Sony 3-869-574-12(1) Operating Instructions Manual page 23

For details of cassette insertion see page 21, and for usable cassette types
see page 19.
The cassette is automatically drawn into the unit. The STOP button will
light, and a few seconds later a still image will appear on the monitor screen.
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Press the PLAY button.
This starts the playback operation. When the tape is played back all the way
to the end, the unit automatically rewinds it and then stops.
If the following indicators light when a cassette is loaded
Indicator
Cassette memory indicator The loaded cassette contains a cassette memory.
ClipLink indicator
To perform the following operations
Operation
Stop playback.
Adjust the audio playback
level.
Play back in shuttle mode
while monitoring the video.
Play back in jog mode while
monitoring the video.
Inhibit the unit from
outputting text information
(time data, operation mode
indications, etc.) to the
video monitor.
Remove the cassette.
Disable the automatic
rewind function.
Change the time period
before the unit switches
from stop mode to standby
off mode.
It means:
There is ClipLink log data stored in the cassette
memory on the loaded cassette.
Do this:
Press the STOP button.
The unit enters stop mode, and will automatically
switch to standby off mode after the time set with the
STOP TIMER menu item (see page 41).
Use the audio level control on the monitor.
Press the SEARCH button or search dial to light the
SHUTTLE indicator in the display section, then rotate
the search dial.
Playback is carried out at the speed determined by
the angular position of the search dial.
The maximum speed for shuttle playback can be
changed using the SHUTTLE menu item (see page
39).
Press the SEARCH button or search dial to light the
JOG indicator in the display section, then rotate the
search dial.
Playback is carried out at the speed according to the
speed of the search dial rotation. The playback
speed range is ±1 times normal speed by factory
default.
The search dial has no detents.
Set the CHARA. DISPLAY menu item (see page 40)
to OFF.
Press the EJECT button.
If a CNT value is shown on the time counter display,
the CNT value is reset.
Set the AUTO REW menu item (see page 39) to
DISABLE.
Change the setting of the STOP TIMER menu item
(see page 41).
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