Sony BETACAM SX A220P Operation Manual page 16

Locations and Functions of Parts
6 SP TAPE switch (player only)
Selects the recording/playback format
when a Betacam SP cassette
(including UVW cassette) is loaded in
the player.
SX: Record or play back in Betacam
SX format.
SP PB ONLY: Play back in
Betacam SP format. (Recording
to a Betacam SP cassette is
impossible.)
Note
This switch does not function for
Betacam (oxide) and Betacam SX
cassettes. These cassettes are
distinguished automatically from the
Cassette ID hole when the cassette is
loaded.
7 STANDBY indicator
Lights when the tape drum is rotating
with tension applied (standby on). It
goes out when the drum stops rotating
and tension is released (standby off).
To protect the tape, the unit normally
changes to standby off when stop
mode continues for longer than eight
minutes. If you operate a dial or any of
the tape transport buttons except
STOP while the unit is in this state,
the unit changes to standby on and
enters the mode of the button or dial
that you pressed.
Press the ENTRY and STOP buttons
at the same time to switch between
standby on and standby off manually.
For more information about tape
protection, see the setup menu items in
the 500s on page 6-20.
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8 STOP button
Press this button, lighting it, to stop
playback or recording. When you stop
playback, the LCD monitor displays
E-E or still picture playback,
depending on the settings of the
monitor output switches in the
timecode and setup menu section.
When setup menu item 105 is set to
ON (page 6-11), this button flashes if
the reference video signal specified in
the OUT REF item of the sub LCD
menu (page 2-30) and item 309 in the
setup menu (page 6-16) is not being
input.
For more information about reference
video signal settings, see page 2-11.
9 Search button and indicators
Press to enter search mode. (The JOG
or SHUTTLE indicator lights.)
When the unit is in jog or shuttle
mode, keep this button depressed for
about 1 second to enter variable mode.
(The both indicators light.) To return
to shuttle mode, keep this button
depressed again for about 1 second.
In shuttle or variable mode, you can
start playback at preset speed by
rotating the shuttle dial to the desired
position and pressing this button.
0 F FWD (fast forward) button
Press this button, lighting it, to fast
forward the tape.
When using a tape on which shot
marks have been recorded, you can
press this button together with the
TRIM –/LIST button to read shot
marks from the tape, and press this
button together with the TRIM +/
MARK button to cue up shot mark
positions.