Sony 2-678-737-13(1) User Manual

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Chapter 1

Overview

Chapter 1   Overview

5

Use to select Auto Repeat or recording using an
external AC timer (not supplied).

REPEAT: When the power is supplied to the unit,

the tape rewinds to its beginning automatically
and playback starts. When the following items on
the tape are searched, AUTO REPEAT playback
starts automatically.

– Index signals
– A portion unrecorded
– A portion recorded in the format set by other

than [AUTO] in [HDV/DV SEL] in [IN/OUT
REC] menu

– Tape end

Auto Repeat also functions if you set this switch to
REPEAT during playback or rewind.

OFF: Auto Repeat or timer recording is released.
REC: Recording begins the moment the power is

connected to the unit.

The setting of this switch still activates even when
KEY INH switch 2 is set to ON.

6

When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), use this
switch to select the audio channel to be output via
HDMI OUT jack, AUDIO jacks in OUTPUT as well
as PHONES jack 8.

CH-1/2: channels 1/2 only
MIX: channels 1/2 and channels 3/4
CH-3/4: channels 3/4 only

• During audio dubbing, if you want to listen to the

sound recorded on the tape, set this switch to CH-1/2;
if you want to listen to the sound being dubbed, set
the switch to CH-3/4. (Only channels 3 and 4 can be
used to dub.) To check the sound to be dubbed before
dubbing, set this switch to CH-3/4, then press
AUDIO DUB button while the unit is in the stop
mode. Then you can listen to the sound of the
channels used to dub (channels 3 and 4) at a moment.

For details on the audio dubbing, see page 60. Also refer
to the instructions of “AUDIO DUB / (A3) 1” button on
page 14.

• When the audio mode is 48 kHz (2-channel), sounds

of channel 1 and 2 are output via HDMI OUT jack,
AUDIO jacks in OUTPUT, and PHONES jack 8
regardless of the position of this switch.

• When this switch is set to MIX, the sound of the

mixed level of the pair of channel 1 and 3 and that of
channels 2 and 4 is output. The audio output level
becomes 50 % (–6 dB) of the original audio levels on
each channel.

7

Controls the volume of the headphones connected to
PHONES jack 8.

8

Connect stereo headphones for monitoring sounds
during recording or playback. The audio signals you
want to monitor can be selected with AUDIO
OUTPUT SELECT switch 6. By changing the setting
of [AUDIO MONI] in [AUDIO SET] (page 73), you
can monitor the sound of a particular channel.

9

Switch the signal input jack from   HDV/DV jack, S
VIDEO jack, and VIDEO jack.

HDV/DV : Inputs a signal from   HDV/DV jack.
S VIDEO : Inputs a signal from S VIDEO jack.
VIDEO : Inputs a signal from VIDEO jack.

• Do not change the setting of this switch while

recording in progress, or it causes noise added to
images and sounds. Also, a part of the tape where the
change of setting applied will not be recorded
properly. The time code may be recorded
discontinuously.

• If you change the setting of this switch while

recording in progress, the output signal via   HDV/
DV jack may be interrupted. Also, the unit may
detect signals such as a copyright information signal
incorrectly.

• When a signal is input via   HDV/DV jack, the

settings of the menu listed below are unavailable.
– 60i/50i SEL
– AUDIO MODE
– AUDIO LOCK
– AUDIO INPUT LEVEL (–10/–2/+4) switch
– AUDIO REC LEVEL control knob
– AUDIO INPUT (AUTO/MANU) switch