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Chapter 1

Overview

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• When the ON/STANDBY lamp is out, this switch does 

not operate. Press the “|” (ON) marked side of the 
POWER switch on the rear panel before operating the 
ON/STANDBY switch.

• When the KEY INH switch 2 is set to ON, the ON/

STANDBY switch does not operate. Set the KEY INH 
switch to OFF to enable the ON/STANDBY switch.

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

REPEAT: 

When power is supplied to the unit, the tape 
rewinds to its beginning automatically and 
playback starts. When one of the following items 
on the tape are detected, auto repeat playback starts 
automatically. 
– Index signals 
– An unrecorded portion
– A portion recorded in a format set by other than 

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

– Tape end 

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

For details on Auto Repeat, see “Auto Repeat (CUSTOM 
REPEAT)” on page 42 and “CUSTOM REPEAT” in the 
“VTR SET” menu on page 77.

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

connected to the unit.

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

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When the audio mode is 32 kHz (4-channel), use this 
switch to select the audio channel to be output via the 
AUDIO OUT jack and HDMI OUT jack on the rear 
panel of the unit, as well as from the i (phones) jack 8 
and the Speaker qa.

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 the 
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) for a short period of time. 

For details on audio dubbing, see page 63. Also refer to the 
instructions for the “AUDIO DUB (A2) 1” button on page 
11. 

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

channel 1 and 2 are output via the AUDIO OUT jack, 
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(phones) jack 8, HDMI OUT jack and Speaker qa 

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.

• The unit cannot play back 4-channel sound recorded in 

HDV format.

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/i (speaker/phones) LEVEL control knob 

Controls the volume of the speaker qa on the bottom 
plate of the unit as well as that of the headphones 
connected to the i (phones) jack 8.
• The volume of the speaker and headphones are set 

together. The volumes cannot be set separately.

• By changing the setting of [SPEAKER/BEEP] in 

[OTHERS] (page 81), you can switch the speaker 
audio output on and off.

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Connect stereo headphones for monitoring sound during 
recording or playback. The audio signals you want to 
monitor can be selected with the AUDIO OUTPUT 
SELECT switch 6. By changing the setting of 
[AUDIO MONI] in the [AUDIO SET] menu (page 76), 
you can monitor the sound of a particular channel only.
When headphones are connected, no sound is produced 
from the built-in speaker.