MAIN MENU
1 DISPLAY
Sets the display format of the date and present time on the monitor.
2
DATE SEARCH
TIMER PROGRAM
SET UP
Sets the date, time and direction to search for the desired location on a tape.
3 TIMER PROGRAM
Sets the timer recording.
4 RECORDING SET UP
Sets the alarm recording mode, alarm recording duration, emergency recording, recording mode and one-shot recording.
5 REAR TERMINAL
Sets the frequency division ratio of CLOCK OUT, output signal of the CALL OUT terminal and the MODE OUT terminal, etc.
6 MAINTENANCE
Displays the power loss list and alarm list, etc. and initializes all menu settings. Clears the power loss list and alarm list.
7 FIRST TIME SET UP
Set up for when the end of the tape is reached, quasi v-sync, tape length, playback head selection, buzzer setting, present time.
1 SETTING THE DISPLAY MODE (DISPLAY MODE)
DISPLAY MODE 1:
Displays date and present time. (Refer to page 18.)
DISPLAY MODE 2:
Displays date, day of the week, present time and recording mode. (Refer to
page 18.)
DISPLAY MODE 3:
Displays nothing; until an alarm recording starts, then date, alarm recording
number, etc. is displayed.
DISPLAY MODE 4:
Displays nothing; even in the case of alarm recording, nothing is displayed on the monitor.
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During an alarm recording, alarm recording number is displayed if the “DISPLAY MODE” is set from 1 to 3.
2 SETTING THE SIZE OF THE LETTERS OF DAY AND PRESENT TIME DISPLAY (TIME DATE SIZE)
SMALL:
The size of the letters becomes small.
LARGE:
The size of the letters becomes large.
3 . SETTING THE BACKGROUND COLOR (BLUE BACK)
ON:
The blue screen overlays on the recorded picture when menu is displayed on the monitor.
OFF:
The blue screen will be replaced by the recorded picture overlaid with the menu display.
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The above setting will also affect the background color when there is no recording input signal.
When BLUE BACK is set to “ON”, the warning, “NO SIGNAL” appears on the blue screen and when set to “OFF”, the blue
screen or warning does not appear on the monitor.
Sets the date, time and direction to search for the desired location on a tape.
1
SETTING THE TIME
Turn the JOG dial to set the hour and minute to search for.
DATE
DIRECTION
FORWARD
2 SETTING THE DATE
Turn the JOG dial to set the day of the month to search for
Use
lo
ENTER.
3 SETTING THE DIRECTION
Turn the JOG dial to select the starting direction for search.
FORWARD:
Search in the forward direction.
REVERSE:
Search in the reverse direction.
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If the desired part of a tape is not found in one direction, the VCR automatically searches in the opposite direction.
After the setting,
the SHUTTLE rlng to the
to start searching.
An hour index mark is written on the tape on the hour and is used as a reference in the search function. Because of this,
a
recorded
tape must pass a time clock hour mark before this function can work. The TIME DATE SEARCH function begins after
the first hour index mark.
Example 1:
VCR is set to record from
to
Times from 9:00 to
can be found.
Example 2:
VCR is set to record in one speed from
to
then in another speed until
Times from
to
and
to
are accurately located.
Time date search function is not available for a tape recorded by any other VCR than this model.
If recording quality is poor, the VCR may fail to locate the desired part of the tape during time date search.
Refer to page 25 “TIMER RECORDING” for details.
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