Locating the marking position, Marking and erasing an index signal, Notes – Sony CCD-TR700 User Manual
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Locating the Marking Position
You can locate the beginning of a desired programs easily by marking an index signal during recording
or playback and searching for it later.
Marking and Erasing an index Signal
You can mark an index signal during recording or playback. You can also mark it with the Remote
Commander.
Marking an Index Signal at the Beginning of Recording or Playback
Press INDEX MARK on the camcorder or the Remote Commander in recording standby or playback
pause mode. The INDEX MARK indicator appears in the viewfinder with the MARK indicator flashing
and the MARK indicator flashes in the display window. When recording or playback starts, the MARK
indicator stops flashing. This shows that the index sigiial is being mark^. The INDEX MARK indicator
will then disappear.
Marking an Index Signal during Recording or Playback
Press INDEX MARK on the camcorder or the Commander at the point you want to locate later.
Notes
• Make sure you mark index signals at more than two-minute intervals. Otherwise, you may not be able
to search for them correctly.
• If you stop recording while the index signal is being marked (the INDEX MARK indicator lights in the
viewfinder), the search may not be completed correctly.
• If you mark an index signal on the tape with the data code recorded, the data code will be erased at the
point on which the index signal is marked. When playing back this tape, the camcorder keeps
displa)ring the data code immediately before the erased one. If the data code does not exist for more
thw % seconds, the data code displajrs bars
(— ).
•
If you mark the index signal during playback, the sound cannot be heard and a black band appears at
the bottom of the picture. This will not affect the recorded sound or picture.
• If you record in VTR mode, the index signal is marked at thebegirming of recording automatically.
However, if you start recording in playback pause mode, it is not marked.
Note on tite unusable tape for an index signal
You cannot mark an index signal on a tape with the red mark on the cassette exposed (p.45) or the tape
recorded with VCR in LP mode.
See the next page for further information.
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