5)
there is no recorded scene after the blank portion. |